- Dinsdale Landen, Doctor Who #154: The Curse of Fenric, TV, 1989. McCallum, Edward Hardwicke and Martin Jarvis were also discussed for Dr Judson – based on the WWII code-breaker, Alan Turing (Benedict Cumberbatch in the 2014 film, The Imitation Game). Ian Briggs scripted Judson as gay as Turing, but Aunty over-ruled characters discussing their sexuality in a family hour show.
- Jim Byrnes, Highlander, TV, 1993-1998. Not only did the actors’ names change – from McCallum and Michael York to the unknown Byrnes from Sat Louis – so did the character from Ian to Joe Dawson. Hey, how many US Ians do ya know?McCallum, the one time Man From UNCLE, 1964-19687, was too busy with his great comeback – as the Chief NCIS Medical Officer in two decades of NICS during 2003-2023. His Dr Donald Mallard was nicknamed Ducky. (What else?) We both went out separate ways from Lo don – he to Hollywood, me to Parts – and finally ran into each other again at a Monte Carlo TV Festival in the noughties – first time since interviewing him (and his then wife. Jill; Ireland) on this set of Jungle Street in 1961. A true gent.
Birth year: Death year: Other name: Casting Calls: 2