Revealed: David McCallum's Assets & Salary ( Updated) Net Worth 2026: Career Earnings & Assets

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What was David McCallum's Net Worth and Salary?

David McCallum was a Scottish actor, musician, and author who had a net worth of $15 million at the time of his death. McCallum was best known for starring as secret agent Illya Kuryakin on "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." (1964–1968) and medical examiner Dr. Donald "Ducky" Mallard on "NCIS" (2003–2023). His "NCIS" salary was $175,000 per episode.

David has more than 130 acting credits to his name, including the films "Billy Budd" (1962), "The Great Escape" (1963), and "The Greatest Story Ever Told" (1965) and the television series "Colditz" (1972–1974), "Sapphire & Steel" (1979–1982), "Trainer" (1991–1992), "VR-5" (1995), and "The Education of Max Bickford" (2001–2002). McCallum has released the albums "Music…A Part of Me" (1966), "Music…A Bit More of Me" (1966), "Music…It's Happening Now!" (1967), and "McCallum" (1968), and he published the crime novel "Once a Crooked Man" in 2016.

David McCallum died on September 25, 2023 at the age of 90.

Early Life

David McCallum was bornDavid KeithMcCallum Jr. on September 19, 1933, in Maryhill, Glasgow, Scotland. His mother, Dorothy, was a cellist, and his father, David Sr., was an orchestral violinist. At a young age, David and his older brother, Iain, moved to London with their parents so their father could take a job as the leader of the London Philharmonic Orchestra. During World War II, McCallum's mother took him back to Scotland, and they lived with her sister until they found a home by Loch Lomond.

David earned a scholarship to London's University College School, where he played the oboe. He soon discovered a love of acting, and he told "The Scotsman" newspaper, "I played The Little Prince in Shakespeare's 'King John,' at one of those local things where people do skits and songs. Mine was the little prince having his eyes put out by this terrible man, and I acted it, evidently, very well, because I got a standing ovation. I wasn't more than eight. And I said: 'Hey, hey, hey, this is kinda cool!' I don't know if I consciously thought it, but I had found the place I wanted to be: on a stage, with the lights and make-up and the people."

McCallum appeared in a Play and Pageant Union production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" at age 17, and the following year, he left school and was called up for National Service. He served in the British Army's 3rd Battalion, The Middlesex Regiment and was promoted to lieutenant in 1954. After his time in the army, David attended London's Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.

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