David McCallum Appreciation Thread
TheKindCromang
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I had been wondering to myself, "If Axelrod produced those McCallum records, and H.B. Barnum arranged them....what the hell did David McCallum actually do? He doesn't sing......so........" then I looked him up on wikipedia. Turns out he is a classically trained musician who conducted all the pieces while also writing some original compositions of his own.
Even more interesting, to me, was this little tidbit of info -
"He was married to actress Jill Ireland from 1957 to 1967. They had three sons: Paul, Jason - an adopted son who died from an accidental drug overdose in 1989 - and Val (short for Valentine). He introduced Ireland to Charles Bronson when both were filming The Great Escape. A few years later, she left McCallum and married Bronson"
What was he thinking introducing his wife to Bronson anyway?!?!?
Even more interesting, to me, was this little tidbit of info -
"He was married to actress Jill Ireland from 1957 to 1967. They had three sons: Paul, Jason - an adopted son who died from an accidental drug overdose in 1989 - and Val (short for Valentine). He introduced Ireland to Charles Bronson when both were filming The Great Escape. A few years later, she left McCallum and married Bronson"
What was he thinking introducing his wife to Bronson anyway?!?!?
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Watched some reruns a number of years back and found them entertaining.
David McCallum loaned his face to the covers. Don't buy the classically trained conducting hype.
I'd rather listen to the MFUNCLE soundtracks than those DM records.
What Laser said, i.e. a popular face on the LP jacket and no more.
If I remember correctly, Axelrod also recorded a scathing diss track, "Will the real David please stand up".
Eleanor Rigby - Edward Woodward
Pls 2 not tet the OG Bowler-hatted Mack.