David McCallum

On where he's calling in from; on his childhood and early interests; on his memories of World War II; on listening to the radio as a child; on his parents and their musical talent; on his early involvement in the amateur dramatics society and how he got interested in acting; on his interest in carpentry; on being the stage manager of the Chesterfield Civic Theatre

On his work with BBC radio and BBC television when he was a child; on attending the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts; on his ease in front of the camera and with memorization; on his first television set; on his commission in the Royal West African Frontier Force; on returning to stage management work; on working at the Oxford Repertory Company

On getting an agent and getting a role in the movie Freud: The Secret Passion with Montgomery Clift, directed by John Huston; on additional film roles in Billy Budd, The Long and the Short and the Tall, and The Secret Place ; on writing a book, Once a Crooked Man; on his five albums for Capitol Records and having little to do with the song "The Edge"

On how he came to the United States; on moving to Los Angeles with his first wife, Jill Ireland; on experiencing trauma: losing a baby, and later, the death of his son; on breaking into American television in the 1960s; on a guest role in The Outer Limits episode "The Sixth Finger"

On how he was cast as "Illya Kuryakin" on The Man From U.N.C.L.E.; on how the idea for The Man From U.N.C.L.E. came about; on the various seasons of The Man From U.N.C.L.E. and never being told directly about the show's cancellation; on The Man From U.N.C.L.E. being the reason he left Hollywood; on shooting the pilot of The Man From U.N.C.L.E. and on the expansion of his character, "Illya Kuryakin"; on guest stars on The Man From U.N.C.L.E. and on MGM changing when James Aubrey became president of the studio; on shooting at MGM and on location

On production and camera work on The Man From U.N.C.L.E.; on not being interested in directing The Man From U.N.C.L.E.; on his character, "Illya Kuryakin"; on going on a Nielsen city tour to do publicity for The Man From U.N.C.L.E.; on the popularity of "Illya Kuryakin" and dealing with celebrity for the first time; on working with Robert Vaughn; on invitations he's received as a result of being on The Man From U.N.C.L.E.

On stunt work and working with guns on The Man From U.N.C.L.E.; on the gadgets from The Man From U.N.C.L.E. and how "Illya Kuryakin" came to wear the #2 badge; on working with Leo G. Carroll; on the concept of a Russian agent and an American agent working together on The Man From U.N.C.L.E.; on "Illya Kuryakin's" accent, wardrobe, and wedding ring; on the cancellation of The Man From U.N.C.L.E. and on returning years later to make The Return of the Man From U.N.C.L.E.: The Fifteen Years Later Affair; on the film version of The Man From U.N.C.L.E.; on re-teaming with Robert Vaughn on an episode of The A-Team, with nods to The Man From U.N.C.L.E.; on still getting recognized as "Illya Kuryakin" from The Man From U.N.C.L.E. more than 50 years after the show ended; on the legacy of The Man From U.N.C.L.E.

On moving to New York when The Man From U.N.C.L.E. ended; on doing more theater; on doing several series in Britain in the 1970s and 1980s: Colditz and Sapphire and Steel

David McCallum on how he was cast as "Dr. Donald Mallard" aka "Ducky'" on NCIS; on his first day of shooting on NCIS and on NCIS scripts; on learning about pathology to play "Ducky'"; on how he would describe "Ducky'" and on "Ducky's" retirement and becoming NCIS historian; on production on NCIS during the COVID-19 pandemic; on the then-current cast

On crediting the writers and producers for the success of NCIS; on Mark Harmon's departure from NCIS and the relationship between "Gibbs" and "Ducky"; on a reference to "Illya Kuryakin" on a season two episode of NCIS; on "Ducky's" heart attack at the end of season nine; on "Ducky's" role as a mentor; on how long he plans to stay on NCIS

On changes in the TV industry since he first started in the business; on what he likes in a director and what a director adds to a set; on mentors; on advice to aspiring actors; on how he's dealt with the lack of job security that's part of being an actor; on the value of oral history interviews; on his proudest career achievement, career regrets, and how he'd like to be remembered