{{short description|American actor}} {{Use American English|date=March 2024}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2024}} {{Infobox person | name = Lin McCarthy | image = Lin McCarthy in One Step Beyond (Emergency Only).jpg | caption = McCarthy in an episode of ''One Step Beyond'' (1959) | birth_name = Linwood Winder McCarthy | birth_date = {{birth date|1918|02|23}} | birth_place = Norfolk, Virginia, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2002|11|23|1918|02|23}} | death_place = Beverly Hills, California, U.S. | occupation = Actor | years_active = 1952–1984 | spouse = Loretta Daye<ref name="a">{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-dec-04-me-passings4.2-story.html|title=Lin McCarthy, 84; Stage, TV and Movie Character Actor for Three Decades|work=Los Angeles Times|date=December 4, 2002|access-date=October 8, 2021}}</ref> }}
'''Linwood Winder McCarthy''' (February 23, 1918 – November 23, 2002) was an American film, television and theatre actor.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/371844591/|title=Lin McCarthy Actor 21 Years|work=The Evening Sun|location=Baltimore, Maryland|date=January 21, 1969|access-date=October 8, 2021|page=23|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Closed access}}</ref>
==Early life== Born in Norfolk, Virginia,<ref name="a" /> McCarthy served in the military during World War II, and afterwards studied acting at Geller's Theatre Workshop.<ref name="a" />
==Career== He made his stage debut in 1952 in the Broadway play ''The Chase''.<ref name="a" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/lin-mccarthy-101335|title=Lin McCarthy|work=Internet Broadway Database|access-date=October 8, 2021}}</ref> McCarthy guest-starred in numerous television programs, including ''Boris Karloff's Thriller'', ''The Man and the Challenge'', ''Mission: Impossible'', ''The Fugitive'', ''Tales of Wells Fargo'', ''The Rifleman'', ''Gunsmoke'', ''Robert Montgomery Presents'', ''New Comedy Showcase'', ''Wagon Train'', ''Quincy, M.E.'', ''12 O'Clock High'', ''Rawhide'', ''Studio One in Hollywood'', ''Lou Grant'', ''Kraft Television Theatre'', ''The Waltons'' and ''The Virginian''.<ref name="b">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eQbCzAEACAAJ|title=Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2002|page=203|first=Harris|last=Lentz|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786414642|date=April 9, 2003|via=Google Books}}</ref> He also appeared in films such as ''Yellowneck'', ''Tail Gunner Joe'', ''The D.I.'', ''Face of a Fugitive'', ''The Execution of Private Slovik'' and ''The Day After''.<ref name="b" /> McCarthy retired in 1984.<ref name="a" />
==Death== McCarthy died on November 23, 2002 of pneumonia in Beverly Hills, California, at the age of 84.<ref name="a" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2002/scene/people-news/lin-mccarthy-1117877095/|title=Lin McCarthy|work=Variety|author=Variety Staff|date=December 8, 2002|access-date=October 8, 2021}}</ref>
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== External links == {{Commons category}} *{{IMDb name|0565229}} *{{TCMDb name|126246%7C179260}} *[https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/lin_mccarthy/ Rotten Tomatoes profile]
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