Kevin McCarthy, as actor People & Technology

Kevin McCarthy (February 15, 1914 – September 11, 2010) was an American actor who played Dr. Miles Bennell in Don Siegel's Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956). He reprised the role in a cameo in Philip Kaufman's 1978 remake, running through the streets of San Francisco still shouting the warning from the original ending.

In the wiki

• Kevin McCarthy and Don Siegel Cameos is the primary page covering McCarthy's 1978 cameo, including his "They're here! You're next!" dialogue, Kaufman's framing of McCarthy as having been running for twenty years, and the anecdote about a passerby on location who told McCarthy the original was better.
• The 1956 Original describes McCarthy's role as Dr. Miles Bennell in the original film and the studio-imposed framing device that softened his highway-screaming ending.
• Cast and Characters (Invasion of the Body Snatchers) lists McCarthy's cameo role.
• Don Siegel discusses McCarthy's original performance and the ending Allied Artists forced onto Siegel's cut.
• Jack Finney references McCarthy's role in the 1956 adaptation of Finney's novel.