eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result 5a066 DAVID MCCALLUM signed letter '62 telling Paul Kohner he wants to be in The Great Escape! Date Sold 11/15/2012Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Autographed Letter (measures 5 1/2" x 7"; 3 pages) (Learn More) David McCallum was a Scottish film and television actor from the 1950s to the 2020s. He is best remembered for his role as the Russian secret agent Illya Kuryakin in the hit TV series "The Man from U.N.C.L.E.". He also had a memorable role in The Great Escape as "Ashley-Pitt". He introduced his then-wife Jill Ireland to one of his co-stars, Charles Bronson, and several years later, she married Bronson and they were married for a long time. McCallum also had roles in Hear My Song and TV's "NCIS" as Dr. Donald "Ducky" Mallard. He passed away in 2023 at the age of 90. Important Added Info: Note that this item has been personally autographed (signed) by David McCallum, who also enclosed a separate sheet giving his resume with an annotation! We have pictured each page of the letter. Note that this item comes from the estate of Paul Kohner, who had a remarkable life! Kohner was born in Czechoslovakia in 1902, and he was a journalist working at his father's newspaper. He came to Hollywood after interviewing Carl Laemmle, who gave him a job as a publicity man. He became the head of Universal's European department in Berlin, and returned to the U.S. in the early 1930s, and left Universal in 1938, becoming a publicity agent. Among his clients were some of the greatest film stars ever, including Greta Garbo, Ingrid Bergman, and also great directors such as John Huston and Billy Wilder. He had close personal friendships with many of his clients, and he saved every bit of correspondence and paper work from his agency! He was married to actress Lupita Tovar from 1932 until his death in 1988. Amazingly, after his death, few institutions showed interest in his immense files, and only a small amount ended up being saved, with a lot literally thrown away! Our consignor purchased the item offered here from Mr. Kohner's estate in 1989, and he has held it until now, when he has consigned several items from Mr. Kohner's estate to eMoviePoster.com, and each item is being auctioned separately. Condition: very good. The two pages of the letter were folded in half and there are faint paper clip indentations in the top. There is a pencil mark near the top of the first page of the letter in the center. Learn More about condition grades
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