For those who are science fiction fans and haven't seen the original version of the; 1956 film, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, I have one question: What are you waiting for? It is one of the most important science fiction films ever and is a genuine movie classic. It stars the Actor Kevin McCarthy, who plays a bugging (bugged-out) doctor, who tries and fails to save his friends and neighbors from a being replicated and destroyed.
Mr McCarthy starred in many films and was a regular on television for many years. He died Saturday. He was ninety six years old.
The Associated Press noted, Mr McCarthy "consistently won praise for his acting during a long and busy career, his most lasting fame came (from) Invasion of the Body Snatchers. In the 1956 film, he vainly tried to warn residents in his small town of the evil pod people from outer space who were quietly taking over the personalities of everyone on Earth. His frantic shouting of 'You're next!' to those in approaching cars became so well known among science-fiction fans that he was often asked to spoof the role. He more or less did that in the opening minutes of the 1978 remake, which starred Donald Sutherland as the hero menaced by the pod people."
R.I.P. Kevin McCarthy