PrimeWire

This was the hardest episode to watch in all of NCIS History knowing such an amazing and brilliant actor to grace any screen or stage. What he put into his work as an actor here is just a glimpse…
“According to the behind-the-scenes feature on the 2006 DVD of NCIS season 1, McCallum became an expert in forensics to play Mallard, including attending medical examiner conventions. In the feature, Donald P. Bellisario says that McCallum’s knowledge became so vast that at the time of the interview, he was considering making him a technical adviser to the show.
McCallum appeared at the 21st Annual James Earl Ash Lecture, held 19 May 2005 at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, an evening for honoring America’s service members. His lecture, “Reel to Real Forensics”, with Cmdr. Craig T. Mallak, U.S. Armed Forces medical examiner, featured a presentation comparing the real-life work of the Armed Forces Medical Examiner staff with that of the fictional naval investigators appearing on NCIS”

I apologize for the long post but David “Ducky” McCallum never received a CBE and one of the best dedicated Actors of his craft to ever come from the UK. You will be missed and always cherished and never forgotten…