neil mccarthy played calibos in clash of the titans 1981.
neil mccarthy played calibos in clash of the titans 1981.
who played calibos in clash of the titans 1981?
neil mccarthy
mccarthy's film credits include memorable roles as a welsh soldier in "zulu" (1964), as sergeant jock mcpherson in "where eagles dare" (1967), as joe gargery in "charles dickens - great expectations", (1968), as gates in "the ruffians" (1973), as the villain calibos in "clash of the titans" (1981) and as a robber in "time bandits" (1981). his television credits include: "man of the world", "danger man", "the avengers", "the saint", "z-cars", "dixon of dock green", "randall and hopkirk (deceased)", "catweazle", "my wife next door" (a sense of movement), "", "department s", "who pays the ferryman?", "return of the saint", "doctor who" (in the serials "the mind of evil" and "the power of kroll"), "enemy at the door", "shogun", "the professionals", "some mothers do 'ave 'em", "only when i laugh", "the gentle touch" and "emmerdale farm", and the television adaptation of the lord peter wimsey novel, "the nine tailors".
neil mccarthy (actor)
calibos, son of the sea goddess thetis, is engaged to marry princess andromeda, daughter of queen cassiopeia of joppa; but for committing several atrocities against zeus, including destroying zeus's sacred flying horses (excepting only pegasus), zeus transforms calibos into a deformed monstrous satyr-like creature. in revenge, thetis transports an adult perseus from seriphos to an abandoned amphitheater in joppa, where he befriends an elderly poet named ammon and learns that andromeda is under a curse and cannot marry unless her suitor, upon the threat of execution if he fails, successfully answers a riddle concocted by calibos. zeus sends perseus a god-crafted helmet from athena which makes its wearer invisible, a magical sword from aphrodite, and a shield from hera. perseus, wearing the helmet, captures pegasus and follows calibos' giant vulture carrying off andromeda's spirit during her sleep to learn the next riddle. perseus is discovered and nearly killed by calibos, but manages to sever one of calibos' hands, losing his helmet in the process.
clash of the titans (1981 film)