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Kevin McBride

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Kevin McBride (IMDb ID nm0564334) is an American actor whose career spans roughly a decade of television work, mostly in the late 1980s and through the 1990s. He's the kind of working actor who kept a lot of shows afloat β€” not the name on the poster, but reliably present in the guest-star rotation that defined network TV during that era. What's striking is how consistently his credits cluster around some of the biggest ensemble casts of the period: *Falcon Crest*, *Murphy Brown*, *Married... with Children*, *Knots Landing* β€” shows that don't share much in common except that they needed a deep bench of dependable performers (IMDb).

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About Kevin McBride

Kevin McBride (IMDb ID nm0564334) is an American actor whose career spans roughly a decade of television work, mostly in the late 1980s and through the 1990s. He's the kind of working actor who kept a lot of shows afloat β€” not the name on the poster, but reliably present in the guest-star rotation that defined network TV during that era. What's striking is how consistently his credits cluster around some of the biggest ensemble casts of the period: *Falcon Crest*, *Murphy Brown*, *Married... with Children*, *Knots Landing* β€” shows that don't share much in common except that they needed a deep bench of dependable performers (IMDb).

His screen work runs from a 1983 appearance in *Hardcastle and McCormick* through to voice roles in *The Rugrats Movie* (1998) and the animated series *Aaahh!!! Real Monsters*, suggesting he don't fit neatly into any single category β€” live-action TV, feature films, voice work, he moved between them as the work came (IMDb). His feature credit in *Cold Heat* (1989) and a recurring presence in *Babylon 5* (1993) round out a filmography that's modest but real.

It's worth noting that Kevin McBride is a name shared by at least two other public figures β€” most notably the Irish heavyweight boxer who defeated Mike Tyson in 2005 β€” and a separate film professional, Kevin D. McBride (IMDb ID nm0564338), known for *Earth to Echo* (2014) and *Broken Horses* (2015). Hard to say if the name confusion has cost the actor some search visibility over the years, but it's a genuine complication for anyone trying to track his work (TV Guide, Rotten Tomatoes).

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Career

McBride's earliest verified screen credit dates to 1983, with an appearance in *Hardcastle and McCormick* β€” a network action series that ran on ABC and served as a launching pad for a lot of character actors working in Los Angeles at the time (IMDb). From there, his career moved steadily through the guest-star economy of 1980s and 1990s television. *Falcon Crest*, *Knots Landing*, *Murphy Brown*, *Married... with Children* β€” these weren't small shows. They were primetime staples, and landing even a single episode meant you were operating at a professional level that most actors don't reach. The 1989 feature *Cold Heat* represents his most prominent film credit from that period. Not a blockbuster. But a real theatrical release, which matters when you're mapping a career that's otherwise built on episodic television. His appearance in *Babylon 5* (1993) came just as that series was establishing itself as one of the more ambitious science-fiction productions on American TV β€” a show with a genuine serialized mythology at a time when most genre TV was still largely standalone (IMDb). By the late 1990s, McBride had shifted β€” at least partly β€” into voice work. The *Rugrats Movie* (1998) was a genuine theatrical event for Nickelodeon, grossing over $140 million worldwide, and his contribution to that project sits alongside voice work on *Aaahh!!! Real Monsters* and *Duckman*, two animated series that built cult followings during the network animation boom of that decade (IMDb). His listing on TV Guide's credits database and Rotten Tomatoes confirms the breadth of that run, even if detailed biographical records aren't publicly available for this period of his career.

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Filmography

Frequently asked questions

What films is Kevin McBride known for?

Kevin McBride has 1 title indexed on Movie OTT, including The Big Sweat.

Where can I watch Kevin McBride's films?

1 of Kevin McBride's films are currently streaming, available on Prime Video.