{"id":4074,"date":"2025-12-24T22:28:27","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T22:28:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/?p=4074"},"modified":"2025-12-24T22:28:27","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T22:28:27","slug":"david-mccallum-appeared-in-459-episodes-of-ncis-but-another-star-is-set-to-break-his-record-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/?p=4074","title":{"rendered":"David McCallum Appeared in 459 Episodes of NCIS, But Another Star Is Set to Break His Record"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NCIS has seen many changes and characters come and go, but one of its longest-standing stars is about to make history as the series\u2019 most featured character.<\/p>\n<p>While Dr. Donald \u201cDucky\u201d Mallard, portrayed by David McCallum, held the record with 459 episodes until his character\u2019s peaceful exit in season 21, another original team member is on track to surpass him.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4075\" src=\"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/FB_IMG_1766614564603-289x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"289\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/FB_IMG_1766614564603-289x300.jpg 289w, https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/FB_IMG_1766614564603-768x797.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/FB_IMG_1766614564603.jpg 849w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 289px) 100vw, 289px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Sean Murray\u2019s character, Special Agent Timothy McGee, joined NCIS in season one and became a permanent fixture in season two. McGee has progressed from rookie agent to core team member, working with numerous leaders, including Leroy Jethro Gibbs (Mark Harmon), and his progression has won over supporters. Murray has now appeared in 452 episodes, surpassing Harmon\u2019s 435 and approaching McCallum\u2019s record.<\/p>\n<p>With Murray confirmed to return for NCIS season 22, he\u2019s all but guaranteed to set a new record, becoming the series\u2019 most-featured character. This milestone cements McGee\u2019s-and Murray\u2019s-significance in the NCIS legacy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NCIS has seen many changes and characters come and go, but one of its longest-standing stars is about to make history as the series\u2019 most featured character&#8230;. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4075,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4074","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4074","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4074"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4074\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4076,"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4074\/revisions\/4076"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4075"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}