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Actor — Steve Wilson on Big Town
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Patrick McVey — born Patrick McVeigh — was born in Fort Wayne on March 17, 1910. A life member of the Actors Studio, he made his television debut on Suspense in September 1950 and the same year took the lead of Big Town, playing crusading newspaper editor Steve Wilson for some 160 episodes through 1954. He went on to star in the western series Boots and Saddles and the crime series Manhunt (1959–61), and appeared on the big screen in Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest (1959). He died in New York City on July 6, 1973. The published sources for McVey are thinner than for most names in this section; the outline above is what the reference record supports.
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Sources: Prabook (World Biographical Encyclopedia); TMDB filmography.