History Characters / TheManFromUNCLE

* TheCastShowOff: David [=McCallum=] is an accomplished musician. In the second season episode "The Ultimate Computer Affair", Illya goes undercover as very disreputable busker to get himself thrown into a THRUSH prison. And in the third season episode "The Take Me to Your Leader Affair", he plays guitar and sings a duet with the "Innocent of the Week" played by [[StuntCasting Nancy Sinatra]] on the flimsiest of "creating a diversion" pretexts. [=McCallum=] also wrote the song that he and Nancy Sinatra sang.

->'''Played By:''' Leo G. Carrol

* TheCasanova: Steals the woman from Napoleon at the end of the episode twice.

* DirtyCommunists: Subverted, Illya was one of the first positive portrayals of a Soviet on US television.

Napoleon Solo is Number 1 of Section II, U.N.C.L.E.'s Chief Enforcement Agent. Served as a soldier during the Korean war before joining U.N.C.L.E.. Napoleon is a serial womanizer, and often ends up with a new girl during or at the end of the episode.

* AwesomeMcCoolName: Provided by Ian Fleming, who gave it to a minor character in the Franchise/JamesBond novel ''Literature/{{Goldfinger}}''.

!Napoleon Solo

!Illya Kuryakin

!Alexander Waverly

* RetiredBadass: Though retired from fieldwork, Mr. Waverly sometimes comes out to backup his agents. We also get hints at his past career from his interactions with the older THRUSH agents he runs into.

[[folder:U.N.C.L.E.]]

[[caption-width-right:250:Robert Vaughn as Napoleon Solo]]

!! Tropes:
* {{Awesome McCoolname}}: Provided by Ian Fleming, who gave it to a minor character in the Franchise/JamesBond novel ''Literature/{{Goldfinger}}''.
* {{Badass in a Nice Suit}}: Is nearly always wearing suits, with the occasional tux thrown in.
* {{The Casanova}}: And a shameless flirt.
* {{The Charmer}}
* {{Chick Magnet}}
* {{Chivalrous Pervert}}
* {{Dating Catwoman}}: With Angelique from THRUSH. The other women usually defect before hooking up with him.
* {{The Nicknamer}}: Tends to throw these out at Illya, for example calling him IK or tovarishch. He doesn't tend to do it consistently or repeat names.

->'''Played By:''' [[Creator/DavidMcCallum David [=McCallum=]]]

[[caption-width-right:250:David [=McCallum=] as Illya Kuryakin]]

!! Tropes:
* {{Badass Bookworm}}: He has a Masters degree from the Sorbonne and a [=PhD=] in quantum physics from Cambridge and is often shown to be working in the U.N.C.L.E. labs between field assignments.
* {{The Cast Show Off}}: David [=McCallum=] is an accomplished musician. In the 2nd season episode ''The Ultimate Computer Affair'', Illya goes undercover as very disreputable busker to get himself thrown into a THRUSH prison. And in the 3rd season episode ''The Take Me to Your Leader Affair'', he plays guitar and sings a duet with the "Innocent of the Week" played by [[StuntCasting Nancy Sinatra]] on the flimsiest of "creating a diversion" pretexts. [=McCallum=] also wrote the song that he and Nancy Sinatra sang.
* {{Celibate Hero}}: although he has his romantic moments, Illya is more likely to be caustic and dismissive to women who show attraction to him.
** And a '''lot''' of the female guest stars do. He is a ChickMagnet almost in the same league as his [[TheCasanova Casanova]] partner.
* {{Deadpan Snarker}}: Even more likely to pull out snark than Napoleon.
* {{Dirty Communists}}: Subverted, Illya was one of the first positive portrayals of a Soviet on US television.
* {{Master of Disguise}}: He even goes undercover as a yeti once.
* {{Mr Fanservice}}: [=McCallum=] was hugely popular in the 1960s.

[[caption-width-right:250:Leo G. Carroll as Alexander Waverly]]

!! Tropes:
* {{Badass in Charge}}: When Waverly steps out of his office, THRUSH villains beware! And his own men sometimes need to watch out because he's quite prepared to knock them unconscious to add verisimilitude to his undercover performances.
* {{Da Chief}}
* {{The Casanova}}: Steals the woman from Napoleon at the end of the episode twice.
* {{The Spymaster}}: As the head of U.N.C.L.E. New York and one of the five heads of the entire organization, Mr. Waverly's reach goes far. Also seen in his plan in The Waverly Ring Affair.
* {{Retired Badass}}: Though retired from fieldwork, Mr. Waverly sometimes comes out to backup his agents. We also get hints at his past career from his interactions with the older THRUSH agents he runs into.
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->'''Played By:''' Robert Vaughn

->'''Played By:''' David [=McCallum=]

* {{Celibate Hero}}: Though he has his romantic moments, Illya is more likely to be caustic and dismissive to women who show attraction to him.

* {{The Cast Show Off}}: David [=McCallum=] is an accomplished musician. In the 2nd season episode ''The Ultimate Computer Affair'', Illya goes undercover as very disreputable busker to get himself thrown into a THRUSH prison. And in the 3rd season episode ''The Take Me to Your Leader Affair'', he plays guitar sings a duet with the "Innocent of the Week" played by [[StuntCasting Nancy Sinatra]] on the flimsiest of "creating a diversion" pretexts. [=McCallum=] also wrote the song that he and Nancy Sinatra sang.
* {{Celibate Hero}}: Though he has his moments, Illya is more likely to be caustic and dismissive to women who show attraction to him.

** And a '''lot''' of the female guest stars do. He's also a ChickMagnet almost in the same league as his [[TheCasanova Casanova]] partner.

Napoleon Solo is Number 1 of Section II. Served as a soldier during the Korean war before joining U.N.C.L.E.. Napoleon is a serial womanizer, and often ends up with a new girl during or at the end of the episode.

* {{The Cast Show Off}}: David [=McCallum=] is an accomplished musician. In the 2nd season episode ''The Ultimate Computer Affair'', Illya goes undercover as very disreputable busker to get himself thrown into a THRUSH prison, and later, in the 3rd season episode ''The Take Me to Your Leader Affair'', he plays guitar sings a duet with the "Innocent of the Week" played by [[StuntCasting Nancy Sinatra]] on the flimsiest of "creating a diversion" pretexts. [=McCallum=] also wrote the song that he and Nancy Sinatra sang.

* {{The Cast Show Off}}: David [=McCallum=] is an accomplished musician. In the 2nd season episode ''The Ultimate Computer Affair'', Illya goes undercover as very disreputable busker to get himself thrown into a THRUSH prison, and later, in the 3rd season episode ''The Take Me to Your Leader Affair'', he plays guitar sings a duet with the "Innocent of the Week" played by [[StuntCasting Nancy Sinatra]] on the flimsiest of "creating a diversion" pretexts. [=McCallum=] also wrote the song that he and Nacy Sinatra sang.

* {{The Cast Show Off}}: David [=McCallum=] is an accomplished musician. In the 2nd season episode ''The Ultimate Computer Affair'', Illya goes undercover as very disreputable busker to get himself thrown into a THRUSH prison, and later, in the 3rd season episode ''The Take Me to Your Leader Affair'', he plays guitar sings a duet with the "Innocent of the Week" played by [[StuntCasting Nancy Sinatra]] on the flimsiest of "creating a diversion" pretexts.

* {{TheCastShowOff}}: David [=McCallum=] is an accomplished musician. In the 2nd season episode ''The Ultimate Computer Affair'', Illya goes undercover as very disreputable busker to get himself thrown into a THRUSH prison, and later, in the 3rd season episode ''The Take Me to Your Leader Affair'', he plays guitar sings a duet with the "Innocent of the Week" played by [[StuntCasting Nancy Sinatra]] on the flimsiest of "creating a diversion" pretexts.

* {{Badass Bookworm}}: He has a Masters degree from the Sorbonne and a PhD in quantum physics from Cambridge and is often shown to be working in the U.N.C.L.E. labs between field assignments.

* {{Mr Fanservice}}: McCallum was hugely popular in the 1960s.

[[caption-width-right:250:David McCallum as Illya Kuryakin]]

* {{Awesome McCoolname}}: Provided by Ian Flemming, no less.

->'''Played By:''' David McCallum

Napoleon Solo is Number 1 of Section II. Served as a soldier during the Korean war.