John McCarthy

Career overview

Role: Meticulous television and film archivist.
Task: Write a career overview of John McCarthy (Acting).
Constraints:
Use ONLY verifiable facts from provided SYNOPSIS and SOURCES.
No inventing/guessing titles, names, dates, etc.
Omit details not in the material.
Original, neutral, encyclopedic prose.
Plain text only (no markdown, no asterisks, no headings, no bullet points).
Word count: 180-260 words.
Structure: 2-3 short paragraphs.
Subject: John McCarthy (Acting).
Source [1]: John McCarthy (TMDB). Birthday: December 17, 1962. Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, USA. Known for: Acting. Also known as: 'Big' John McCarthy, Big John McCart. (Note: This source mentions an MMA referee in the prompt's "TMDB BIO" snippet, but the source text itself lists a birthday of Dec 17, 1962, and place of birth Los Angeles. However, the prompt asks for the Acting career overview. Source [1] lists "Known For: Acting" but doesn't list specific acting titles. It's a different John McCarthy from the actor in [2] and [3]).
Source [2]: John McCarthy (IMDb). Born: June 17, 1930, in Croydon, London, England, UK. Actor. Known for: Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964), Public Eye (1965), and The Electronic Monster (1958). Married to: Carolyn Mary Morgan and Shirley Burniston. Died: 6 December 2018.
Source [3]: John McCarthy (TMDB). Born: June 17, 1930, in Croydon, London, England, UK. Actor. Known for: Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964), Public Eye (1965), and The Electronic Monster (1958). Married to: Carolyn Mary Morgan and Shirley Burniston. Died: Dec 6, 2018.
The prompt asks for a career overview of "John McCarthy (Acting)".
Source [1] is a John McCarthy born in 1962 in Los Angeles, known for acting, but no titles are provided.
Sources [2] and [3] describe an actor John McCarthy born in 1930 in London, known for specific films.
The prompt's "TMDB BIO" snippet refers to an MMA referee (born Oct 12, 1962), but the source [1] says Dec 17, 1962. I must stick to the provided sources.
Wait, the prompt says: "Write a 180-260 word career overview of John McCarthy (Acting)".
If I use Source [1], I have almost nothing to write about (just that he is an actor known for acting).
If I use Sources [2] and [3], I have a clear career: Dr. Strangelove (1964), Public Eye (1965), and The Electronic Monster (1958).
The prompt's "TMDB BIO" snippet is actually contradictory to Source [1] (Oct 12 vs Dec 17). I should focus on the actor described in [2] and [3] to fulfill the "Acting" requirement and the word count.
Paragraph 1: Personal details and early career.
John McCarthy was an actor who was born on June 17, 1930, in Croydon, London, England, UK. His career included work in several film productions. He was married to Carolyn Mary Morgan and