- McIntire's resonant, deep-timbered voice was ideal for narrating movie trailers (also known as "coming attractions") and in the decade before his death, he did dozens of them, including ones for Superman (1978), the original Star Wars trilogy, and many more.
- Son of John McIntire and Jeanette Nolan.
- A large, solidly built actor, he began his acting career on TV as a teenager in his father's Western series Wagon Train (1957).
- Did voice-over work for Honda in the '80s.
- Suffered from serious drug and alcohol addiction, which led to his death from heart disease at the age of 41 in 1986.
- Was a songwriter and musical composer, sometimes for films he starred in.
- He starred in one of two pilot episodes for All in the Family (1971), along with Kelly Jean Peters, to portray Richard and Gloria in 1968. Another pilot episode was shot a year later with different actors in the parts, but neither set of actors was hired when the series premiered in 1971.
- Brother-in-law of Charles Wright.
- Younger brother of Holly McIntire.
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