Phil McCarthy (Fear)

Phil McCarthy
Actor	Rocky McMurray
Gender	Male
Hair	White
Age	Mid to Late 50s
Occupation	Co-founder of the Broke Jaw Ranch Community (Pre & Post-Apocalypse)
Family	Unknown
Ethnicity	Caucasian-American
Status	Dead
First Appearance	"Burning in Water, Drowning in Flame"
Last Appearance	"Burning in Water, Drowning in Flame"
Fate
Death Episode	"Burning in Water, Drowning in Flame"

Phil McCarthy is a survivor of the outbreak in AMC's Fear The Walking Dead. He is a resident and one of the four founding fathers of the Broke Jaw Ranch community.

Pre-Apocalypse

Nothing is known about Phil's life before the apocalypse other than he helped to build the Broke Jaw Ranch community.

Post-Apocalypse

Season 3

"Burning in Water, Drowning in Flame"

Phil is discovered by Madison, Troy and a few other men. He is tied up to a chair and recites the poem Antigonish (repeating the same lines over and over) as a crow eats bits of his brain. Madison uses Troy's knife to put him down.

Death

Killed By

• Qaletqa Walker (Caused)

Following an attack on his outpost by Qaletqa Walker and his men, Phil is tied to a chair on Qaletqa's orders. He then has his head scalped in order for him to die a slow, painful death by being eaten by crows as punishment for killing two of Qaletqa's men.

• Madison Clark

After discovering the massacre at the outpost and Phil tied to a chair, Madison puts him down by stabbing him in the brain with Troy's knife.

Killed Victims

This list shows the victims Phil has killed:

• Qaletaqa Walker's uncle (Alongside Jeremiah Otto, Vernon Trimbol, and Russell Brown)
• 2 unnamed Black Hat Reservation residents
• Possibly numerous counts of zombies and unnamed people

Appearances

Fear The Walking Dead

Season 3

• "Burning in Water, Drowning in Flame"

Trivia

• According to Troy Otto, he has a penchant for using weapons in .22 (5.56mm) caliber.