Michael Callan
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 22, 1935
- Died
- October 10, 2022 (aged 86)
- Birthplace
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Biography
Michael Callan (November 22, 1935 – October 10, 2022) was an American actor. Born Martin Harris Calinieff in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Callan began his career as Mickey Calin, and it was with this name he appeared on Broadway in The Boy Friend (1954), Catch a Star (1955), and West Side Story (1957-1959). Callan's film career began in 1959 where he was contracted with Columbia Pictures and had roles in two films, They Came to Cordura and The Flying Fontaines. Although he was unable to reprise his West Side Story role of Riff in the film version due to his contract with Columbia, he did dance in the film Gidget Goes Hawaiian (1961). His screen credits include The Interns, The New Interns, with Barbara Eden, Mysterious Island (1961), The Victors (1963), Cat Ballou, (1965) and later Leprechaun 3 and Stuck on You. In 1966, Callan landed the lead role of Peter Christopher in the NBC sitcom Occasional Wife. At the time Callan was married to the former Carlyn Chapman. The young couple lived in Beverly Hills and had two daughters, Dawn Rachel (born ca. 1961) and Rebecca (born ca. 1964). He engaged in a 12-hour day filming schedule with weekends off for the production of the half-hour television series. Callan soon divorced Carlyn and was married for a time to Patricia Harty, the actress who played his "occasional wife" in the series. Additional television credits include Breaking Point, That Girl, The Name of the Game, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Ironside, Marcus Welby, M.D., Griff, McMillan & Wife, Barnaby Jones, 12 O'Clock High, Quincy M.E., Charlie's Angels, Simon and Simon, Fantasy Island, four episodes of Murder, She Wrote, and eight episodes of Love, American Style. He played Metallo in Superboy. Callan appeared in the Off-Broadway musical Bar Mitzvah Boy in 1987. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Callan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
Titans of Destruction: The Evolution of Giant Monster Movies
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Stuck on You
Movie · as Fox Prexy
The Last Road
Movie
Leprechaun 3
Movie · as Mitch
Viper
TV · as Albert Corrente · 1 ep
Dark Dreams
Movie · as RAW / McCarthy
Freeway
Movie · as Lt. Boyle
Superboy
TV · as John Corben/Metallo · 7 eps
My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn
Movie · as Hal Wallis
Otherworld
TV · as Billy Sunshine · 1 ep
Last of the Great Survivors
Movie · as Jerry Matson
Murder, She Wrote
TV · as Phillip Sparling, Carl Anglin, Bart Mahoney, Sgt. Nash · 1 ep
Crazy like a Fox
TV · as TV Station Manager · 1 ep
E/R
TV · 1 ep
Chained Heat
Movie · as Martin
Hardcastle and McCormick
TV · as Doyle Madison · 1 ep
Automan
TV · as Kevin Mayhew · 1 ep
Double Exposure
Movie · as Adrian Wilde
T. J. Hooker
TV · as Father Tommy Connors · 1 ep
Knight Rider
TV · as Victor Gavin · 1 ep
Simon & Simon
TV · 1 ep
Scruples
TV · as Alan Wilton · 3 eps
Blind Ambition
TV · as Charles Colson · 4 eps
Record City
Movie · as Eddie
The Cat and the Canary
Movie · as Paul Jones
Donner Pass: The Road to Survival
Movie · as William Eddy
Vega$
TV · 1 ep
Fantasy Island
TV · as Stu Chambers · 1 ep
The Love Boat
TV · as Nate Jordan · 1 ep
Hunter
TV · 1 ep
The Bionic Woman
TV · 1 ep
Charlie's Angels
TV · as Cass Harper, Darian Mason · 1 ep
Quincy, M.E.
TV · as William Farrell · 1 ep
Lepke
Movie · as Robert Kane
S.W.A.T.
TV · 1 ep
Ellery Queen
TV · as Gary Swift · 1 ep
Medical Story
TV · as Tim Kramer · 1 ep
The Photographer
Movie · as Adrian Wilde
Frasier, the Sensuous Lion
Movie · as Marvin Feldman
A Gift of Terror
Movie · as Steve
Police Story
TV · 4 eps
Barnaby Jones
TV · as Tim Darnell · 1 ep
The Magnificent Seven Ride!
Movie · as Noah Forbes
The ABC Afternoon Playbreak
TV · as Steve · 1 ep
Funny Face
TV · 1 ep
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
TV · as Chuck Pelligrini · 1 ep
In Name Only
Movie · as Steve Braden
Love, American Style
TV · as John, Gary · 3 eps
Medical Center
TV · 1 ep
Marcus Welby, M.D.
TV · as Greg Robbins · 1 ep
The Name of the Game
TV · as Tommy Crail · 1 ep
Journey to the Unknown
TV · as Greg Richards · 1 ep
Ironside
TV · as Cpl. William Eller · 1 ep
That Girl
TV · 1 ep
Felony Squad
TV · 1 ep
Occasional Wife
TV · as Peter Christopher · 30 eps
Hollywood Squares
TV · as Self, Self - Center Square · 9 eps
Cat Ballou
Movie · as Clay Boone
You Must Be Joking
Movie · as Lieutenant Tim Morton
The F.B.I.
TV · as Charlie Hunter, William Dean, Harry Springer, John Prentiss · 1 ep
The New Interns
Movie · as Dr. Alec Considine
The Victors
Movie · as Eldridge
Breaking Point
TV · 1 ep
Arrest and Trial
TV · as Pfc. George Valdez · 1 ep
Bon Voyage!
Movie · as Nick O'Mara
13 West Street
Movie · as Chuck Landry
The Interns
Movie · as Dr. Alec Considine
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Gidget Goes Hawaiian
Movie · as Eddie Horner
Mysterious Island
Movie · as Herbert Brown
Dr. Kildare
TV · as Charles Devereaux · 1 ep
Because They're Young
Movie · as Griff Rimer
The Flying Fontaines
Movie · as Rick Rias
They Came to Cordura
Movie · as Pvt. Andrew L. Hetherington