Cast & creator
Michael Callan
Best known for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, The Love Boat, Murder, She Wrote
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.
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television credits
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1959–2021 · acting roles
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Across film & television
Filmography (87)
Showing 87 of 87 credits
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
The Love Boat
Nate Jordan
1977
Murder, She Wrote
Phillip Sparling
1984Murder, She Wrote
Carl Anglin
1984Murder, She Wrote
Bart Mahoney
1984Murder, She Wrote
Sgt. Nash
1984
Love, American Style
1969Love, American Style
John
1969Love, American Style
Gary
1969
Knight Rider
Victor Gavin
1982
Ironside
Cpl. William Eller
1967
Quincy, M.E.
William Farrell
1976
Charlie's Angels
Cass Harper
1976Charlie's Angels
Darian Mason
1976
Dr. Kildare
Charles Devereaux
1961
T. J. Hooker
Father Tommy Connors
1982
Simon & Simon
1981
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Chuck Pelligrini
1970
The F.B.I.
Charlie Hunter
1965The F.B.I.
William Dean
1965The F.B.I.
Harry Springer
1965The F.B.I.
John Prentiss
1965
The Name of the Game
Tommy Crail
1968
Marcus Welby, M.D.
Greg Robbins
1969
Barnaby Jones
Tim Darnell
1973
Fantasy Island
Stu Chambers
1978
Medical Center
1969
That Girl
1966
Viper
Albert Corrente
1994
The Bionic Woman
1976
Vega$
1978
Police Story
1973
Hardcastle and McCormick
1983Hardcastle and McCormick
Doyle Madison
1983
Felony Squad
1966
Crazy like a Fox
TV Station Manager
1984
Ellery Queen
Gary Swift
1975
Hollywood Squares
Self
1966Hollywood Squares
Self - Center Square
1966
Arrest and Trial
Pfc. George Valdez
1963
S.W.A.T.
1975
Automan
Kevin Mayhew
1983
Superboy
John Corben/Metallo
1988
Medical Story
Tim Kramer
1975
Occasional Wife
Peter Christopher
1966
Journey to the Unknown
Greg Richards
1968
E/R
1984
Breaking Point
1963
Hunter
1977
Otherworld
Billy Sunshine
1985
Blind Ambition
Charles Colson
1979
Stuck on You
Fox Prexy
2003
Funny Face
1971
The ABC Afternoon Playbreak
Steve
1972
Leprechaun 3
Mitch
1995
Cat Ballou
Clay Boone
1965
Mysterious Island
Herbert Brown
1961
Scruples
Alan Wilton
1980
The Magnificent Seven Ride!
Noah Forbes
1972
Chained Heat
Martin
1983
Titans of Destruction: The Evolution of Giant Monster Movies
Self - (archive footage)
2021
They Came to Cordura
Pvt. Andrew L. Hetherington
1959
In Name Only
Steve Braden
1969
Bon Voyage!
Nick O'Mara
1962
13 West Street
Chuck Landry
1962
Double Exposure
Adrian Wilde
1982Double Exposure
Producer
1982
Freeway
Lt. Boyle
1988
My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn
Hal Wallis
1985
The Victors
Eldridge
1963
The New Interns
Dr. Alec Considine
1964
Because They're Young
Griff Rimer
1960
Frasier, the Sensuous Lion
Marvin Feldman
1973
The Cat and the Canary
Paul Jones
1978
Dark Dreams
RAW / McCarthy
1993
A Gift of Terror
Steve
1973
You Must Be Joking
Lieutenant Tim Morton
1965
Record City
Eddie
1978
Donner Pass: The Road to Survival
William Eddy
1978
Last of the Great Survivors
Jerry Matson
1984
Gidget Goes Hawaiian
Eddie Horner
1961
Lepke
Robert Kane
1975
The Interns
Dr. Alec Considine
1962
The Last Road
1997
The Photographer
Adrian Wilde
1974The Flying Fontaines
Rick Rias
1959Invasion of the Motorcycles: Laconia Biker Rally
Director
2007