Name
Michael Callan
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1935-11-22
Deathday
2022-10-10 (87 years old)
Place of Birth
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.
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- 1963 The Victors as Eldridge
- 1964 The New Interns as Dr. Alec Considine
- 1965 Cat Ballou as Clay Boone
- 1974 The Photographer as Adrian Wilde
- 1961 Gidget Goes Hawaiian as Eddie Horner
- 1972 The Magnificent Seven Ride! as Noah Forbes
- 1961 Mysterious Island as Herbert Brown
- 1995 Leprechaun 3 as Mitch
- 1982 Double Exposure as Adrian Wilde
- 1978 Record City as Eddie
- 1978 The Cat and the Canary as Paul Jones
- 1962 Bon Voyage! as Nick O'Mara
- 1960 Because They're Young as Griff Rimer
- 1962 13 West Street as Chuck Landry
- 1988 Freeway as Lt. Boyle
- 1962 The Interns as Dr. Alec Considine
- 1969 In Name Only as Steve Braden
- 1959 The Flying Fontaines as Rick Rias
- 1975 Lepke as Robert Kane
- 1984 Last of the Great Survivors as Jerry Matson
- 1965 You Must Be Joking as Lieutenant Tim Morton
- 1973 Frasier, the Sensuous Lion as Marvin Feldman
- 1993 Dark Dreams as RAW / McCarthy
- 1985 My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn as Hal Wallis
- 2003 Stuck on You as Fox Prexy
- 1959 They Came to Cordura as Pvt. Andrew L. Hetherington
- 1983 Chained Heat as Martin
- 1997 The Last Road
- 1978 Donner Pass: The Road to Survival as William Eddy
- 1973 A Gift of Terror as Steve
- 2021 Titans of Destruction: The Evolution of Giant Monster Movies as Self (archive footage)
- 1984 Murder, She Wrote ( 1 episode ) as Phillip Sparling
- 1983 Hardcastle and McCormick ( 1 episode )
- 1982 T. J. Hooker ( 1 episode ) as Father Tommy Connors
- 1985 Otherworld ( 1 episode ) as Billy Sunshine
- 1965 The F.B.I. ( 1 episode ) as Charlie Hunter
- 1969 Love, American Style ( 3 episodes )
- 1977 The Love Boat ( 1 episode ) as Nate Jordan
- 1976 The Bionic Woman ( 1 episode )
- 1981 Simon & Simon ( 1 episode )
- 1966 That Girl ( 1 episode )
- 1982 Knight Rider ( 1 episode ) as Victor Gavin
- 1976 Charlie's Angels ( 1 episode ) as Cass Harper
- 1969 Medical Center ( 1 episode )
- 1984 Crazy like a Fox ( 1 episode ) as TV Station Manager
- 1966 Felony Squad ( 1 episode )
- 1971 Funny Face ( 1 episode )
- 1978 Vega$ ( 1 episode )
- 1973 Police Story ( 4 episodes )
- 1975 S.W.A.T. ( 1 episode )
- 1966 Occasional Wife ( 30 episodes ) as Peter Christopher
- 1963 Breaking Point ( 1 episode )
- 1961 Dr. Kildare ( 1 episode ) as Charles Devereaux
- 1977 Hunter ( 1 episode )
- 1983 Automan ( 1 episode ) as Kevin Mayhew
- 1994 Viper ( 1 episode ) as Albert Corrente
- 1965 The F.B.I. ( 1 episode ) as William Dean
- 1965 The F.B.I. ( 1 episode ) as Harry Springer
- 1965 The F.B.I. ( 1 episode ) as John Prentiss
- 1984 E/R ( 1 episode )
- 1979 Blind Ambition ( 4 episodes ) as Charles Colson
- 1976 Quincy, M.E. ( 1 episode ) as William Farrell
- 1968 The Name of the Game ( 1 episode ) as Tommy Crail
- 1967 Ironside ( 1 episode ) as Cpl. William Eller
- 1969 Love, American Style ( 1 episode ) as John
- 1963 Arrest and Trial ( 1 episode ) as Pfc. George Valdez
- 1980 Scruples ( 3 episodes ) as Alan Wilton
- 1976 Charlie's Angels ( 1 episode ) as Darian Mason
- 1969 Marcus Welby, M.D. ( 1 episode ) as Greg Robbins
- 1988 Superboy ( 7 episodes ) as John Corben/Metallo
- 1970 The Mary Tyler Moore Show ( 1 episode ) as Chuck Pelligrini
- 1984 Murder, She Wrote ( 1 episode ) as Carl Anglin
- 1984 Murder, She Wrote ( 1 episode ) as Bart Mahoney
- 1984 Murder, She Wrote ( 1 episode ) as Sgt. Nash
- 1975 Ellery Queen ( 1 episode ) as Gary Swift
- 1969 Love, American Style ( 1 episode ) as Gary
- 1978 Fantasy Island ( 1 episode ) as Stu Chambers
- 1962 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1973 Barnaby Jones ( 1 episode ) as Tim Darnell
- 1983 Hardcastle and McCormick ( 1 episode ) as Doyle Madison
- 1972 The ABC Afternoon Playbreak ( 1 episode ) as Steve
- 1975 Medical Story ( 1 episode ) as Tim Kramer
- 1968 Journey to the Unknown ( 1 episode ) as Greg Richards
- 1966 Hollywood Squares ( 9 episodes ) as Self
- 1966 Hollywood Squares ( 5 episodes ) as Self - Center Square
