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