James CallahanFilmography

Born:
October 4, 1930 in Grand Rapids, MI
Occupation:
Actor
Biography:
Supporting actor James Callahan appeared onscreen from 1959. ~ All Movie Guide...Read More
  • Born

    Actors: Alison Brie, Joan Severance, Kane Hodder, Eddie Velez, James Callahan

    Synopsis: A twenty one year old virgin awakens one morning to discover that she has somehow become pregnant with a demon fetus that commands her to kill in order to create a bloody hell on earth. Mary Elizabeth has never been with a man, but now she carries the seed of Satan. Now, as her unborn spawn takes Read More

    2007
  • ER: Something New

    Synopsis: Benton (Eriq La Salle) gives British surgeon Corday (Alex Kingston) a crash course in American ER procedures and later helps Carla (Lisa Nicole Carson) choose a name for their baby. Carter (Noah Wyle) and Del Amico (Maria Bello) are assigned to train two new med students, with Carter drawing the Read More

    1997
  • May Jean

    Actors: Chin Su-Mei, Wong Huei-Wu, Ti Lung, Susan Layton, Wu Lin-Shan

    Synopsis: A resourceful and spirited woman leads a band of orphans across war-torn China to safety in this Taiwanese drama set in 1947 during the nationalist and communist conflict. May Jean goes to work for Catholic school after her husband is killed for deserting the communist army. At the school she Read More

    1994
  • Prison for Children

    Synopsis: Made for television, Prison for Children is set in a brutal boys' reformatory. New superintendent John Ritter tries to improve conditions, but finds himself up against a wall of indifference and red tape. The film shows how a supposedly "beneficial" system of incarceration and detention can Read More

    1993
  • Hero

    Actors: Dustin Hoffman, Geena Davis, Andy Garcia, Joan Cusack, Kevin J. O'Connor

    Synopsis: Stephen Frears' Hero is a contemporary re-working of a Frank Capra-styled fable about a two-bit criminal named Bernie (Dustin Hoffman) who saves several passengers from a plane crash and leaves the scene without being identified, leaving only a lost shoe for identification. One of the passengers Read More

    10/2/92
  • Charles in Charge: Season 05

    Actors: Scott Baio, James Callahan, Sandra Kerns, Nicole Eggert, Josie Davis

    Synopsis: Although Charles in Charge fulfilled its mission to produce 100 episodes for daily strip syndication by the end of its fourth season on the air (one season on network, three in off-net), the series remained popular with young viewers, and thus was green-lighted for a fifth and final season of 26 Read More

    1988
  • Charles in Charge: Season 04

    Actors: Scott Baio, James Callahan, Sandra Kerns, Nicole Eggert, Josie Davis

    Synopsis: Charles in Charge begins its fourth season on the air -- and its third season in off-network syndication -- with the title character, a now-22-year-old college student, still earning his bread and board as male governess for the three Powell children: Jamie (Nicole Eggert), Sarah (Josie DavisRead More

    1987
  • Growing Pains: Extra Lap

    Synopsis: Mike (Kirk Cameron) is devastated when his favorite uncle, an inveterate practical joker named Bob (James Callahan), suddenly dies during a visit to the Seavers. A few nights later, Bob's capricious ghost materializes before Mike's eyes. Is he merely dreaming out of grief, or has Bob really Read More

    1986
  • The Christmas Gift

    Actors: John Denver, Jane Kaczmarek, Gennie James

    Synopsis: In this holiday drama, a widowed architect tries to mix business with pleasure when he takes his daughter on a business trip to a strange town in Colorado. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

    1986
  • Charles in Charge: Season 03

    Actors: Scott Baio, James Callahan, Sandra Kerns, Nicole Eggert, Josie Davis

    Synopsis: Having survived its freshman year in off-network syndication (following a desultory network run a few seasons earlier), Charles in Charge returns for a third season of 26 episodes, with Scott Baio returning as the title character, a 21-year-old college student who works as male governess to the Read More

    1986
  • Charles in Charge: Season 02

    Actors: Scott Baio, James Callahan, Sandra Kerns, Nicole Eggert, Josie Davis

    Synopsis: Two and half years after it was cancelled at the end of its first season on CBS, the youth-oriented sitcom Charles in Charge staged a spectacular revival in off-network syndication, returning to the air in most markets in January of 1987. Of the original CBS cast, only Scott Baio as 20-year-old Read More

    1985
  • Copacabana

    Synopsis: This campy drama, set in the 1940s, was inspired by a hit song by Barry Manilow. It tells the tale of an aspiring songwriter, Lola, a showgirl, and the sleazy owner of the Copa. Tragedy ensues as the two men duel over Lola's love. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

    1985
  • Heart of a Champion: The Ray Mancini Story

    Actors: Robert Blake, Doug McKeon, Mariclare Costello, Tony Burton, Ray Buktenica

    Synopsis: The career of boxer Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini is the subject of the made-for-TV biopic. Doug McKeon plays Mancini, while Robert Blake co-stars as his father, Lenny Mancini. An excellent pugilist in his own right, Lenny's career is cut short by his wartime service. Son Ray carries on the tradition Read More

    1985
  • The Burning Bed

    Actors: Farrah Fawcett

    Synopsis: Farrah Fawcett earned Emmy and Golden Globe nominations for her portrayal of Francine Hughes in the television movie The Burning Bed. The film is structured as a series of flashbacks while Francine's character endures a murder trial after she poured gasoline on her sleeping spouse and burned him Read More

    1985
  • The A-Team: The Island

    Synopsis: B.A. (Mr. T) owes his life to his fellow Vietnam veteran Captain Fallone (James Callahan), a former army doctor. Now it is B.A.'s turn to repay the favor when he and the rest of the A-Team respond to Fallone's call for assistance when the tropical island where his clinic is located is overrun by Read More

    1984
  • Rita Hayworth: The Love Goddess

    Actors: Lynda Carter

    Synopsis: This is a made-for-TV bio about the film star Rita Hayworth. Lynda Carter stars as the legendary star. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

    1983
  • Quincy, M.E.: Next Stop, Nowhere

    Synopsis: After a teenager named Zack (Kelly Ward) dies while slam-dancing at a busy disco, it is determined that the cause of death was a stabbing. But Quincy (Jack Klugman) isn't satisfied by this verdict: he claims that the real villain is Punk Rock, whose "suicidal" lyrics have transformed otherwise Read More

    1982
  • Alice: Alice and the Acorns

    Synopsis: Marilyn Cooper appears as Brenda, an old high-school chum of Alice (Linda Lavin). When Brenda pays a visit, Alice is surprised to discover that her friend still has a debilitating inferiority complex. Our heroine determines to change this situation while both she and Brenda attend a 1950s-themed Read More

    1982
  • Inchon

    Actors: Laurence Olivier, Jacqueline Bisset, Ben Gazzara, Toshiro Mifune, Richard Roundtree

    Synopsis: This infamous Korean War drama is best known as the movie produced by Rev. Sung Myung Moon's Unification Church, though more people seem to have read stories about its troubled production or disastrous reception at the box office than to have actually seen it: on its initial release, it grossed Read More

    1981
  • Alice: Alice Strikes Up the Band

    Synopsis: A 1940s-themed banquet populated by an audience of prominent Arizona restauranteurs may prove to be a stepping-stone to stardom for our girl Alice (Linda Lavin). The starry-eyed waitress lands a singing gig at the banquet, one guaranteed to show off her talent for belting out the "oldies." Alice's Read More

    1981
  • Cloud Dancer

    Actors: David Carradine, Jennifer O'Neill, Joseph Bottoms, Colleen Camp, Albert Salmi

    Synopsis: This is a routine story about Bradley (David Carradine), a stunt flyer who loves flying more than anything else, as apparently does the director, Barry Brown. Bradley is devoted to his brother who suffers from Downs syndrome and he helps a new flyer to ditch a potentially disastrous flirtation Read More

    1980
  • Quincy, M.E.: New Blood

    Synopsis: Forced to take a brief leave of absence, Quincy (Jack Klugman) is none too pleased to find out that his temporary replacement, pathologist Gerry McCracken (Beverly Sassoon), performs a major autopsy on congressman Lawrence Bridges, who died in an apparent accident. When it appears that Dr. Read More

    1980
  • Studs Lonigan

    Synopsis: Adapted from the once-notorious trilogy of novels by James T. Farrell, the three-part miniseres Studs Lonigan isn't quite as earthy and explicit as its source, but is lot more faithful to the original than the 1960 film version. Set in Chicago and covering the years from 1916 to 1931, this is the Read More

    1979
  • Can You Hear the Laughter? - The Story of Freddie Prinze

    Synopsis: This relates the true account of the young Latino comedian who quickly found fame but could not quite pull his life together, and who died a tragic death in 1977. ~ Kristie Hassen, All Movie Guide Read More

    1979
  • The Escape of the One-Ton Pet

    Synopsis: A young girl really has her hands full when her pet calf grows up to be a rambunctious steer. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

    1978
  • Outlaw Blues

    Actors: Peter Fonda, Susan Saint James, John Crawford, James Callahan, Michael Lerner

    Synopsis: A musician discovers that there's no such thing as bad publicity when a murder charge makes him a star in this comedy-drama. Bobby Ogden (Peter Fonda) is an ex-con trying to go straight and build a career as a country and western singer. Bobby gets the opportunity to show off some of his tunes to Read More

    1977
  • M*A*S*H: Sometimes You Hear the Bullet

    Synopsis: Hawkeye (Alan Alda) is once again forced to come face to face with the horror of war when he finds that the life of his old buddy, iconoclastic journalist Tommy Gillis (James Callahan), is in his hands. Meanwhile, Frank (Larry Linville) tries to parlay a minor injury into a Purple Heart medal. Read More

    1972
  • Lady Sings the Blues

    Actors: Tracee Lyles, Diana Ross, Billy Dee Williams, Richard Pryor, James Callahan, Paul Hampton

    Synopsis: Diana Ross plays the magnificent, tragic song stylist Billie Holiday, who while writhing in a strait jacket in a prison cell, awaiting sentencing on drug charges, reflects on her turbulent life. Raped in her youth by a drunk (Adolph Caesar), then compelled to work as a domestic in a Harlem Read More

    1972
  • She Waits

    Actors: Patty Duke, David McCallum, Lew Ayres, Beulah Bondi, Dorothy McGuire

    Synopsis: She Waits, directed by Delbert Mann, an above average, frightening made-for-TV horror film tells the very familiar story of a young couple who move into a old house only to find out that they are being haunted by the ghost of the man's ex-wife, who gradually takes possession of the young wife. Read More

    1971
  • Tropic of Cancer

    Actors: Rip Torn, James Callahan, Ellen Burstyn, David Bauer, Laurence Ligneres

    Synopsis: Three years after cinematizing James Joyce's long-censored Ulysses, Joseph Strick mounted an adaptation of another racy literary work -- Henry Miller's Tropic of Cancer. Rip Torn plays Miller, an American expatriate author living -- and loving -- in 1920s Paris. The much-vaunted sex scenes were Read More

    1970
  • Travis Logan, D.A.

    Actors: Hal Holbrook, Vic Morrow

    Synopsis: Travis Logan, D.A. is a TV pilot film, originally telecast in March of 1971. Vic Morrow heads the cast as Logan, while Hal Holbrook earns "special guest star" billing as a clever murderer. Logan is prepared to go around with Holbrook's defense team when they try to cop an insanity plea. But a Read More

    1970
  • The F.B.I.: The Patriot

    Synopsis: At the behest of a Latin-American dictator (Thomas Gomez), the Mafia sends one of their most efficient operatives (James Callahan) on a kidnap assignment. The prospective victim is the dictator's most powerful political foe, publisher Emilio Cruz (Gilbert Roland), who is living in exile in the Read More

    1969
  • Adam-12: Log 92: Tell Him He Pushed Back a Little Too Hard

    Synopsis: Answering a public-disturbance call, Officers Jim Reed (Kent McCord) and Pete Malloy (Martin Milner) end up trying to mediate a bitter quarrel between neighbors Sidney Roemer (Dick Sargent) and Miles Wellman (James Callahan) over their joint ownership of a boat. The argument spreads over several Read More

    1969
  • A Man Called Gannon

    Actors: Anthony Franciosa, Michael Sarrazin, Judi West, Susan Oliver, John Anderson

    Synopsis: This routine western finds Gannon (Tony Franciosa) as a lone drifter on the Kansas plains. He never looks for any trouble because trouble always manages to find him. Gannon takes on a young Eastern dude named Jess (Michael Sarrazin) and teaches him the ropes of being a cowboy. The two end up in Read More

    1969
  • The F.B.I.: Passage Into Fear

    Synopsis: Erkine (Efrem Zimbalist Jr.) and Rhodes (Stephen Elliott) give chase when Hanna Crandall, a key government witness against a Red spy ring, escapes FBI surveillance and boards a train bound for Canada. A pair of Communist assassins are also trailing Hanna, and are on the verge of silencing her for Read More

    1967
  • The Fugitive: Right in the Middle of the Season

    Synopsis: As "Eddie Carter", Kimble (David Janssen) is hired as deck hand on the tuna boat owned by cantankerous old fisherman Tony Donovan (Dean Jagger). When Donovan's son Joe (James Callahan), a local labor leader who has organized a fisherman's strike, is arrested by the police, Kimble's true identity Read More

    1966
  • The Fugitive: The White Knight

    Synopsis: Glenn Madison (Steven Hill), a war hero with political ambitions, is rescued from a plane crash by Richard Kimble (David Janssen). Normally, this would make Kimble a hero, but both he and Madison are anxious to keep the rescue a secret from the public--Kimble because he is a fugitive from justice Read More

    1966
  • My Favorite Martian: Unidentified Flying Uncle Martin

    Synopsis: Anxious to return to Mars, Martin (Ray Walston) risks exposure by taking his spaceship on a short test ride. Sure enough, he is immediately spotted and classified as a UFO. Worse, Mrs. Brown (Pamela Britton) allows the government use Tim (Bill Bixby) and Martin's apartment as a sighting station Read More

    1964
  • Combat!: The Squad

    Synopsis: No one in King Company is in the mood to whistle "Dixie" when Pvt. Moseby Lovelace (Jonathan Bolt), an unreconstructed Southerner, joins the platoon. Saunders (Vic Morrow) is particularly peeved that Lovelace is constantly complaining about "Yankee" fighting methods: Why, he asks, does everyone Read More

    1963
  • The Twilight Zone: Ninety Years Without Slumbering

    Actors: Ed Wynn, Carolyn Kearney, James Callahan, William Sargent

    Synopsis: Bernard Herrmann composed his final Twilight Zone musical score for the December 20, 1963 episode "Ninety Years Without Slumbering." Ed Wynn stars as septuagenarian Sam Forstmann, who resists his family's efforts to sell his precious grandfather clock. It seems that the clock began running on the Read More

    1963
  • Have Gun, Will Travel: Don't Shoot the Piano Player

    Synopsis: Poetess Emily Eubanks (Fintan Meyler) hires Paladin (Richard Boone) to locate her missing fiance, a troubled musician named Albert (James Callahan). At last report, Albert was hiding somewhere in San Francisco's rough-and-tumble Barbary Coast saloon district. As Paladin grimly makes his way Read More

    1962
  • The Untouchables: The Economist

    Synopsis: Unlike his fellow mobsters, Vincent Tunis (Joseph Sirola) can boast of an excellent education and a superbly analystical mind. This he proves when he methodically buys up and hoards all of the surplus whiskey in Chicago, waits patiently for other booze-supply sources to dry up, then sells his Read More

    1962
  • Perry Mason: The Case of the Shapely Shadow

    Synopsis: Prior to carrying out the orders of her boss Morley Thielman (George Neise) by placing a briefcase containing $100,000 in a train station locker, Janice Wainwright (Elaine Devry) stops at the office of Perry Mason (Raymond Burr), informing the lawyer that she thinks Thielman is being blackmailed. Read More

    1962
  • Experiment in Terror

    Actors: Glenn Ford, Lee Remick, Stefanie Powers, Roy Poole, Ned Glass, Ross Martin

    Synopsis: Bank teller Lee Remick is accosted in her garage one dark night by asthmatic psycho Ross Martin. He forces her to go through with an elaborate robbery scheme, threatening to kill Lee's teen-aged sister Stefanie Powers if the police are summoned. FBI agent Glenn Ford suspects that something is Read More

    1962
  • The Walking Target

    Synopsis: In this crime drama, a man serves five years in the state pen for armed robbery. Upon his release, the man is anxious to retrieve the $260,000 in loot he hid before he went to jail. Unfortunately, he is still pursued by both the police and his former gang mates. He ends up severely beaten, robbed Read More

    1960
  • Perry Mason: The Case of Paul Drake's Dilemma

    Synopsis: In a most unusual episode, Perry Mason's client is his friend and business associate, private detective Paul Drake (William Hopper). After confronting Frank Thatcher (Bruce Gordon) for concealing evidence in a hit-and-run case, Paul knocks the man down--and is promptly rendered unconscious Read More

    1959
  • Charlie Chan in the Secret Service

    Crew: Screenwriter

    Actors: Sidney Toler, Gwen Kenyon, Mantan Moreland, Marianne Quon, Arthur Loft

    Synopsis: Having ended its 11-year run at 20th Century-Fox, the "Charlie Chan" series set up shop at Monogram with the singularly uninspiring Charlie Chan in the Secret Service. Sidney Toler returns as the famed oriental detective, who, per the title, is now a government agent. His first assignment is to Read More

    1944

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