{{Short description|American actor (1930–2007)}} {{about|the actor who lived 1930-2007|the actor who lived 1891-1957|Jimmy Callahan (actor)}} {{Infobox person | image = James Callahan.jpg | imagesize = | caption = Callahan as seen in the opening credits of ''[[Charles in Charge]]'' | name = James T. Callahan | birth_name = James Thomas Callahan | birth_date = October 4, 1930 | birth_place = [[Grand Rapids, Michigan]], US | death_date = {{death date and age|mf=yes|2007|08|03|1930|10|04}} | death_place = [[Fallbrook, California]], US | resting_place = | spouse = {{Marriage|Peggy Cannon|1994|<!--Omit per Template:Marriage instructions-->}} }}
'''James Thomas Callahan''' (October 4, 1930 – August 3, 2007) was an American [[film]] and [[television]] actor who appeared in more than 120 films and television programs between 1959 and 2007. He is perhaps best known for his portrayal from 1987 to 1990 of Walter Powell on the [[Broadcast syndication|syndicated]] [[sitcom]] ''[[Charles in Charge]]'', starring [[Scott Baio]].
==Early years== One of three children, Callahan was born in [[Grand Rapids, Michigan]], to William and Elenora Callahan on October 4, 1930. After his service in the [[United States Army]] from 1951 to 1953, he worked for the [[United States Postal Service]]. While attending school in the Midwest, he discovered acting and on the advice of a teacher, he enrolled at the [[University of Washington]] in [[Seattle]] He studied drama and graduated in the late 1950s.<ref name=lat/><ref>{{cite journal| url=http://blog.sitcomsonline.com/2007/08/remembering-charles-in-charges-james-t.html| title=Remembering Charles in Charge's James T. Callahan| website=Sitcoms Online| date=August 8, 2007}}</ref>
==Career== Callahan played a doomed soldier/journalist in the ''[[M*A*S*H (TV series)|M*A*S*H]]'' episode "[[Sometimes You Hear the Bullet]]". He also had recurring roles in three 1960s series, as Danny Adams in [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]'s ''[[Wendy and Me]]'', with a cast including [[George Burns]], [[Connie Stevens]], [[Ron Harper (actor)|Ron Harper]], and [[J. Pat O'Malley]], as Lieutenant O'Connell on [[NBC]]'s 13-episode war drama, ''[[Convoy (TV series)|Convoy]]'', with [[John Gavin]] and [[John Larch]], and as the governor's press secretary in ''[[The Governor and J.J.]]'', which starred [[Dan Dailey]] and [[Julie Sommars]]. He appeared in "The Twilight Zone" S5 E12 "Ninety Years Without Slumbering" which aired 12/18/1963. Callahan portrayed a small role in ''[[Barnaby Jones]]'' in an episode titled "Counterfall" (02/04/1975).
== Personal life == Callahan did not marry until he was sixty-three, when he wed Peggy Cannon in 1994. They were married until his death in 2007.
==Death== In February 2007, Callahan was diagnosed with [[esophageal cancer]]. Six months later, on August 3, 2007, Callahan died at his home in [[Fallbrook, California]] at age 76.<ref name=lat>{{cite news| url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-aug-08-me-callahan8-story.html| newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]| title=James Callahan, 76; played grandfather on TV's 'Charles in Charge'| last=Nelson| first=Valerie J.| date=August 6, 2007| url-access=subscription| access-date=June 22, 2020}}</ref>
== Filmography== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- | 1959 | ''[[The Californians (TV series)|The Californians]]'' | James McFadden | Episode: "The Fur Story" |- | 1959 | ''[[Steve Canyon#Television|Steve Canyon]]'' | Lt. Hageman | Episode: "Operation Firebee" |- | 1959 | ''[[Battle of the Coral Sea (film)|Battle of the Coral Sea]]'' | Australian Prisoner | Uncredited |- | 1959 | ''[[Man on a String]]'' | C.B.I. Agent | Uncredited |- | 1960 | ''[[Bourbon Street Beat]]'' | Detective | Episode: "Twice Betrayed" |- | 1960 | ''[[Dennis the Menace (1959 TV series)|Dennis the Menace]]'' | Officer Holt | Episode: "Dennis Runs Away" |- | 1960 | ''[[Manhunt (1959 TV series)|Manhunt]]'' | Willie | Episode: "A Rose for Willie" |- | 1960 | ''[[Two Faces West]]'' | Cleve | Episode: "Prognosis: Death" |- | 1960 | ''[[The Walking Target]]'' | Al Kramer | |- | 1961 | ''[[National Velvet (TV series)|National Velvet]]'' | Johnny | Episode: "The Bridegroom" |- | 1961 | ''[[The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor]]'' | Phil | Episode: "Hit and Miss" |- | 1961 | ''[[The Jim Backus Show]]'' | Lou | 2 episodes |- | 1962 | ''[[Perry Mason (1957 TV series)|Perry Mason]]'' | Bookkeeper Fred Carlyle | Episode: "The Case of the Shapely Shadow" |- | 1962 | ''[[Route 66 (TV series)|Route 66]]'' | Smudge | Episode: "City of Wheels" |- | 1962 | ''[[Have Gun - Will Travel]]'' | Albert Eubanks | Episode: "Don't Shoot the Piano Player" |- | 1962 | ''[[All Fall Down (1962 film)|All Fall Down]]'' | Gas Station Attendant | Uncredited |- | 1962 | ''[[Experiment in Terror]]'' | FBI Agent | Uncredited |- | 1962 | ''[[G.E. True]]'' | Detective Floyd Wright | Episode: "Hercule Poirot" |- | 1962 | ''[[Saints and Sinners (TV series)|Saints and Sinners]]'' | Edgar | Episode: "Judgement in Jazz Alley" |- | 1962 | ''[[The Untouchables (1959 TV series)|The Untouchables]]'' | Miles Henning | Episode: "The Economist" |- | 1962 | ''[[Stoney Burke (TV series)|Stoney Burke]]'' | Bert | Episode: "Spin a Golden Web" |- | 1962-1964 | ''[[Dr. Kildare (TV series)|Dr. Kildare]]'' | Dr. Yates Atkinson | 6 episodes |- | 1963 | ''[[Combat!]]'' | Reischer | Episode: "The Squad" |- | 1963 | ''[[Empire (1962 TV series)|Empire]]'' | Redford | Episode: "A House in Order" |- | 1963 | ''[[Grindl]]'' | Mike | Episode: "Grindl and the Counterfeiters" |- | 1963 | ''[[The Eleventh Hour (1962 TV series)|The Eleventh Hour]]'' | Matt Hopewell | Episode: "I Feel Like a Rutabaga" |- | 1963 | ''[[The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)|The Twilight Zone]]'' | Doug Kirk | Episode: "[[Ninety Years Without Slumbering]]" |- | 1963 | ''[[The Lieutenant]]'' | Markley | ''Episode: "Fall from a White Horse"'' |- | 1964 | ''[[My Favorite Martian]]'' | Jack | Episode: "Unidentified Flying Uncle Martin" |- | 1964-1965 | ''[[Wendy and Me]]'' | Danny Adams | 34 episodes |- | 1965 | ''[[Convoy (TV series)|Convoy]]'' | Lt. Dick O'Connell | TV series |- | 1965 | ''[[Profiles in Courage (TV series)|Profiles in Courage]]'' | Barnes | Episode: "General [[Alexander William Doniphan]]", with [[Peter Lawford]] as Doniphan |- | 1966 | ''[[The Fugitive (1963 TV series)|The Fugitive]]'' | Joe Donovan / Russ Haynes | 2 episodes |- | 1966 | ''[[The Time Tunnel]]'' | Navy Ensign Beard | Episode: "One Way To The Moon" |- | 1967 | ''[[Mosby's Marauders]]'' | Sam Chapman | |- | 1967 | ''[[The Invaders]]'' | Dr. Harry Mills / Ed Gidney | 2 episodes |- | 1967 | ''[[Walt Disney anthology television series|Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color]]'' | Sam Chapman | Episodes: "Willie and the Yank: The Mosby Raiders" and "Willie and the Yank: The Deserter" |- | 1968 | ''[[A Man Called Gannon]]'' | Bo | |- | 1969 | ''[[Adam-12]]'' | Miles Wellman | Episode: "Log 92: Tell Him He Pushed a Little Too Hard" |- | 1969-1970 | ''[[The Governor & J.J.]]'' | George Callison | 3 episodes |- | 1970 | ''[[Tropic of Cancer (film)|Tropic of Cancer]]'' | Fillmore | |- | 1971 | ''[[Cade's County]]'' | Llewellyn Burton | Episode: "Safe Deposit" |- | 1972 | ''[[Lady Sings the Blues (film)|Lady Sings the Blues]]'' | Reg Hanley | |- | 1972 | ''[[Love, American Style]]'' | Jim | Episodes: "Love and the Confession" |- | 1973 | ''Love, American Style'' | Malcolm | Episodes: "Love and the Hand Maiden" |- | 1973 | ''[[Marcus Welby, M.D.]]'' | Allen Lawrence | Episode: "A More Exciting Case" |- | 1973 | ''[[M*A*S*H (TV series)|M*A*S*H]]'' | Cpl. Tommy Gillis | Episode: "[[Sometimes You Hear the Bullet]]" |- | 1973 | ''[[Walt Disney anthology television series|The Wonderful World of Disney]]'' | Sheriff Wyndham | Episode: "The Mystery of Dracula's Castle" |- | 1974 | ''[[The Missiles of October]]'' | [[David Powers|Dave Powers]] | TV movie |- | 1975 | ''[[Cannon (TV series)|Cannon]]'' | Police Lieutenant | Episode: "The Victim" |- | 1976 | ''[[The Practice (1976 TV series)|The Practice]]'' | Jim | Episode: "Molly and Jim" |- | 1976 | ''[[Holmes & Yoyo]]'' | Weston | Episode “Dental Dynamiter” |- | 1977 | ''[[Outlaw Blues]]'' | Garland Dupree | |- | 1977 | ''[[The Rockford Files]]'' | Leslie Hartman | Episode: "New Life, Old Dragons" |- | 1977 | ''[[The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries]]'' | Haggarty | 2 episodes |- | 1978 | ''[[Baa Baa Black Sheep (TV series)|Black Sheep Squadron]]'' | Col. Maurice Parker | Episode: "Sheep in the Limelight" |- | 1978-1979 | ''[[The Runaways (TV series)|The Runaways]]'' | Sgt. Hal Grady | 13 episodes |- | 1980 | ''[[The Ropers]]'' | Tom Cummins | Episode: "Old Flames" |- | 1980 | ''[[Cloud Dancer]]'' | Walt Lawson | |- | 1980-1982 | ''[[Benson (TV series)|Benson]]'' | Dr. Phillips | 2 episodes |- | 1980-1982 | ''[[Quincy, M.E.]]'' | Adrian Mercer / Larry Bridges | 2 episodes |- | 1981 | ''[[Bosom Buddies]]'' | Dr. Leonard Bob | Episode: "What Price Glory?" |- | 1981 | ''[[Inchon (film)|Inchon]]'' | General Almond | |- | 1981 | ''[[CBS Children's Mystery Theatre]]'' | Walter Ames | Episode: [[The Haunting of Harrington House]] |- | 1981-1982 | ''[[Alice (American TV series)|Alice]]'' | Vinnie | 2 episodes |- | 1982 | ''[[Knight Rider (1982 TV series)|Knight Rider]]'' | Cheriff Bruckner | Episode: "Good Day at White Rock" |- | 1983 | ''[[Little House on the Prairie (TV series)#Movie specials|Little House on the Prairie: A Look Back to Yesterday]]'' | Doctor Houser | TV movie |- | 1983 | ''[[Remington Steele]]'' | Emmett DeVore | Episode: "Steele's Gold" |- | 1983 | ''[[Too Close for Comfort]]'' | Marvin Rowe | Episode: "Out to Lunch" |- | 1984 | ''[[The A-Team]]'' | Captain Fallone | Episode: "The Island" |- | 1984 | ''[[The Burning Bed]]'' | Berlin Hughes | TV movie |- | 1985 | ''[[Knight Rider (1982 TV series)|Knight Rider]]'' | Jeff Barnes | Episode: "Circus Knights" |- | 1985 | ''[[A Bunny's Tale]]'' | Phil | TV movie |- | 1985 | ''[[Copacabana (musical)]]'' | Dennis Riley | TV Musical |- | 1986 | ''[[Highway to Heaven]]'' | Jack Brent | Episode: "Children's Children" |- | 1986 | ''[[Growing Pains]]'' | Uncle Bob | Episode: "Extra Lap" |- | 1987-1990 | ''[[Charles in Charge]]'' | Walter Powell | Seasons 2 through 5 |- | 1992 | ''[[The Golden Girls]]'' | Malcolm Gordon | Episode: "Goodbye, Mr. Gordon" |- | 1992 | ''[[Hero (1992 film)|Hero]]'' | Police Chief | |- | 1993 | ''[[Return of the Living Dead 3]]'' | Colonel Peck | |- | 1994 | ''Mei zhen'' | Mr. Platt | |- | 1995 | ''[[Return to Two Moon Junction]]'' | Mr. Bowman | |- | 1995 | ''[[Midnight Man (1995 film)|Midnight Man]]'' | Chief Massey | |- | 1995 | ''[[A Norman Rockwell Christmas Story]]'' | Samuel Cavanaugh | TV movie |- | 1996 | ''[[Caroline in the City]]'' | Mayor Paisley | Episode: "Caroline and the Twenty-Eight-Pound Walleye" |- | 1996 | ''[[Promised Land (1996 TV series)|Promised Land]]'' | Warren Dempsey | Episode: "Christmas" |- | 1997 | ''[[ER (TV series)|ER]]'' | Oliver | Episode: "Something New" |- | 1999 | ''Every Dog Has Its Day'' | Father Quinn | |- | 1999 | ''[[The Practice]]'' | Trevor Wayne | Episode: "Oz" |- | 2000 | ''[[ER (TV series)|ER]]'' | Mr. Bristol | Episode: "Homecoming" |- | 2001 | ''Extreme Honor'' | Randolph Brascoe | |- | 2005 | ''[[Medium (TV series)|Medium]]'' | Jury Foreman | Episode: "Judge, Jury and Executioner" |- | 2006 | ''[[Wild Hearts (film)|Wild Hearts]]'' | Arliss - Mayor of Hope | Hallmark TV movie |- | 2006 | ''[[7th Heaven (TV series)|7th Heaven]]'' | Father Mulligan | Episode: "And More Secrets" |- | 2006 | ''The Standard'' | Principal Watson | |- | 2007 | ''Born'' | Albert Martino | (final film role) |}
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