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James T. Callahan

James Thomas Callahan appeared in more than 120 films and television programs between 1959 and 2007, and is likely best known for playing Walter Powell, the cranky grandfather on television's Charles in Charge


Aliases
  • Jimmy Callahan
  • James Callahan
English
  • Born In Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
  • Born October 4, 1930
  • Died August 3, 2007
  • Gender Male
  • On Other Sites IMDB TheMovieDB.com Wikipedia
  • Created April 5, 2019 by
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  • Modified May 1, 2023 by
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Charles in Charge

1984
as Walter Powell

Wild Hearts

2006
as Arliss

Inchon

1982
as Gen. Almond

The Walking Target

1960
as Al Kramer

A Norman Rockwell Christmas Story

1995
as Samuel Cavanaugh (as James Callahan)

Midnight Man

1995
as Chief Massey

Lady Sings the Blues

1972
as Reg Hanley (as James Callahan)

Prison for Children

1987
as Mr. Platt

Tropic of Cancer

1970
as Fillmore

The Missiles of October

1974
as David Powers - Special Assistant to the President

Mosby's Marauders

1967
as Sam Chapman

She Waits

1972
as David Brody (as James Callahan)

Outlaw Blues

1977
as Garland Dupree

Born

2007
as Albert Martino (as James Callahan)

The Christmas Gift

1986
as Robert Truesdale

Guest Star

Episode ER
Homecoming
2000
Episode Hollywood Beat
Out in the Cold
1970
Episode Knight Rider
Circus Knights
1985
Episode The Ropers
Old Flames
1980
Episode The Golden Girls
Goodbye, Mr. Gordon
1992
Episode Promised Land
Christmas
1996
Episode Barnaby Jones
Counterfall
1975
Episode Dennis the Menace
Dennis Runs Away
1960
Episode Stoney Burke
Spin a Golden Web
1962
Episode Remington Steele
Steele's Gold
1983
Episode Harry and the Hendersons
Them Bones
1993
Episode Newhart
Still the Beavers
1985
Episode The Untouchables
The Economist
1962
Episode Hope and Gloria
Love With an Improper Stranger
1995
Episode Cybill
Sex, Drugs and Catholicism
1996
Episode The Twilight Zone
Ninety Years Without Slumbering
1963
Episode Picket Fences
Cross Examination
1993
Episode The F.B.I.
Passage Into Fear
1967
Episode Alice
Alice and the Acorns
1982
Episode Grindl
Grindl and the Counterfeiters
1963
Episode Fame
Secrets
1984
Episode The Fugitive
The White Knight
1966
Episode ER
Something New
1997
Episode Have Gun, Will Travel
Don't Shoot the Piano Player
1962
Episode The Fugitive
Right in the Middle of the Season
1966
Episode Nurses
An Intern-al Affair to Remember
1991
Episode Automan
Zippers
1984
Episode Perry Mason
The Case of Paul Drake's Dilemma
1959
Episode Amazing Stories (1985)
Life on Death Row
1986
Episode Caroline in the City
Caroline and the 28 lb. Walleye
1996
Episode Dallas
Conundrum (1)
1991
Episode Body & Soul (2002)
Second Opinion
2002
Episode Knight Rider
Good Day at White Rock
1982
Episode Quincy, M.E.
Next Stop, Nowhere
1982
Episode Lou Grant
Pack
1980
Episode Perry Mason
The Case of the Shapely Shadow
1962
Episode Medium
Judge, Jury & Executioner
2005
Episode The Case of the Dangerous Robin
Flight to the Desert
1960
Episode Lou Grant
Venice
1981
Episode The Californians
The Fur Story
1959
Episode The Practice
Oz (2)
1999
Episode M*A*S*H
Sometimes You Hear the Bullet
1973
Episode Bosom Buddies
What Price Glory?
1981
Episode Route 66
City of Wheels
1962
Episode Saints and Sinners
Judgement in Jazz Alley
1962
Episode Cannon
The Victim
1975
Episode Tales of the Gold Monkey
The Sultan of Swat
1983
Episode Body & Soul (2002)
Letting Go
2002
Episode Combat!
The Squad
1963
Episode My Favorite Martian
Unidentified Flying Uncle Martin
1964
Episode Longstreet
Eye of the Storm
1972
Episode The Invaders
Labyrinth
1967
Episode The F.B.I.
The Patriot
1969
Episode The A-Team
The Island
1984
Episode The Rockford Files
New Life, Old Dragons
1977
Episode Steve Canyon
Operation Firebee
1959
Episode The Invaders
Nightmare
1967
Episode Quincy, M.E.
New Blood
1980
Episode Growing Pains
Extra Lap
1986
Episode Lou Grant
Drifters
1981
Episode The Time Tunnel
One Way to the Moon
1966