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James McCallion is an American character actor.
He was born at Glasgow, Scotland, U K in 1918.
According to IMDB his career lasted from 1939 until 1980. He has 118 credits in the mediums of film and television.
He appeared on Broadway at the age of 9 in 1927 in the play Yours Truly with Erroll Flynn.
Subsequent Broadway appearances were in Roosty and But ForThe Grace Of God led to a film career. He made films for RKO, Universal and Warner Brothers studios.
In the 1930's he was a voice over regular on such radio shows as Gangbusters., a weekly show that was based on actual crime events.
His film debut came in 1939 in the film Boy Slaves.
The film roles of James McCallion were:
Boy Slaves (1939) as Tim
The Man Who Dared (1939) as Ralph Carter
Code Of The Streets (1939) as Danny Shay
Pride Of The Blue Grass (1939) as Danny Lowman
Playgirl (1954) as Paul
Vera Cruz (1954) as Little Bit
The Big Combo (1955) as Frank - Lab Technician
Kiss Me Deadly (1955) as Horace
Illegal (1955) as Allen Parker
Tribute To A Bad Man (1956) as Shorty
The Badlanders (1958) as Hotel Clerk
North By Northwest (1959) as Plaza Valet
PT 109 (1963) as Pappy MacMahon
Strange Bedfellows (1965) as Old Man
The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming (1966) as Townsperson
Gunfight In Abilene (1967) as Smoky Staub
Coogan's Bluff (1968) as Room Clerk
Cockeyed Cowboys Of Calico County (1970) as Dr. Henry
How Do I Love Thee (1970) as Pete McGurk
Skin Game (1971) as Stanfil
Adventures Of Nick Carter (972-TV) as Manager
Crime Club (1973-TV) as Cab Driver
Letters From Three Lovers (1973-TV) as Al
Cotter (1973)
The Strange And Deadly Occurrence (1974-TV) as Ardie Detweiller
Who Is The Black Dahlia? (1975-TV) as One of Couple In Car
The Prisoner Of 2nd Avenue (1975) as Mr. Cooperman
The Rear Guard (1976-TV) as Colonel Walsh
Dan August: Once Is Never Enough (1980-TV) as Lawrence Prescott
Mr. McCallion was very active on television appearing in such programs as The Big Story, Big Town, The Pepsi Cola Playhouse, The Man Behind The Badge, Four Star Playhouse, Jane Wyman Presents The Fireside Theater, Crusader, Front Row Center, Lux Video Theater, General Electric Theater, Wire Service, Cavalcade Of America, Studio 57, Whirlybirds, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Millionaire, Climax, Playhouse 90, Maverick, The Adventures Of McGraw, Schlitz Playhouse Of Stars, Mike Hammer, The Silent Service, The Lineup, Lawman, Walt Disney's Wonderful World Of Color, The Twilight Zone, Zane Grey Theater, Goodyear Theater, The Lawless Years, Hawaiian Eye, Death Valley Days, Johnny Ringo, The Detectives, The Untouchables, National Velvet, Stoney Burke, The Outer Limits, The Great Adventure, Wagon Train, Combat, Convoy, Perry Mason, Run Buddy Run, The Virginian, Daniel Boone, Pistols 'n Petticoats, It's About Time, The Girl From Uncle, The Fugitive, The Invaders, Judd For The Defense, Custer, The Andy Griffith Show, The Second Hundred Years, Lassie, Adam-12, Here Come The Brides, The Ghost & Mrs, Muir, The Guns Of Will Sonnet, The Big Valley, That Girl, Bonanza, It Takes A Thief, The Bold Ones- The Lawyers, Dan August, Mary Tyler Moore, Room 221, Night Gallery, The FBI, Alias Smith & Jones, Mannix, Cade's County, Gunsmoke, Mission Impossible, The Girl With Something Extra, Police Story, Ironside, Harry O, Barnaby Jones, Cannon, Mobile One, Police Woman, Barbary Coast, The Streets Of San Francisco and The Blue Knight.
He was married to Nora Marlowe from 1943 until her death in 1977. The couple had two children. His son Denis McCallion is a producer.
I enjoyed Mr. McCallion in such films as Illegal, Tribute To A Bad Man and The Badlanders as well as his many guest appearances on television in various TV series.
Louie The Movie Buff