Callan (TV series)

Callan was the title of a British action-adventure television series that aired on ITV broadcasters over four seasons spread out between 1967 and 1972.

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British - ITV - 1967 - 1972

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The series starred British actor Edward Woodward as David Callan, an assassin for a secret organization that refuses to allow the reluctant killer to retire. Actor Russell Hunter played the recurring character Lonely.

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British - Edward Woodward - Russell Hunter

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The series pilot episode aired as an episode of the anthology series Armchair Theatre in February 1967 and was entitled A Magnum for Schneider, based upon the novel A Red File for Callan by James Mitchell. A six-episode season followed later that year, followed by a second season in 1969. Production switched to color beginning with the 1970 season. A last set of episodes was broadcast in 1972.

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Armchair Theatre - 1967 - A Red File for Callan - James Mitchell - 1969 - 1970 - 1972

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In 1974, Woodward reprised the role in the film Callan, which was a remake of the pilot episode, A Magnum for Schneider. He played the part once again in the 1981 film, Wet Job.

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1974 - 1981

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In the 1980s, Woodward would go on to star in the American series, The Equalizer, playing a conscience-stricken former secret agent who becomes a protector of people in need, yet finds himself being called back into service by his former employers from time to time. There are many noted similarities between this series and Callan to the point where it is speculated that Robert McCall (Woodward's Equalizer character) may in fact be David Callan.

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American - The Equalizer - Secret agent

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