Michael Callan (November 22, 1935 – October 10, 2022) was an American actor.

Born Martin Harris Calinieff in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Callan began his career as Mickey Calin, and it was with this name he appeared on Broadway in The Boy Friend (1954), Catch a Star (1955), and West Side Story (1957-1959).

Callan's film career began in 1959 where he was contracted with Columbia Pictures and had roles in two films, They Came to Cordura and The Flying Fontaines. Although he was unable to reprise his West Side Story role of Riff in the film version due to his contract with Columbia, he did dance in the film Gidget Goes Hawaiian (1961). His screen credits include The Interns, The New Interns, with Barbara Eden, Mysterious Island (1961), The Victors (1963), Cat Ballou, (1965) and later Leprechaun 3 and Stuck on You.

In 1966, Callan landed the lead role of Peter Christopher in the NBC sitcom Occasional Wife. At the time Callan was married to the former Carlyn Chapman. The young couple lived in Beverly Hills and had two daughters, Dawn Rachel (born ca. 1961) and Rebecca (born ca. 1964). He engaged in a 12-hour day filming schedule with weekends off for the production of the half-hour television series. Callan soon divorced Carlyn and was married for a time to Patricia Harty, the actress who played his "occasional wife" in the series.

Additional television credits include Breaking Point, That Girl, The Name of the Game, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Ironside, Marcus Welby, M.D., Griff, McMillan & Wife, Barnaby Jones, 12 O'Clock High, Quincy M.E., Charlie's Angels, Simon and Simon, Fantasy Island, four episodes of Murder, She Wrote, and eight episodes of Love, American Style. He played Metallo in Superboy.

Callan appeared in the Off-Broadway musical Bar Mitzvah Boy in 1987.

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Michael Callan (* 22. November 1935 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; eigentlich Martin Harris Calinieff) ist ein US-amerikanischer Schauspieler.

Callan, der in seiner Jugend Gesangs- und Tanzunterricht erhielt, begann seine Karriere als Mickey Calin. Unter diesem Namen spielte er am Broadway Rollen in The Boy Friend (1954), Catch a Star (1955) und West Side Story (1957). Während einer Vorstellung wurde er von Joyce Selznick entdeckt, die als Talent-Scout für Columbia Pictures arbeitete, wo er schließlich einen Sieben-Jahres-Vertrag erhielt. Vor der Filmkamera stand er erstmals 1959 in dem Western Sie kamen nach Cordura an der Seite von Gary Cooper und Rita Hayworth. Wenngleich er die Rolle des Riff, den er in der Originalbesetzung von West Side Story am Broadway gespielt hatte, aufgrund seines Vertrags mit Columbia in der Filmversion nicht bekam, tanzte er immerhin 1961 in dem Film April entdeckt Hawaii. Später spielte er unter anderem in Die Sieger (1963), Cat Ballou – Hängen sollst du in Wyoming (1965), Der Todesritt der glorreichen 7 (1972) und Unzertrennlich (2003). Daneben wirkte er in zahlreichen Fernsehserien mit, so etwa in Quincy, Knight Rider und Mord ist ihr Hobby.