Hmmm, he was on an excessively violent show he played for laughs. In fact, in 1968, he called that show such a "dummy" that, "I thought it was a comedy. The rest of his career included Broadway and the title role on TV's Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer (1957-1959), the latter of which might've been his best prep to play Kolchak. His bombastic Kolchak - a rabid supporter of the First Amendment - existed in two TV movies and 20 episodes of the resulting series.
SIMON OAKLAND KOLCHAK VAMPIRE MOVIE
The Series' Main & Recurring Cast (All Those Making 12 or More Appearances)ĭarren McGavin (1922-2016) as Carl Kolchak - 20 episodes, both TV movies: The gristly actor got the call to see if he'd want to play a fast-talking reporter in a vampire TV movie in 1971 and, well, he bit. " (September 27, 1974)Įpisode 4: "The Vampire" (October 4, 1974)Įpisode 5: "The Werewolf" (November 1, 1974)Įpisode 6: "The Firefall" (November 8, 1974)Įpisode 7: "The Devil's Platform" (November 15, 1974)Įpisode 8: "Bad Medicine" (November 29, 1974)Įpisode 9: "The Spanish Moss Murders" (December 6, 1974)Įpisode 10: "The Energy Eater" (December 13, 1974)Įpisode 11: "Horror in the Heights" (December 20, 1974)Įpisode 12: "Mr.
SIMON OAKLAND KOLCHAK VAMPIRE SERIES
While not as scary as the first installment, it's still an intriguing film - and people watched it in big numbers, leading to a series order.Įpisode 1: "The Ripper" (September 13, 1974)Įpisode 2: "The Zombie "(September 20, 1974)Įpisode 3: "They Have Been, They Are, They Will Be. With time running out, Kolchak has to persuade the powers that be that the killer is a Civil War-era doctor (Richard Anderson) who keeps himself alive with an elixir that calls for human blood. Thanks to a crackerjack researcher (Wally Cox), Kolchak realizes similar killings have occurred in the area every 21 years over a span of 18 days. Worse, each victim's crush neck bears small amounts of rotting human flesh.
Spookily, these crimes also involve the draining of blood - but far less of it. Coinkydinkally, his old editor Tony (Simon Oakland) is there, too, and hires him to cover the story of a series of stripper murders. Driven out of Vegas because he knew too much (about vampires), Kolchak is now working in Seattle. TV Movie #2: The Night Strangler (January 16, 1973)Ī year after striking gold with the first TV movie, ABC offered a second.
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