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TV series · 1974

Kolchak: The Night Stalker

“A hard-bitten reporter with a nose for news and an open mind.”

First aired 13 September 1974 Drama / Mystery / Sci-Fi & Fantasy TMDB ↗

Kolchak: The Night Stalker is an American television series that aired on ABC during the 1974–1975 season. It featured a fictional Chicago newspaper reporter who investigated mysterious crimes with unlikely causes, particularly those that law enforcement authorities would not follow up. These often involved the supernatural or even science fiction, including fantastic creatures.

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Darren McGavin
as Carl Kolchak
52
Jack Grinnage
as Ron Updyke
43
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Ruth McDevitt
as Emily Cowles
79
Fritz Feld
as Waiter
73
Victor Jory
as Charles Rolling Thunder
71
J. Pat O'Malley
as Caretaker
70
John Hoyt
as Dr. Beckwith
68
Barbara Luddy
as Woman
66
Douglas Fowley
as The Super
63
Phil Silvers
63
Phil Silvers
as Harry Starman
63
James Gregory
as Captain Quill
62
Henry Brandon
as The Man
62
Lucille Benson
60
Sam Edwards
59
Simon Oakland
as Tony Vincenzo
59
Keenan Wynn
as Capt. Joe 'Mad Dog' Siska
58
Jan Murray
as Ichabod Grace
57
Jesse White
57
John Alvin
as Dr. Carrie
56
Michael Strong
as Walter Green
56
Tom Drake
as Don Kibbey
56
John Mitchum
as Janitor
55
Dennis McCarthy
as Guard
54
Bert Freed
as Capt. Akins
54
Michael Fox
as Frank Wesley
53
John Doucette
as Deputy Sample
53
Eddie Firestone
53
Milt Kamen
as Gingrich
53
Henry Beckman
as Senator Stephens
52
Paul Picerni
as Humane Society Man
51
Nina Foch
as Madame Trevi
50
John Fiedler
as Gordon Spangler
49
Philip Carey
as Sgt. Mayer
49
George Savalas
as Kaz (as Demosthenes)
49
Charles Aidman
as Police Captain Leo Winwood
49
Bob Hastings
as Hallem
49
Albert Paulsen
as Dr. James Verhyden
48
William Daniels
as Police Lt. Jack Matteo
47
Julie Adams
as Mrs. Walker
47
Ramon Bieri
as Captain Joe Baker
45
Pat Harrington Jr.
as Thomas Kitzmiller
45
Jeanne Cooper
45
Jeanne Cooper
as Dr. Kline
45
Dick Van Patten
as Alfred Brindle
45
Jay Robinson
44
Severn Darden
as Dr. Aaron Pollack
44
Nita Talbot
as Paula Griffin
44
Robert Easton
as Bernard Carmichael
43
Kathie Browne
as Lieutenant Irene Lamont
43
Richard Gautier
as Mel Tarter
42
Bernie Kopell
as Doctor Gravanites
41
William Smith
as Jim Elkhorn
41
Maureen Arthur
as Woman Speaker
40
Robert DoQui
40
Robert DoQui
as Park Policeman
40
Kathleen Nolan
as Faye Kruger
40
Tom Anfinsen
as Guard (uncredited)
37
Art Metrano
37
Katherine Woodville
as Dr. Helen Lynch
36
Richard Kiel
as The Monster
35
Sharon Farrell
33
Margaret Avery
as Ruth Van Galen
30
Barbara Rhoades
as The Secretary
27
Greg Finley
as Dr. Phillips
27
Carol Ann Susi
as Monique Marmelstein
22
Kevin Michael Richardson
9
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