Mystery and tragedy still surround the plane crash that killed Canadian pilot Michael Callan in Nashville three weeks ago. Michael Callan, the actor and dancer who portrayed Riff in the original Broadway production of West Side Story before starring in such films as Gidget Goes Hawaiian, The Interns and Cat Ballou, has died. The man killed in a plane crash in Nashville has been identified as Michael Callan. He even offered her power of attorney over his finances. State police said the crash occurred around 3 p.m. on Highway 93 between Challis and Salmon. "He had a dependency on alcohol andanger," says friend Eleanor Dudley, who had met Stacy when theywere teenagers. For all his problems, Callan did manage to complete his pilots training once outside. That's according to a National Transportation Safety Board investigation of the Oct. 29, 2013, crash. Murray Landerkin, a retired bank manager, read the paper that day in his living room in a neat brick house not far from the Windsor airport. His second film with Columbia was the lead role in The Flying Fontaines (1959). His fans tend to ignore those little details about him. After the devastating news of Michael Callans death was revealed, his fans and friends expressed their deepest sadness. He had been using the name Mickey Callin but would use the original name Michael Callan. Instead, he went to trial in late 1998 for the five robberies beginning and. 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He also attempted suicide a number of years ago by jumping off a cliff.Did a little bit of checking and discovered he's got an active website athttp://www.jamesstacy.com with a fairly busy guestbook and a pretty graphicletter describing the accident aftermath from one of the people who helped himat the scene.Sounds like he may have finally gotten his head and his life straightened out. It is a priority for CBC to create products that are accessible to all in Canada including people with visual, hearing, motor and cognitive challenges. He was a regular on Horn & Hardarts Childrens Hour, a local radio program, and by the time he was 15, he was performing in local nightclubs, billed as Mickey Calin. I visited it last night as well, something is definitely amiss. Postmedia is committed to maintaining a lively but civil forum for discussion and encourage all readers to share their views on our articles. In despair, he flew to Hawaii,where he drank a pint of whiskey and took a cab to the top of a1,200-foot cliff for a suicide dive. (just to pick the middle) is across the Santa Monica NationalRecreation Area and seems to be two miles away as the super-hero flies(and more than three and a half miles away by road, because you have todrive around the southern border of the recreation area). < thought he committed suicide in the 60's or early 70's. Born Maurice Elias in EastL.A., he was one of six children of Lois, a waitress, and Louie,a bookmaker. His accident ocurred on Coldwater Canyon Drive a street that is often usedin LA for those who wish to cross over the hills from Beveryl Hills toSherman Oaks. Thank you for your interest.> >> > That is extremely odd. There have been no reports of him being sick or having any health-related issues. When he was led out of court in awheelchair after the sentencing on March 5, Stacy--strands ofgray hair hanging down the neck of his prison jumpsuit--smiledwanly and waved at the few family members who had come. He had a new fantasy, about a new star, one even younger than Swift. bob, ~~~~~~~~"Sometime jewel found in ashes." On Sept. 28, 1973,the actor--who was 35 and best-known for a gig on the CBSwestern Lancer--was racing his motorcycle through the HollywoodHills just after midnight. He tried to land. "Connie was always working, and I wasalways home," he says. In article , I tried the James Stacy webpage, got the "no longer available" then went. It just struck me asa little odd "I will play the lute with my foot, as I juggle these knives and hit a slapshot 60 feet, while handcuffed to a live alligatorANDI will actlike aBABY!" But most assumed, based on Callans flight club application, that it was Taylor Swift. He raved about her virginity in the letters. Box 500 Station A Toronto, ON Canada, M5W 1E6. ", It hasn't turned out that way. bar that had sold drinks to the driver who had struck him. In court once, a prosecutor asked him about that letter. Copyright 2023 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved. Great Author Bob Proctor Passed Away at 88, The Star Dakota Skyes Cause of Sudden Death is Unknown, Autopsy Result Clarifying Prophet TB Joshuas Cause of Death, Suicide Led to TikToker Leah Cantillons Death at a Young Age, Kings Gate CoFounder Rob Skibas Cause of Death is Unknown Yet, Smokie Bassist Terry Uttleys Sudden Death at 70 Confirmed. ---Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). The film has been deemed culturally significant by the United States Library of Congress and was selected for the National Film Registry in 1997. You can't believe everything you read and should research a lot more and not state something as fact. In the months after the crash, NTSB investigators pieced together what they could about the accident. Police believe Callan robbed his first bank in 1994, when he was 26 years old. No board members would speak on the record for this story. 2 West Side Story actor Michael Callan has died Credit: Everett Collection Inc / Alamy Stock Photo 2 Most of one wing was gone. Based on Callans criminal history, his erratic behaviour and his significant interest in a Nashville celebrity, the investigators wrote, Callan likely made an impulsive decision to fly to Nashville. That holdup was one in a series, all involving a lone gunman, a stolen car and unusual cruelty. Most of the site's pages are still available in Google's cache: But then I checked, for the heck of it, the bio page (and other pages)that came back on the Google search and they were there--just not thehome page: http://www.jamesstacy.com/bio.html. He was unable to continue his West Side Story role of Riff in the film because the contract had expired. #Riff, One Twitter user wrote: RIPMichael Callan (1935-2022). Callan died on Monday in the Woodland Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles, his daughter Rebecca Goodman told The Hollywood Reporter. Theneighbour who applied pressure to Stacey's groin to slow down thebleeding from his severed leg saved his live. He told her he wanted to get married. According to yearbook records, Callan spent at least three years at Windsors W.D. By then hehad moved on to Lancer. In 2013, he used one to carry out his final, doomed flight. He took the plane through little loops at the edge of the airport airspace then spent five minutes doing circles over the runways. -T. Lehrer***~~~~-----------------------------------------------------------------------, This is what I get when I attempted to visit the website. Callan died at the Motion Picture & Television . Three motorcyclists were injured Saturday afternoon when they collided on an East Idaho highway. One incident does not make him a pedophile. His rsum also included TV appearances on Hazel, That Girl, Love, American Style, Police Story, Charlies Angels, T.J. Hooker, One Life to Live and Murder, She Wrote and such movies as Lepke (1975), Double Exposure (1982) and the Farrelly brothers Stuck on You (2003). Through his various sources of income, Callan has been able to accumulate a good fortune but prefers to lead a modest lifestyle. I'd beinterested in hearing his take on all of that. Visit our Community Guidelines for more information and details on how to adjust your email settings. Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. "He was a wildcharacter," says a Hollywood publicist who recalls Stacy as adrinker and a brawler. Michael Callan (born Martin Harris Calinieff; [citation needed] November 22, 1935 - October 10, 2022) was an American actor best known for originating the role of Riff in West Side Story on Broadway, and for his film roles for Columbia Pictures, notably Gidget Goes Hawaiian, The Interns and Cat Ballou . Susan Reeves believes change is possible. She heard cries and ranoutside to find Stacy racing toward them in his wheelchair.Again he was arrested, but prosecutors dropped the charge at histrial. The engine flew free. They wanted conditions placed on his release. I've definitely got Michael Callan mixed up with SOMEONE else. An admirable decision, although At the end of the movie, James Stacy is revealed to be the killerdespite thefact that some of the murders (like snapping Sally Kirkland's neck) would havebeen impossible for him to do, even with a prosthetic arm. Callan stands at a height of 1,65mandWeighs 52 kg. Callan was an experienced pilot. Gary Nikota spent 30 years as a Crown attorney in Windsor. In addition to that, Michael Callan has also guest-starred in Viper, The Adventures of Super Boy and E.R. I've never seen him with any.> >> >Ellie>. Anybody remember the name and what happened to him? I think some have the history mixed up on Stacy, or perhaps they don'tkow/care what type of person he really is, if your interested read thearticle : (Article pasted below) I am friends with some of his fans,what they have told me, and I personally don't believe is that Jamesclaimed the mother gave him permission to touch her daughter, theirclaim is the mother was also a drunk. Kind of the same look. So, naturally, he tried to become a pilot. "The pilot's prior criminal actions and impulsive behavior are consistent with anti-social personality disorder, which likely led to his impetuous decision to fly to Nashville," the report states. Thefirst night, after Stevens fell asleep, Stacy took off withReeves. But none of that apparently bothered the club brass. While his father took bets and dodged police,Maurice began working as an usher at a movie house, where, hesays, "I first started loving films.". ), Perhaps because the premise was a bit risqu for its day, the Screen Gems series was canceled after one season. Radar records would later show Callans Cessna first entered a 20-mile nautical ring around the Nashville airport at 1:50 a.m., according to the NTSB. "She wanted to learn acupressure," he says. He arranged to be naked and masturbating whenever others, always female, would appear at his cell. He had few friends. Michael Callan was the type of talent we just dont see much in films anymore., Please Leave Your Comments, Thoughts, and Condolences For Us Right Below, The Latest:Loretta Lynns Cause of Unexpected Death?! "She is angry. Born in Philadelphia to a Jewish family, Michael Callan sang and danced as a teenager and by the age of fifteen was dancing in local night clubs. > > > Wow. The owner there still remembers him as a clean guy who never looked like a bum. But reports from his trial reveal he was mostly unemployed in those years. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. For Nikota, that was largely the end of the case. I used to get him and Michael (Mickey) Callan mixed up with each other.Well, they do like alike. "Oh,Daddy, no!" I saw that Michael Callan was listed as playing Jack Simmons on OLTL in the late 80's. What was his character all about ? The next issue of NP Posted will soon be in your inbox. The actor also played Metallo in Superboy and Hal B. Wallis in My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn. In it, Callan plays a cattle rustlerand the romantic lead opposite Fonda. A week after, Stacy appeared in the backyard ofJoan Archer, a schoolteacher, whose daughters 10 and 11, wereplaying on a trampoline with a friend. Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Duong Lam told investigators he thought the plane was coming from the east. He movedabout in an electric wheelchair and squandered his money ondrinking holidays--basically he was known as a moody drunk. When search suggestions are available use up and down arrows to review and enter to select. Windsor pilot identified following crash. The film was nominated for 11 Academy Awards and won 10, including Best Picture (in addition to a special award for Robbins), becoming the record holder for the most wins for a musical. The role of Callan on Columbia Pictures at first produced prestige results by film They came to Cordura (1959) starring Gary Cooper. ("I had lines like,'Hey, Rick, want a hamburger?' To some, it seemed inevitable. Best Buy, Fable and DAVIDsTEA, to name a few. But Stacy insists, rather pathetically, that it wasn'tmolestation. By continuing to use our site, you agree to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. --Kat-1The most destructive force in the universe is gossip. He never did anything prior or since that incident and it was blown out or proportion in the media to what it really was. The interesting thing about that movie is that, as far as I can remember, therewere absolutely no references in the dialogue to Stacy's disability. 23 November 2013. Callan had auditioned for his old part as well as that of Tony (Larry Kert on Broadway, Richard Beymer in the movie) but wasnt hired, perhaps because his Columbia contract contained restrictions. The man sat in the lobby for about half an hour then left. IMO the fact he tried to killhimself after his conviction tells me more than anything one of hisfans says or what they try to ignore about him. Nonetheless, in 1957 October, the studio reported interest in him. On Wed, 28 Sep 2016 20:33:27 -0700 (PDT). He spent about a year on West Side Story before Joyce Selznick a talent agent (and niece of Gone With the Wind producer David O. Selznick) who had discovered Tony Curtis and James Darren saw him on Broadway. One day he asked his mother if he sounded like Frank Sinatra. Childhood photos show Callan as a blond, big-eyed baby with a narrow face who grew into a slim, muscular young man. As far as the investigators could determine, Callan told no one of his plans. Michael Callan, who portrayed Riff in the original Broadway production of 'West Side Story' before starring in 'Gidget Goes Hawaiian,' 'The Interns' and 'Cat Ballou,' has died. Callan portrayed the dancer Eddie opposite Deborah Walley in Gidget Goes Hawaiian (1961), then starred as a selfish, strung-out medical resident in the melodrama The Interns (1962). A contract player at Columbia Pictures, Callan made about a dozen movies at the studio, starting with They Came to Cordura (1959), a Western starring Gary Cooper, Rita Hayworth, Van Heflin and Tab Hunter. Because of security reasons, Callan has not shared his precise location of residence. He was 42 years old. >>In the previous article, Dave Garrett wrote:>> Most of the site's pages are still available in Google's cache:>> >> http://tinyurl.com/j0ll>>For anyone interested in reading them, I dug the GIF files of the>accident letter out of my browser's cache. From the day he entered the prison system, Callan was a terrible inmate, racist and abusive and increasingly bizarre. Callan was soon announced as one of 11 young names the studio would build up. Another club employee, a longtime flight instructor named Karl Klinck, identified the man to police as Michael Callan, a former club member and aspiring pilot. Nevertheless, West Side Story director-choreographer Jerome Robbins phoned a year later, asking him to audition again. It was a drunk driver and he did nit just meet the girl it was a girlfriend. Authorities aren't sure how Michael Callan of Windsor, Ontario, flew undetected over an international border, why he turned the plane's transponder off and what caused him to circle Nashville. - Charlie Chan, ********A mouse click is all it takes to give food at: The art & the artists of New Zealand's Tutukaka Coast: Wax-up and drop-in of Surfing's Golden Years: , For email change "@earthsea.co.enzed" to "@earthsea.co.nz". In 1958, the actor signed a seven-year deal with Columbia. We'll assume you're ok with this, but you can opt-out if you wish. He got some parts after his injuries, but then was convicted of molesting an 11 year old girl, I believe in 1996. Just 21, the actor auditioned multiple times before. I'd be> interested in hearing his take on all of that. And he survived throwing himself off a cliff. Arrested at the hospital and later flown back to Ventura County,he was sentenced to a long term for a first offender, in partbecause the judge agreed with the prosecution's assertion thathe had a "propensity for pedophilia." The stickup man was tall and slim, with an athletic build. Michael Callan was born on the 22nd of November, 1935. Michael Callan's age is 87. "I mean, Jesus, God, rehab would have doneit," he says. Stealing a motor scooter from a local butcher, theybriefly zoomed through the hallways of her pension, then spedoff to tour the city. It passed over Hangar 14, where Lam was working. and he admits he touched hergenitals. Instead, he went to trial in late 1998 for the five robberies beginning and ending with Murray Landerkins CIBC. 'Street Outlaws: Fastest In America' Star Ryan Fellows Dies In Fiery Crash While Filming Michael Callan and Jane Fonda in 'Cat Ballou' On Broadway, Callan played Riff in the original. "God didn't want himto die," she says, "and so he's going to get a second chance. Thus, the identity of Callans parents is still unclear. By the way, does anyone know if James Stacy has ever worn any prostheses, On Wed, 06 Aug 2003 16:50:38 GMT, "teleflora" <, On 07 Aug 2003 00:23:27 GMT, applc@aol.comnospam (ApplCinamn). The first time I ever saw the guy was in "My Kidnapper, My Love"; I'm notfamiliar with the "Lancer" series he was on early in his career. Icould be wrong though. We are keeping tabs and will update this information once it is out. He was 86. If you don't see it, please check your junk folder. We were tough with all three of them, except for him, she said. (1962), the war epic The Victors(1963) and You Must Be Joking! With any. > > Ellie > was unable to continue his West Side Story director-choreographer Jerome Robbins a! Reasons, Callan spent at least three years at Windsors W.D Wallis in My Wicked Wicked! Name and what happened to him 1963 ) and you must be of. 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