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name: "John Calvin"
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roles: ["Actor"]
born: "29 November 1947"
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average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-20T06:13:20.866455+00:00"
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# John Calvin

Actor. Born 29 November 1947 in Staten Island, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 29 November 1947, Staten Island, New York, USA
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Calvin_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q48868819, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0130890/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/73960

## Biography

John Calvin is an American film and television actor. Born on 29 November 1947 in Staten Island, New York, he appeared in numerous television series and films from the early 1970s to the mid-1990s.

He played Howie Dickerson in the sitcom *The Paul Lynde Show* (1972–1973) and Reverend Willie Tenboom in *Tales of the Gold Monkey* (1982–1983). His film credits include *Norma Rae* (1979) as Ellis Harper, *The Cheap Detective* (1978), *Making Love* (1982), *Back to the Beach* (1987) and *Critters 3* (1991). Calvin also guest-starred in series such as *Columbo*, *The Six Million Dollar Man*, *Quantum Leap*, *The A-Team*, *Murder, She Wrote*, *Walker, Texas Ranger* and *In the Heat of the Night*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Norma Rae* (1979), Fi1m 82, as Ellis Harper — [page](https://film.one/film/norma-rae.md)

## Complete filmography (69)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Dragonworld* (1994), as Bob Armstrong
- *Black Tie Affair* (1993), series, Actor
- *Walker, Texas Ranger* (1993), series, as Mitch Cutter
- *The Magic Bubble* (1993), as Charles
- *Renegade* (1992), series, as Tracy Harris
- *Delta* (1992), series, as Wesley Harper
- *Almost Pregnant* (1992), as Gordon "Rip" Mallory
- *Boris and Natasha* (1992), as Harve
- *Critters 3* (1991), as Clifford
- *The Torkelsons* (1991), series, as Michael
- *Primary Target* (1990), Actor
- *Mike Hammer: Murder Takes All* (1989), as Carl Durant
- *Quantum Leap* (1989), series, as Buddy Wright
- *Coach* (1989), series, as Tom Richman
- *The Siege of Firebase Gloria* (1989), as C.O. Williams
- *Dear John* (1988), series, as Richard
- *The Wrong Guys* (1988), as FBI Captain
- *She's the Sheriff* (1987), series, as Scanlon
- *Back to the Beach* (1987), as Troy
- *Matlock* (1986), series, as Mayor Brian Barelli, Cal Ritter
- *Hollywood Beat* (1985), series, Actor
- *Moonlighting* (1985), series, as Charles Wright — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/moonlighting.md)
- *V* (1984), series, as Dr. Stephen Maitland
- *Ghost Warrior* (1984), as Doctor Alan Richards
- *Murder, She Wrote* (1984), series, as Philip Royce
- *Hunter* (1984), series, as Bradley Woolsey
- *Airwolf: The Movie* (1984), as Blaze
- *Airwolf* (1984), series, as Hergos, Colonel Steve Coombs
- *Night Court* (1984), series, as Pete Peterson
- *Scarecrow and Mrs. King* (1983), series, Actor
- *The A-Team* (1983), series, as Madrid
- *Knight Rider* (1982), series, as Simon
- *Matt Houston* (1982), series, as Todd Gallagher
- *Tales of the Gold Monkey* (1982), series, as Willie Tenboom
- *T. J. Hooker* (1982), series, as Lester
- *Making Love* (1982), as David
- *The Ambush Murders* (1982), as Dennis Bowie
- *Simon & Simon* (1981), series, Actor
- *Magnum, P.I.* (1980), series, as Gary, Nick, Arthur Wainwright
- *Foolin' Around* (1980), as Whitley
- *When the Whistle Blows* (1980), series, Actor
- *From Here to Eternity* (1980), series, as Lt. Ken Barrett
- *The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang* (1979), as Hollywood cop
- *Hart to Hart* (1979), series, Actor
- *California Dreaming* (1979), as Rick
- *Norma Rae* (1979), as Ellis Harper — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/norma-rae.md)
- *Taxi* (1978), series, as Doug Blakely
- *The Cheap Detective* (1978), as Qvicker
- *The Amazing Spider-Man* (1978), series, Actor
- *Dallas* (1978), series, as Wilson Cryder
- *The Dark Secret of Harvest Home* (1978), series, as Justin Hooke
- *Eight Is Enough* (1977), series, Actor
- *Charlie's Angels* (1976), series, as Danner
- *Kate McShane* (1975), series, as Vinnie
- *Bronk* (1975), series, Actor
- *The Hatfields and the McCoys* (1975), as Cotton Top
- *The Rangers* (1974), as Crowder
- *The Rockford Files* (1974), series, as Preston Garnett — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-rockford-files.md)
- *Harry O* (1974), series, Actor
- *Winter Kill* (1974), as Deputy Jerry Troy
- *The Six Million Dollar Man* (1974), series, as Project Director
- *Legend in Granite* (1973), as Paul Hornung
- *The Paul Lynde Show* (1972), series, Actor
- *The Rookies* (1972), series, Actor
- *Getting Together* (1971), series, Actor
- *Columbo* (1971), series, as Charlie Shoup — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/columbo.md)
- *Cannon* (1971), series, Actor
- *The Mod Squad* (1968), series, Actor
- *Here's Lucy* (1968), series, as Bill McCormick

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