Religion: not determined yet
Name: Caleb McCallum
Other Names: Capain Caleb McCallum
Classification: supporting character
First Appearance: Murder, She Wrote - Season 1, Episode 0 (30 Sep. 1984): "The Murder of Sherlock Holmes: Pilot"
Creators: Peter S. Fischer, Richard Levinson, William Link, Corey Allen, Brian Keith (actor)
Number of Appearances: 1
Allies: Peter Brill, Ashley Vickers, Preston Giles
Family/Relative: Louise McCallum (wife)
Defended or Helped by: Jessica Fletcher
Occupation: restaurateur
Worked for: Captain Caleb's Restaurant
Location: New Holvang, Long Island, New York, USA
Race: white
Gender: male
Note: intended murder target in 1st case Jessica Fletcher solved
Capain Caleb McCallum, the owner of Captain Caleb's Restaurant, was the employer of Grady Fletcher, the nephew of budding mystery novelist Jessica Fletcher. In the first real-life case that Jessica Fletcher solved, Caleb McCallum was the intended victim. For a while, people thought he was dead. But then Jessica Fletcher discovered that the body they found was not McCallum's, and that McCallum was alive and well.
Suggested links for further research about this character:
- http://murdershewrote.wikia.com/wiki/Caleb_McCallum
- http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0066556/
- http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087757/
- http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087757/reviews
- http://murdershewrote.wikia.com/wiki/The_Murder_of_Sherlock_Holmes