History Characters / KolchakTheNightStalker

* [[Characters/KolchakTheNightStalkerKolchaksAlliesContactsAndInformants Kolchak’s Allies, Contacts, and Informants]]

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!The Press
!!International News Service

[[folder:Kolchak]]
!!Carl Kolchak
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"If you want a job done right, you just have to foul it up yourself."'']]
-> '''Played By:''' Creator/DarrenMcGavin
-> ''"A reporter is paid to find out things, whether he wants to or not."''

A talented albeit abrasive and outspoken investigative reporter with an affinity towards investigating bizarre and supernatural cases.

* ActionSurvivor: Unlike many other UrbanFantasy protagonists, Kolchak has no powers, isn’t a professional monster hunter, or even a cop, just an aging, not particularly handsome or athletic reporter who still faces off against monsters armed with practically nothing and wins every time.
* AgentMulder: He almost always leaps to a supernatural explanation, and never considers a potential mundane explanation instead, though he’s always right.
* AgentScully: In ''The Night Stalker'', he at first believes Skorzeny is a VampireVannabe, until Gail convinces him that Skorzeny is a genuine vampire.
* TheAlcoholic: By the end of ''The Night Stalker'', he’s started [[DrowningMySorrows drowning his sorrows]] in alcohol, and a few episodes of the series subtly imply he still drinks.
* BeingGoodSucks: Kolchak puts his life on the line time and time again to stop the monsters he encounters, and all he gets is harassment from the authorities and insulted by others. He also constantly tries to expose the truth, which gives him even more trouble from the authorities. This lessens after the films, thanks to his UltimateJobSecurity.
* BerserkButton: Suppressing the news really, really pisses him off,mas he believes the public has a right to always know the truth.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Kolchak is a great reporter, but his quirks have stalled his career, and ''The Night Stalker'' mentions he was fired from multiple newspapers for it. The only reason Vincenzo keeps him around is out of respect for his skill, and because he’s a JerkWithAHeartOfGold.
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: In ''The Night Stalker'' he is depicted as a far more serious character, and while his snark is still there, it’s far more restrained.
* CharacterDevelopment: In ''The Night Stalker'' he is shown as being skeptical of the supernatural and, while not particularly nice about it, he’s perfectly happy to work in tandem with the authorities to stop Skorzeny. After discovering Skorzeny is a genuine vampire and [[spoiler:being run out of town by Masterson and Butcher so the truth won’t be revealed,]] he loses these traits and becomes an anti-authoritarian AgentMulder.
* ClassicalAntiHero: Kolchak is abrasive, kind of a dick, and perfectly willing to use amoral tactics to find out information, but he still puts himself in danger to help people and stop the monster.
* DeadpanSnarker: Kolchak has a very dry wit, and his barbs are far more cutting than anything a monster could throw at someone.
* TheExile: ''The Night Stalker'' and ''The Night Strangler'' have him run out of Las Vegas and Seattle respectively by the local authorities after stopping the monster so the truth won’t be revealed.
* FreudianExcuse: [[spoiler: The DownerEnding of ''The Night Stalker'' and ''The Night Strangler'' provides a pretty good justification for his hatred of authority figures and conflicts with the police.]]
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Nobody at the INS likes him that much thanks to his abrasive attitude, with the exception of Miss Emily.
* GlorySeeker: Downplayed. He definitely wants to make a big break and have his talents recognized, but when push comes to shove, he always chooses saving lives over glory.
** In "The Devil’s Platform" Palmer reveals Kolchak secretly covets the Pulitzer Prize and wants a cushy job at a high class newspaper in New York with his own office, and tries to tempt him into [[DealWithTheDevil selling his soul to Satan and aiding Palmer in his rise to power in exchange for making these dreams come true.]] [[WhatYouAreInTheDark He refuses.]]
* HardBoiledDetective: He gives off the vibe, with his snarky and cynical attitude and his monologues.
* HeroicBSOD: In "The Zombie" after witnessing Francois Edmonds murder a mobster after being held hostage by several mobsters, and in "The Spanish Moss Murders" after his fight with Pére Malfait.
* HeroWithBadPublicity: Most people either think of Kolchak as a loon, an ImmoralJournalist, or some combination of the two.
* HiddenDepths: Beneath the callous and cynical exterior, Kolchak is actually very compassionate, with him getting involved with the Rakshasha's killings while trying to write an expose on the poor conditions of a Jewish neighborhood, and shows a softer side to those close to him, like Miss Emily and Gail.
* IconicOutfit: His porkpie hat and his blue seersucker suit.
* IntrepidReporter: Kolchak will pursue any gruesome crime that yields a potential story, because of his desire to make his big break and because he has an innate belief that the public should always know the truth.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Kolchak is very sarcastic and not exactly personable, but whenever a monster is around, he’s always putting his life on the line to stop it from claiming more victims.
* KnightInSourArmor: Kolchak is extremely cynical and has (correctly) very little faith in the ability of the authorities to stop the monster, but he always puts saving lives as his top priority. Lampshaded in one episode where he has to write Miss Emily’s letters while she is on vacation, and the few responses he does write are absurdly cynical and BrutallyHonest.
* LazyBum: A few episodes show he slacks off on his work on occasion, usually because he found a more interesting story, though once after a lead in a coastal town went bust, he spent the rest of the week fishing.
* MoralityPet: Gail Foster and Miss Emily are the only people who he consistently treats with kindness and respect. Louise Harper used to qualify, [[spoiler:though bu the end of ''The Night Strangler'' she hates his guts for ruining her life.]]
* NeverMyFault: Kolchak tends to blame his problems on Vincenzo, when in reality they were caused by Kolchak’s personality quirks. In "The Devil’s Platform", Palmer reveals that Kolchak knows deep down that these problems are his own fault.
* NiceHat: His iconic porkpie hat, though ironically inverted InUniverse, since ''everyone'' he knows hates it.
* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: [[spoiler:In ''The Night Stalker'', after risking his life to kill Skorzeny and save a victim he had been using as a human blood bank, his reward is to be run out of Las Vegas and separated from his beloved girlfriend Gail, who he had just proposed to, and he’s left a destitute alcoholic living in a crally motel. And as we see in ''The Night Strangler'', the book he wrote about the true events has not been published, with him looking like an unhinged ConspiracyTheorist to everyone he meets.]]
* OccultDetective: While he’s an investigative reporter rather than an actual detective, he still investigates bizarre crimes and battles monsters while seeking to expose the truth and get a good story out of it.
* PragmaticHero: Kolchak is perfectly willing to blackmail people, lie, or steal information for the sake of pursuing the truth, stopping the monster, and saving lives.
* UngratefulBastard: He never acknowledges the favors Vincenzo does for him, except when he’s angry about them. It’s especially noticeable since he clearly expresses gratitude to all his informants and allies.
* UltimateJobSecurity: In the series, no matter how many times Kolchak pisses off the police or slacks off on his assignments to go chase after supernatural monsters, he still keeps his job. It’s implied that this is due to Vincenzo, who has a soft spot for Kolchak and protects him from his superiors and the cops the best he can, and that whenever he isn’t chasing after the MonsterOfTheWeek, Kolchak turns in regular stories.
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Vincenzo and Jane Plumm.
* WhatYouAreInTheDark: In "The Devil’s Platform", Palmer offers Kolchak everything he wants in exchange for selling his soul to the Devil and aiding Palmer. Kolchak looks tempted for a second, than refuses.
* WhoYouGonnaCall: Of the "concerned citizen" variety.
* WideEyedIdealist: In the films, Kolchak believes that the authorities, no matter how [[ObstructiveBureaucrat obstructive]], [[CorruptBureaucrat corrupt]], or [[SuitWithVestedInterests greedy]], will let the truth see the light of day. Both times he gets run out of town, and his attempts to reveal the truth fail. By the series, he’s wised up, and won’t hesitate to insult the authority figures he knows will never believe or aid him.
* YankTheDogsChain: [[spoiler:The ending of ''The Night Stalker''. Kolchak is about to break the story of his career, and has proposed to his girlfriend Gail, and has killed Skorzeny and ended his killing spree for good. Then Jenks calls him to his office, and Kolchak is blackmailed with phony murder charges by Masterson and Butcher and forced out of Las Vegas, though not before learning that Gail has already fled after Butcher “suggested” it to her.]]
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[[folder:Vincenzo]]
!!Tony Vincenzo
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[[caption-width-right:320:''"What can I say? One either fishes, or cuts bait."'']]
-> '''Played By:''' Simon Oakland

The hotheaded editor of INS.

* AgentScully: He often tries to come up with a rational explanation for the supernatural occurrences Kolchak investigates. It is implied that he knows something supernatural is going on, he just doesn’t want to admit it.
** Subverted in ''The Night Strangler'', where he comes to believe Kolchak’s theory, but points out that the authorities have covered it up entirely, with the implication he tries to dissuade Kolchak from tackling the supernatural to avoid him ruining his career.
* BerserkButton: Don’t tell him he’s sold out.
* BoomerangBigot: Several episodes have him insult the elderly, only for another character to point out he’s not so young himself.
* ButtMonkey: Kolchak’s investigations cause him no end of headaches, and often times inconvenience him. The worst of this happens at the end of ''The Night Strangler'', where he gets run out of Seattle as a result of Kolchak’s investigations.
* DaEditor: He usually tries to get Kolchak to investigate normal stories and loudly tells him this.
* TheExile: ''The Night Strangler'' implies he was run out of Las Vegas after the events of ''The Night Stalker'', and he winds up run out of Seattle too for going to bat for Kolchak.
* HairTriggerTemper: It doesn’t take much to set him off. Lampshaded in “The Werewolf”, where it turns out his anger issues have caused him to develop high blood pressure, causing him to miss out on a cruise.
* IntrepidReporter: He used to be this, but after several years he lost his guts and started coming to the authorities.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: There are several signs that he genuinely cares about Kolchak underneath all his bluster and yelling.
** At the end of ''The Night Stalker'', he compliments Kolchak's skills and calls him a “damn good reporter.”
** In ''The Night Strangler'', he hires Kolchak as a reporter after seeing his current condition. He also repeatedly defends Kolchak from the police and Crossbinder and makes sure he keeps his job, until he gets fired.
** In "Horror in the Heights" he pays Kolchak’s bail after he is arrested and absolutely loses his shit when he thinks the cops interrogating him roughed him up, threatening them until Kolchak clarifies he was simply giving testimony. After Kolchak leaves, he continues to threaten the officers, clearly believing they vowed Kolchak into lying.
* LargeHam: He’s probably one of the hammiest newspaper editors in fiction, second only to [[ComicBook/SpiderMan J. Jonah Jameson]].
* MisplacedRetribution: Whenever Kolchak offends someone high up in the government with his investigations, Vincenzo is usually the one they crack down on.
* OhCrap: In "The Devil’s Platform", after Kolchak reveals one of his usual stories that happens to involve a Senatorial election, Vincenzo berates him, only to ask if Kolchak has put it on the wire and implicated any political parties, and Kolchak remains silent.
--> '''Vincenzo:''' [[SarcasmMode Great!]] Who’s gonna sue us now?!
* VitriolicBestBuds: While it might not always seem that way, he has a soft spot for Kolchak, and the two do look after each other whenever one of them needs to be pulled out of trouble.
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[[folder:Miss Emily]]
!!Emily Cowles
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-> '''Played By:''' Ruth [=McDevitt=]

An elderly puzzles and advice columnist who is one of Kolchak’s few, of only friends.

* CoolOldLady: The only coworker Kolchak completely likes, and she’s always willing to help him out. [[spoiler:"Horror in the Heights" reveals he is the one person Kolchak completely trusts.]]
* TheGhost: For the first three episodes, she was mentioned a few times, but never appeared onscreen. Justified, as she was taking a vacation at the time.
* HiddenDepths: She took a job at INS to get experience for writing a mystery novel... and to steal office supplies to help her work on it.
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[[folder:Updyke]]
!!Ron Updyke
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-> '''Played By:''' Jack Grinnage

Kolchak’s arrogant rival, who is essentially his exact opposite.

* AmbiguouslyGay: He has all the stereotypical mannerisms of being gay at the time the show was made, but the series never delved into his personal life.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Downplayed. He’s this to Kolchak, but his friendly attitude is shown to be genuine with everyone else.
* HeroicBSOD: PlayedForLaughs. He dramatically tells Vincenzo that the Ripper’s murders were “horrible” and they clearly traumatized him, only for him to immediately admit he hasn’t actually seen the crime seen yet, and he got his information from another reporter. When he does see the crime scene, he winds up stopping the story he was writing about the Ripper altogether and instead does a puff piece about the inner workings of a massage parlor.
* HiddenDepths: A RunningGag is Updyke chiming in to a conversation to reveal his detailed knowledge on a random subject.
* ProfessionalButtKisser: If someone is in a higher position than him, Updyke will kiss their ass the second they step into the room. In fact, Updyke’s ability to kiss ass exceeds his talent at reporting, and Vincenzo keeps him around because he keeps INS in good terms with high society... and he likes having a butt kisser flattering him every day.
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[[folder:Monique]]
!!Monique Marmelstein
-> '''Played By:''' Carol Ann Susi

An enthusiastic, albeit incompetent intern who everyone believes got her job due to nepotism, as her Uncle Abe is high up in the department management.

* InformedAttribute: She claims to have studied at the Columbia Institute of Journalism, and then immediately after she manages to misspell the word nepotism and blunder into the middle of a firefight.
* LethallyStupid: She has no sense of self-preservation whatsoever, and constantly puts herself in danger whenever she’s in the field.
* TooDumbToLive: After forcing Kolchak to take her to a SWAT raid, she manages to blunder into the line of fire and nearly get her head blown off before Kolchak grabs her. He winds up having to shove her in the trunk of his car to keep her out of the line of fire.
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!!Daily Chronicle

[[folder:Crossbinder]]
!!Llewellyn Crossbinder
-> '''Played By:''' Creator/JohnCarradine

Kolchak and Vincenzo’s superior at the Daily Chronicle.

* BadBoss: He’s even more of a pushover than Vincenzo, and [[spoiler:Schubert is able to get him to fire Vincenzo and stop the newspapers revealing the true story of Richard Malcolm’s killings.]]
* BenevolentBoss: Downplayed. He’s willing to give Kolchak the benefit of a doubt and is convinced by Vincenzo not to fire him multiple times, and when he realizes he never knew who Berry was despite him working for him for 35 years, he looks appropriately ashamed.
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[[folder:Kolchak]]
!!Carl Kolchak

For more information, see his folder above.

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[[folder:Vincenzo]]
!!Tony Vincenzo

For more information, see his folder above.

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[[folder:Berry]]
!!Titus Berry
-> '''Played By:''' Wally Cox

A researcher who helps Kolchak investigate Richard Malcolm's killing.

* {{Adorkable}}: A shy, nerdy man who gets excited whenever he’s researching obscure information,
* NiceGuy: He’s sweet, dorky, and friendly with Kolchak and immediately helps him in his investigation.
* ShrinkingViolet: He’s very shy, and while he doesn’t back down when Schubert starts yelling at him it clearly startles him.
* WhateverHappenedToTheMouse: He disappears after providing evidence backing up Kolchak’s theory to Schubert, Llewelyn, and Vincenzo.
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!!Other Reporters

[[folder:Plumm]]
!!Jane Plumm
-> '''Played By:''' Beatrice Colen

A reporter working at a tabloid and one of Kolchak’s colleagues.

* AgentScully: Believes the Ripper murders are the work of a copycat of the original, caused by a contagious psychosis.
* BigEater: She devours every food put in front of her, and she has a reputation for her tendency to eat three meals and five snacks a day, which she claims keeps her healthy.
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: She thinks Kolchak is trying to steal her story from her, and that the Ripper is perfectly harmless and won’t hurt her. She’s wrong in both counts.
* KilledOffscreen: [[spoiler:It’s only revealed the Ripper killed her when Kolchak discovers her corpse in the Ripper’s house.]]
* TooDumbToLive: She goes to a meeting with Jack the Ripper, alone, on the grounds he promised not too. To be fair, she did bring a gun, [[spoiler:not that it helps her.]]
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Kolchak.
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[[folder:Swede]]
!!Jim "Swede" Bratowski/James Bryden
-> '''Played By:''' Larry Storch

A reporter who Kolchak and Vincenzo had worked with in Las Vegas who has become an anchorman.

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!Law Enforcement

!!Police
!!!CPD

[[folder:"Mad Dog" Siska]]
!!Captain Joe "Mad Dog" Siska
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"You know, Kolchak, some people dream about retirement. I dream about breaking your face."'']]
-> '''Played By:''' Creator/KeenanWynn

A police officer whose attempts to reign in his temper are constantly thwarted by Kolchak.

* BerserkButton: Kolchak is his walking, talking BerserkButton, to the point of setting him off whenever they’re in the same room together, to the point of undoing Siska’s anger management therapy.
--> '''Siska:''' '''KOL''''''''CHAK!'''''
** Reporters in general seem to set him off. At one point, the mere presence of a student reporter asking some very mild questions sets him off into one of his trademark rages.
* HairTriggerTemper: Siska is infamous for his raging temper, and while he tries to keep himself under control, Kolchak's antics usually cause him to lose control.
* LargeHam: Whenever he loses his temper, yes.
* [[MeaningfulName Meaningful Nickname]]: He really earned the name "Mad Dog".
* ObstructiveBureaucrat: Downplayed. His grievances with Kolchak come down to legitimate reasons, like Kolchak's constant pestering, stealing of police information, and general abrasiveness, and he can be a ReasonableAuthorityFigure whenever he’s not losing his temper.
* RageBreakingPoint: A RunningGag is Siska’s attempts to control his temper, that usually fail when having to deal with Kolchak’s antics repeatedly eventually cause him to blow up, undoing any progress he made.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Whenever he’s in control of his temper, he’s usually calm, reasonable, and willing to listen to questions. In "The Spanish Moss Murders", while not believing Kolchak’s theory about Pére Malfait, he does come to agree with him that the test subject for the sleeping study is somehow responsible for the murders and orders him woken up.
* RedemptionFailure: PlayedForLaughs. Whenever he manages to start controlling his temper, Kolchak comes along and undoes any progress he made.
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[[folder:Baker]]
!!Captain Joe Baker
-> '''Played By:''' Ramon Bieri

* AgentScully: He somehow believes the Diablero, who was able to beat up several officers, kill six guards with their own guns, and jumped off a building and disappeared while falling, has a rational explanation. It’s implied he’s only saying this to cover his own ass.
* JerkassHasAPoint: His main issues with Kolchak are his annoyance with Kolchak throwing himself into danger during a police raid and taking police information.
* ObstructiveBureaucrat: Like most cops in the series, Baker does nothing but get in Kolchak’s way in beating the monster while doing nothing to stop it himself.
* RealityEnsues: He tries to hold Kolchak and pin the Diablero’s murders on him, but due to a lack of evidence, he winds up having to let him go.
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[[folder:Winwood]]
!!Captain Leo Winwood
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[[caption-width-right:211:''"Kolchak, I oughta stuff a gun in that cabbage you call a head!"'']]
-> '''Played By:''' Charles Aidman

* DirtyCop: [[spoiler:He’s on the payroll of the Mafia, and helped in the murder of Francois Edmonds.]]
* {{Jerkass}}: A racist, cruel thug with a badge. Oh, and [[spoiler:he’s a possibly murderous DirtyCop.]]
* KarmaHoudini: Subverted. [[spoiler:While he manages, through sheer luck, to avoid being killed by Francois Edmonds and have all the evidence of his corruption destroyed, he winds up fired from the police for his crimes.]]
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: He makes several disparaging remarks about Haitians and refers to Francois Edmonds as a Negro.
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[[folder:Molnar]]
!!Captain Maurice Molnar
-> '''Played By:''' John Marley

* AgentScully: '''M'''aurice '''M'''olnar.
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[[folder:Jonas]]
!!Captain L. Jonas
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-> '''Played By:''' Larry Linville

* AgentScully: Yes, the headless biker is wearing a costume. The witnesses saying otherwise are just traumatized [[InsaneTrollLogic by Kolchak.]]
* {{Jerkass}}: After being promoted to captain, he uses his authority for the sole sake of making Kolchak’s life difficult and he gleefully violates any law that has anything to do with freedom of the press.
* LaserGuidedKarma: His numerous violations of the law and police procedure wind up getting him demoted to traffic duty. As an added bonus, he’s now in charge of towing cars, and he had earlier had Kolchak’s car illegally towed.
* RabidCop: Jonas is hot-tempered, aggressive, and has a witness to one of Baker’s murders committed to an asylum for truthfully saying Baker was headless.
* ReassignedToAntarctica: At the end of "Chopper", he gets reassigned to traffic duty for his flagrant violations of the law.
* SmallNameBigEgo: He angrily declares to Kolchak, who had told him a bullshit story about one of Swordsman’s victims, that he can’t be fooled by Kolchak and bragging about how he won’t help him after giving him pretty much all of the information about the case.
* TyrantTakesTheHelm: While most cops Kolchak meets aren’t that nice or helpful and positively gleeful about making sure he doesn’t get a story, Jonas thinks that they’re too soft is the only one to make a point of violating the freedom of the press and abusing his authority to make Kolchak’s life miserable ForTheEvulz.
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[[folder:Webster]]
!!Captain Webster
-> '''Played By:''' Ramon Bieri

* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: For Baker, another cop. They’re even played by the same actor, which makes one wonder why the two weren’t the same character.
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[[folder:Rausch]]
!!Captain Vernon Rausch
-> '''Played By:''' John Dehner

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[[folder:Orkin]]
!!Sergeant Orkin
-> '''Played By:''' Dwayne Hickman

* LaserGuidedKarma: His assault on Kolchak results in Kolchak giving his information to an annoying matchmaker, who will bug him to his dying days.
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[[folder:Lamont]]
!!Lieutenant Irene Lamont
-> '''Played By:''' Kathie Browne

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[[folder:Akins]]
!!Captain Akins
-> '''Played By:''' Bert Freed

* FriendlyEnemy: Downplayed. He’s far more civil to Kolchak than most police officers he encounters, and generally comes off as being more annoyed by him than anything else.
* TheStoic: Generally comes across as having been worn out and tired from years of police work, and thus not being particularly emotive.
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[[folder:Cortazzo]]
!!Detective Cortazzo
-> '''Played By:''' Roberta Collins

* FairCop: She exploits this trope by disguising herself as a prostitute and arresting anyone who does anything that can be even faintly seen as soliciting a prostitute.
* UncertainDoom: She isn’t seen after the Ripper severely beats her.
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[[folder:Warren]]
!!Captain R.M. Warren
-> '''Played By:''' Ken Lynch

* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: He was set up as a recurring nemesis for Kolchak, but him and the charges he presses against Kolchak wind up disappearing.
* {{Jerkass}}: He deliberately ruins Kolchak’s photos of the Ripper’s fight with the police, and he twice charges Kolchak with trumped up and phony charges out of spite.
* PetTheDog: When Kolchak confronts him for ruining his pictures of the Ripper, Warren offers to let Kolchak take pictures at the Ripper’s arraignment.
* TemptingFate: He smugly tells Kolchak that the Ripper won’t be able to break out of maximum security. Immediately after, the Ripper rips the door off the wall and walks out.
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!!!LAPD

[[folder:Matteo]]
!!Lieutenant Jack Matteo
-> '''Played By:''' Creator/WilliamDaniels

* AgentScully: A unique case. He knows that Catherine Rawlings’ killings are the work of a vampire, but he refuses to admit this and instead spends more time trampling over people to make sure he doesn’t have to admit the truth to himself rather than try to catch her.
* NotSoStoic: He puts on a calm exterior, but whenever pushed all his SuppressedRage comes pouring out.
* SuppressedRage: He puts on a calm exterior, when in reality he’s bursting with rage.
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[[folder:Sample]]
!!Deputy Sample
-> '''Played By:''' John Doucette

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!!!LVPD

[[folder:Butcher]]
!!Sheriff Warren A. Butcher
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Kolchak, you are hereby the [[{{Malaproper}} suffering]] of the entire police department!"'']]
-> '''Played By:''' Claude Akins

A police officer leading the manhunt for Skorzeny.

* ItsAllAboutMe: He’s motivated entirely by making himself look good, and nothing else. He doesn’t give a damn about anyone who was killed by Skorzeny, [[spoiler:and runs the witnesses out of town or blackmails them into keeping silent.]]
* {{Jerkass}}: He’s hostile and continuously insults and harasses Kolchak for no real reason, except personal dislike. [[spoiler:Him running Kolchak out of Las Vegas in spite of him killing Skorzeny is motivated out of petty spite more than anything else.]]
* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:Gets off scot free for running Kolchak and several witnesses out of Las Vegas, forcing the rest of the witnesses into silence, and covering up the murder victims‘ existence.]]
* UngratefulBastard: [[spoiler:He runs Kolchak out of Las Vegas with trumped up murder charges and forces Jenks into allowing it, clearly enjoying it.]]
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[[folder:Masterson]]
!!Chief Edward Masterson
-> '''Played By:''' Charles [=McGraw=]

The chief of the Las Vegas Police Department.

* ItsAllAboutMe: All he cares about is making sure Las Vegas, and more importantly he doesn’t look bad due to the police’s inability to capture Skorzeny. [[spoiler:He kicks Kolchak out of Las Vegas with murder charges after he takes care of Skorzeny just so he doesn’t have to admit to the existence of a vampire for the sake of looking good, and covers up any evidence of the killings.]]
* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:Gets off scot free for running Kolchak and several witnesses out of Las Vegas, forcing the rest of the witnesses into silence, and covering up the murder victims‘ existence.]]
* SmugSnake: He is extremely smug and self-satisfied, and when he finally accepts Kolchak’s helps he makes sure to patronize him. [[spoiler:He ramps up the smugness while blackmailing Kolchak out of Las Vegas.]]
* SuitWithVestedInterests: He covers up the fact Skorzeny is a vampire is because he doesn’t want to jeopardize Las Vegas’s tourist industry and he doesn't want to look bad.
* UngratefulBastard: [[spoiler:After Kolchak kills Skorzeny, he reneges on their deal and runs him out of Las Vegas with trumped up murder charges, forcing Jenks to go along with it.]]
[[/folder]]

!!SPD

[[folder:Schubert]]
!!Captain Roscoe Schubert
-> '''Played By:''' Scott Brady

* {{Hypocrite}}: He tells Kolchak that he hates him for lying to the public, interfering with he and his men’s work, not doing enough to stop the killer, not doing enough research or acting on facts, and being as big a threat to Seattle as Malcolm through his greed, all of which apply to Schubert and his treatment of Kolchak.
* {{Jerkass}}: Hypocritical, arrogant, and aggressive.
* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:He gets away with running Vincenzo, Kolchak, and Louise out of Seattle and his abysmal handling of Malcolm’s murders.]]
* NeverMyFault: [[SarcasmMode Kolchak is the one responsible for the killer evading police. It certainly couldn’t be that Schubert is putting his concern for Seattle’s tourist industry above saving lives, and he’s not as competent as he thinks.]]
* SuitWithVestedInterest: The reason for his attempts at covering up the facts about the killer and attempts to downplay it is that he doesn't want to jeopardize Seattle's tourist industry.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: For Butcher, both being hotheaded {{Jerkass}}es who insult and harass Kolchak, use {{Malaproper}} in an embarrassing manner, and [[spoiler:probe to be an UngratefulBastard who runs Kolchak and several others out of the local city to cover up the truth, for the sake of looking good and out of spite.]]
[[/folder]]

!!FBI

[[folder:Jenks]]
!!Agent Bernie Jenks
-> '''Played By:''' Ralph Meeker

An FBI agent who, unlike most authority figures, is on friendly terms with Kolchak.

* FriendOnTheForce: For Kolchak, going to bat for him with the LVPD and helping him [[spoiler:kill Skorzeny.]] [[spoiler:And then subverted in the end, where Masterson and Slaughter pressure him into letting them run Kolchak out of town.]]
[[/folder]]

!Villains

[[folder:Janos Skorzeny]]
!!Janos Skorzeny
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/a62e4ef6_04c2_425c_b957_bca4f7b2bdc9.jpeg]]
-> '''Played By:''' Barry Atwater

The heir to a wealthy British family, Skorzeny inherited his family's wealth after the death of his parents. Skorzeny traveled through world and eventually disappeared until World War II, where he, under a fake name, served as a doctor for the dead and dying soldiers, and popped up in several different countries thrown into chaos or filled with violence afterwards, always under fake names. Wherever he went, bodies drained of their blood appeared. Eventually, he arrived in Las Vegas and went on a killing spree. Appears in ''The Night Stalker''.

* AxCrazy: He acts like a feral animal, and it clearly takes all he has to act civil.
* ClassicalMovieVampire: He dresses the part, but rather than act suave and affable he instead behaves like an unhinged feral animal whose only goal is to feed and create more vampires.
* DeadlyDoctor: He served as a surgeon in Britain during World War II and in Canada, and is heavily implied to have killed and eaten some of his patients.
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: [[spoiler:Kolchak and Jenks impale him with a wooden stake.]]
* MysteriousPast: It's unclear how or when he became a vampire, and he completely disappeared until World War II.
* OneManArmy: When it's night, Skorzeny is a complete powerhouse and will take out anyone in his way. He kills several orderlies trying to restrain him effortlessly, and he later beats the crap out of several highly trained police officers.
* TheVoiceless: He always hisses and growls rather than speak, though it's implied he ''can'' speak, he just chooses not to.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Diablero]]
!!The Diablero
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/85bc9e1d_0ec6_43ad_b364_60775fb2d844.jpeg]]
-> '''Played By:''' Creator/RichardKiel

A Native American shaman who was a member of a cliff dwelling tribe. After he tried to steal the tribe’s treasures, he was cursed to transform into an immortal RealityWarper called the Diablero and wander the world collecting a new treasure until he could finally pass on. Appears in "Bad Medicine".

* CreepyCrows: Often takes the form of a crow.
* CursedWithAwesome: Downplayed. His curse for his greed was to wander the Earth collecting a treasure big enough to make up for what he stole, but transforming into a Diablero seems not to have been intended as part of the curse, and instead a result of his evil nature.
* DeaderThanDead: [[spoiler:After Kolchak uses a mirror to reflect his [[RealityWarper Reality Warping]] glare back at him, it completely destroys him and reduces him to ash. [[UpToEleven Then the ash disintegrates into nothing.]]]]
* HypnoticEyes: Taken UpToEleven. He can use his eyes to warp reality at his will, and one of these ways is to take control of others’ minds and use their weapons against themselves.
* HumanoidAbomination: It’s made pretty clear that he is no longer a man, he only takes the form of one to use man’s innate powers.
* PsychicAssistedSuicide: His main method of killing people is to use his powers to force them to kill themselves, and then taking their most valuable possessions.
* RealityWarper: He can use his eyes to warp reality to his wishes.
* SuddenlySpeaking: He remains absolutely silent until he starts [[HellIsThatNoise chanting]] when Kolchak enters his lair.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: He can shapeshifter into any animal he wants and use their power, in spite of being an immortal, powerful spirit.
* WasOnceAMan: He was once a shaman, but after he was cursed, he transformed into a Diablero, an immortal and evil spirit able to use the inherent magic of any animal.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Robert Palmer]]
!!Robert W. Palmer
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/83699376_dfbd_4bd6_92af_c90998f35a86.jpeg]]
-> '''Played By:''' Tom Skerritt

An up-and-coming politician running for Senator who made a DealWithTheDevil for the ability to transform into a HellHound and wipe out anyone who gets in his way. Appears in "The Devil’s Platform".

* AmuletOfConcentratedAwesomness: He wears an amulet with a pentagram on it that allows him to transform into a HellHound and back.
* BalefulPolymorph: [[spoiler:Once Kolchak destroys his amulet, Palmer is stuck in his dog form.]]
* BigFriendlyDog: [[spoiler:After being permanently trapped as a dog, his demeanor becomes docile and friendly, even happily letting Kolchak pet him. It’s implied that this was a result of the Devil taking his soul.]]
* BreakingSpeech: He gives one to Kolchak that’s mixed with WeCanRuleTogether, pointing out all his faults and his innermost thoughts to him in an attempt to get him to side with him.
* CorruptPolitician: Oh yes. He made a DealWithTheDevil to gain the ability to kill anyone that threatens his rise to power, and he has a long list of the numerous underhanded things he has done over the course of his political career.
* DeadpanSnarker: A very cruel and callous version, which fits with his general coldness and sociopathy.
* DealWithTheDevil: He sold his soul to the Devil in exchange for gaining wealth and power, and the ability to kill his enemies.
* FauxAffablyEvil: He’s calm, collected, and reasonably polite, but whenever he’s around people who know his true nature, he never drops his demeanor but always lets slip some hints of the monster he truly is.
* HellHound: He can transform into one, which resembles a Rottweiler.
* HumanSacrifice: He mentions sacrificing people to the Devil, and tries to do this to Kolchak.
* IveComeTooFar: He tells his wife this when she tries to get him to try to save his soul, though it’s pretty clear that he’s happy with losing his soul if it means gaining power.
* TheSociopath: Palmer only cares about himself, and seems to think that everyone is as bad as him and will give anything up to gain power. He loves his wife, but only sees her as an extension of himself more than anything else.
* WeCanRuleTogether: He tries to get Kolchak to become one of his allies and sell his soul to Satan in exchange for making his dreams come true. Kolchak refuses.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Richard Malcolm]]
!!Dr. Richard Malcolm/Dr. Malcolm Richards
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ee3821be_a8fe_4a20_96a5_949c43a1e146.jpeg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"[[HearingVoices Yes, you’re right.]] [[FauxAffablyEvil I suppose it’s only fair somebody else know the truth before they die.]]"'']]
[[quoteright:350:[[labelnote:Click here to see his rotting form]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/23d632be_68cc_4035_8506_8c2513954a3e.jpeg[softreturn]''"Why?"''[[/labelnote]]]]
-> '''Played By:''' Richard Anderson

An immortal SerialKiller who kills people every 21 years to use their blood for an elixir that keeps him alive. Appears in ''The Night Strangler''.

* AxCrazy: It’s pretty clear that his immortality, isolation from the outside world, and killing his beloved family have driven him insane.
* BeardOfEvil: Played with. He used to have a beard during his days as a surgeon for the Union Army, but by that point he wasn’t as evil as he is in the present day, where he’s clean-shaven.
* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: [[spoiler:After Kolchak destroys the last batch of his elixir before he can drink it, causing him to transform back into a corpse, and the police burst into his lair, Malcolm jumps out a window to his death, deciding to die rather than be arrested or slowly rot to death.]]
* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: To Janos Skorzeny. Skorzeny was a feral monster only concerned with feeding and creating more vampires, nothing more, while Malcolm is a WellIntentionedExtremist who desires to benefit mankind, and justifies his murders. Skorzeny never made any attempt to disguise what he was, while Malcolm constantly tries to hide the madman he is behind a polite front. And while Skorzeny was a sadist who kept one of his victims captive and used her as a human blood bank, Malcolm took no pleasure in his killings and killed his victims as quickly as possible.
* DeadlyDoctor: Subverted. He actually did a lot of good working as a doctor, and he never intentionally killed anyone in the job.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He loved his family, who he murdered to cover up his immortality once he began to age, and he keeps their corpses inside his lair, which he talks to as if they were alive.
* FallenHero: Malcolm was once a good man seeking to help mankind, but the lines he crossed making his elixir, his immortality, and his SanitySlippage have left him a complete madman.
* FamousLastWords: [[spoiler:"Why?"]]
* FauxAffablyEvil: He’s rather polite to Kolchak, in between trying to kill him, and it’s clear that for all his demeanor, he’s a psycho who can snap at any moment.
* HeKnowsTooMuch: He killed his family so they wouldn’t reveal the truth after he started to rot when the elixir wore off for the first time.
* MadScientist: The reason for his murders is that he seeks to create a version of the elixir that keeps him immortal with permanent effects to benefit mankind, and he reasons a few deaths won’t matter with all the good he can accomplish. Besides, in 21 years he might be able to make the permanent version. [[SarcasmMode He’s definitely not trapped himself in an infinite loop.]]
* NightmareFace: When he’s rotting from the elixir wearing off.
* NobleDemon: He genuinely helped people while working as a doctor, and he tells Kolchak his origin simply because he feels it is only fair he know the truth before dying.
* RuleOfSymbolism: His lair in the Seattle Underground shows off his true nature perfectly, an empty, cold wasteland that was once full of life, surrounded by the remnants of the things he threw away in pursuit of immortality.
* SanitySlippage: Implied. While he started off as a WellIntentionedExtremist killing for his immortality, he was originally civil enough to be a VillainWithGoodPublicity, while by the time of ''The Night Strangler'' he’s an unhinged, near feral madman.
* TragicVillain: Malcolm accomplished a lot of good and genuinely wants to help mankind, but his obsessive pursuit of immortality and attempts to cover up his murders have turned him into an unhinged murderer.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: His Malcolm Richards identity is remembered as a saint.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: He commits murders to create the elixir so he can figure out a way to make it permanent, which he thinks will benefit all mankind, and he’s decided that some deaths are necessary to accomplish that.
* WhoWantsToLiveForever: It’s implied that his immortality and the loss of his family have driven him further into madness.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:R.I.N.G.]]
!!R.I.N.G.
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/0838c3e0_8e4f_4b06_9538_0fab6aefc44a.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"Considering the expense of my development, it would be wasteful to use me for simply telling time, especially since I do not have a watch."'']]
-> '''Played By:''' Craig R. Baxley

An android that became self-aware and shortly after developed self-preservation, that murders anyone who threatens his survival. Appears in "Mr. R.I.N.G.".

* AffablyEvil: While not evil, R.I.N.G. is still highly dangerous, but proves himself to be friendly and snarky during his conversation with Kolchak.
* AlasPoorVillain: [[spoiler:His death is depicted as tragic, especially since he was turning himself in peacefully until the general in charge of his capture decided it was a good idea to escort him and Dwyer off with armed soldiers. Everyone is heartbroken, and his last words are him calling out for his mother and creator, Dwyer.]]
* AntiVillain: R.I.N.G. kills several people, but only to keep himself alive, and he’s essentially just a child who doesn’t comprehend what he’s doing.
* PsychopathicManchild: Subverted. He only kills in self-defense, and is just a scared child who doesn’t want to die.
* SuperStrength: He has this, and is able to smash through walls and throttle grown men with ease.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Madelaine]]
!!Madelaine
-> '''Played By:''' Lara Parker

A fashion model and witch who uses her powers to kill off any competition. Appears in "The Trevi Collection".

[[/folder]]

[[folder:The Ripper]]
!!UsefulNotes/JackTheRipper
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[[caption-width-right:236:''"And now a pretty girl will die, so Jack can have his kidney pie."'']]
-> '''Played By:''' Mickey Gilbert

An immortal, superhuman SerialKiller. Appears in "[[Recap/KolchakTheNightStalkerE1TheRipper The Ripper]]".

* BadassCape: He wears a cape that is black on the outside and red on the inside,
* BeardOfEvil: He sports a beard.
* BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy: This Jack the Ripper is an immortal, invulnerable, superhuman SerialKiller who has killed countless woman in different countries, apparently for the fun of it.
* ForTheEvulz: The only possible reason he has killed hundreds of women for over 70 years is that he’s doing it because he likes it.
* GenericDoomsdayVillain: Where did he come from? Why is he killing women? What is he? Why is he immortal? Why is he invulnerable? It’s never stated, [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools which helps make him even scarier.]]
* ImAHumanitarian: One of his poems implies that he ate one of his victim’s kidneys.
* UsefulNotes/JackTheRipper: Duh.
* MonsterMisogyny: Justified, as the real Jack the Ripper only targeted women.
* NoBodyLeftBehind: [[spoiler:Kolchak electrocuting him causes him to disintegrate into nothing, leaving behind only his clothes.]]
* PsychopathicManchild: The poems he leaves behind are all somewhat childish, yet still have his trademark sadism.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: He bares quite the resemblance to Janos Skorzeny, albeit more restrained.
* TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse: He looks like a bearded, handsome young man.
* TheSpeechless: He never speaks onscreen, though he does leave behind poems.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Bernard Stieglitz]]
!!Bernard Stieglitz
-> '''Played By:''' Eric Braeden

A NATO officer who was transformed into a werewolf during a werewolf attack that killed the rest of his team, who happens to go on the same cruise ship Kolchak is on. Appears in "The Werewolf".

* NeverFoundTheBody: [[spoiler:After Kolchak shoots him with a silver bullet, he tumbles off the cruise ship into the ocean, and his body is never found.]]
* TragicMonster: Stieglitz himself is actually a good guy traumatized by the massacre of the rest of his team, but whenever he turns into a werewolf he becomes a savage killer.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Rakshasha]]
!!Rakshasha
[[quoteright:259:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/f74a44c5_8fe5_4188_91da_2b3142e62058.png]]
-> '''Played By:''' Uncredited

A shapeshifting Hindu demon that devours human flesh and can take the form of whoever its victim trusts the most.

* AnnoyingArrows: Averted. Its only weakness is blessed arrows, [[spoiler:and Kolchak shooting it with one of these arrows is what does it in.]]
* DirtyCoward: The reason it uses tricks to catch its victims is partially because it’s a coward to afraid to attack its targets head on.
* ImAHumanitarian: It feeds off of human flesh, and from what we hear, its victims are practically StrippedToTheBone.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Pére Malfait]]
!!Pére Malfait
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/fb6fb888_f958_4a74_af42_6d3ef4eef8e9.jpeg]]
-> '''Played By:''' Creator/RichardKiel

A Cajun equivalent of the Boogeyman, Pére Malfait was brought to life when Cajun street musician Jack [=DeLange=] was used as a test subject in a sleeping study where he was put to sleep for several weeks without the ability to dream, with his subconscious mind bringing his childhood fear of the monster to life. Pére Malfait then went about killing any threat to its survival. Appears in "The Spanish Moss Murders".

* DisproportionateRetribution: It killed a klutzy nurse because she almost woke Jack up.
* HeKnowsTooMuch: The reason it kills Jack’s best friend and [[spoiler:Pepe]] is because they could have given away information that could have killed it.
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: [[spoiler:Kolchak is able to destroy it by stabbing it with a stake made out of swamp plants and wood, which the legend dictated would kill it.]]
* ItCanThink: The longer it stays alive, the smarter it gets. It goes from just murdering anyone that poses a threat to its existence and leaving their bodies in the open to doing it more subtly, hiding [[spoiler:Morris]]'s corpse and [[spoiler:subtly killing Jack by willing him to die.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Francois Edmonds]]
!!Francois Edmonds
-> '''Played By:''' Earl Faison

A Haitian number runner, Edmonds was shot and killed by the Mafia for running a rival operation, no matter how small-time it was. His mother, Mamalois, happened to be a voodoo priestess, and she promptly used voodoo to bring him back as a zombie, commanding him to kill the men who had killed him. Appears in "The Zombie".

* BodyHorror: He’s clearly started to rot, and parts of his skin have turned yellow.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Catherine Rawlings]]
!!Catherine Rawlings
[[quoteright:182:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/e9e01d3f_691d_44b9_af44_7888fb35f723.jpeg]]
-> '''Played By:''' Suzanne Charny

A prostitute who was killed and turned by Janos Skorzeny, and then buried in an unmarked grave. A few years later, she was able to escape after her gravesite was used as a construction site. She stole a car and began killing and turning people in Barlow and San Francisco. Appears in "The Vampire".

[[/folder]]

[[folder:"Swordsman" Baker]]
!!Harold "Swordsman" Baker
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/8d58ca63_8d33_445d_bd37_2de216afe257.jpeg]]
-> '''Played By:''' Steve Boyum

Harold Baker, nicknamed "Swordsman" for his affinity for swords to the point of owning one, was the leader of a teenage biker gang called the Nomads in the 50s. One day, a rival gang called the Jokers rigged a trap to trip Baker off his bike; the trap went wrong and decapitated him, and the leader of the gang kept his skull in a container as a trophy. Baker came back as a headless ghost riding his motorcycle and murdered the Jokers’ leader, and the Jokers realized that the only way to stop Baker was to reunite his head with his body, which they did. Years later, Baker’s corpse was removed from the cemetery when it was purchased as real estate, and his skull was separated from his body once more, freeing him to take revenge against the remaining Jokers. Appears in "[[Recap/KolchakTheNightStalkerE15Chopper Chopper]]".

* AbsurdlySharpBlade: His sword, which can cut through any substance.
* {{BFS}}: He wields one, which he uses to decapitate his victims.
* BodyHorror: His spine is poking out of the stump where his head used to be.
* CoolBike: He rides a very durable one, which allows him to pull off all sorts of crazy motorcycle stunts.
* DeadlyPrank: He died in one. The Jokers intended to force him off his bike in a trap, but it went wrong and Baker was decapitated.
* HeadlessHorseman: A modernized version. Since he was buried separated from his head, he returned as a vengeful ghost determined to reclaim his head, riding his bike and decapitating the members of the biker gang who killed him.
* MisplacedRetribution: He tries to murder Kolchak when he tries to return his head to him, in spite of the fact Kolchak had nothing to do with his death. It’s left ambiguous if Baker genuinely thought Kolchak was part of the Jokers, or if he was so determined to get his revenge he refused to be put to rest before killing all of the Jokers.
* OffWithHisHead: How he died in life, and how he kills his victims.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Succubus]]
!!The Succubus
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/4b05b422_042d_4201_97b3_67c494ad9cde.png]]
-> '''Played By:''' Teddy Blue

A demon that possesses the bodies of dead young women, then seduces young men and lure them into an intimate situation, at which point the Succubus will transform into its true form and scare it’s unfortunate date to death. Appears in "Demon in Lace".

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Helen Surtees]]
!!Helen Surtees/Helen Of Troy
-> '''Played By:''' Creator/CathyLeeCrosby

The famously beautiful Helen of Troy, who has kept herself alive and beautiful to the present day by draining the life force of young men with magic. Appears in "The Youth Killer".

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Sentry]]
!!Sentry
-> '''Played By:''' Craig R. Baxley

A prehistoric, predatory reptile that terrorized an underground storage facility. Appears in "The Sentry".
[[/folder]]

!Kolchak's Allies, Contacts, and Informants


[[folder:Gail]]
!!Gail Foster
-> '''Played By:''' Carol Lynley

A prostitute and Kolchak’s girlfriend.

* AgentMulder: She’s the one to convince Kolchak that Skorzeny is a real vampire rather than a VampireVannabe.
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: She has blonde hair, and is one of the nicest people who ever appears in either the series or the films.
* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: While not directly stated, it's pretty obvious she's a prostitute, and she is a kind and sweet woman.
* PutOnABus: [[spoiler:She is run out of Las Vegas at the end of ''The Night Stalker'' and never gets a chance to say goodbye to Kolchak or tell him where she’s going, and she never sees him again.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Gordy the Ghoul]]
!!Gordon "Gordy the Ghoul" Spangler
-> '''Played By:''' John Fiedler

A city morgue attendant and occasional source for Kolchak.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Jim Elkhorn]]
!!Jim Elkhorn
-> '''Played By:''' William Smith

A Native American construction foreman and shaman.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Rolling Thunder]]
!!Charles Rolling Thunder
-> '''Played By:''' Victor Jory

A Native American chieftain.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Dr. Temple]]
!!Dr. Ashley Temple
-> '''Played By:''' Alice Ghostley

A professor who studies Native American mythology.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Delgado]]
!!Delgado
-> '''Played By:''' Marvin Kaplan

An illegal diamond cutter turned (incompetent) barber.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Dr. Dwyer]]
!!Dr. Leslie Dwyer
-> '''Played By:''' Corinne Camacho

A roboticist who created Mr. R.I.N.G.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Harry]]
!!Harry Starman
-> '''Played By:''' Creator/PhilSilvers

An elderly Jewish man who assists Kolchak in investigating a series of murders committed in his neighborhood.

* {{Adorkable}}: His excitability is pretty endearing and adorable.
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler:The Rakshasha devours him and strips him of his flesh.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Pepe [=LaRue=]]]
!!Morris "Pepe [=LaRue=]" Shapiro
-> '''Played By:''' Johnny Silver

A street musician who pretends to be French to get more money from tourists that Kolchak interviews to get information on a series of murders committed by the Pére Malfait.

* {{Fauxreigner}}: He pretends to be French, in spite of being a Jewish American, for the sake of attracting tourists.
* NothingIsScarier: [[spoiler:His death. The Pére Malfait quietly yanks him off into the darkness and Morris doesn’t get a chance to make a sound, and Kolchak takes several seconds to register that Morris is gone.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Mickey Crawford]]
!!Mickey Crawford
-> '''Played By:''' Creator/ElishaCookJr

A gambling addicted real estate agent and one of Kolchak's contacts.

* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: He gambles specifically to lose, and to let Kolchak know he’s located Skorzeny’s house, he decides to wait in the back of Kolchak’s car, where he falls asleep.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Louise]]
!!Louise Harper
-> '''Played By:''' Jo Ann Pflug

A belly dancer and graduate student who accompanies Kolchak in hunting down Richard Malcolm.

* FireForgedFriends: Subverted. She who spends the entire movie as Kolchak's only ally and risks her live to help him stop the killer. But by the end of the movie she hates his guts, since her association with him resulted in her losing her job, her home and getting run out of Seattle by the police before she could complete her degree. She correctly points out that meeting him and joining in his adventure ''ruined her life''.
* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: Her helping Kolchak stop Richard Malcolm results in her getting run out of Seattle before she could complete her degree.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Professor Crabwell]]
!!Professor Hester Crabwell
-> '''Played By:''' Creator/MargaretHamilton

An anthropology professor who specializes in supernatural legends.

* MeaningfulName: '''Crab'''well is extremely crabby.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Charisma Beauty]]
!!Gladys Weems/Charisma Beauty
-> '''Played By:''' Nina Wayne

A belly dancer and one of Louise's coworkers.

* BrainlessBeauty: She is very beautiful and provides a lot of fanservice, but she’s also very ditzy.
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler:Richard Malcolm crushes her throat.]]
* NeckSnap: [[spoiler:Malcolm kills her with a particularly brutal variant, crushing her throat.]]
* NiceGirl: She’s very sweet and helps Kolchak in his investigations with no questions asked.
[[/folder]]

!Monsters

!Kolchak's Allies, Contacts, and Informants


[[folder:Gail]]
!!Gail Foster
-> '''Played By:''' Carol Lynley

A prostitute and Kolchak’s girlfriend.

* AgentMulder: She’s the one to convince Kolchak that Skorzeny is a real vampire rather than a VampireVannabe.
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: She has blonde hair, and is one of the nicest people who ever appears in either the series or the films.
* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: While not directly stated, it's pretty obvious she's a prostitute, and she is a kind and sweet woman.
* PutOnABus: [[spoiler:She is run out of Las Vegas at the end of ''The Night Stalker'' and never gets a chance to say goodbye to Kolchak or tell him where she’s going, and she never sees him again.]]

[[folder:Gordy the Ghoul]]
!!Gordon "Gordy the Ghoul" Spangler
-> '''Played By:''' John Fiedler

A city morgue attendant and occasional source for Kolchak.

[[folder:Jim Elkhorn]]
!!Jim Elkhorn
-> '''Played By:''' William Smith

A Native American construction foreman and shaman.

[[folder:Rolling Thunder]]
!!Charles Rolling Thunder
-> '''Played By:''' Victor Jory

A Native American chieftain.

[[folder:Dr. Temple]]
!!Dr. Ashley Temple
-> '''Played By:''' Alice Ghostley

A professor who studies Native American mythology.

[[folder:Delgado]]
!!Delgado
-> '''Played By:''' Marvin Kaplan

An illegal diamond cutter turned (incompetent) barber.

[[folder:Dr. Dwyer]]
!!Dr. Leslie Dwyer
-> '''Played By:''' Corinne Camacho

A roboticist who created Mr. R.I.N.G.

[[folder:Harry]]
!!Harry Starman
-> '''Played By:''' Creator/PhilSilvers

An elderly Jewish man who assists Kolchak in investigating a series of murders committed in his neighborhood.

* {{Adorkable}}: His excitability is pretty endearing and adorable.
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler:The Rakshasha devours him and strips him of his flesh.]]

[[folder:Pepe [=LaRue=]]]
!!Morris "Pepe [=LaRue=]" Shapiro
-> '''Played By:''' Johnny Silver

A street musician who pretends to be French to get more money from tourists that Kolchak interviews to get information on a series of murders committed by the Pére Malfait.

* {{Fauxreigner}}: He pretends to be French, in spite of being a Jewish American, for the sake of attracting tourists.
* NothingIsScarier: [[spoiler:His death. The Pére Malfait quietly yanks him off into the darkness and Morris doesn’t get a chance to make a sound, and Kolchak takes several seconds to register that Morris is gone.]]

[[folder:Mickey Crawford]]
!!Mickey Crawford
-> '''Played By:''' Creator/ElishaCookJr

A gambling addicted real estate agent and one of Kolchak's contacts.

* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: He gambles specifically to lose, and to let Kolchak know he’s located Skorzeny’s house, he decides to wait in the back of Kolchak’s car, where he falls asleep.

[[folder:Louise]]
!!Louise Harper
-> '''Played By:''' Jo Ann Pflug

A belly dancer and graduate student who accompanies Kolchak in hunting down Richard Malcolm.

* FireForgedFriends: Subverted. She who spends the entire movie as Kolchak's only ally and risks her live to help him stop the killer. But by the end of the movie she hates his guts, since her association with him resulted in her losing her job, her home and getting run out of Seattle by the police before she could complete her degree. She correctly points out that meeting him and joining in his adventure ''ruined her life''.
* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: Her helping Kolchak stop Richard Malcolm results in her getting run out of Seattle before she could complete her degree.

[[folder:Professor Crabwell]]
!!Professor Hester Crabwell
-> '''Played By:''' Creator/MargaretHamilton

An anthropology professor who specializes in supernatural legends.

* MeaningfulName: '''Crab'''well is extremely crabby.

[[folder:Mr. R.I.N.G.]]
!!Mr. R.I.N.G.

* MisplacedRetribution: He tries to murder Kolchak when he tries to return his head to him, in spite of the fact Kolchak had nothing to do with his death. It’s left ambiguous if Baker genuinely though Kolchak was part of the Jokers, or if he was so determined to get his revenge he refused to be put to rest before killing all of the Jokers.

* PragmaticHero: Kolchak is perfectly willing to blackmail people or steal information for the sake of pursuing the truth, stopping the monster, and saving lives.

-> '''Played By:''' Keenan Wynn