Kolchak: The Night Stalker

American television series
TVSeries television_series Q1290328
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Kolchak: The Night Stalker

Summary

Kolchak: The Night Stalker is a television series[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of television_series entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,374 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Kolchak: The Night Stalker's instance of is recorded as The Night Stalker — instance of (P31): television series[3].
  • The Night Stalker — screenwriter (P58): Robert Zemeckis wrote the screenplay for Kolchak: The Night Stalker[4].
  • The Night Stalker — screenwriter (P58): Bill S. Ballinger wrote the screenplay for Kolchak: The Night Stalker[5].
  • The Night Stalker — screenwriter (P58): David Chase wrote the screenplay for Kolchak: The Night Stalker[6].
  • The Night Stalker — screenwriter (P58): Jimmy Sangster wrote the screenplay for Kolchak: The Night Stalker[7].
  • Kolchak: The Night Stalker's composer is recorded as The Night Stalker — composer (P86): Gil Mellé[8].
  • Kolchak: The Night Stalker's genre is The Night Stalker — genre (P136): suspense film[9].
  • A cast member of Kolchak: The Night Stalker was The Night Stalker — cast member (P161): Darren McGavin[10].
  • A cast member of Kolchak: The Night Stalker was The Night Stalker — cast member (P161): Simon Oakland[11].
  • A cast member of Kolchak: The Night Stalker was The Night Stalker — cast member (P161): Ruth McDevitt[12].
  • The original language of Kolchak: The Night Stalker was The Night Stalker — original language of film or TV show (P364): English[13].
  • Kolchak: The Night Stalker's original broadcaster is recorded as The Night Stalker — original broadcaster (P449): American Broadcasting Company[14].
  • Kolchak: The Night Stalker's country of origin is recorded as The Night Stalker — country of origin (P495): United States[15].
  • Kolchak: The Night Stalker began on +1974-09-13T00:00:00Z[16].
  • Kolchak: The Night Stalker ended on +1975-03-28T00:00:00Z[17].
  • Kolchak: The Night Stalker's distributed by is recorded as The Night Stalker — distributed by (P750): NBCUniversal Syndication Studios[18].
  • Kolchak: The Night Stalker's narrative location is recorded as The Night Stalker — narrative location (P840): Chicago[19].
  • Kolchak: The Night Stalker's number of episodes is recorded as {'amount': '+20'}[20].
  • Kolchak: The Night Stalker's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+50'}[21].
  • Kolchak: The Night Stalker's number of seasons is recorded as {'amount': '+1'}[22].
  • Kolchak: The Night Stalker's derivative work is recorded as The Night Stalker — derivative work (P4969): Night Stalker[23].

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Authorship and Creation

Screenwriters include The Night Stalker — screenwriter (P58): Robert Zemeckis[4], The Night Stalker — screenwriter (P58): Bill S. Ballinger[5], The Night Stalker — screenwriter (P58): David Chase[6], and The Night Stalker — screenwriter (P58): Jimmy Sangster[7]. Cast members include The Night Stalker — cast member (P161): Darren McGavin[10], The Night Stalker — cast member (P161): Simon Oakland[11], and The Night Stalker — cast member (P161): Ruth McDevitt[12].

Publication

The original language of Kolchak: The Night Stalker was The Night Stalker — original language of film or TV show (P364): English[13]. Its genre is The Night Stalker — genre (P136): suspense film[9].

Why It Matters

Kolchak: The Night Stalker ranks in the top 5% of television_series entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,374 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24]

It has been cited as an influence by The X-Files[25], a television series[26], directed by Rob Bowman[27].

FAQs

Who did Kolchak: The Night Stalker influence?

Kolchak: The Night Stalker has been cited as an influence by The X-Files[25].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . dbpedia.org. Retrieved . dbpedia.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . dbpedia.org. Retrieved . dbpedia.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [25] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · Zestier · 2026-05-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Screenwriter Robert Zemeckis, Bill S. Ballinger, David Chase +1
    Country of origin United States
    Original broadcaster American Broadcasting Company
    End time +1975-03-28T00:00:00Z
    + 20 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P8600]]: 3564"
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