Darren McGavin
Born May 7, 1922 · Spokane, Washington, U.S.
Darren McGavin (born William Lyle Richardson; May 7, 1922 – February 25, 2006) was an American actor best known for playing the title role in the television horror series Kolchak: The Night Stalker and his portrayal of the grumpy father given to bursts of profanity in the film A Christmas Story. He appeared as the tough-talking, funny detective in the 1950s television series Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer. From 1959-1961, McGavin starred in the NBC western series Riverboat, first with Burt Reynolds and then with Noah Beery, Jr. Description above from the Wikipedia article Darren McGavin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Notable Appearances
Movies
Billy Madison
Raw Deal
The Man with the Golden Arm
The Natural
A Christmas Story
Captain America
Ike
Airport '77
Dead Heat
The Night Stalker
Something Evil
By Dawn's Early Light
Hot Lead & Cold Feet
Child in the Night
Bullet for a Badman
Summertime
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
No Deposit, No Return
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
Blood and Concrete
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
The Six Million Dollar Man
The Night Strangler
A Song to Remember
Demon and the Mummy
Mastergate
43: The Richard Petty Story
My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn
The Challenge
The Great Sioux Massacre
Hangar 18
The Case Against Brooklyn
Berlin Affair
The Users
Inherit the Wind
Brinks: The Great Robbery
Waikiki
Mission Mars
The American Clock
From the Hip
Beau James
Kojak: It's Always Something
Happy Hell Night
The Outsider
A Perfect Stranger
The Delicate Delinquent
Firebird 2015 A.D.
She Wouldn't Say Yes
The Death of Me Yet
The 48-Hour Mile
Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson
Anatomy of a Crime
The Diamond Trap
Disneyland '59
Turk 182!
Banyon
Witchcraft: The Doll in Brambles
Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole
The Rookies
Zero to Sixty
Sam Cade
The Return of Marcus Welby, M.D.
Queen for a Day
Pros & Cons
Crackle of Death
TV Shows
The X-Files
Murder, She Wrote
Magnum, P.I.
Dr. Kildare
Love, American Style
Mannix
Mission: Impossible
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Robert Montgomery Presents
Tales of the Unexpected
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
The Name of the Game
Highway to Heaven
The Defenders
The Virginian
Studio One
Climax!
Tales from the Darkside
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
Rawhide
Murphy Brown
Ben Casey
Route 66
Gunsmoke
The Philco Television Playhouse
Gargoyles
The Hitchhiker
The Commish
Omnibus
Millennium
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Grace Under Fire
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
Suspense
Police Story
Monsters
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
The Wonderful World of Disney
Felony Squad
Fallen Angels
Burke's Law
Tales of Tomorrow
Riverboat
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
The Match Game
The Rogues
Cimarron Strip
Civil Wars
Stagecoach West
The Islanders
Night Stalker
The Outsider
Around the World in 80 Days
Custer
The Evil Touch
Bracken's World
Ike
Death Valley Days
The Alcoa Hour
The Martian Chronicles
Worlds Beyond
Special for Women
The Bold Ones: The Lawyers
Small & Frye
