Darren McGavin
Acting
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.
Born: May 7, 1922 · Spokane, Washington, U.S.
Filmography (104)
Night Stalker
2005
Millennium
1996
Billy Madison
1995
Gargoyles
1994
Touched by an Angel
1994
A Perfect Stranger
1994
Burke's Law
1994
Grace Under Fire
1993
The X-Files
1993
Fallen Angels
1993
Civil Wars
1991
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991
Happy Hell Night
1991
The Commish
1991
Blood and Concrete
1991
Sisters
1991
Perfect Harmony
1991
Captain America
1990
By Dawn's Early Light
1990
Child in the Night
1990
Around the World in 80 Days
1989
Murphy Brown
1988
Monsters
1988
Dead Heat
1988
Inherit the Wind
1988
From the Hip
1987
Raw Deal
1986
Turk 182!
1985
Murder, She Wrote
1984
Tales from the Darkside
1984
Highway to Heaven
1984
The Natural
1984
The Hitchhiker
1983
A Christmas Story
1983
Firebird 2015 A.D.
1981
Magnum, P.I.
1980
Hangar 18
1980
The Martian Chronicles
1980
Ike
1979
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
Hot Lead & Cold Feet
1978
Zero to Sixty
1978
The Love Boat
1977
Airport '77
1977
No Deposit, No Return
1976
B. Must Die
1975
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
1974
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
1973
Police Story
1973
The Six Million Dollar Man
1973
The Night Strangler
1973
43: The Richard Petty Story
1972
Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole
1972
Something Evil
1972
The Night Stalker
1972
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
1971
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
1971
Mrs. Pollifax — Spy
1971
Tribes
1970
Love, American Style
1969
Bracken's World
1969
The Name of the Game
1968
The Outsider
1968
Mannix
1967
Cimarron Strip
1967
Custer
1967
Mission: Impossible
1966
Felony Squad
1966
The Great Sioux Massacre
1965
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
The Rogues
1964
Bullet for a Badman
1964
The Match Game
1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
The Virginian
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
Ben Casey
1961
Dr. Kildare
1961
The Defenders
1961
Route 66
1960
Stagecoach West
1960
The Islanders
1960
Riverboat
1959
Rawhide
1959
The Case Against Brooklyn
1958
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
1958
The Delicate Delinquent
1957
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
1955
The Man with the Golden Arm
1955
The Alcoa Hour
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
Gunsmoke
1955
Summertime
1955
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
Climax!
1954
Omnibus
1952
Death Valley Days
1952
Tales of Tomorrow
1951
What's My Line?
1950
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
Suspense
1949
Studio One
1948
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
A Song to Remember
1945