Darren McGavin
Acting

Darren McGavin

Born 7 May 1922 · Spokane, Washington, U.S. · Died 25 February 2006

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.

Known for

The X-Files
Billy Madison
A Christmas Story
Raw Deal
Gargoyles
Murder, She Wrote
Captain America
Magnum, P.I.
Airport '77
Mission: Impossible
The Man with the Golden Arm
Dead Heat
Pros & Cons
Small Time
Billy Madison
Derby
A Perfect Stranger
Mysteries of the Ancient World
The American Clock
Mastergate
Happy Hell Night
Blood and Concrete
Perfect Harmony
By Dawn's Early Light
Captain America
Child in the Night
Kojak: It's Always Something
Dead Heat
The Diamond Trap
Inherit the Wind
From the Hip
Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson
Raw Deal
Turk 182!
My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn
The Baron and the Kid
The Return of Marcus Welby, M.D.
A Christmas Story
Firebird 2015 A.D.
Hangar 18
Waikiki
Ike
Donovan's Kid
Love for Rent
Hot Lead & Cold Feet
Zero to Sixty
The Users
Airport '77
No Deposit, No Return
Brinks: The Great Robbery
Crackle of Death
Law and Order
Demon and the Mummy
B. Must Die
The Night Strangler
The Six Million Dollar Man
Happy Mother's Day, Love George
The Night Stalker
Something Evil
Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole
The Rookies
43: The Richard Petty Story
Sam Cade
Mrs. Pollifax — Spy
The Death of Me Yet
Banyon
The Challenge
Tribes
The Challengers
Berlin Affair
The 48-Hour Mile
Anatomy of a Crime
Mission Mars
Boomerang, Dog of Many Talents
The Outsider
The Great Sioux Massacre
African Gold
Bullet for a Badman
Witchcraft: The Doll in Brambles
The Case Against Brooklyn
The Delicate Delinquent
Beau James
The Man with the Golden Arm
Summertime
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
A Word to the Wives...
Queen for a Day
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