Darren McGavin
- Acting
- May 7, 1922 · Spokane, Washington, U.S.
- February 25, 2006
Biography
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
Filmography
- Night Stalker
- Pros & Cons · Mr. Stanford
- Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas · Mr. Parker (archive footage)
- Small Time · Sam
- Millennium · Henry Black
- Derby · Lester Corbett
- Billy Madison · Brian Madison
- Gargoyles · G.F. Benton/Dominic Dracon (Voice)
- Touched by an Angel · George Zarko
- A Perfect Stranger · John Henry Phillips
- Mysteries of the Ancient World · Narrator
- Burke's Law · Conrad Hill
- Grace Under Fire · Grace's Dad
- The X-Files · Agent Arthur Dales
- Fallen Angels · Old Man
- The American Clock · Older Arthur Huntington
- Mastergate · Folsom Bunting
- Civil Wars
- Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker · actor (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Happy Hell Night · Henry Collins
- The Commish
- Blood and Concrete · Hank Dick
- Sisters
- Perfect Harmony · Mr. Hobbs
- Clara · Albert Kroll
- The General Motors Playwrights Theater · Albert Kroll
- Captain America · General Fleming
- By Dawn's Early Light · Condor
- Child in the Night · Os Winfield
- Unclaimed Fortunes II · Host
- Kojak: It's Always Something · Wainwright
- Around the World in 80 Days · Benjamin Mudge
- The Diamond Trap · Chief Walter Vadney
- Murphy Brown · Bill Brown
- Monsters · Hubert
- Dead Heat · Dr. Ernest McNab
- Inherit the Wind · E.K. Hornbeck
- Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson · A. Z. Nathan
- From the Hip · Craig Duncan
- Worlds Beyond · Harry Hewart
- Raw Deal · Harry Shannon
- Turk 182! · Det. Kowalski
- My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn · Dr. Gerrit Koets
- The Baron and the Kid · Jack Beamer
- Murder, She Wrote · Martin Tremaine
- Tales from the Darkside · Van Conway
- Highway to Heaven
- The Return of Marcus Welby, M.D. · Dr. David Jennings
- The Natural · Gus Sands (uncredited)
- The Hitchhiker · Old Man
- A Christmas Story · The Old Man
- Small & Frye
- Firebird 2015 A.D. · Red
- Magnum, P.I. · Buck Gibson
- Hangar 18 · Harry Forbes
- Waikiki · Capt. McGuire
- The Martian Chronicles · Sam Parkhill
- Love for Rent · Coach John Martin
- Ike · Gen. George S. Patton
- Ike · Gen. George S. Patton
- Tales of the Unexpected · Sheriff Milt Singleton
- Donovan's Kid · Timothy Donovan
- The Users · Henry Waller
- Hot Lead & Cold Feet · Mayor Ragsdale
- Zero to Sixty · Michael Nolan, Screenplay
- The Love Boat · Lawrence Evans
- Airport '77 · Stan Buchek
- Law and Order · Deputy Chief Brian O'Malley
- Crackle of Death · Carl Kolchak
- Brinks: The Great Robbery · James McNally
- Demon and the Mummy · Carl Kolchak
- No Deposit, No Return · Duke
- B. Must Die · Pal Kovak
- Kolchak: The Night Stalker · Carl Kolchak, Producer
- The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts · Self
- Happy Mother's Day, Love George · Director
- The Evil Touch · Alvin Hazeltine, Director
- Police Story · Matt Hallett
- The Six Million Dollar Man · Oliver Spencer
- The Night Strangler · Carl Kolchak