Darren McGavin
Profile info
Known forActing
GenderMale
Birthday7 May 1922
Died25 February 2006 (age 83)
Place of birthSpokane, Washington, U.S.
Known credits160
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, licen…
Night Stalker
2005
Pros & Cons
1999 · Mr. Stanford
Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas
1997 · Mr. Parker (archive footage)
Small Time
1996 · Sam
Millennium
1996 · Henry Black
Derby
1995 · Lester Corbett
Billy Madison
1995 · Brian Madison
Gargoyles
1994 · G.F. Benton/Dominic Dracon (voice)
Touched by an Angel
1994 · George Zarko
A Perfect Stranger
1994 · John Henry Phillips
Mysteries of the Ancient World
1994 · Narrator
Burke's Law
1994 · Conrad Hill
Grace Under Fire
1993 · Grace's Dad
The X-Files
1993 · Agent Arthur Dales
Fallen Angels
1993 · Old Man
The American Clock
1993 · Older Arthur Huntington
Mastergate
1992 · Folsom Bunting
Civil Wars
1991
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991 · actor (archive footage) (uncredited)
Happy Hell Night
1991 · Henry Collins
The Commish
1991
Blood and Concrete
1991 · Hank Dick
Sisters
1991
Perfect Harmony
1991 · Mr. Hobbs
Clara
1991 · Albert Kroll
The General Motors Playwrights Theater
1991 · Albert Kroll
Captain America
1990 · General Fleming
By Dawn's Early Light
1990 · Condor
Child in the Night
1990 · Os Winfield
Unclaimed Fortunes II
1990 · Host
Kojak: It's Always Something
1990 · Wainwright
Around the World in 80 Days
1989 · Benjamin Mudge
The Diamond Trap
1988 · Chief Walter Vadney
Murphy Brown
1988 · Bill Brown
Monsters
1988 · Hubert
Dead Heat
1988 · Dr. Ernest McNab
Inherit the Wind
1988 · E.K. Hornbeck
Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson
1987 · A. Z. Nathan
From the Hip
1987 · Craig Duncan
Worlds Beyond
1986 · Harry Hewart
Raw Deal
1986 · Harry Shannon
Turk 182!
1985 · Det. Kowalski
My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn
1985 · Dr. Gerrit Koets
The Baron and the Kid
1984 · Jack Beamer
Murder, She Wrote
1984 · Martin Tremaine
Tales from the Darkside
1984 · Van Conway
Highway to Heaven
1984
The Return of Marcus Welby, M.D.
1984 · Dr. David Jennings
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