Darren McGavin
ActingDarren 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
Billy Madison
Brian Madison
A Christmas Story
The Old Man
Raw Deal
Chief Harry Shannon
The Natural
Gus Sands (uncredited)
Airport '77
Stan Buchek
Captain America
General Fleming
Dead Heat
Dr. Ernest McNab
The Night Stalker
Carl Kolchak
Summertime
Eddie Yaeger
The Man with the Golden Arm
Louie
Filmography — Acting
Billy Madison
Brian Madison
A Christmas Story
The Old Man
Raw Deal
Chief Harry Shannon
The Natural
Gus Sands (uncredited)
Airport '77
Stan Buchek
Captain America
General Fleming
Dead Heat
Dr. Ernest McNab
The Night Stalker
Carl Kolchak
Summertime
Eddie Yaeger
The Man with the Golden Arm
Louie
From the Hip
Craig Duncan
Turk 182!
Det. Kowalski
Hot Lead & Cold Feet
Mayor Ragsdale
The Six Million Dollar Man
Oliver Spencer
Ike
Gen. George S. Patton
By Dawn's Early Light
Condor
Hangar 18
Harry Forbes
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
actor (archive footage) (uncredited)
Pros & Cons
Mr. Stanford
The Challenge
Jacob Gallery
Banyon
Lieutenant Pete Cordova
The Users
Henry Waller
A Song to Remember
Student (uncredited)
The Night Strangler
Carl Kolchak
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
Capt. Russ Peters
The Rookies
Sgt. Eddie Ryker
Tribes
Drake
No Deposit, No Return
Duke
Waikiki
Capt. McGuire
Crackle of Death
Carl Kolchak
Inherit the Wind
E.K. Hornbeck
Something Evil
Paul Worden
Kojak: It's Always Something
Wainwright
Bullet for a Badman
Sam Ward
The Delicate Delinquent
Mike Damon
Zero to Sixty
Michael Nolan
Small Time
Sam
Sam Cade
Queen for a Day
Dan
The Great Sioux Massacre
Captain Frederick William Benton
The Case Against Brooklyn
Pete Harris
Demon and the Mummy
Carl Kolchak
Child in the Night
Os Winfield
Happy Hell Night
Henry Collins
The Outsider
David Ross
Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole
Dr. Lou Grazzo
Blood and Concrete
Hank Dick
Disneyland '59
Self
The Return of Marcus Welby, M.D.
Dr. David Jennings
The American Clock
Older Arthur Huntington
Beau James
Charley Hand
She Wouldn't Say Yes
The Kid - Soldier in Hospital (uncredited)
Brinks: The Great Robbery
James McNally
B. Must Die
Pal Kovak
The Diamond Trap
Chief Walter Vadney
My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn
Dr. Gerrit Koets
Derby
Lester Corbett
The Death of Me Yet
Joe Chalk
Law and Order
Deputy Chief Brian O'Malley
Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson
A. Z. Nathan
The 48-Hour Mile
David Ross
Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas
Mr. Parker (archive footage)
Mastergate
Folsom Bunting
Mrs. Pollifax — Spy
Farrell
The Challengers
Jim McCabe
Firebird 2015 A.D.
Red
Anatomy of a Crime
David Ross
Witchcraft: The Doll in Brambles
Fred
The Baron and the Kid
Jack Beamer
43: The Richard Petty Story
Lee Petty
Donovan's Kid
Timothy Donovan
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
Darren McGavin (uncredited)
Berlin Affair
Paul Killian
Perfect Harmony
Mr. Hobbs
Your Next Job
Balancing hobbyist
A Perfect Stranger
John Henry Phillips
A Word to the Wives...
George Peters
Mission Mars
Col. Mike Blaiswick
The Martian Chronicles
Sam Parkhill
Love for Rent
Coach John Martin
Clara
Albert Kroll
Here Comes the Judge
Judge
African Gold
Mike Gregory
Boomerang, Dog of Many Talents
Barney B. Duncan
Mysteries of the Ancient World
Unclaimed Fortunes II
Host
