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Darren McGavin

Darren McGavin

Actor · Born 1922-05-07 · Spokane, Washington, U.S.

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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.

Movies & TV Shows

  1. The X-Files (1993) — Agent Arthur Dales
  2. Billy Madison (1995) — Brian Madison
  3. A Christmas Story (1983) — The Old Man
  4. Raw Deal (1986) — Chief Harry Shannon
  5. The Natural (1984) — Gus Sands (uncredited)
  6. Gargoyles (1994) — G.F. Benton/Dominic Dracon (voice)
  7. Captain America (1990) — General Fleming
  8. Murder, She Wrote (1984) — Martin Tremaine
  9. Magnum, P.I. (1980) — Buck Gibson
  10. Airport '77 (1977) — Stan Buchek
  11. Mission: Impossible (1966) — J. Richard Taggart
  12. Millennium (1996) — Henry Black
  13. Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) — Red Hillman
  14. The Man with the Golden Arm (1955) — Louie
  15. Dead Heat (1988) — Dr. Ernest McNab
  16. Highway to Heaven (1984)
  17. The Love Boat (1977) — Lawrence Evans
  18. Touched by an Angel (1994) — George Zarko
  19. Summertime (1955) — Eddie Yaeger
  20. The Night Stalker (1972) — Carl Kolchak
  21. Gunsmoke (1955) — Will Helmick
  22. No Deposit, No Return (1976) — Duke
  23. Tales from the Darkside (1984) — Van Conway
  24. The Six Million Dollar Man (1973) — Oliver Spencer
  25. Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974) — Carl Kolchak
  26. Around the World in 80 Days (1989) — Benjamin Mudge
  27. Murphy Brown (1988) — Bill Brown
  28. The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962) — Sheridan Westcott
  29. The Night Strangler (1973) — Carl Kolchak
  30. Hangar 18 (1980) — Harry Forbes
  31. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964) — Viktor Karmak
  32. Turk 182! (1985) — Det. Kowalski
  33. By Dawn's Early Light (1990) — Condor
  34. Something Evil (1972) — Paul Worden
  35. Mannix (1967) — Mark
  36. Tales of the Unexpected (1979) — Sheriff Milt Singleton
  37. Rawhide (1959) — Jed Hadley
  38. The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell (1955) — Capt. Russ Peters
  39. From the Hip (1987) — Craig Duncan
  40. The Martian Chronicles (1980) — Sam Parkhill

Directed

  1. Riverboat (1959) — Director
  2. Happy Mother's Day, Love George (1973) — Director
  3. The Evil Touch (1973) — Director
  4. Buckskin (1958) — Director