Darren McGavin
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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
Credits
Billy Madison (1995)
as Brian Madison
The Natural (1984)
as Gus Sands (uncredited)
Raw Deal (1986)
as Chief Harry Shannon
The Night Stalker (1972)
as Carl Kolchak
A Christmas Story (1983)
as The Old Man
Airport '77 (1977)
as Stan Buchek
Dead Heat (1988)
as Dr. Ernest McNab
Captain America (1990)
as General Fleming
Ike (1979)
as Gen. George S. Patton
Hangar 18 (1980)
as Harry Forbes
The Man with the Golden Arm (1955)
as Louie
Pros & Cons (1999)
as Mr. Stanford
Summertime (1955)
as Eddie Yaeger
From the Hip (1987)
as Craig Duncan
Turk 182! (1985)
as Det. Kowalski
Bullet for a Badman (1964)
as Sam Ward
By Dawn's Early Light (1990)
as Condor
Something Evil (1972)
as Paul Worden
Hot Lead & Cold Feet (1978)
as Mayor Ragsdale
The Six Million Dollar Man (1973)
as Oliver Spencer
Mastergate (1992)
as Folsom Bunting
A Song to Remember (1945)
as Student (uncredited)
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell (1955)
as Capt. Russ Peters
Small Time (1996)
as Sam
The Great Sioux Massacre (1965)
as Captain Frederick William Benton
Inherit the Wind (1988)
as E.K. Hornbeck
The Challenge (1970)
as Jacob Gallery
No Deposit, No Return (1976)
as Duke
The Night Strangler (1973)
as Carl Kolchak
Love for Rent (1979)
as Coach John Martin
Sam Cade (1972)
Actor
The Users (1978)
as Henry Waller
Child in the Night (1990)
as Os Winfield
The American Clock (1993)
as Older Arthur Huntington
Zero to Sixty (1978)
as Michael Nolan
Happy Hell Night (1991)
as Henry Collins
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker (1991)
as actor (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Delicate Delinquent (1957)
as Mike Damon
The Case Against Brooklyn (1958)
as Pete Harris
Waikiki (1980)
as Capt. McGuire
Blood and Concrete (1991)
as Hank Dick
The Rookies (1972)
as Sgt. Eddie Ryker
Beau James (1957)
as Charley Hand
The Outsider (1967)
as David Ross
Banyon (1971)
as Lieutenant Pete Cordova
Law and Order (1976)
as Deputy Chief Brian O'Malley
Disneyland '59 (1959)
as Self
Donovan's Kid (1979)
as Timothy Donovan
The Diamond Trap (1988)
as Chief Walter Vadney
The Death of Me Yet (1971)
as Joe Chalk
She Wouldn't Say Yes (1945)
as The Kid - Soldier in Hospital (uncredited)
B. Must Die (1975)
as Pal Kovak
Crackle of Death (1976)
as Carl Kolchak
Mission Mars (1968)
as Col. Mike Blaiswick
The 48-Hour Mile (1970)
as David Ross
My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn (1985)
as Dr. Gerrit Koets
Firebird 2015 A.D. (1981)
as Red
Brinks: The Great Robbery (1976)
as James McNally
Mooch Goes to Hollywood (1971)
as Darren McGavin (uncredited)
The Challengers (1970)
as Jim McCabe
Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole (1972)
as Dr. Lou Grazzo
Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson (1987)
as A. Z. Nathan
Mrs. Pollifax — Spy (1971)
as Farrell
Kojak: It's Always Something (1990)
as Wainwright
Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas (1997)
as Mr. Parker (archive footage)
The Baron and the Kid (1984)
as Jack Beamer
Derby (1995)
as Lester Corbett
Perfect Harmony (1991)
as Mr. Hobbs
Queen for a Day (1951)
as Dan
The Return of Marcus Welby, M.D. (1984)
as Dr. David Jennings
A Perfect Stranger (1994)
as John Henry Phillips
Berlin Affair (1970)
as Paul Killian
43: The Richard Petty Story (1972)
as Lee Petty
Tribes (1970)
as Drake
Demon and the Mummy (1976)
as Carl Kolchak
Clara (1991)
as Albert Kroll
Anatomy of a Crime (1969)
as David Ross
Here Comes the Judge (1972)
as Judge
African Gold (1965)
as Mike Gregory
Witchcraft: The Doll in Brambles (1961)
as Fred
A Word to the Wives... (1955)
as George Peters
Your Next Job (1945)
as Balancing hobbyist
Boomerang, Dog of Many Talents (1968)
as Barney B. Duncan
Mysteries of the Ancient World (1994)
Actor
Unclaimed Fortunes II (1990)
as Host