Darren McGavin
Acting
- Born:
- 1922-05-07
- Died:
- 2006-02-25
- Place of birth:
- Spokane, Washington, U.S.
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
Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas
Small Time
Millennium
Derby
Billy Madison
Gargoyles
Touched by an Angel
A Perfect Stranger
Mysteries of the Ancient World
Burke's Law
Grace Under Fire
The X-Files
Fallen Angels
The American Clock
Mastergate
Civil Wars
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
Happy Hell Night
The Commish
Blood and Concrete
Sisters
Perfect Harmony
Clara
The General Motors Playwrights Theater
Captain America
By Dawn's Early Light
Child in the Night
Unclaimed Fortunes II
Kojak: It's Always Something
Around the World in 80 Days
The Diamond Trap
Murphy Brown
Monsters
Dead Heat
Inherit the Wind
Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson
From the Hip
Worlds Beyond
Raw Deal
Turk 182!
My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn
The Baron and the Kid
Murder, She Wrote
Tales from the Darkside
Highway to Heaven
The Return of Marcus Welby, M.D.
The Natural
The Hitchhiker
A Christmas Story
Small & Frye
Firebird 2015 A.D.
Magnum, P.I.
Hangar 18
Waikiki
The Martian Chronicles
Love for Rent
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