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