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
Movies
- The Man with the Golden...
1955
- Raw Deal
1986
- A Christmas Story
1983
- Pros & Cons
1999
- Billy Madison
1995
- No Deposit, No Return
1976
- By Dawn's Early Light
1990
- Happy Hell Night
1991
- From the Hip
1987
- Airport '77
1977
- The Night Strangler
1973
- Turk 182!
1985
- Dead Heat
1988
- Hot Lead & Cold Feet
1978
- Captain America
1990
- Clara
1991
- The Night Stalker
1972
- The Case Against Brookl...
1958
- The Delicate Delinquent
1957
- Here Comes the Judge
1972
- The Challenge
1970
- The Six Million Dollar ...
1973
- Christmas Unwrapped: Th...
1997
- Summertime
1955
- The Baron and the Kid
1984
- Hangar 18
1980
- Something Evil
1972
- Blood and Concrete
1991
- Tribes
1970
- Mission Mars
1968
- She Wouldn't Say Yes
1945
- Perfect Harmony
1991
- Bullet for a Badman
1964
- My Wicked, Wicked Ways:...
1985
- The Court-Martial of Bi...
1955
- Child in the Night
1990
- Hay que matar a B.
1975
- Mrs. Pollifax — Spy
1971
- Derby
1995
- The Diamond Trap
1988
- Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole
1972
- A Perfect Stranger
1994
- The Death of Me Yet
1971
- The Rookies
1972
- Firebird 2015 A.D.
1981
- Inherit the Wind
1988
- The American Clock
1993
- Mysteries of the Ancien...
1994
- Unclaimed Fortunes II
1990
- Zero to Sixty
1978
- The Challengers
1970
- The Great Sioux Massacre
1965
- 43: The Richard Petty S...
1972
- Boomerang, Dog of Many ...
1968
- The Outsider
1967
- A Word to the Wives...
1955
- Berlin Affair
1970
- Ike
1979
- Witchcraft: The Doll in...
1961
- Mastergate
1992
- Donovan's Kid
1979
- Waikiki
1980
- Beau James
1957
- Anatomy of a Crime
1969
- Preminger: Anatomy of a...
1991
- Banyon
1971
- Your Next Job
1945
- A Song to Remember
1945
- Brinks: The Great Robbe...
1976
- Crackle of Death
1976
- Mooch Goes to Hollywood
1971
- Kojak: It's Always Some...
1990
- Disneyland '59
1959
- Law and Order
1976
- Sam Cade
1972
- Love for Rent
1979
- African Gold
1965
- The Users
1978
- Queen for a Day
1951
- Demon and the Mummy
1976
- The Return of Marcus We...
1984
- The 48-Hour Mile
1970
- Tales from the Hollywoo...
1987
- The Martian Chronicles
1980
- The Natural
1984
TV Shows
- Murder, She Wrote
1984
- Magnum, P.I.
1980
- Tales from the Darkside
1984
- The Love Boat
1977
- Night Stalker
2005
- Touched by an Angel
1994
- Gargoyles
1994
- Route 66
1960
- Tales of the Unexpected
1979
- Highway to Heaven
1984
- Murphy Brown
1988
- The Martian Chronicles
1980
- The Commish
1991
- Mickey Spillane's Mike ...
1958
- Gunsmoke
1955
- The X-Files
1993
- Studio One
1948
- The Evil Touch
1973
- Millennium
1996
- Mission: Impossible
1966
- Sisters
1991
- The Islanders
1960
- Monsters
1988
- Kolchak: The Night Stal...
1974
- Alfred Hitchcock Presen...
1955
- Felony Squad
1966
- Rawhide
1959
- Cimarron Strip
1967
- Police Story
1973
- The Virginian
1962
- The Alcoa Hour
1955
- The Defenders
1961
- The Hitchhiker
1983
- Climax!
1954
- Bob Hope Presents the C...
1963
- Bracken's World
1969
- Civil Wars
1991
- The Philco Television P...
1948
- The Rogues
1964
- Ben Casey
1961
- Riverboat
1959
- Stagecoach West
1960
- Suspense
1949
- Robert Montgomery Prese...
1950
- Tales of Tomorrow
1951
- The Bold Ones: The Lawy...
1969
- Custer
1967
- Dr. Kildare
1961
- The Defenders
1961
- Small & Frye
1983
- The Outsider
1968
- The Mike Douglas Show
1961
- The Virginian
1962
- Gunsmoke
1955
- Gunsmoke
1955
- Ike
1979
- Around the World in 80 ...
1989
- The Name of the Game
1968
- The Name of the Game
1968
- Alfred Hitchcock Presen...
1955
- V.I.P. Schaukel
1971
- Studio One
1948
- Studio One
1948
- Owen Marshall: Counselo...
1971
- The Wonderful World of ...
1954
- Death Valley Days
1952
- Burke's Law
1994
- Bob Hope Presents the C...
1963
- Fallen Angels
1993
- Suspense
1949
- What's My Line?
1950
- The Dean Martin Celebri...
1973
- The Wonderful World of ...
1954
- The Match Game
1962
- The Alfred Hitchcock Ho...
1962
- The Name of the Game
1968
- Mannix
1967
- Love, American Style
1969
- Omnibus
1952
- Casey, Crime Photograph...
1951
- The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
- Tony Awards
1956
- Grace Under Fire
1993