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
Ike
Ike
Tales of the Unexpected
Donovan's Kid
The Users
Hot Lead & Cold Feet
Zero to Sixty
The Love Boat
Airport '77
Law and Order
Crackle of Death
Brinks: The Great Robbery
Demon and the Mummy
No Deposit, No Return
B. Must Die
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
The Evil Touch
Police Story
The Six Million Dollar Man
The Night Strangler
43: The Richard Petty Story
Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole
Here Comes the Judge
The Rookies
Something Evil
The Night Stalker
Sam Cade
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
The Death of Me Yet
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
V.I.P. Schaukel
Banyon
Mrs. Pollifax — Spy
Tribes
Berlin Affair
The 48-Hour Mile
The Challengers
The Challenge
Love, American Style
The Bold Ones: The Lawyers
Bracken's World
Anatomy of a Crime
Boomerang, Dog of Many Talents
The Name of the Game
The Outsider
Mission Mars
The Outsider
Mannix
Cimarron Strip
Custer
Mission: Impossible
Felony Squad
African Gold
The Great Sioux Massacre
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
The Rogues
Bullet for a Badman
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
The Match Game
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
The Virginian
The Mike Douglas Show
Ben Casey
Dr. Kildare
The Defenders
Witchcraft: The Doll in Brambles
Special for Women
Route 66
Stagecoach West
The Islanders
Riverboat
Disneyland '59
Rawhide
The Case Against Brooklyn
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
Beau James
The Delicate Delinquent
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
The Man with the Golden Arm
Triggers In Leash
The Alcoa Hour
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Gunsmoke
Summertime
A Word to the Wives...
The Wonderful World of Disney
Climax!
Omnibus
Death Valley Days
Tales of Tomorrow
Queen for a Day
Casey, Crime Photographer
What's My Line?
Robert Montgomery Presents
Suspense
Studio One
The Philco Television Playhouse
Your Next Job
She Wouldn't Say Yes
A Song to Remember