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Darren McGavin

Born: 1922-05-07 in Spokane, Washington, U.S.

Died: 2006-02-25

Known For: Acting

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.

Filmography

2005

Night Stalker

1999

Pros & Cons as Mr. Stanford

1997

Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas as Mr. Parker (archive footage)

1996

Millennium as Henry Black

1995

Billy Madison as Brian Madison
Derby as Lester Corbett

1994

Touched by an Angel as George Zarko
Gargoyles as G.F. Benton/Dominic Dracon (voice)
Burke's Law as Conrad Hill
A Perfect Stranger as John Henry Phillips
Mysteries of the Ancient World

1993

The X-Files as Agent Arthur Dales
Grace Under Fire
Fallen Angels as Old Man
The American Clock as Older Arthur Huntington

1992

Happy Hell Night as Henry Collins
Mastergate as Folsom Bunting

1991

The Commish
Perfect Harmony as Mr. Hobbs
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker as actor (archive footage) (uncredited)
Civil Wars
Blood and Concrete as Hank Dick
Clara as Albert Kroll
Sisters

1990

Captain America as General Fleming
By Dawn's Early Light as Condor
Child in the Night as Os Winfield
Kojak: It's Always Something as Wainwright
Unclaimed Fortunes II as Host

1989

Around the World in 80 Days as Benjamin Mudge

1988

Dead Heat as Dr. Ernest McNab
Murphy Brown as Bill Brown
Monsters
Inherit the Wind as E.K. Hornbeck
The Diamond Trap as Chief Walter Vadney

1987

Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson as A. Z. Nathan
From the Hip as Craig Duncan

1986

Raw Deal as Chief Harry Shannon

1985

Turk 182! as Det. Kowalski
My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn as Dr. Gerrit Koets

1984

Murder, She Wrote as Martin Tremaine
Highway to Heaven
Tales from the Darkside as Van Conway
The Natural as Gus Sands (uncredited)
The Return of Marcus Welby, M.D. as Dr. David Jennings
The Baron and the Kid as Jack Beamer

1983

The Hitchhiker as Old Man
A Christmas Story as The Old Man
Small & Frye

1981

Firebird 2015 A.D. as Red

1980

Magnum, P.I. as Buck Gibson
Waikiki as Capt. McGuire
Hangar 18 as Harry Forbes
The Martian Chronicles as Sam Parkhill
The Martian Chronicles as Sam Parkhill

1979

Tales of the Unexpected as Sheriff Milt Singleton
Ike as Gen. George S. Patton
Donovan's Kid as Timothy Donovan
Love for Rent as Coach John Martin
Ike as Gen. George S. Patton

1978

Hot Lead & Cold Feet as Mayor Ragsdale
The Users as Henry Waller
Zero to Sixty as Michael Nolan

1977

The Love Boat as Lawrence Evans
Airport '77 as Stan Buchek

1976

Law and Order as Deputy Chief Brian O'Malley
No Deposit, No Return as Duke
Demon and the Mummy as Carl Kolchak
Crackle of Death as Carl Kolchak
Brinks: The Great Robbery as James McNally

1975

B. Must Die as Pal Kovak

1974

Kolchak: The Night Stalker as Carl Kolchak

1973

Police Story
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts as Self
The Night Strangler as Carl Kolchak
The Evil Touch
Happy Mother's Day, Love George ... (Director)
The Six Million Dollar Man as Oliver Spencer

1972

Something Evil as Paul Worden
The Rookies as Sgt. Eddie Ryker
The Night Stalker as Carl Kolchak
Here Comes the Judge as Judge
Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole as Dr. Lou Grazzo
Sam Cade
43: The Richard Petty Story as Lee Petty

1971

Banyon as Lieutenant Pete Cordova
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law as McClain
Mrs. Pollifax — Spy as Farrell
V.I.P. Schaukel as Self
Mooch Goes to Hollywood as Darren McGavin (uncredited)
The Death of Me Yet as Joe Chalk

1970

Berlin Affair as Paul Killian
The 48-Hour Mile as David Ross
The Challengers as Jim McCabe
The Challenge as Jacob Gallery
Tribes as Drake

1969

1968

The Name of the Game as Jesse Gil McCray
Mission Mars as Col. Mike Blaiswick
The Outsider as David Ross
Boomerang, Dog of Many Talents as Barney B. Duncan

1967

Mannix as Mark
Cimarron Strip
The Outsider as David Ross
Custer

1966

Mission: Impossible as J. Richard Taggart
Felony Squad

1965

African Gold as Mike Gregory
The Great Sioux Massacre as Captain Frederick William Benton

1964

The Man from U.N.C.L.E. as Viktor Karmak
The Rogues as Amos Champion
Bullet for a Badman as Sam Ward

1963

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

1962

The Virginian as Mark Troxel
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as Sheridan Westcott
The Match Game as Self

1961

The Mike Douglas Show as Self
Dr. Kildare as Prof. Felix Holman
Ben Casey
The Defenders as Howard Potter
Witchcraft: The Doll in Brambles as Fred

1960

1959

Rawhide as Jed Hadley
Riverboat as Captain Grey Holden
Disneyland '59 as Self

1958

Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer as Mike Hammer
The Case Against Brooklyn as Pete Harris
Buckskin ... (Director)

1957

Beau James as Charley Hand
The Delicate Delinquent as Mike Damon

1956

Tony Awards as Self - Presenter

1955

Gunsmoke as Will Helmick
Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Red Hillman
The Man with the Golden Arm as Louie
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell as Capt. Russ Peters
The Alcoa Hour
Summertime as Eddie Yaeger
A Word to the Wives... as George Peters

1954

Climax! as Walter
The Wonderful World of Disney as John Jay Forrest

1952

Omnibus
Death Valley Days as Zacharias Gurney

1951

Tales of Tomorrow
Queen for a Day as Dan
Casey, Crime Photographer as Jack Casey

1950

Robert Montgomery Presents as Joe Gillis
What's My Line? as Self - Mystery Guest

1949

Suspense as Ted Larson

1948

The Philco Television Playhouse as Bill Starbuck
Studio One as Will Sorrell

1945

A Song to Remember as Student (uncredited)
She Wouldn't Say Yes as The Kid - Soldier in Hospital (uncredited)
Your Next Job as Balancing hobbyist