Darren McGavin
Born: 1922-05-07
• Spokane, Washington, U.S.
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.
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Filmography
Pros & Cons
Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas
Small Time
Derby
Billy Madison
A Perfect Stranger
Mysteries of the Ancient World
The American Clock
Mastergate
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
Happy Hell Night
Blood and Concrete
Perfect Harmony
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Clara
Captain America
By Dawn's Early Light
Child in the Night
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Unclaimed Fortunes II
Kojak: It's Always Something
The Diamond Trap
Dead Heat
Inherit the Wind
Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson
From the Hip
Raw Deal
Turk 182!
My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn
The Baron and the Kid
The Return of Marcus Welby, M.D.
The Natural
A Christmas Story
Firebird 2015 A.D.
Hangar 18
Waikiki
The Martian Chronicles
Love for Rent
Ike
Donovan's Kid
The Users
Hot Lead & Cold Feet
Zero to Sixty
Airport '77
Law and Order
Crackle of Death
Brinks: The Great Robbery
Demon and the Mummy
No Deposit, No Return
B. Must Die
The Six Million Dollar Man
The Night Strangler
43: The Richard Petty Story
Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole
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Here Comes the Judge
The Rookies
Something Evil
The Night Stalker
Sam Cade
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
The Death of Me Yet
Banyon
Mrs. Pollifax — Spy
Tribes
Berlin Affair
The 48-Hour Mile
The Challengers
The Challenge
Anatomy of a Crime
Boomerang, Dog of Many Talents
Mission Mars
The Outsider
African Gold
The Great Sioux Massacre
Bullet for a Badman
Witchcraft: The Doll in Brambles
Disneyland '59
The Case Against Brooklyn
Beau James
The Delicate Delinquent
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
The Man with the Golden Arm
Summertime
A Word to the Wives...
Queen for a Day
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Your Next Job
She Wouldn't Say Yes
A Song to Remember