Darren McGavin
May 7, 1922 (103 years old) in 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Darren McGavin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Credits
- 2005 · Night Stalker as
- 1999 · Pros & Cons as Mr. Stanford
- 1997 · Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas as Mr. Parker (archive footage)
- 1996 · Millennium as Henry Black
- 1995 · Derby as Lester Corbett
- 1995 · Billy Madison as Brian Madison
- 1994 · Gargoyles as G.F. Benton/Dominic Dracon (voice)
- 1994 · Touched by an Angel as George Zarko
- 1994 · A Perfect Stranger as John Henry Phillips
- 1994 · Mysteries of the Ancient World as
- 1994 · Burke's Law as Conrad Hill
- 1993 · Grace Under Fire as
- 1993 · The X-Files as Agent Arthur Dales
- 1993 · Fallen Angels as Old Man
- 1993 · The American Clock as Older Arthur Huntington
- 1992 · Mastergate as Folsom Bunting
- 1992 · Happy Hell Night as Henry Collins
- 1991 · Civil Wars as
- 1991 · Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker as actor (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1991 · The Commish as
- 1991 · Blood and Concrete as Hank Dick
- 1991 · Sisters as
- 1991 · Perfect Harmony as Mr. Hobbs
- 1991 · Clara as Albert Kroll
- 1990 · Captain America as General Fleming
- 1990 · By Dawn's Early Light as Condor
- 1990 · Child in the Night as Os Winfield
- 1990 · Unclaimed Fortunes II as Host
- 1990 · Kojak: It's Always Something as Wainwright
- 1989 · Around the World in 80 Days as Benjamin Mudge
- 1988 · The Diamond Trap as Chief Walter Vadney
- 1988 · Murphy Brown as Bill Brown
- 1988 · Monsters as
- 1988 · Dead Heat as Dr. Ernest McNab
- 1988 · Inherit the Wind as E.K. Hornbeck
- 1987 · Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson as A. Z. Nathan
- 1987 · From the Hip as Craig Duncan
- 1986 · Raw Deal as Chief Harry Shannon
- 1985 · Turk 182! as Det. Kowalski
- 1985 · My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn as Dr. Gerrit Koets
- 1984 · The Baron and the Kid as Jack Beamer
- 1984 · Murder, She Wrote as Martin Tremaine
- 1984 · Tales from the Darkside as Van Conway
- 1984 · Highway to Heaven as
- 1984 · The Return of Marcus Welby, M.D. as Dr. David Jennings
- 1984 · The Natural as Gus Sands (uncredited)
- 1983 · The Hitchhiker as Old Man
- 1983 · A Christmas Story as The Old Man
- 1983 · Small & Frye as
- 1981 · Firebird 2015 A.D. as Red
- 1980 · Magnum, P.I. as Buck Gibson
- 1980 · Hangar 18 as Harry Forbes
- 1980 · Waikiki as Capt. McGuire
- 1980 · The Martian Chronicles as Sam Parkhill
- 1980 · The Martian Chronicles as Sam Parkhill
- 1979 · Love for Rent as Coach John Martin
- 1979 · Ike as Gen. George S. Patton
- 1979 · Ike as Gen. George S. Patton
- 1979 · Tales of the Unexpected as Sheriff Milt Singleton
- 1979 · Donovan's Kid as Timothy Donovan
- 1978 · The Users as Henry Waller
- 1978 · Hot Lead & Cold Feet as Mayor Ragsdale
- 1978 · Zero to Sixty as Michael Nolan
- 1977 · The Love Boat as Lawrence Evans
- 1977 · Airport '77 as Stan Buchek
- 1976 · Law and Order as Deputy Chief Brian O'Malley
- 1976 · Crackle of Death as Carl Kolchak
- 1976 · Brinks: The Great Robbery as James McNally
- 1976 · Demon and the Mummy as Carl Kolchak
- 1976 · No Deposit, No Return as Duke
- 1975 · B. Must Die as Pal Kovak
- 1974 · Kolchak: The Night Stalker as Carl Kolchak
- 1973 · The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts as Self
- 1973 · The Evil Touch as
- 1973 · Police Story as
- 1973 · The Six Million Dollar Man as Oliver Spencer
- 1973 · The Night Strangler as Carl Kolchak
- 1972 · 43: The Richard Petty Story as Lee Petty
- 1972 · Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole as Dr. Lou Grazzo
- 1972 · Here Comes the Judge as Judge
- 1972 ·