Darren McGavin
May 7, 1922 (102 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
- 2004 · The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made as Red (archive footage)
- 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
- 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 · Murphy Brown as Bill Brown
- 1988 · Monsters as
- 1988 · Dead Heat as Dr. Ernest McNab
- 1988 · Inherit the Wind as E.K. Hornbeck
- 1988 · The Diamond Trap as Chief Walter Vadney
- 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
- 1983 · A Christmas Story as The Old Man
- 1983 · The Hitchhiker as Old Man
- 1983 · Small & Frye as
- 1981 · Firebird 2015 A.D. as Red
- 1980 · Magnum, P.I. as
- 1980 · Hangar 18 as Harry Forbes
- 1980 · Waikiki as Capt. McGuire
- 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 · Hay que matar a B. 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 · The Rookies as Sgt. Eddie Ryker
- 1972 · Something Evil as Paul Worden
- 1972 · The Night Stalker as Carl Kolchak
- 1972 · Sam Cade as
- 1971 · Mooch Goes to Hollywood as Darren McGavin (uncredited)
- 1971 · The Death of Me Yet as Joe Chalk
- 1971 · Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law as McClain
- 1971 · V.I.P. Schaukel as Self
- 1971 · Banyon as Lieutenant Pete Cordova
- 1971 · Mrs. Pollifax — Spy as Farrell
- 1970 · Tribes as Drake
- 1970 · Berlin Affair as Paul Killian
- 1970 · The Challengers as Jim McCabe
- 1970 · The Challenge as Jacob Gallery
- 1969 · Love, American Style as Corbett
- 1969 · Bracken's World as
- 1969 · Anatomy of a Crime as David Ross
- 1968 · The Bold Ones: The Lawyers as
- 1968 · Boomerang, Dog of Many Talents as Barney B. Duncan
- 1968 · The Name of the Game as Jesse Gil McCray
- 1968 · The Name of the Game as Sam Hardy
- 1968 · The Name of the Game as Eddie Gannon
- 1968 · The Outsider as David Ross
- 1968 · Mission Mars as Col. Mike Blaiswick
- 1967 · The Outsider as David Ross
- 1967 · Mannix as Mark
- 1967 · Cimarron Strip as
- 1967 · Custer as
- 1966 · Mission: Impossible as J. Richard Taggart
- 1966 · Felony Squad as
- 1965 · African Gold as Mike Gregory
- 1965 · The Great Sioux Massacre as Captain Frederick William Benton
- 1964 · The Man from U.N.C.L.E. as
- 1964 · The Rogues as Amos Champion
- 1964 · Bullet for a Badman as Sam Ward
- 1963 · Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre as
- 1963 · Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre as Franklin Carson
- 1962 · The Match Game as Self
- 1962 · The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as Sheridan Westcott
- 1962 · The Virginian as Mark Troxel
- 1962 · The Virginian as Sam Evans
- 1961 · The Mike Douglas Show as Self
- 1961 · Ben Casey as
- 1961 · Dr. Kildare as Prof. Felix Holman
- 1961 · The Defenders as Howard Potter
- 1961 · The Defenders as Marty Wisnovsky
- 1961 · Witchcraft: The Doll in Brambles as Fred
- 1960 · Route 66 as
- 1960 · Stagecoach West as
- 1960 · The Islanders as Phil
- 1959 · Riverboat as Captain Grey Holden
- 1959 · Disneyland '59 as Self
- 1959 · Rawhide as Jed Hadley
- 1958 · The Case Against Brooklyn as Pete Harris
- 1958 · Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer as
- 1957 · Beau James as Charley Hand
- 1957 · The Delicate Delinquent as Mike Damon
- 1955 · The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell as Capt. Russ Peters
- 1955 · The Man with the Golden Arm as Louie
- 1955 · The Alcoa Hour as
- 1955 · Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Red Hillman
- 1955 · Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Lyle Endicott
- 1955 · Gunsmoke as Will Helmick
- 1955 · Gunsmoke as Lon Gorman
- 1955 · Gunsmoke as Joe Bascome
- 1955 · Summertime as Eddie Yaeger
- 1955 · A Word to the Wives... as George Peters
- 1954 · The Wonderful World of Disney as John Jay Forrest
- 1954 · The Wonderful World of Disney as Timothy Donovan
- 1954 · Climax! as Walter
- 1952 · Omnibus as
- 1952 · Death Valley Days as Zacharias Gurney
- 1951 · Tales of Tomorrow as
- 1951 · Queen for a Day as Dan
- 1951 · Crime Photographer as Casey #2
- 1951 · Crime Photographer as Casey
- 1950 · What's My Line? as Self - Mystery Guest
- 1950 · Robert Montgomery Presents as Joe Gillis
- 1949 · Suspense as Ted Larson
- 1949 · Suspense as
- 1948 · Studio One as Will Sorrell
- 1948 · Studio One as Johnny Quigg
- 1948 · Studio One as Tom Kendall
- 1948 · The Philco Television Playhouse as Bill Starbuck
- 1945 · Your Next Job as Balancing hobbyist
- 1945 · She Wouldn't Say Yes as The Kid - Soldier in Hospital (uncredited)
- 1945 · A Song to Remember as Student (uncredited)