Darren McGavin
Acting
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Darren McGavin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
Night Stalker
2005 · Series
Pros & Cons
1999 · Movie
Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas
1997 · Movie
Small Time
1996 · Movie
Millennium
1996 · Series
Derby
1995 · Movie
Billy Madison
1995 · Movie
Gargoyles
1994 · Series
Touched by an Angel
1994 · Series
A Perfect Stranger
1994 · Movie
Mysteries of the Ancient World
1994 · Movie
Burke's Law
1994 · Series
Grace Under Fire
1993 · Series
The X-Files
1993 · Series
Fallen Angels
1993 · Series
The American Clock
1993 · Movie
Mastergate
1992 · Movie
Civil Wars
1991 · Series
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991 · Movie
Happy Hell Night
1991 · Movie
The Commish
1991 · Series
Blood and Concrete
1991 · Movie
Sisters
1991 · Series
Perfect Harmony
1991 · Movie
The General Motors Playwrights Theater
1991 · Series
Clara
1991 · Movie
Captain America
1990 · Movie
By Dawn's Early Light
1990 · Movie
Child in the Night
1990 · Movie
Unclaimed Fortunes II
1990 · Movie
Kojak: It's Always Something
1990 · Movie
Around the World in 80 Days
1989 · Series
The Diamond Trap
1988 · Movie
Murphy Brown
1988 · Series
Monsters
1988 · Series
Dead Heat
1988 · Movie
Inherit the Wind
1988 · Movie
Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson
1987 · Movie
From the Hip
1987 · Movie
Worlds Beyond
1986 · Series
Raw Deal
1986 · Movie
Turk 182!
1985 · Movie
My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn
1985 · Movie
The Baron and the Kid
1984 · Movie
Murder, She Wrote
1984 · Series
Tales from the Darkside
1984 · Series
Highway to Heaven
1984 · Series
The Return of Marcus Welby, M.D.
1984 · Movie
The Natural
1984 · Movie
The Hitchhiker
1983 · Series
A Christmas Story
1983 · Movie
Small & Frye
1983 · Series
Firebird 2015 A.D.
1981 · Movie
Magnum, P.I.
1980 · Series
Hangar 18
1980 · Movie
Waikiki
1980 · Movie
The Martian Chronicles
1980 · Series
Love for Rent
1979 · Movie
Ike
1979 · Movie
Ike
1979 · Series
Tales of the Unexpected
1979 · Series
Donovan's Kid
1979 · Movie
The Users
1978 · Movie
Hot Lead & Cold Feet
1978 · Movie
Zero to Sixty
1978 · Movie
The Love Boat
1977 · Series
Airport '77
1977 · Movie
Law and Order
1976 · Movie
Crackle of Death
1976 · Movie
Brinks: The Great Robbery
1976 · Movie
Demon and the Mummy
1976 · Movie
No Deposit, No Return
1976 · Movie
B. Must Die
1975 · Movie
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
1974 · Series
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
1973 · Series
Happy Mother's Day, Love George
1973 · Movie
The Evil Touch
1973 · Series
Police Story
1973 · Series
The Six Million Dollar Man
1973 · Movie
The Night Strangler
1973 · Movie
43: The Richard Petty Story
1972 · Movie
Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole
1972 · Movie
Here Comes the Judge
1972 · Movie
The Rookies
1972 · Movie
Something Evil
1972 · Movie
The Night Stalker
1972 · Movie
Sam Cade
1972 · Movie
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
1971 · Movie
The Death of Me Yet
1971 · Movie
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
1971 · Series
V.I.P. Schaukel
1971 · Series
Banyon
1971 · Movie
Mrs. Pollifax — Spy
1971 · Movie
Tribes
1970 · Movie
Berlin Affair
1970 · Movie
The 48-Hour Mile
1970 · Movie
The Challengers
1970 · Movie
The Challenge
1970 · Movie
Love, American Style
1969 · Series
The Bold Ones: The Lawyers
1969 · Series
Bracken's World
1969 · Series
Anatomy of a Crime
1969 · Movie
Boomerang, Dog of Many Talents
1968 · Movie
The Name of the Game
1968 · Series
The Outsider
1968 · Series
Mission Mars
1968 · Movie
The Outsider
1967 · Movie
Mannix
1967 · Series
Cimarron Strip
1967 · Series
Custer
1967 · Series
Mission: Impossible
1966 · Series
Felony Squad
1966 · Series
African Gold
1965 · Movie
The Great Sioux Massacre
1965 · Movie
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964 · Series
The Rogues
1964 · Series
Bullet for a Badman
1964 · Movie
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963 · Series
The Match Game
1962 · Series
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962 · Series
The Virginian
1962 · Series
The Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Series
Ben Casey
1961 · Series
Dr. Kildare
1961 · Series
The Defenders
1961 · Series
Witchcraft: The Doll in Brambles
1961 · Movie
Special for Women
1960 · Series
Route 66
1960 · Series
Stagecoach West
1960 · Series
The Islanders
1960 · Series
Riverboat
1959 · Series
Disneyland '59
1959 · Movie
Rawhide
1959 · Series
Buckskin
1958 · Series
The Case Against Brooklyn
1958 · Movie
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
1958 · Series
Beau James
1957 · Movie
The Delicate Delinquent
1957 · Movie
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
1955 · Movie
The Man with the Golden Arm
1955 · Movie
The Alcoa Hour
1955 · Series
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955 · Series
Gunsmoke
1955 · Series
Summertime
1955 · Movie
A Word to the Wives...
1955 · Movie
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954 · Series
Climax!
1954 · Series
Omnibus
1952 · Series
Death Valley Days
1952 · Series
Tales of Tomorrow
1951 · Series
Queen for a Day
1951 · Movie
Casey, Crime Photographer
1951 · Series
What's My Line?
1950 · Series
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950 · Series
Suspense
1949 · Series
Studio One
1948 · Series
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948 · Series
Your Next Job
1945 · Movie
She Wouldn't Say Yes
1945 · Movie
A Song to Remember
1945 · Movie