Darren McGavin
Acting • Born 1922-05-07 – Died 2006-02-25
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
169 credits
The Man with the Golden Arm
Movie • 1955
Louie
Raw Deal
Movie • 1986
Chief Harry Shannon
A Christmas Story
Movie • 1983
The Old Man
Pros & Cons
Movie • 1999
Mr. Stanford
Billy Madison
Movie • 1995
Brian Madison
No Deposit, No Return
Movie • 1976
Duke
By Dawn's Early Light
Movie • 1990
Condor
Happy Hell Night
Movie • 1991
Henry Collins
From the Hip
Movie • 1987
Craig Duncan
Airport '77
Movie • 1977
Stan Buchek
The Night Strangler
Movie • 1973
Carl Kolchak
Turk 182!
Movie • 1985
Det. Kowalski
Dead Heat
Movie • 1988
Dr. Ernest McNab
Hot Lead & Cold Feet
Movie • 1978
Mayor Ragsdale
Captain America
Movie • 1990
General Fleming
Clara
Movie • 1991
Albert Kroll
The Night Stalker
Movie • 1972
Carl Kolchak
The Case Against Brooklyn
Movie • 1958
Pete Harris
The Delicate Delinquent
Movie • 1957
Mike Damon
Here Comes the Judge
Movie • 1972
Judge
The Challenge
Movie • 1970
Jacob Gallery
The Six Million Dollar Man
Movie • 1973
Oliver Spencer
Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas
Movie • 1997
Mr. Parker (archive footage)
Summertime
Movie • 1955
Eddie Yaeger
The Baron and the Kid
Movie • 1984
Jack Beamer
Hangar 18
Movie • 1980
Harry Forbes
Something Evil
Movie • 1972
Paul Worden
Blood and Concrete
Movie • 1991
Hank Dick
Tribes
Movie • 1970
Drake
Mission Mars
Movie • 1968
Col. Mike Blaiswick
She Wouldn't Say Yes
Movie • 1945
The Kid - Soldier in Hospital (uncredited)
Perfect Harmony
Movie • 1991
Mr. Hobbs
Bullet for a Badman
Movie • 1964
Sam Ward
My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn
Movie • 1985
Dr. Gerrit Koets
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
Movie • 1955
Capt. Russ Peters
Child in the Night
Movie • 1990
Os Winfield
B. Must Die
Movie • 1975
Pal Kovak
Mrs. Pollifax — Spy
Movie • 1971
Farrell
Derby
Movie • 1995
Lester Corbett
The Diamond Trap
Movie • 1988
Chief Walter Vadney
Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole
Movie • 1972
Dr. Lou Grazzo
A Perfect Stranger
Movie • 1994
John Henry Phillips
The Death of Me Yet
Movie • 1971
Joe Chalk
The Rookies
Movie • 1972
Sgt. Eddie Ryker
Firebird 2015 A.D.
Movie • 1981
Red
Inherit the Wind
Movie • 1988
E.K. Hornbeck
The American Clock
Movie • 1993
Older Arthur Huntington
Mysteries of the Ancient World
Movie • 1994
Unclaimed Fortunes II
Movie • 1990
Host
Zero to Sixty
Movie • 1978
Michael Nolan
The Challengers
Movie • 1970
Jim McCabe
The Great Sioux Massacre
Movie • 1965
Captain Frederick William Benton
43: The Richard Petty Story
Movie • 1972
Lee Petty
Boomerang, Dog of Many Talents
Movie • 1968
Barney B. Duncan
The Outsider
Movie • 1967
David Ross
A Word to the Wives...
Movie • 1955
George Peters
Berlin Affair
Movie • 1970
Paul Killian
Ike
Movie • 1979
Gen. George S. Patton
Witchcraft: The Doll in Brambles
Movie • 1961
Fred
Mastergate
Movie • 1992
Folsom Bunting
Donovan's Kid
Movie • 1979
Timothy Donovan
Waikiki
Movie • 1980
Capt. McGuire
Beau James
Movie • 1957
Charley Hand
Anatomy of a Crime
Movie • 1969
David Ross
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
Movie • 1991
actor (archive footage) (uncredited)
Banyon
Movie • 1971
Lieutenant Pete Cordova
Your Next Job
Movie • 1945
Balancing hobbyist
A Song to Remember
Movie • 1945
Student (uncredited)
Brinks: The Great Robbery
Movie • 1976
James McNally
Crackle of Death
Movie • 1976
Carl Kolchak
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
Movie • 1971
Darren McGavin (uncredited)
Kojak: It's Always Something
Movie • 1990
Wainwright
Disneyland '59
Movie • 1959
Self
Law and Order
Movie • 1976
Deputy Chief Brian O'Malley
Sam Cade
Movie • 1972
Love for Rent
Movie • 1979
Coach John Martin
African Gold
Movie • 1965
Mike Gregory
The Users
Movie • 1978
Henry Waller
Queen for a Day
Movie • 1951
Dan
Demon and the Mummy
Movie • 1976
Carl Kolchak
The Return of Marcus Welby, M.D.
Movie • 1984
Dr. David Jennings
The 48-Hour Mile
Movie • 1970
David Ross
Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson
Movie • 1987
A. Z. Nathan
The Martian Chronicles
Movie • 1980
Sam Parkhill
The Natural
Movie • 1984
Gus Sands (uncredited)
Small Time
Movie • 1996
Sam
Murder, She Wrote
TV • 1984
Martin Tremaine
Magnum, P.I.
TV • 1980
Buck Gibson
Tales from the Darkside
TV • 1984
Van Conway
The Love Boat
TV • 1977
Lawrence Evans
Night Stalker
TV • 2005
Touched by an Angel
TV • 1994
George Zarko
Gargoyles
TV • 1994
G.F. Benton/Dominic Dracon (voice)
Route 66
TV • 1960
Tales of the Unexpected
TV • 1979
Sheriff Milt Singleton
Highway to Heaven
TV • 1984
Murphy Brown
TV • 1988
Bill Brown
The Martian Chronicles
TV • 1980
Sam Parkhill
The Commish
TV • 1991
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
TV • 1958
Mike Hammer
Gunsmoke
TV • 1955
Will Helmick
The X-Files
TV • 1993
Agent Arthur Dales
Studio One
TV • 1948
Will Sorrell
The Evil Touch
TV • 1973
Millennium
TV • 1996
Henry Black
Mission: Impossible
TV • 1966
J. Richard Taggart
Sisters
TV • 1991
The Islanders
TV • 1960
Phil
Monsters
TV • 1988
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
TV • 1974
Carl Kolchak
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV • 1955
Red Hillman
Felony Squad
TV • 1966
Rawhide
TV • 1959
Jed Hadley
Cimarron Strip
TV • 1967
Police Story
TV • 1973
The Virginian
TV • 1962
Mark Troxel
The Alcoa Hour
TV • 1955
The Defenders
TV • 1961
Howard Potter
The Hitchhiker
TV • 1983
Old Man
Climax!
TV • 1954
Walter
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
TV • 1963
Bracken's World
TV • 1969
Civil Wars
TV • 1991
The Philco Television Playhouse
TV • 1948
Bill Starbuck
The Rogues
TV • 1964
Amos Champion
Ben Casey
TV • 1961
Riverboat
TV • 1959
Captain Grey Holden
Stagecoach West
TV • 1960
Suspense
TV • 1949
Ted Larson
Robert Montgomery Presents
TV • 1950
Joe Gillis
Tales of Tomorrow
TV • 1951
The Bold Ones: The Lawyers
TV • 1969
Custer
TV • 1967
Dr. Kildare
TV • 1961
Prof. Felix Holman
The Defenders
TV • 1961
Marty Wisnovsky
Small & Frye
TV • 1983
The Outsider
TV • 1968
David Ross
The Mike Douglas Show
TV • 1961
Self
The Virginian
TV • 1962
Sam Evans
Gunsmoke
TV • 1955
Lon Gorman
Gunsmoke
TV • 1955
Joe Bascome
Ike
TV • 1979
Gen. George S. Patton
Around the World in 80 Days
TV • 1989
Benjamin Mudge
The Name of the Game
TV • 1968
Jesse Gil McCray
The Name of the Game
TV • 1968
Sam Hardy
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV • 1955
Lyle Endicott
V.I.P. Schaukel
TV • 1971
Self
Studio One
TV • 1948
Johnny Quigg
Studio One
TV • 1948
Tom Kendall
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
TV • 1971
McClain
The Wonderful World of Disney
TV • 1954
John Jay Forrest
Death Valley Days
TV • 1952
Zacharias Gurney
Burke's Law
TV • 1994
Conrad Hill
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
TV • 1963
Franklin Carson
Fallen Angels
TV • 1993
Old Man
Suspense
TV • 1949
What's My Line?
TV • 1950
Self - Mystery Guest
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
TV • 1973
Self
The Wonderful World of Disney
TV • 1954
Timothy Donovan
The Match Game
TV • 1962
Self
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
TV • 1962
Sheridan Westcott
The Name of the Game
TV • 1968
Eddie Gannon
Mannix
TV • 1967
Mark
Love, American Style
TV • 1969
Corbett
Omnibus
TV • 1952
Casey, Crime Photographer
TV • 1951
Jack Casey
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
TV • 1964
Viktor Karmak
Grace Under Fire
TV • 1993
Grace's Dad
Worlds Beyond
TV • 1986
Harry Hewart