Darren McGavin

Actor

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.

Born: May 7, 1922 in Spokane, Washington, U.S.

Died: February 25, 2006 (Age 83)

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Darren McGavin Movies & TV Credits

Title	Rating	Job	Role(s)	Year
The Man with the Golden Arm Movie Available on 8 streaming services.	7.4	Actor	Louie	1955
A Christmas Story Movie Available on 22 streaming services.	7.8	Actor	Mr. Parker	1983
Raw Deal Movie Available on 6 streaming services.	5.4	Actor	Chief Harry Shannon	1986
Billy Madison Movie Available on 3 streaming services.	6.6	Actor	Brian Madison	1995
No Deposit, No Return Movie	6.5	Actor	Duke	1976
Happy Hell Night Movie	4.7	Actor	Henry Collins	1992
The Natural Movie Available on 4 streaming services.	7.6	Actor	Gus Sands	1984
Airport '77 Movie	5.6	Actor	Stan Buchek	1977
From the Hip Movie Available on 3 streaming services.	6.3	Actor	Craig Duncan	1987
Firebird 2015 A.D. Movie	3.3	Actor	Red	1981
Turk 182! Movie	6.1	Actor	Det. Kowalski	1985
Dead Heat Movie Available on 3 streaming services.	5.9	Actor	Dr. Ernest McNab	1988
Hot Lead & Cold Feet Movie	6.3	Actor	Mayor Ragsdale	1978
Captain America Movie	3.4	Actor	General Fleming	1990
The Delicate Delinquent Movie Available on 1 streaming services.	6.5	Actor	Mike Damon	1957
The Case Against Brooklyn Movie	6.3	Actor	Pete Harris	1958
Summertime Movie Available on 13 streaming services.	7.2	Actor	Eddie Yaeger	1955
Hangar 18 Movie Available on 3 streaming services.	5.4	Actor	Harry Forbes	1980
Mission Mars Movie	4.1	Actor	Col. Mike Blaiswick	1968
Blood and Concrete Movie	5.6	Actor	Hank Dick	1991
She Wouldn't Say Yes Movie	6	Actor	The Kid - Soldier in Hospital (uncredited)	1945
Bullet for a Badman Movie	6.2	Actor	Sam Ward	1964
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell Movie	7	Actor	Capt. Russ Peters	1955
Hay que matar a B. Movie	5.8	Actor	Pal Kovak	1975
Mrs. Pollifax — Spy Movie	5.4	Actor	Farrell	1971
Zero to Sixty Movie	4.8	Actor	Michael Nolan	1978
The Great Sioux Massacre Movie	4.9	Actor	Captain Frederick William Benton	1965
43: The Richard Petty Story Movie	6.2	Actor	Lee Petty	1972
Beau James Movie	6.5	Actor	Charley Hand	1957
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker Movie	6.9	Actor	actor (archive footage) (uncredited)	1991
A Song to Remember Movie	6.4	Actor	Student (uncredited)	1945
African Gold Movie	7.7	Actor	Mike Gregory	1965
Queen for a Day Movie	7	Actor	Dan	1951
Banyon Movie	7.6	Actor	Lieutenant Pete Cordova	1971
The Rookies Movie	7.2	Actor	Sgt. Eddie Ryker	1972
Clara Movie	8.8	Actor	Albert Kroll	1991
Pros & Cons Movie	5	Actor	Mr. Stanford	1999
Unclaimed Fortunes II Movie		Actor	Host
Alfred Hitchcock Presents: The Chaney Vase Movie		Actor	Lyle Endicott
Boomerang, Dog of Many Talents Movie	7.1	Actor	Barney B. Duncan
The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made Movie Available on 3 streaming services.	4.9	Actor	Red (archive footage)	2004
Mike Hammer TV Show	7.8	Actor	79 Episodes	1958-1959
Omnibus TV Show	7.3	Actor	1 Episode	1952-1961
Police Story TV Show Available on 1 streaming services.	7.3	Actor	1 Episode	1973-1980
Tales of Tomorrow TV Show Available on 3 streaming services.	6.8	Actor	1 Episode	1951-1953
The Outsider TV Show	7	Actor	David Ross 26 Episodes	1968-1969
Riverboat TV Show	7.1	Actor	Captain Grey Holden 44 Episodes	1959-1961
Kolchak: The Night Stalker TV Show Available on 2 streaming services.	8.2	Actor	Carl Kolchak 20 Episodes	1974-1975
Small & Frye TV Show	6.5	Actor	6 Episodes	1983-1983
Tales of the Unexpected TV Show Available on 3 streaming services.	7.4	Actor	Sheriff Milt Singleton 1 Episode	1979-1988
Monsters TV Show Available on 3 streaming services.	7.1	Actor	1 Episode	1988-1990
Studio One TV Show	7.3	Actor	Tom Kendall 1 Episode	1948-1958
Route 66 TV Show Available on 10 streaming services.	7.5	Actor	1 Episode	1960-1964
The Alcoa Hour TV Show	7.4	Actor	2 Episodes	1955-1957
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre TV Show	7.2	Actor	Franklin Carson 1 Episode	1963-1967
Cimarron Strip TV Show	6.9	Actor	1 Episode	1967-1968
Tales from the Darkside TV Show	7.3	Actor	Van Conway 1 Episode	1983-1988
Murphy Brown TV Show	6.8	Actor	Bill Brown 4 Episodes	1988-2018
Grace Under Fire TV Show Available on 1 streaming services.	6.2	Actor	1 Episode	1993-1998
The Evil Touch TV Show	6.9	Actor	3 Episodes	1973-1974
The Defenders TV Show	7.8	Actor	Marty Wisnovsky 1 Episode	1961-1965
The Name of the Game TV Show	7.4	Actor	Sam Hardy 1 Episode	1968-1971
Ben Casey TV Show	6.9	Actor	1 Episode	1961-1966
Stagecoach West TV Show	7.1	Actor	1 Episode	1960-1961
Suspense TV Show Available on 2 streaming services.	7.2	Actor	1 Episode	1949-1954
The Love Boat TV Show Available on 2 streaming services.	6.4	Actor	Lawrence Evans 2 Episodes	1977-1987
Touched by an Angel TV Show Available on 6 streaming services.	6.3	Actor	George Zarko 1 Episode	1994-2003
Mannix TV Show Available on 2 streaming services.	7.2	Actor	1 Episode	1967-1975
The Commish TV Show Available on 10 streaming services.	6.9	Actor	2 Episodes	1991-1996
The X-Files TV Show Available on 9 streaming services.	8.5	Actor	Agent Arthur Dales 2 Episodes	1993-2018
Alfred Hitchcock Presents TV Show Available on 4 streaming services.	8.4	Actor	Lyle Endicott 1 Episode	1955-1962
The Virginian TV Show Available on 4 streaming services.	7.4	Actor	Sam Evans 1 Episode	1962-1971
Climax! TV Show	6.3	Actor	Walter 1 Episode	1954-1958
The Bold Ones: The Lawyers TV Show	6.8	Actor	1 Episode	1969-1972
Robert Montgomery Presents TV Show	7.6	Actor	Joe Gillis 1 Episode	1950-1957
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. TV Show	7.5	Actor	1 Episode	1964-1968
Murder, She Wrote TV Show Available on 3 streaming services.	7.4	Actor	Martin Tremaine 1 Episode	1984-1996
Magnum, P.I. TV Show Available on 1 streaming services.	7.7	Actor	1 Episode	1980-1988
Night Stalker TV Show Available on 1 streaming services.	6.1	Actor	1 Episode	2005-2006
Gargoyles TV Show Available on 1 streaming services.	8.1	Actor	1 Episode	1994-1997
Highway to Heaven TV Show Available on 13 streaming services.	7	Actor	1 Episode	1984-1989
Gunsmoke TV Show Available on 2 streaming services.	7.9	Actor	Joe Bascome 1 Episode	1955-1975
Millennium TV Show	7.9	Actor	Henry Black 1 Episode	1996-1999
The Islanders TV Show	6.5	Actor	Phil 1 Episode	1960-1961
Sisters TV Show Available on 6 streaming services.	7.3	Actor	1 Episode	1991-1996
The Hitchhiker TV Show	6.5	Actor	Old Man 1 Episode	1983-1991
The Felony Squad TV Show	7.2	Actor	1 Episode	1966-1969
The Philco Television Playhouse TV Show	7.4	Actor	Bill Starbuck 1 Episode	1948-1956
Rawhide TV Show Available on 1 streaming services.	7.7	Actor	Jed Hadley 1 Episode	1959-1965
Bracken's World TV Show	6.6	Actor	1 Episode	1969-1970
The Rogues TV Show	7.8	Actor	Amos Champion 1 Episode	1964-1965
Civil Wars TV Show	6.6	Actor	1 Episode	1991-1993
Custer TV Show	6.3	Actor	1 Episode	1967-1967
Dr. Kildare TV Show	6.8	Actor	Prof. Felix Holman 4 Episodes	1961-1966
V.I.P.-Schaukel TV Show	6.9	Actor	Self 1 Episode	1971
What's My Line? TV Show Available on 1 streaming services.	8.3	Actor	Self - Mystery Guest 1 Episode	1950-1967
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour TV Show Available on 4 streaming services.	8.3	Actor	Sheridan Westcott 1 Episode	1962-1965
The Match Game TV Show	7.2	Actor	Self 5 Episodes	1962-1969
Death Valley Days TV Show Available on 9 streaming services.	7.3	Actor	Zacharias Gurney 1 Episode	1952-1970
The Virginian TV Show Available on 4 streaming services.	7.4	Actor	Mark Troxel 1 Episode	1962-1971
Alfred Hitchcock Presents TV Show Available on 4 streaming services.	8.4	Actor	Red Hillman 1 Episode	1955-1962
Gunsmoke TV Show Available on 2 streaming services.	7.9	Actor	Will Helmick 1 Episode	1955-1975
Gunsmoke TV Show Available on 2 streaming services.	7.9	Actor	Lon Gorman 1 Episode	1955-1975
Studio One TV Show	7.3	Actor	Johnny Quigg 1 Episode	1948-1958
Studio One TV Show	7.3	Actor	Will Sorrell 1 Episode	1948-1958
The Magical World of Disney TV Show	8.2	Actor	John Jay Forrest 2 Episodes	1954-1997
The Defenders TV Show	7.8	Actor	Howard Potter 1 Episode	1961-1965
Suspense TV Show Available on 2 streaming services.	7.2	Actor	Ted Larson 1 Episode	1949-1954
The Name of the Game TV Show	7.4	Actor	Jesse Gil McCray 1 Episode	1968-1971
The Mike Douglas Show TV Show	6.9	Actor	Self 1 Episode	1961-1982
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts TV Show		Actor	Self 1 Episode	1973-1984
Crime Photographer TV Show	5	Actor	Casey 1 Episode	1951-1952
Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law TV Show	6.7	Actor	McClain 1 Episode	1971-1974
Burke's Law TV Show	6.3	Actor	Conrad Hill 1 Episode	1994-1995
Fallen Angels TV Show	6.3	Actor	Old Man 1 Episode	1993-1996
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre TV Show	7.2	Actor	1 Episode	1963-1967
Mission: Impossible TV Show Available on 2 streaming services.	7.7	Actor	J. Richard Taggart 1 Episode	1966-1973
The Magical World of Disney TV Show	8.2	Actor	Timothy Donovan 1 Episode	1954-1997
The Name of the Game TV Show	7.4	Actor	Eddie Gannon 1 Episode	1968-1971
Crime Photographer TV Show	5	Actor	Casey #2 37 Episodes	1951-1952
Mannix TV Show Available on 2 streaming services.	7.2	Actor	Mark 1 Episode	1967-1975
A Word to the Wives... Short Film	4.1	Actor	George Peters	1955
Your Next Job Short Film		Actor	Balancing hobbyist	1945
By Dawn's Early Light Movie Available on 1 streaming services.	7	Actor	Condor	1990
The Night Strangler Movie	7.4	Actor	Carl Kolchak	1973
The Night Stalker Movie	7.3	Actor	Carl Kolchak	1972
The Six Million Dollar Man Movie	7.1	Actor	Oliver Spencer	1973
Tribes Movie	7.1	Actor	Drake	1970
Perfect Harmony Movie	7.1	Actor	Mr. Hobbs	1991
Child in the Night Movie	5.3	Actor	Os Winfield	1990
A Perfect Stranger Movie	5.9	Actor	John Henry Phillips	1994
The Death of Me Yet Movie	7.1	Actor	Joe Chalk	1971
Inherit the Wind Movie	6.4	Actor	E.K. Hornbeck	1988
The American Clock Movie	6	Actor	Older Arthur Huntington	1993
The Diamond Trap Movie	5	Actor	Chief Walter Vadney	1988
Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole Movie	7.2	Actor	Dr. Lou Grazzo	1972
Mastergate Movie	7.7	Actor	Folsom Bunting	1992
Donovan's Kid Movie	6.9	Actor	Timothy Donovan	1979
The Challengers Movie	5.5	Actor	Jim McCabe	1970
The Outsider Movie	7.3	Actor	David Ross	1967
Ike Movie	6.8	Actor	Gen. George S. Patton	1979
Witchcraft Movie	6.6	Actor	Fred	1961
Berlin Affair Movie	6.7	Actor	Paul Killian	1970
Waikiki Movie	5.8	Actor	Capt. McGuire	1980
Anatomy of a Crime Movie	6.5	Actor	David Ross	1969
Brinks: The Great Robbery Movie	6.2	Actor	James McNally	1976
Kolchak: Crackle of Death Movie	6.9	Actor	Carl Kolchak	1974
Mooch Movie	4.5	Actor	Darren McGavin (uncredited)	1974
Kojak: It's Always Something Movie	6.6	Actor	Wainwright	1990
Law and Order Movie	7.3	Actor	Deputy Chief Brian O'Malley	1976
Sam Cade Movie	6.3	Actor		1972
Love for Rent Movie	6.1	Actor	Coach John Martin	1979
Disneyland '59 Movie	7.6	Actor	Self	1959
The Users Movie	5.9	Actor	Henry Waller	1978
Kolchak: Demon and the Mummy Movie	7.7	Actor	Carl Kolchak	1975
The Return of Marcus Welby, M.D. Movie	6.9	Actor	Dr. David Jennings	1984
Here Comes the Judge Movie	8.3	Actor	Judge	1972
Something Evil Movie	5.1	Actor	Paul Worden	1972
Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas Movie	7.2	Actor	Mr. Parker (archive footage)	1997
The Baron and the Kid Movie	5.4	Actor	Jack Beamer	1984
My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn Movie	6.1	Actor	Dr. Gerrit Koets	1985
Derby Movie	6	Actor	Lester Corbett	1995
The Challenge Movie	6.7	Actor	Jacob Gallery	1970
The Martian Chronicles Limited Series	6.6	Actor	Sam Parkhill 3 Episodes	1980-1980
Ike: The War Years Limited Series	6.8	Actor	Gen. George S. Patton 3 Episodes	1979-1979
Around the World in 80 Days Limited Series Available on 2 streaming services.	6.9	Actor	Benjamin Mudge 3 Episodes	1989-1989
Happy Mother's Day, Love George Movie	5.5	Directing	Director	1973
Zero to Sixty Movie	4.8	Writing	Screenplay	1978
Kolchak: The Night Stalker TV Show Available on 2 streaming services.	8.2	Production	Producer 20 Episodes	1974-1975
Riverboat TV Show	7.1	Directing	Director 1 Episode	1959-1961
The Evil Touch TV Show	6.9	Directing	Director 3 Episodes	1973-1974
Buckskin TV Show	8	Directing	Director 2 Episodes	1958-1959
Title	Rating	Job	Role(s)	Year

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