Darren McGavin

Known for ActingBorn 1922-05-07Died 2006-02-25Spokane, 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.Read more

Movies & web series

Brinks: The Great Robbery

Berlin Affair

The 48-Hour Mile

The Return of Marcus Welby, M.D.

Banyon

The X-Files

Gargoyles

The Match Game

Mysteries of the Ancient World

Clara

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

The Baron and the Kid

Law and Order

The Outsider

Millennium

The Rogues

The Islanders

Inherit the Wind

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

The Wonderful World of Disney

V.I.P. Schaukel

Kolchak: The Night Stalker

Murder, She Wrote

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Donovan's Kid

Derby

Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson

Crackle of Death

Highway to Heaven

Mission: Impossible

The Death of Me Yet

Bracken's World

Touched by an Angel

Magnum, P.I.

Ike

Tales from the Darkside

Sisters

A Christmas Story

The Commish

Queen for a Day

Monsters

Disneyland '59

Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole

Rawhide

The Man with the Golden Arm

The Natural

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

Police Story