Birthday:
May 07, 1922
Place of Birth: Spokane, Washington, U.S.
Place of Birth: Spokane, Washington, U.S.
Darren McGavin
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
| Movie | Cast | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The Man with the Golden Arm | Louie | 1955 |
| Raw Deal | Chief Harry Shannon | 1986 |
| A Christmas Story | The Old Man | 1983 |
| Pros & Cons | Mr. Stanford | 1999 |
| Billy Madison | Brian Madison | 1995 |
| No Deposit, No Return | Duke | 1976 |
| By Dawn's Early Light | Condor | 1990 |
| The Natural | Gus Sands | 1984 |
| Happy Hell Night | Henry Collins | 1992 |
| From the Hip | Craig Duncan | 1987 |
| Airport '77 | Stan Buchek | 1977 |
| The Night Strangler | Carl Kolchak | 1973 |
| Turk 182! | Det. Kowalski | 1985 |
| Dead Heat | Dr. Ernest McNab | 1988 |
| Hot Lead & Cold Feet | Mayor Ragsdale | 1978 |
| Captain America | General Fleming | 1990 |
| Clara | Albert Kroll | 1991 |
| The Night Stalker | Carl Kolchak | 1972 |
| The Case Against Brooklyn | Pete Harris | 1958 |
| The Delicate Delinquent | Mike Damon | 1957 |
| Here Comes the Judge | Judge | 1972 |
| The Challenge | Jacob Gallery | 1970 |
| The Six Million Dollar Man | Oliver Spencer | 1973 |
| Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas | Mr. Parker (archive footage) | 1997 |
| Summertime | Eddie Yaeger | 1955 |
| The Baron and the Kid | Jack Beamer | 1984 |
| Hangar 18 | Harry Forbes | 1980 |
| Something Evil | Paul Worden | 1972 |
| Blood and Concrete | Hank Dick | 1991 |
| Tribes | Drake | 1970 |
| Mission Mars | Col. Mike Blaiswick | 1968 |
| She Wouldn't Say Yes | The Kid - Soldier in Hospital (uncredited) | 1945 |
| Perfect Harmony | Mr. Hobbs | 1991 |
| Bullet for a Badman | Sam Ward | 1964 |
| My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn | Dr. Gerrit Koets | 1985 |
| The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell | Capt. Russ Peters | 1955 |
| Child in the Night | Os Winfield | 1990 |
| Hay que matar a B. | Pal Kovak | 1975 |
| Mrs. Pollifax — Spy | Farrell | 1971 |
| Derby | Lester Corbett | 1995 |
| The Diamond Trap | Chief Walter Vadney | 1988 |
| Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole | Dr. Lou Grazzo | 1972 |
| A Perfect Stranger | John Henry Phillips | 1994 |
| The Death of Me Yet | Joe Chalk | 1971 |
| The Rookies | Sgt. Eddie Ryker | 1972 |
| Firebird 2015 A.D. | Red | 1981 |
| Inherit the Wind | E.K. Hornbeck | 1988 |
| The American Clock | Older Arthur Huntington | 1993 |
| Mysteries of the Ancient World | 1994 | |
| Unclaimed Fortunes II | Host | 1990 |
| Zero to Sixty | Michael Nolan | 1978 |
| The Challengers | Jim McCabe | 1970 |
| The Great Sioux Massacre | Captain Frederick William Benton | 1965 |
| 43: The Richard Petty Story | Lee Petty | 1972 |
| Boomerang, Dog of Many Talents | Barney B. Duncan | 1968 |
| The Outsider | David Ross | 1967 |
| A Word to the Wives... | George Peters | 1955 |
| The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made | Red (archive footage) | 2004 |
| Berlin Affair | Paul Killian | 1970 |
| Ike | Gen. George S. Patton | 1979 |
| Witchcraft: The Doll in Brambles | Fred | 1961 |
| Mastergate | Folsom Bunting | 1992 |
| Donovan's Kid | Timothy Donovan | 1979 |
| Waikiki | Capt. McGuire | 1980 |
| Beau James | Charley Hand | 1957 |
| Anatomy of a Crime | David Ross | 1969 |
| Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker | actor (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1991 |
| Banyon | Lieutenant Pete Cordova | 1971 |
| Your Next Job | Balancing hobbyist | 1945 |
| A Song to Remember | Student (uncredited) | 1945 |
| Brinks: The Great Robbery | James McNally | 1976 |
| Crackle of Death | Carl Kolchak | 1976 |
| Mooch Goes to Hollywood | Darren McGavin (uncredited) | 1971 |
| Kojak: It's Always Something | Wainwright | 1990 |
| Disneyland '59 | Self | 1959 |
| Law and Order | Deputy Chief Brian O'Malley | 1976 |
| Sam Cade | 1972 | |
| Love for Rent | Coach John Martin | 1979 |
| African Gold | Mike Gregory | 1965 |
| The Users | Henry Waller | 1978 |
| Queen for a Day | Dan | 1951 |
| Demon and the Mummy | Carl Kolchak | 1976 |
| The Return of Marcus Welby, M.D. | Dr. David Jennings | 1984 | Series | Cast | Year |
| Murder, She Wrote | Martin Tremaine | 1984 |
| Magnum, P.I. | 1980 | |
| Tales from the Darkside | Van Conway | 1984 |
| The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | 1964 | |
| The Love Boat | Lawrence Evans | 1977 |
| Night Stalker | 2005 | |
| Touched by an Angel | George Zarko | 1994 |
| Gargoyles | 1994 | |
| Route 66 | 1960 | |
| Tales of the Unexpected | Sheriff Milt Singleton | 1979 |
| Highway to Heaven | 1984 | |
| Murphy Brown | Bill Brown | 1988 |
| The Martian Chronicles | Sam Parkhill | 1980 |
| Grace Under Fire | 1993 | |
| The Commish | 1991 | |
| Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer | 1958 | |
| Gunsmoke | Will Helmick | 1955 |
| The X-Files | Agent Arthur Dales | 1993 |
| Studio One | Will Sorrell | 1948 |
| The Evil Touch | 1973 | |
| Millennium | Henry Black | 1996 |
| Mission: Impossible | J. Richard Taggart | 1966 |
| Sisters | 1991 | |
| The Islanders | Phil | 1960 |
| Monsters | 1988 | |
| Kolchak: The Night Stalker | Carl Kolchak | 1974 |
| Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Red Hillman | 1955 |
| Felony Squad | 1966 | |
| Rawhide | Jed Hadley | 1959 |
| Cimarron Strip | 1967 | |
| Police Story | 1973 | |
| The Virginian | Mark Troxel | 1962 |
| The Alcoa Hour | 1955 | |
| The Defenders | Howard Potter | 1961 |
| The Hitchhiker | Old Man | 1983 |
| Climax! | Walter | 1954 |
| Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | 1963 | |
| Bracken's World | 1969 | |
| The Philco Television Playhouse | Bill Starbuck | 1948 |
| Civil Wars | 1991 | |
| The Rogues | Amos Champion | 1964 |
| Ben Casey | 1961 | |
| Riverboat | Captain Grey Holden | 1959 |
| Stagecoach West | 1960 | |
| Suspense | Ted Larson | 1949 |
| Robert Montgomery Presents | Joe Gillis | 1950 |
| Tales of Tomorrow | 1951 | |
| The Bold Ones: The Lawyers | 1968 | |
| Custer | 1967 | |
| Dr. Kildare | Prof. Felix Holman | 1961 |
| The Defenders | Marty Wisnovsky | 1961 |
| Small & Frye | 1983 | |
| The Outsider | David Ross | 1968 |
| The Mike Douglas Show | Self | 1961 |
| The Virginian | Sam Evans | 1962 |
| Gunsmoke | Lon Gorman | 1955 |
| Gunsmoke | Joe Bascome | 1955 |
| Crime Photographer | Casey #2 | 1951 |
| Ike | Gen. George S. Patton | 1979 |
| Around the World in 80 Days | Benjamin Mudge | 1989 |
| The Name of the Game | Jesse Gil McCray | 1968 |
| The Name of the Game | Sam Hardy | 1968 |
| Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Lyle Endicott | 1955 |
| V.I.P. Schaukel | Self | 1971 |
| Studio One | Johnny Quigg | 1948 |
| Studio One | Tom Kendall | 1948 |
| Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law | McClain | 1971 |
| The Wonderful World of Disney | John Jay Forrest | 1954 |
| Death Valley Days | Zacharias Gurney | 1952 |
| Burke's Law | Conrad Hill | 1994 |
| Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Franklin Carson | 1963 |
| Fallen Angels | Old Man | 1993 |
| Suspense | 1949 | |
| What's My Line? | Self - Mystery Guest | 1950 |
| The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts | Self | 1973 |
| The Wonderful World of Disney | Timothy Donovan | 1954 |
| Crime Photographer | Casey | 1951 |
| The Match Game | Self | 1962 |
| The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Sheridan Westcott | 1962 |
| The Name of the Game | Eddie Gannon | 1968 |
| Mannix | Mark | 1967 |
| Love, American Style | Corbett | 1969 |
| Omnibus | 1952 |
