Darren McGavin

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1922-05-07 (84 years old)

Deathday

2006-02-25

Place of Birth

Spokane, Washington, U.S.

Darren McGavin

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 W...

Acting

1986

Raw Deal

as Chief Harry Shannon

1983

A Christmas Story

as The Old Man

1999

Pros & Cons

as Mr. Stanford

1995

Billy Madison

as Brian Madison

1984

The Natural

as Gus Sands

1992

Happy Hell Night

as Henry Collins

1987

From the Hip

as Craig Duncan

1977

Airport '77

as Stan Buchek

1973

The Night Strangler

as Carl Kolchak

1985

Turk 182!

as Det. Kowalski

1988

Dead Heat

as Dr. Ernest McNab

1978

Hot Lead & Cold Feet

as Mayor Ragsdale

1990

Captain America

as General Fleming

1991

Clara

as Albert Kroll

1972

The Night Stalker

as Carl Kolchak

1958

1957

1970

The Challenge

as Jacob Gallery

1973

1997

Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas

as Mr. Parker (archive footage)

1955

Summertime

as Eddie Yaeger

1984

The Baron and the Kid

as Jack Beamer

1980

Hangar 18

as Harry Forbes

1972

Something Evil

as Paul Worden

1991

Blood and Concrete

as Hank Dick

1970

Tribes

as Drake

1968

Mission Mars

as Col. Mike Blaiswick

1945

She Wouldn't Say Yes

as The Kid - Soldier in Hospital (uncredited)

1991

Perfect Harmony

as Mr. Hobbs

1964

1955

1990

Child in the Night

as Os Winfield

1975

B. Must Die

as Pal Kovak

1971

1995

Derby

as Lester Corbett

1988

The Diamond Trap

as Chief Walter Vadney

1972

Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole

as Dr. Lou Grazzo

1994

A Perfect Stranger

as John Henry Phillips

1971

1972

The Rookies

as Sgt. Eddie Ryker

1988

Inherit the Wind

as E.K. Hornbeck

1993

The American Clock

as Older Arthur Huntington

1978

Zero to Sixty

as Michael Nolan

1970

The Challengers

as Jim McCabe

1965

The Great Sioux Massacre

as Captain Frederick William Benton

1968

1967

The Outsider

as David Ross

1955

A Word to the Wives...

as George Peters

2004

The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made

as Red (archive footage)

1970

Berlin Affair

as Paul Killian

1979

Ike

as Gen. George S. Patton

1992

Mastergate

as Folsom Bunting

1979

Donovan's Kid

as Timothy Donovan

1980

Waikiki

as Capt. McGuire

1957

Beau James

as Charley Hand

1969

Anatomy of a Crime

as David Ross

1991

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

as actor (archive footage) (uncredited)

1971

Banyon

as Lieutenant Pete Cordova

1945

Your Next Job

as Balancing hobbyist

1945

A Song to Remember

as Student (uncredited)

1976

1976

Crackle of Death

as Carl Kolchak

1971

Mooch Goes to Hollywood

as Darren McGavin (uncredited)

1959

1976

Law and Order

as Deputy Chief Brian O'Malley

1979

Love for Rent

as Coach John Martin

1965

African Gold

as Mike Gregory

1978

The Users

as Henry Waller

1951

1976

Demon and the Mummy

as Carl Kolchak

1984

1970

The 48-Hour Mile

as David Ross

Production

1978

Zero to Sixty

as Screenplay

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