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