Darren McGavin

17 titles·Since 1955

May 7, 1922 · Spokane, 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.

Frequently works with

Simon Oakland

3 titles together

Bob Clark

2 titles together

Filmography (17)

Billy Madison

1995 · Brian Madison

Captain America

1990 · General Fleming

By Dawn's Early Light

1990 · Condor

Dead Heat

1988 · Dr. Ernest McNab

Turk 182!

1985 · Det. Kowalski

A Christmas Story

1983 · The Old Man

Hangar 18

1980 · Harry Forbes

No Deposit, No Return

1976 · Duke

Kolchak: The Night Stalker

1974 · Carl Kolchak

The Six Million Dollar Man

1973 · Oliver Spencer

The Night Strangler

1973 · Carl Kolchak

Something Evil

1972 · Paul Worden

The Night Stalker

1972 · Carl Kolchak

Riverboat

1959 · Captain Grey Holden

Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer

1958 · Mike Hammer

The Man with the Golden Arm

1955 · Louie

Summertime

1955 · Eddie Yaeger

May 7, 1922 · Spokane, 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.