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