Darren McGavin
Acting
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 Wikipedia.
Filmography 160
Movies (86)
Pros & Cons1999Mr. Stanford
Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas1997Mr. Parker (archive footage)
Small Time1996Sam
Derby1995Lester Corbett
Billy Madison1995Brian Madison
A Perfect Stranger1994John Henry Phillips
Mysteries of the Ancient World1994Narrator
The American Clock1993Older Arthur Huntington
Mastergate1992Folsom Bunting
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker1991actor (archive footage) (uncredited)
Happy Hell Night1991Henry Collins
Blood and Concrete1991Hank Dick
Perfect Harmony1991Mr. Hobbs- Clara1991Albert Kroll
Captain America1990General Fleming
By Dawn's Early Light1990Condor
Child in the Night1990Os Winfield- Unclaimed Fortunes II1990Host
Kojak: It's Always Something1990Wainwright
The Diamond Trap1988Chief Walter Vadney
Dead Heat1988Dr. Ernest McNab
Inherit the Wind1988E.K. Hornbeck
Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson1987A. Z. Nathan
From the Hip1987Craig Duncan
Raw Deal1986Chief Harry Shannon
Turk 182!1985Det. Kowalski
My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn1985Dr. Gerrit Koets
The Baron and the Kid1984Jack Beamer
The Return of Marcus Welby, M.D.1984Dr. David Jennings
The Natural1984Gus Sands (uncredited)
Shows (74)
Night Stalker2005
Millennium1996Henry Black
Gargoyles1994G.F. Benton/Dominic Dracon (voice)
Touched by an Angel1994George Zarko
Burke's Law1994Conrad Hill
Grace Under Fire1993Grace's Dad
The X-Files1993Agent Arthur Dales
Fallen Angels1993Old Man
Civil Wars1991
The Commish1991
Sisters1991- The General Motors Playwrights Theater1991Albert Kroll
Around the World in 80 Days1989Benjamin Mudge
Murphy Brown1988Bill Brown
Monsters1988Hubert
Worlds Beyond1986Harry Hewart
Murder, She Wrote1984Martin Tremaine
Tales from the Darkside1984Van Conway
Highway to Heaven1984
The Hitchhiker1983Old Man
Small & Frye1983
Magnum, P.I.1980Buck Gibson
The Martian Chronicles1980Sam Parkhill
Ike1979Gen. George S. Patton
Tales of the Unexpected1979Sheriff Milt Singleton
The Love Boat1977Lawrence Evans
Kolchak: The Night Stalker1974Carl Kolchak
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts1973Self
The Evil Touch1973
Police Story1973Matt Hallett