Darren McGavin

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Acting

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

• Pros & Cons (1999)
• Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas (1997)
• Small Time (1996)
• Derby (1995)
• Billy Madison (1995)
• A Perfect Stranger (1994)
• Mysteries of the Ancient World (1994)
• The American Clock (1993)
• Mastergate (1992)
• Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker (1991)
• Happy Hell Night (1991)
• Blood and Concrete (1991)
• Perfect Harmony (1991)
• Clara (1991)
• Captain America (1990)
• By Dawn's Early Light (1990)
• Child in the Night (1990)
• Unclaimed Fortunes II (1990)
• Kojak: It's Always Something (1990)
• The Diamond Trap (1988)
• Dead Heat (1988)
• Inherit the Wind (1988)
• Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson (1987)
• From the Hip (1987)
• Raw Deal (1986)
• Turk 182! (1985)
• My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn (1985)
• The Baron and the Kid (1984)
• The Return of Marcus Welby, M.D. (1984)
• The Natural (1984)
• A Christmas Story (1983)
• Firebird 2015 A.D. (1981)
• Hangar 18 (1980)
• Waikiki (1980)
• Love for Rent (1979)
• Ike (1979)
• Donovan's Kid (1979)
• The Users (1978)
• Hot Lead & Cold Feet (1978)
• Zero to Sixty (1978)
• Airport '77 (1977)
• Law and Order (1976)
• Crackle of Death (1976)
• Brinks: The Great Robbery (1976)
• Demon and the Mummy (1976)
• No Deposit, No Return (1976)
• B. Must Die (1975)
• Happy Mother's Day, Love George (1973)
• The Six Million Dollar Man (1973)
• The Night Strangler (1973)
• 43: The Richard Petty Story (1972)
• Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole (1972)
• Here Comes the Judge (1972)
• The Rookies (1972)
• Something Evil (1972)
• The Night Stalker (1972)
• Sam Cade (1972)
• Mooch Goes to Hollywood (1971)
• The Death of Me Yet (1971)
• Banyon (1971)
• Mrs. Pollifax — Spy (1971)
• Tribes (1970)
• Berlin Affair (1970)
• The 48-Hour Mile (1970)
• The Challengers (1970)
• The Challenge (1970)
• Anatomy of a Crime (1969)
• Boomerang, Dog of Many Talents (1968)
• Mission Mars (1968)
• The Outsider (1967)
• African Gold (1965)
• The Great Sioux Massacre (1965)
• Bullet for a Badman (1964)
• Witchcraft: The Doll in Brambles (1961)
• Disneyland '59 (1959)
• The Case Against Brooklyn (1958)
• Beau James (1957)
• The Delicate Delinquent (1957)
• The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell (1955)
• The Man with the Golden Arm (1955)
• Summertime (1955)
• A Word to the Wives... (1955)
• Queen for a Day (1951)
• Your Next Job (1945)
• She Wouldn't Say Yes (1945)
• A Song to Remember (1945)