🎭 Actor
Darren McGavin
🎂 Born 7 May 1922 (age 83)✝ 25 February 2006📍 Spokane, Washington, U.S.
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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.
Known For
Directed Films(1)
Full Filmography(81 films)
YearTitleRating
1995Billy Madison★ 6.21984The Natural★ 6.91986Raw Deal★ 5.81972The Night Stalker★ 6.91983A Christmas Story★ 7.21977Airport '77★ 5.61988Dead Heat★ 6.21990Captain America★ 4.51979Ike★ 6.81980Hangar 18★ 5.11955The Man with the Golden Arm★ 7.21999Pros & Cons★ 3.61955Summertime★ 6.81987From the Hip★ 5.91985Turk 182!★ 5.91964Bullet for a Badman★ 6.31990By Dawn's Early Light★ 6.51972Something Evil★ 5.41978Hot Lead & Cold Feet★ 6.01973The Six Million Dollar Man★ 6.71992Mastergate★ 4.51945A Song to Remember★ 6.41955The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell★ 6.81996Small Time★ 6.01965The Great Sioux Massacre★ 4.51988Inherit the Wind★ 7.31970The Challenge★ 7.01976No Deposit, No Return★ 6.31973The Night Strangler★ 6.71979Love for Rent★ 3.51972Sam Cade—1978The Users★ 4.01990Child in the Night★ 5.61993The American Clock★ 5.71978Zero to Sixty★ 4.61991Happy Hell Night★ 4.81991Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker★ 8.01957The Delicate Delinquent★ 6.41958The Case Against Brooklyn★ 6.11980Waikiki★ 5.31991Blood and Concrete★ 5.71972The Rookies★ 7.01957Beau James★ 5.41967The Outsider★ 8.01971Banyon★ 9.01976Law and Order★ 8.01959Disneyland '59★ 7.31979Donovan's Kid★ 7.51988The Diamond Trap★ 6.01971The Death of Me Yet★ 7.51945She Wouldn't Say Yes★ 6.41975B. Must Die★ 4.51976Crackle of Death★ 7.51968Mission Mars★ 4.71970The 48-Hour Mile★ 10.01985My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn★ 6.51981Firebird 2015 A.D.★ 3.31976Brinks: The Great Robbery★ 10.01971Mooch Goes to Hollywood★ 4.81970The Challengers★ 7.01972Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole★ 7.11987Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson★ 7.41971Mrs. Pollifax — Spy★ 6.31990Kojak: It's Always Something★ 6.71997Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas★ 5.81984The Baron and the Kid★ 8.01995Derby★ 7.31991Perfect Harmony★ 6.21951Queen for a Day★ 7.51984The Return of Marcus Welby, M.D.★ 9.01994A Perfect Stranger★ 4.91970Berlin Affair★ 10.0197243: The Richard Petty Story★ 6.71970Tribes★ 6.21976Demon and the Mummy★ 6.01969Anatomy of a Crime★ 6.51965African Gold★ 7.01961Witchcraft: The Doll in Brambles★ 6.01955A Word to the Wives...★ 1.01968Boomerang, Dog of Many Talents—1994Mysteries of the Ancient World★ 8.0