
Darren McGavin
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 7, 1922
- Died
- February 25, 2006 (aged 83)
- Birthplace
- Spokane, Washington, U.S.
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.
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Filmography

Night Stalker
TV · 1 ep

Pros & Cons
Movie · as Mr. Stanford

Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas
Movie · as Mr. Parker (archive footage)

Small Time
Movie · as Sam

Millennium
TV · as Henry Black · 1 ep

Billy Madison
Movie · as Brian Madison

Derby
Movie · as Lester Corbett

A Perfect Stranger
Movie · as John Henry Phillips

Mysteries of the Ancient World
Movie · as Narrator

Touched by an Angel
TV · as George Zarko · 1 ep

Gargoyles
TV · as G.F. Benton/Dominic Dracon (voice) · 1 ep

Burke's Law
TV · as Conrad Hill · 1 ep

The American Clock
Movie · as Older Arthur Huntington

The X-Files
TV · as Agent Arthur Dales · 2 eps

Fallen Angels
TV · as Old Man · 1 ep

Grace Under Fire
TV · as Grace's Dad · 1 ep

Mastergate
Movie · as Folsom Bunting

Happy Hell Night
Movie · as Henry Collins
Clara
Movie · as Albert Kroll

Blood and Concrete
Movie · as Hank Dick

Perfect Harmony
Movie · as Mr. Hobbs

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
Movie · as actor (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Commish
TV · 2 eps

Sisters
TV · 1 ep

Civil Wars
TV · 1 ep
The General Motors Playwrights Theater
TV · as Albert Kroll · 1 ep

By Dawn's Early Light
Movie · as Condor

Captain America
Movie · as General Fleming

Child in the Night
Movie · as Os Winfield
Unclaimed Fortunes II
Movie · as Host

Kojak: It's Always Something
Movie · as Wainwright

Around the World in 80 Days
TV · as Benjamin Mudge · 3 eps

Dead Heat
Movie · as Dr. Ernest McNab

The Diamond Trap
Movie · as Chief Walter Vadney

Inherit the Wind
Movie · as E.K. Hornbeck

Murphy Brown
TV · as Bill Brown · 4 eps

Monsters
TV · as Hubert · 1 ep

From the Hip
Movie · as Craig Duncan

Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson
Movie · as A. Z. Nathan

Raw Deal
Movie · as Harry Shannon

Worlds Beyond
TV · as Harry Hewart · 1 ep

Turk 182!
Movie · as Det. Kowalski

My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn
Movie · as Dr. Gerrit Koets

The Baron and the Kid
Movie · as Jack Beamer

The Return of Marcus Welby, M.D.
Movie · as Dr. David Jennings

The Natural
Movie · as Gus Sands (uncredited)

Murder, She Wrote
TV · as Martin Tremaine · 1 ep

Tales from the Darkside
TV · as Van Conway · 1 ep

Highway to Heaven
TV · 1 ep

A Christmas Story
Movie · as The Old Man

The Hitchhiker
TV · as Old Man · 1 ep

Small & Frye
TV · 6 eps

Firebird 2015 A.D.
Movie · as Red

Hangar 18
Movie · as Harry Forbes

Waikiki
Movie · as Capt. McGuire

Magnum, P.I.
TV · as Buck Gibson · 1 ep

The Martian Chronicles
TV · as Sam Parkhill · 3 eps

Ike
Movie · as Gen. George S. Patton

Donovan's Kid
Movie · as Timothy Donovan

Love for Rent
Movie · as Coach John Martin

Tales of the Unexpected
TV · as Sheriff Milt Singleton · 1 ep

Ike
TV · as Gen. George S. Patton · 3 eps

Hot Lead & Cold Feet
Movie · as Mayor Ragsdale

Zero to Sixty
Movie · as Michael Nolan

The Users
Movie · as Henry Waller

Airport '77
Movie · as Stan Buchek

The Love Boat
TV · as Lawrence Evans · 2 eps

No Deposit, No Return
Movie · as Duke

Brinks: The Great Robbery
Movie · as James McNally

Crackle of Death
Movie · as Carl Kolchak

Law and Order
Movie · as Deputy Chief Brian O'Malley

Demon and the Mummy
Movie · as Carl Kolchak

B. Must Die
Movie · as Pal Kovak

Kolchak: The Night Stalker
TV · as Carl Kolchak · 20 eps

Dinah!
TV · as Self · 1 ep

The Night Strangler
Movie · as Carl Kolchak

The Six Million Dollar Man
Movie · as Oliver Spencer

The Evil Touch
TV · as Alvin Hazeltine · 2 eps

The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Police Story
TV · as Matt Hallett · 1 ep

The Night Stalker
Movie · as Carl Kolchak
Here Comes the Judge
Movie · as Judge

Something Evil
Movie · as Paul Worden

Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole
Movie · as Dr. Lou Grazzo

The Rookies
Movie · as Sgt. Eddie Ryker

43: The Richard Petty Story
Movie · as Lee Petty

Sam Cade
Movie

Mrs. Pollifax — Spy
Movie · as Farrell

The Death of Me Yet
Movie · as Joe Chalk

Banyon
Movie · as Lieutenant Pete Cordova

Mooch Goes to Hollywood
Movie · as Darren McGavin (uncredited)
V.I.P. Schaukel
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
TV · as McClain · 1 ep

The Challenge
Movie · as Jacob Gallery

Tribes
Movie · as Drake

The Challengers
Movie · as Jim McCabe

Berlin Affair
Movie · as Paul Killian

The 48-Hour Mile
Movie · as David Ross

Anatomy of a Crime
Movie · as David Ross

Bracken's World
TV · 1 ep

The Bold Ones: The Lawyers
TV · 1 ep

Love, American Style
TV · as Corbett · 1 ep

Mission Mars
Movie · as Col. Mike Blaiswick

Boomerang, Dog of Many Talents
Movie · as Barney B. Duncan

The Outsider
TV · as David Ross · 26 eps

The Name of the Game
TV · as Jesse Gil McCray, Sam Hardy, Eddie Gannon · 1 ep

The Outsider
Movie · as David Ross

Cimarron Strip
TV · 1 ep

Custer
TV · 1 ep

Mannix
TV · as Mark · 1 ep

Mission: Impossible
TV · as J. Richard Taggart · 1 ep

Felony Squad
TV · 1 ep

The Great Sioux Massacre
Movie · as Captain Frederick William Benton

African Gold
Movie · as Mike Gregory

Bullet for a Badman
Movie · as Sam Ward

The Rogues
TV · as Amos Champion · 1 ep

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
TV · as Viktor Karmak · 1 ep
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
TV · as Franklin Carson · 1 ep

The Virginian
TV · as Mark Troxel, Sam Evans · 1 ep

The Match Game
TV · as Self · 5 eps

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
TV · as Sheridan Westcott · 1 ep

Witchcraft: The Doll in Brambles
Movie · as Fred

The Defenders
TV · as Howard Potter, Marty Wisnovsky · 1 ep

Ben Casey
TV · 1 ep

Dr. Kildare
TV · as Prof. Felix Holman · 4 eps

The Mike Douglas Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Route 66
TV · 1 ep

The Islanders
TV · as Phil · 1 ep

Stagecoach West
TV · 1 ep

Special for Women
TV · as The Social Worker · 1 ep

Disneyland '59
Movie · as Self

Rawhide
TV · as Jed Hadley · 1 ep

Riverboat
TV · as Captain Grey Holden · 44 eps

The Case Against Brooklyn
Movie · as Pete Harris

Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
TV · as Mike Hammer · 79 eps

The Delicate Delinquent
Movie · as Mike Damon

Beau James
Movie · as Charley Hand

The Man with the Golden Arm
Movie · as Louie

Summertime
Movie · as Eddie Yaeger

The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
Movie · as Capt. Russ Peters

A Word to the Wives...
Movie · as George Peters

Gunsmoke
TV · as Will Helmick, Lon Gorman, Joe Bascome · 1 ep

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV · as Red Hillman, Lyle Endicott · 1 ep

The Alcoa Hour
TV · 2 eps

Climax!
TV · as Walter · 1 ep

The Wonderful World of Disney
TV · as John Jay Forrest, Timothy Donovan · 2 eps

Death Valley Days
TV · as Zacharias Gurney · 1 ep

Omnibus
TV · 1 ep

Queen for a Day
Movie · as Dan

Tales of Tomorrow
TV · 1 ep
Casey, Crime Photographer
TV · as Jack Casey · 54 eps

Robert Montgomery Presents
TV · as Joe Gillis · 1 ep

What's My Line?
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Suspense
TV · as Ted Larson · 1 ep

Studio One
TV · as Will Sorrell, Johnny Quigg, Tom Kendall · 1 ep

The Philco Television Playhouse
TV · as Bill Starbuck · 1 ep

She Wouldn't Say Yes
Movie · as The Kid - Soldier in Hospital (uncredited)
Your Next Job
Movie · as Balancing hobbyist

A Song to Remember
Movie · as Student (uncredited)




