Darren McGavin
Department: 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.
Known For
The Man with the Golden Arm
1955
Raw Deal
1986
A Christmas Story
1983
Pros & Cons
1999
Billy Madison
1995
No Deposit, No Return
1976
By Dawn's Early Light
1990
Happy Hell Night
1991
From the Hip
1987
Airport '77
1977
The Night Strangler
1973
Turk 182!
1985
Dead Heat
1988
Hot Lead & Cold Feet
1978
Captain America
1990
Clara
1991
The Night Stalker
1972
The Case Against Brooklyn
1958
The Delicate Delinquent
1957
Here Comes the Judge
1972
The Challenge
1970
The Six Million Dollar Man
1973
Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas
1997
Summertime
1955
The Baron and the Kid
1984
Hangar 18
1980
Something Evil
1972
Blood and Concrete
1991
Tribes
1970
Mission Mars
1968
She Wouldn't Say Yes
1945
Perfect Harmony
1991
Bullet for a Badman
1964
My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn
1985
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
1955
Child in the Night
1990
B. Must Die
1975
Mrs. Pollifax — Spy
1971
Derby
1995
The Diamond Trap
1988
Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole
1972
A Perfect Stranger
1994
The Death of Me Yet
1971
The Rookies
1972
Firebird 2015 A.D.
1981
Inherit the Wind
1988
The American Clock
1993
Mysteries of the Ancient World
1994
Unclaimed Fortunes II
1990
Zero to Sixty
1978
The Challengers
1970
The Great Sioux Massacre
1965
43: The Richard Petty Story
1972
Boomerang, Dog of Many Talents
1968
The Outsider
1967
A Word to the Wives...
1955
Berlin Affair
1970
Ike
1979
Witchcraft: The Doll in Brambles
1961
Mastergate
1992
Donovan's Kid
1979
Waikiki
1980
Beau James
1957
Anatomy of a Crime
1969
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991
Banyon
1971
Your Next Job
1945
A Song to Remember
1945
Brinks: The Great Robbery
1976
Crackle of Death
1976
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
1971
Kojak: It's Always Something
1990
Disneyland '59
1959
Law and Order
1976
Sam Cade
1972
Love for Rent
1979
African Gold
1965
The Users
1978
Queen for a Day
1951
Demon and the Mummy
1976
The Return of Marcus Welby, M.D.
1984
The 48-Hour Mile
1970
Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson
1987
The Martian Chronicles
1980
The Natural
1984
Small Time
1996
Murder, She Wrote
1984
Magnum, P.I.
1980
Tales from the Darkside
1984
The Love Boat
1977
Night Stalker
2005
Touched by an Angel
1994
Gargoyles
1994
Route 66
1960
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
Highway to Heaven
1984
Murphy Brown
1988
The Martian Chronicles
1980
The Commish
1991
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
1958
Gunsmoke
1955
The X-Files
1993
Studio One
1948
The Evil Touch
1973
Millennium
1996
Mission: Impossible
1966
Sisters
1991
The Islanders
1960
Monsters
1988
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
1974
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
Felony Squad
1966
Rawhide
1959
Cimarron Strip
1967
The Virginian
1962
The Alcoa Hour
1955
The Defenders
1961
The Hitchhiker
1983
Climax!
1954
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
Bracken's World
1969
Civil Wars
1991
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
The Rogues
1964
Ben Casey
1961
Riverboat
1959
Stagecoach West
1960
Suspense
1949
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
Tales of Tomorrow
1951
The Bold Ones: The Lawyers
1969
Custer
1967
Dr. Kildare
1961
The Defenders
1961
Small & Frye
1983
The Outsider
1968
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
The Virginian
1962
Gunsmoke
1955
Gunsmoke
1955
Ike
1979
Around the World in 80 Days
1989
The Name of the Game
1968
The Name of the Game
1968
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
V.I.P. Schaukel
1971
Studio One
1948
Studio One
1948
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
1971
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
Death Valley Days
1952
Burke's Law
1994
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
Fallen Angels
1993
Suspense
1949
What's My Line?
1950
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
1973
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
The Match Game
1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
The Name of the Game
1968
Mannix
1967
Love, American Style
1969
Omnibus
1952
Casey, Crime Photographer
1951
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
Grace Under Fire
1993
Worlds Beyond
1986
Police Story
1973