Darren McGavin
Born in Spokane, Washington, U.S. — May 07 1922• Died Feb 25 2006
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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…
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The X-Files
Agent Arthur Dales
Murder, She Wrote
Martin Tremaine
Mannix
Mark
The Love Boat
Lawrence Evans
Magnum, P.I.
Buck Gibson
Mission: Impossible
J. Richard Taggart
Love, American Style
Corbett
The Virginian
Mark Troxel
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Sheridan Westcott
Touched by an Angel
George Zarko
Climax!
Walter
Robert Montgomery Presents
Joe Gillis
Dr. Kildare
Prof. Felix Holman
Tales of the Unexpected
Sheriff Milt Singleton
Ben Casey
The Defenders
Howard Potter
Studio One
Will Sorrell
Millennium
Henry Black
Rawhide
Jed Hadley
Highway to Heaven
Gargoyles
G.F. Benton/Dominic Dracon (voice)
Route 66
Murphy Brown
Bill Brown
Tales from the Darkside
Van Conway
The Name of the Game
Jesse Gil McCray
What's My Line?
Self - Mystery Guest
Felony Squad
The Hitchhiker
Old Man
Grace Under Fire
Grace's Dad
The Commish
Gunsmoke
Will Helmick
The Philco Television Playhouse
Bill Starbuck
Suspense
Ted Larson
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Viktor Karmak
Burke's Law
Conrad Hill
Police Story
Monsters
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Red Hillman
Fallen Angels
Old Man
The Rogues
Amos Champion
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
McClain
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
Mike Hammer
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
Carl Kolchak
Riverboat
Captain Grey Holden
The Match Game
Self
The Outsider
David Ross
Stagecoach West
Cimarron Strip
Tales of Tomorrow
Night Stalker
Custer
Civil Wars
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
Self
Worlds Beyond
Harry Hewart
The Islanders
Phil
The Evil Touch
Bracken's World
The Natural
Gus Sands (uncredited)
The Wonderful World of Disney
John Jay Forrest
The Alcoa Hour
Death Valley Days
Zacharias Gurney
A Christmas Story
The Old Man
Around the World in 80 Days
Benjamin Mudge
Airport '77
Stan Buchek
Raw Deal
Chief Harry Shannon
The Martian Chronicles
Sam Parkhill
The Man with the Golden Arm
Louie
Ike
Gen. George S. Patton
Buckskin
Directing
Billy Madison
Brian Madison
Casey, Crime Photographer
Jack Casey
Captain America
General Fleming
Dead Heat
Dr. Ernest McNab
The Night Stalker
Carl Kolchak
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
actor (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Bold Ones: The Lawyers
Tribes
Drake
Hot Lead & Cold Feet
Mayor Ragsdale
Turk 182!
Det. Kowalski
The Night Strangler
Carl Kolchak
Small & Frye
Hangar 18
Harry Forbes
Love for Rent
Coach John Martin
Waikiki
Capt. McGuire
Bullet for a Badman
Sam Ward
Summertime
Eddie Yaeger
The Case Against Brooklyn
Pete Harris
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
Capt. Russ Peters
The Users
Henry Waller
Something Evil
Paul Worden
The Death of Me Yet
Joe Chalk
Blood and Concrete
Hank Dick
The Six Million Dollar Man
Oliver Spencer
Inherit the Wind
E.K. Hornbeck
Banyon
Lieutenant Pete Cordova
From the Hip
Craig Duncan
The Outsider
David Ross
The American Clock
Older Arthur Huntington
Crackle of Death
Carl Kolchak
The Challenge
Jacob Gallery
The Great Sioux Massacre
Captain Frederick William Benton
A Song to Remember
Student (uncredited)
Ike
Gen. George S. Patton
Happy Hell Night
Henry Collins
The Rookies
Sgt. Eddie Ryker
Sisters
By Dawn's Early Light
Condor
Sam Cade
Firebird 2015 A.D.
Red
Pros & Cons
Mr. Stanford
Child in the Night
Os Winfield
Demon and the Mummy
Carl Kolchak
Mrs. Pollifax — Spy
Farrell
The Return of Marcus Welby, M.D.
Dr. David Jennings
Donovan's Kid
Timothy Donovan
Witchcraft: The Doll in Brambles
Fred
Brinks: The Great Robbery
James McNally
Kojak: It's Always Something
Wainwright
Beau James
Charley Hand
No Deposit, No Return
Duke
Derby
Lester Corbett
Mastergate
Folsom Bunting
Clara
Albert Kroll
Zero to Sixty
Michael Nolan
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
Darren McGavin (uncredited)
Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole
Dr. Lou Grazzo
B. Must Die
Pal Kovak
The Delicate Delinquent
Mike Damon
The Diamond Trap
Chief Walter Vadney
Disneyland '59
Self
Perfect Harmony
Mr. Hobbs
Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson
A. Z. Nathan
Law and Order
Deputy Chief Brian O'Malley
The Baron and the Kid
Jack Beamer
The Challengers
Jim McCabe
African Gold
Mike Gregory
The 48-Hour Mile
David Ross
Happy Mother's Day, Love George
Directing
Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas
Mr. Parker (archive footage)
Queen for a Day
Dan
43: The Richard Petty Story
Lee Petty
Here Comes the Judge
Judge
A Perfect Stranger
John Henry Phillips
Small Time
Sam
She Wouldn't Say Yes
The Kid - Soldier in Hospital (uncredited)
My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn
Dr. Gerrit Koets
Mission Mars
Col. Mike Blaiswick
Berlin Affair
Paul Killian
The Martian Chronicles
Sam Parkhill
A Word to the Wives...
George Peters
Your Next Job
Balancing hobbyist
Boomerang, Dog of Many Talents
Barney B. Duncan
Anatomy of a Crime
David Ross
Mysteries of the Ancient World
Unclaimed Fortunes II
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