Darren McGavin
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.
157 acting credits · 4 directing credits
Acting · 157
The X-Files
1993
Mannix
1967
Murder, She Wrote
1984
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
The Love Boat
1977
Magnum, P.I.
1980
Love, American Style
1969
Mission: Impossible
1966
The Virginian
1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
Touched by an Angel
1994
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
Dr. Kildare
1961
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
Millennium
1996
Climax!
1954
Ben Casey
1961
Route 66
1960
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
Rawhide
1959
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
Highway to Heaven
1984
Gargoyles
1994
Tales from the Darkside
1984
Studio One
1948
Murphy Brown
1988
What's My Line?
1950
The Name of the Game
1968
The Defenders
1961
Omnibus
1952
Gunsmoke
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
The Commish
1991
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
The Hitchhiker
1983
Monsters
1988
Fallen Angels
1993
Grace Under Fire
1993
Suspense
1949
Felony Squad
1966
Police Story
1973
Burke's Law
1994
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
1974
Tales of Tomorrow
1951
The Rogues
1964
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
1971
Riverboat
1959
Cimarron Strip
1967
Stagecoach West
1960
V.I.P. Schaukel
1971
The Outsider
1968
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
1973
Civil Wars
1991
The Islanders
1960
The Evil Touch
1973
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
1958
Bracken's World
1969
Night Stalker
2005
Custer
1967
Around the World in 80 Days
1989
Worlds Beyond
1986
Death Valley Days
1952
Billy Madison
1995
The Alcoa Hour
1955
The Match Game
1962
Raw Deal
1986
The Martian Chronicles
1980
Airport '77
1977
The Natural
1984
A Christmas Story
1983
Dead Heat
1988
Ike
1979
Captain America
1990
The Bold Ones: The Lawyers
1969
The Night Stalker
1972
Casey, Crime Photographer
1951
The Man with the Golden Arm
1955
Summertime
1955
The Six Million Dollar Man
1973
The Users
1978
By Dawn's Early Light
1990
Hot Lead & Cold Feet
1978
From the Hip
1987
Hangar 18
1980
Turk 182!
1985
Small & Frye
1983
Pros & Cons
1999
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
1955
Special for Women
1960
A Song to Remember
1945
Ike
1979
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991
Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson
1987
Blood and Concrete
1991
The Delicate Delinquent
1957
Mastergate
1992
The American Clock
1993
Disneyland '59
1959
Beau James
1957
The Challenge
1970
No Deposit, No Return
1976
Sisters
1991
The Outsider
1967
Brinks: The Great Robbery
1976
Law and Order
1976
Happy Hell Night
1991
Bullet for a Badman
1964
The Night Strangler
1973
Demon and the Mummy
1976
Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole
1972
Waikiki
1980
Something Evil
1972
Zero to Sixty
1978
Kojak: It's Always Something
1990
Perfect Harmony
1991
Child in the Night
1990
The Great Sioux Massacre
1965
The Diamond Trap
1988
Donovan's Kid
1979
A Perfect Stranger
1994
The Death of Me Yet
1971
Mrs. Pollifax — Spy
1971
The Rookies
1972
Banyon
1971
Inherit the Wind
1988
Witchcraft: The Doll in Brambles
1961
The Case Against Brooklyn
1958
Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas
1997
Queen for a Day
1951
Anatomy of a Crime
1969
Tribes
1970
Small Time
1996
Sam Cade
1972
Derby
1995
Crackle of Death
1976
The Challengers
1970
My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn
1985
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
1971
The Return of Marcus Welby, M.D.
1984
She Wouldn't Say Yes
1945
Love for Rent
1979
Mission Mars
1968
The Baron and the Kid
1984
The 48-Hour Mile
1970
B. Must Die
1975
43: The Richard Petty Story
1972
Berlin Affair
1970
Firebird 2015 A.D.
1981
African Gold
1965
Here Comes the Judge
1972
Clara
1991
A Word to the Wives...
1955
Your Next Job
1945
Boomerang, Dog of Many Talents
1968
Unclaimed Fortunes II
1990
Mysteries of the Ancient World
1994
