Darren McGavin

Actor

Born: May 7, 1922 (83 years old)

Died: February 25, 2006

Place of birth: 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.

Filmography (97)

• The X-Files (1993, ★ 8.4)
• The Man with the Golden Arm (1955, ★ 7.2)
• A Christmas Story (1983, ★ 7.2)
• Inherit the Wind (1988, ★ 7.8)
• Gargoyles (1994, ★ 8.1)
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955, ★ 7.8)
• The Wonderful World of Disney (1954, ★ 7.8)
• The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962, ★ 7.9)
• Billy Madison (1995, ★ 6.2)
• No Deposit, No Return (1976, ★ 6.2)
• By Dawn's Early Light (1990, ★ 6.5)
• The Night Strangler (1973, ★ 6.7)
• Dead Heat (1988, ★ 6.2)
• The Night Stalker (1972, ★ 6.8)
• The Case Against Brooklyn (1958, ★ 6)
• The Delicate Delinquent (1957, ★ 6.4)
• The Six Million Dollar Man (1973, ★ 6.7)
• Summertime (1955, ★ 6.7)
• Tribes (1970, ★ 6)
• Perfect Harmony (1991, ★ 6.1)
• Bullet for a Badman (1964, ★ 6.2)
• The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell (1955, ★ 6.8)
• Mrs. Pollifax — Spy (1971, ★ 6.1)
• Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole (1972, ★ 6.8)
• Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker (1991, ★ 7.7)
• The Natural (1984, ★ 6.9)
• Murder, She Wrote (1984, ★ 7.5)
• 43: The Richard Petty Story (1972, ★ 6.5)
• Magnum, P.I. (1980, ★ 7.3)
• Tales from the Darkside (1984, ★ 7.2)