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Darren McGavin
Actor, Producer, Director, Writer
Born May 7, 1922Died February 25, 2006 (83 years)
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.
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Darren McGavin Filmography
| 2008 | Still Waters Burn · as Paddy |
| 2005 | Night Stalker (TV Series) |
| 2004 | The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made · as Cast |
| 1999 | Pros & Cons · as Mr. Stanford |
| 1997 | Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas · as Mr. Parker (archive Footage) |
| 1996 | Small Time · as Sam |
| 1996 | Millennium (TV Series) · as Henry Black |
| 1995 | Derby · as Lester Corbett |
| 1995 | Billy Madison · as Brian Madison |
| 1995 | Fudge (TV Series) · as Buster |
| 1994 | Gargoyles (TV Series) · as G.f. Benton/dominic Dracon (voice) |
| 1994 | Touched by an Angel (TV Series) · as George Zarko |
| 1994 | A Perfect Stranger · as John Henry Phillips |
| 1994 | Burke's Law (1994) (TV Series) · as Conrad Hill |
| 1993 | Grace Under Fire (TV Series) |
| 1993 | The X-Files (TV Series) · as Agent Arthur Dales |
| 1993 | The American Clock · as Older Arthur Huntington |
| 1993 | Fallen Angels (TV Series) · as Old Man |
| 1992 | Mastergate · as Folsom Bunting |
| 1991 | Happy Hell Night · as Henry Collins |
| 1991 | Civil Wars (TV Series) |
| 1991 | Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker · as Actor (archive Footage) (uncredited) |
| 1991 | The Commish (TV Series) |
| 1991 | Sibs (TV Series) · as Ben |
| 1991 | Blood and Concrete · as Hank Dick |
| 1991 | |
| 1991 | Perfect Harmony · as Mr. Hobbs |
| 1990 | Captain America · as General Fleming |
| 1990 | By Dawn's Early Light · as Condor |
| 1990 | Child in the Night · as Os Winfield |
| 1990 | Kojak: It's Always Something · as Wainwright |
| 1989 | Around the World in 80 Days (TV Series) · as Benjamin Mudge |
| 1988 | The Diamond Trap · as Chief Walter Vadney |
| 1988 | Murphy Brown (TV Series) · as Bill Brown |
| 1988 | Monsters (TV Series) |
| 1988 | |
| 1988 | Inherit the Wind · as E.k. Hornbeck |
| 1987 | Tales from the Hollywood Hills: A Table at Ciro's · as A.d. Nathan |
| 1987 | Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson · as A. Z. Nathan |
| 1987 | CBS Summer Playhouse (TV Series) · as Walter |
| 1987 | From the Hip · as Craig Duncan |
| 1986 | Worlds Beyond (TV Series) · as Harry Hewart |
| 1986 | |
| 1985 | Turk 182 · as Det. Kowalski |
| 1985 | My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn · as Dr. Gerrit Koets |
| 1984 | The Baron and the Kid · as Jack Beamer |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote (TV Series) · as Martin Tremaine |
| 1984 | Highway to Heaven (TV Series) |
| 1984 | The Return of Marcus Welby, M.D. · as Dr. David Jennings |
| 1984 | The Natural · as Gus Sands (uncredited) |
| 1983 | The Hitchhiker (TV Series) · as Old Man |
| 1983 | A Christmas Story · as The Old Man |
| 1983 | Tales from the Darkside (TV Series) · as Van Conway |
| 1981 | Firebird 2015 AD · as Red |
| 1981 | Nero Wolfe (TV Series) · as John Alan Bredeman |
| 1980 | Magnum, P.I. (TV Series) · as Buck Gibson |
| 1980 | |
| 1980 | Waikiki · as Capt. Mcguire |
| 1980 | The Martian Chronicles (TV Series) · as Sam Parkhill |
| 1979 | Love for Rent · as Coach John Martin |
| 1979 | Ike: The War Years · as Gen. George S. Patton |
| 1979 | Ike: The War Years (TV Series) · as Gen. George S. Patton |
| 1979 | Tales of the Unexpected (TV Series) · as Sheriff Milt Singleton |
| 1979 | Donovan's Kid · as Timothy Donovan |
| 1978 | The Users · as Henry Waller |
| 1978 | Hot Lead and Cold Feet · as Mayor Ragsdale |
| 1978 | Zero to Sixty · as Michael Nolan |
| 1977 | The Love Boat (TV Series) · as Lawrence Evans |
| 1977 | Airport '77 · as Stan Buchek |
| 1977 | Fantasy Island (TV Series) · as Victor Duncan |
| 1976 | Law and Order · as Deputy Chief Brian O'malley |
| 1976 | Brinks: The Great Robbery · as James Mcnally |
| 1976 | No Deposit, No Return · as Duke |
| 1975 | Demon and the Mummy · as Carl Kolchak |
| 1974 | Hay que matar a B. · as Pal Kovak |
| 1974 | Crackle of Death · as Carl Kolchak |
| 1974 | Kolchak: The Night Stalker (TV Series) · as Carl Kolchak |
| 1974 | |
| 1973 | Shaft (TV Series) · as Capt. Brian Brewster |
| 1973 | Happy Mother's Day, Love George · as George Perry (in Photographs) |
| 1973 | The Evil Touch (TV Series) |
| 1973 | Police Story (TV Series) |
| 1973 | The Six Million Dollar Man · as Oliver Spencer |
| 1973 | The Night Strangler · as Carl Kolchak |
| 1972 | 43: The Richard Petty Story · as Lee Petty |
| 1972 | Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole · as Dr. Lou Grazzo |
| 1972 | The Rookies (TV Series) · as Sergeant Eddie Ryker |
| 1972 | Something Evil · as Paul Worden |
| 1972 | The Night Stalker · as Carl Kolchak |
| 1972 | |
| 1971 | The Death of Me Yet · as Joe Chalk |
| 1971 | Cade's County (TV Series) · as Courtney Vernon |
| 1971 | Owen Marshall, Counselor At Law (TV Series) · as Mcclain |
| 1971 | Banyon (TV Series) · as Lieutenant Pete Cordova |
| 1971 | Mrs. Pollifax-Spy · as Farrell |
| 1970 | Tribes · as Drake |
| 1970 | Berlin Affair · as Paul Killian |
| 1970 | The Challenge · as Jacob Gallery |
| 1969 | Love, American Style (TV Series) · as Corbett |
| 1969 | The Bold Ones: The Lawyers (TV Series) |
| 1969 | Bracken's World (TV Series) |
| 1968 | The Name of the Game (TV Series) · as Eddie Gannon |
| 1968 | The Outsider (TV Series) · as David Ross |
| 1968 | Mission Mars · as Col. Mike Blaiswick |
| 1967 | The Outsider · as David Ross |
| 1967 | Mannix (TV Series) · as Mark |
| 1967 | Cimarron Strip (TV Series) |
| 1967 | Custer (TV Series) |
| 1966 | Mission: Impossible (TV Series) · as J. Richard Taggart |
| 1966 | The Felony Squad (TV Series) |
| 1965 | Court Martial (TV Series) · as Sgt. Joe Callaghan |
| 1965 | The Great Sioux Massacre · as Captain Frederick William Benton |
| 1964 | The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (TV Series) · as Viktor Karmak |
| 1964 | The Rogues (TV Series) · as Amos Champion |
| 1964 | Bullet for a Badman · as Sam Ward |
| 1963 | Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre (TV Series) · as Franklin Carson |
| 1962 | The Doctors and the Nurses (TV Series) · as Fitz Condon |
| 1962 | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (TV Series) · as Sheridan Westcott |
| 1962 | The Virginian (TV Series) · as Sam Evans |
| 1961 | Ben Casey (TV Series) |
| 1961 | Dr. Kildare (TV Series) · as Prof. Felix Holman |
| 1961 | The Defenders (TV Series) · as Marty Wisnovsky |
| 1961 | Witchcraft · as Fred |
| 1960 | |
| 1960 | Stagecoach West (TV Series) |
| 1960 | The Islanders (TV Series) · as Phil |
| 1959 | Riverboat (TV Series) · as Captain Grey Holden |
| 1959 | Rawhide (TV Series) · as Jed Hadley |
| 1958 | The Case Against Brooklyn · as Pete Harris |
| 1958 | Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer (1958) (TV Series) · as Mike Hammer |
| 1957 | Beau James · as Charley Hand |
| 1957 | The Delicate Delinquent · as Mike Damon |
| 1955 | The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell · as Capt. Russ Peters |
| 1955 | The Man with the Golden Arm · as Louie |
| 1955 | Matinee Theater (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1955 | Alcoa Hour (TV Series) |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV Series) · as Red Hillman |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke (TV Series) · as Lon Gorman |
| 1955 | Summertime · as Eddie Yaeger |
| 1955 | A Word to the Wives... · as George Peters |
| 1954 | Disneyland (TV Series) · as John Jay Forrest |
| 1954 | Producers' Showcase (TV Series) · as Soldier |
| 1954 | Climax! (TV Series) · as Walter |
| 1953 | The United States Steel Hour (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1953 | Ponds Theater (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1953 | The Revlon Mirror Theater (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1953 | You Are There (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1952 | Omnibus (TV Series) |
| 1952 | Death Valley Days (TV Series) · as Zacharias Gurney |
| 1951 | Goodyear Television Playhouse (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1951 | Tales of Tomorrow (TV Series) |
| 1951 | Queen for a Day · as Dan |
| 1950 | Danger (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1950 | The Web (1950) (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1950 | The Armstrong Circle Theatre (TV Series) · as Carl Broggi |
| 1950 | Robert Montgomery Presents Your Lucky Strike Theatre (TV Series) · as Joe Gillis |
| 1949 | I Remember Mama (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1949 | Suspense (TV Series) · as Ted Larson |
| 1948 | Studio One (TV Series) · as Tom Kendall |
| 1948 | The Philco Television Playhouse (TV Series) · as Bill Starbuck |
| 1946 | Fear · as Blonde Student |
| 1945 | She Wouldn't Say Yes · as The Kid - Soldier In Hospital (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Kiss and Tell · as Tech Sergeant |
| 1945 | Counter-Attack · as Paratrooper |
| 1945 | A Song to Remember · as Student (uncredited) |