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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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Movies & Shows on Plex
  • Raw Deal
  • The Man with the Golden Arm
  • Summertime
  • Dead Heat
  • Highway to Heaven
  • Around the World in 80 Days
  • Hangar 18
  • The Commish
  • Sisters
  • Route 66
  • Happy Hell Night
  • Death Valley Days
  • The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made
  • Mooch
  • Witchcraft
Known For
  • A Christmas Story
  • Billy Madison
  • The Night Stalker
  • Kolchak: The Night Stalker
  • Raw Deal
  • The Night Strangler
  • Captain America
  • Hangar 18
  • Summertime
  • The Man with the Golden Arm
  • Dead Heat
  • Airport '77
  • The Six Million Dollar Man
  • Murphy Brown
  • Something Evil
  • Tribes
  • The Martian Chronicles
  • By Dawn's Early Light
  • Turk 182
  • The Delicate Delinquent
  • From the Hip
  • Bullet for a Badman
  • Mission Mars
  • The Great Sioux Massacre

Filmography

2008
Still Waters Burn · as Paddy
2005
Night Stalker (TV Series)
2004
The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made · as Red (archive Footage)
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)
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
1991
Sibs (TV Series) · as Ben
1991
Blood and Concrete · as Hank Dick
1991
Sisters (TV Series)
1991
Perfect Harmony · as Mr. Hobbs
1990
Captain America · as General Fleming
1990
1990
Child in the Night · as Os Winfield
1990
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
Dead Heat · as Dr. Ernest Mcnab
1988
Inherit the Wind · as E.k. Hornbeck
1987
1987
CBS Summer Playhouse (TV Series) · as Walter
1987
From the Hip · as Craig Duncan
1986
Worlds Beyond (TV Series) · as Harry Hewart
1986
Raw Deal · as Chief Harry Shannon
1985
Turk 182 · as Det. Kowalski
1985
1984
The Baron and the Kid · as Jack Beamer
1984
Murder, She Wrote (TV Series) · as Martin Tremaine
1984
1984
The Return of Marcus Welby, M.D. · as Dr. David Jennings
1984
The Natural · as Gus Sands
1983
The Hitchhiker (TV Series) · as Old Man
1983
A Christmas Story · as Mr. Parker
1983
Tales from the Darkside (TV Series) · as Van Conway
1981
1981
Nero Wolfe (TV Series) · as John Alan Bredeman
1980
Magnum, P.I. (TV Series)
1980
Hangar 18 · as Harry Forbes
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
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
Mooch · as Darren Mcgavin (uncredited)
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
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 (segment "love And The Fly")
1969
1969
Bracken's World (TV Series)
1968
The Name of the Game (TV Series) · as Sam Hardy
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
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 Howard Potter
1961
1960
Route 66 (TV Series)
1960
Stagecoach West (TV Series)
1959
Riverboat (TV Series) · as Captain Grey Holden
1959
Rawhide (TV Series) · as Jed Hadley
1958
The Case Against Brooklyn · as Pete Harris
1958
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
1955
Matinee Theater (TV Series) · as Cast
1955
Alcoa Hour (TV Series)
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV Series) · as Lyle Endicott
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) · as (segment "jack Be Normal")
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
1949
I Remember Mama (TV Series) · as Cast
1949
Suspense (TV Series) · as Ted Larson
1948
Studio One (TV Series) · as Will Sorrell
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)

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