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Darren McGavin
Actor, Producer, Director, Writer
Died February 25, 2006 (83 years)
Was an American actor best known for playing the title role in the television horror series Kolchak: The Night Stalker and his portrayal in the film A Christmas Story of the grumpy father given to bursts of profanity that he never realizes his son overhears. 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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Filmography
| 2008 | Still Waters Burn · as Paddy |
| 2005 | Night Stalker (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2004 | The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made · as actor |
| 1999 | Pros & Cons · as Mr. Stanford |
| 1996 | Small Time · as Sam |
| 1996 | Millennium (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1995 | Derby · as Lester Corbett |
| 1995 | Billy Madison · as Brian Madison |
| 1994 | A Perfect Stranger · as John Henry Phillips |
| 1994 | Gargoyles (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1994 | Touched by an Angel (TV Series) · as George Zarko |
| 1993 | The American Clock · as Older Arthur Huntington |
| 1993 | The X-Files (TV Series) · as Agent Arthur Dales |
| 1993 | Grace Under Fire (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1992 | Happy Hell Night · as Henry Collins |
| 1991 | Perfect Harmony · as Mr. Hobbs |
| 1991 | Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker · as actor (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1991 | The Commish (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1991 | Blood and Concrete · as Hank Dick |
| 1990 | By Dawn's Early Light · as Condor - Secretary of Interior |
| 1990 | Kojak: It's Always Something · as Wainwright |
| 1990 | Captain America · as General Fleming |
| 1989 | Around the World in 80 Days (TV Series) · as Benjamin Mudge |
| 1988 | The Diamond Trap · as Chief Walter Vadney |
| 1988 | Inherit the Wind · as E.K. Hornbeck |
| 1988 | Monsters (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1988 | Murphy Brown (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1988 | Dead Heat · as Dr. Ernest McNab |
| 1987 | From the Hip · as Craig Duncan |
| 1986 | Raw Deal · as Chief Harry Shannon |
| 1985 | Turk 182 · as Det. Kowalski |
| 1984 | The Natural · as Gus Sands (uncredited) |
| 1984 | The Baron and the Kid · as Jack Beamer |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote (TV Series) · as Martin Tremaine |
| 1984 | Highway to Heaven (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1983 | A Christmas Story · as The Old Man (Mr. Parker) |
| 1983 | Tales from the Darkside (TV Series) · as Van Conway |
| 1983 | The Hitchhiker (TV Series) · as Old Man |
| 1981 | Firebird 2015 AD · as Red |
| 1981 | Nero Wolfe (TV Series) · as John Alan Bredeman |
| 1980 | Hangar 18 · as Harry Forbes |
| 1980 | Magnum, P.I. (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1980 | The Martian Chronicles (TV Series) · as Sam Parkhill |
| 1979 | Ike: The War Years (TV Series) · as Gen. George S. Patton |
| 1979 | Tales of the Unexpected (TV Series) · as Sheriff Milt Singleton |
| 1978 | Hot Lead and Cold Feet · as Mayor Ragsdale |
| 1978 | Zero to Sixty · as Michael Nolan |
| 1977 | Airport '77 · as Stan Buchek |
| 1977 | Fantasy Island (TV Series) · as Victor Duncan |
| 1977 | The Love Boat (TV Series) · as Lawrence Evans |
| 1976 | No Deposit, No Return · as Duke |
| 1974 | Mooch · as Darren McGavin (uncredited) |
| 1974 | Hay que matar a B. · as Pal Kovak |
| 1974 | Kolchak: The Night Stalker (TV Series) · as Carl Kolchak |
| 1973 | The Night Strangler · as Carl Kolchak |
| 1973 | The Six Million Dollar Man · as Oliver Spencer |
| 1973 | Happy Mother's Day, Love George · as George Perry (in photographs) |
| 1973 | Police Story (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1973 | Shaft (TV Series) · as Capt. Brian Brewster |
| 1972 | Something Evil · as Paul Worden |
| 1972 | 43: The Richard Petty Story · as Unknown |
| 1972 | Sam Cade · as Unknown |
| 1972 | The Rookies (TV Series) · as Sergeant Eddie Ryker |
| 1971 | Mrs. Pollifax-Spy · as Farrell |
| 1970 | The Challenge · as Jacob Gallery |
| 1970 | The Tribe · as Drake |
| 1969 | Love, American Style (TV Series) · as Corbett (segment "Love and the Fly") |
| 1968 | Mission Mars · as Col. Mike Blaiswick |
| 1968 | The Name of the Game (TV Series) · as Jesse Gil McCray |
| 1967 | Cimarron Strip (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1967 | Custer (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1967 | Mannix (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1966 | Mission: Impossible (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1965 | The Great Sioux Massacre · as Captain Frederick William Benton |
| 1964 | Bullet for a Badman · as Sam Ward |
| 1964 | The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1964 | The Rogues (TV Series) · as Amos Champion |
| 1962 | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (TV Series) · as Sheridan Westcott |
| 1962 | The Virginian (TV Series) · as Mark Troxel |
| 1961 | Witchcraft · as Fred |
| 1960 | Stagecoach West (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1960 | Route 66 (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1959 | Riverboat (TV Series) · as Captain Grey Holden |
| 1959 | Rawhide (TV Series) · as Jed Hadley |
| 1957 | The Delicate Delinquent · as Mike Damon |
| 1957 | Beau James · as Charley Hand |
| 1955 | The Man with the Golden Arm · as Louie |
| 1955 | The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell · as Capt. Russ Peters |
| 1955 | A Word to the Wives... · as George Peters |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke (TV Series) · as Lon Gorman |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV Series) · as Lyle Endicott |
| 1955 | Summertime · as Eddie Yaeger |
| 1955 | The Cheney Vase · as Unknown |
| 1954 | Climax! (TV Series) · as Walter |
| 1954 | Disneyland (TV Series) · as John Jay Forrest |
| 1952 | Death Valley Days (TV Series) · as Zacharias Gurney |
| 1951 | Queen for a Day · as Dan |
| 1951 | Tales of Tomorrow (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1949 | I Remember Mama (TV Series) · as actor |
| 1949 | Suspense (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1948 | Studio One (TV Series) · as Will Sorrell |
| 1946 | Fear · as Blonde Student |
| 1945 | A Song to Remember · as Student (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Kiss and Tell · as Tech Sergeant |