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.
Series | Night Stalker | Unknown | 2005-09-29 |
Movie | The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made | Red (archive footage) | 2004-07-13 |
Movie | Pros & Cons | Mr. Stanford | 1999-01-01 |
Movie | Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas | Mr. Parker (archive footage) | 1997-12-01 |
Series | Millennium | Henry Black | 1996-10-25 |
Movie | Derby | Lester Corbett | 1995-06-17 |
Movie | Billy Madison | Brian Madison | 1995-02-10 |
Series | Burke's Law | Conrad Hill | 1994-01-07 |
Movie | Mysteries of the Ancient World | 1994-03-06 | |
Series | Gargoyles | Unknown | 1994-10-24 |
Movie | A Perfect Stranger | John Henry Phillips | 1994-09-12 |
Series | Touched by an Angel | George Zarko | 1994-09-21 |
Movie | The American Clock | Older Arthur Huntington | 1993-01-02 |
Series | Fallen Angels | Old Man | 1993-08-01 |
Series | Grace Under Fire | Unknown | 1993-09-29 |
Series | The X-Files | Agent Arthur Dales | 1993-09-10 |
Movie | Happy Hell Night | Henry Collins | 1992-04-13 |
Movie | Mastergate | Folsom Bunting | 1992-11-01 |
Movie | Perfect Harmony | Mr. Hobbs | 1991-03-31 |
Movie | Clara | Albert Kroll | 1991-02-05 |
Series | Sisters | Unknown | 1991-05-11 |
Movie | Blood and Concrete | Hank Dick | 1991-09-13 |
Series | Civil Wars | Unknown | 1991-11-20 |
Movie | Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker | actor (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1991-10-28 |
Series | The Commish | Unknown | 1991-09-28 |
Movie | Kojak: It's Always Something | Wainwright | 1990-01-31 |
Movie | Unclaimed Fortunes II | Host | 1990-04-07 |
Movie | By Dawn's Early Light | Condor | 1990-05-19 |
Movie | Captain America | General Fleming | 1990-12-14 |
Movie | Child in the Night | Os Winfield | 1990-05-01 |
Series | Around the World in 80 Days | Benjamin Mudge | 1989-04-16 |
Movie | The Diamond Trap | Chief Walter Vadney | 1988-01-01 |
Movie | Inherit the Wind | E.K. Hornbeck | 1988-03-20 |
Series | Murphy Brown | Bill Brown | 1988-11-14 |
Series | Monsters | Unknown | 1988-10-22 |
Movie | Dead Heat | Dr. Ernest McNab | 1988-05-06 |
Movie | From the Hip | Craig Duncan | 1987-02-06 |
Movie | Raw Deal | Chief Harry Shannon | 1986-06-06 |
Movie | My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn | Dr. Gerrit Koets | 1985-01-21 |
Movie | Turk 182! | Det. Kowalski | 1985-02-15 |
Movie | The Return of Marcus Welby, M.D. | Dr. David Jennings | 1984-05-16 |
Movie | The Natural | Gus Sands | 1984-05-11 |
Series | Highway to Heaven | Unknown | 1984-09-19 |
Series | Murder, She Wrote | Martin Tremaine | 1984-09-30 |
Series | Tales from the Darkside | Van Conway | 1984-09-30 |
Movie | The Baron and the Kid | Jack Beamer | 1984-11-21 |
Series | Small & Frye | 1983-03-07 | |
Movie | A Christmas Story | Mr. Parker | 1983-11-18 |
Series | The Hitchhiker | Old Man | 1983-11-01 |
Movie | Firebird 2015 A.D. | Red | 1981-09-18 |
Movie | Waikiki | Capt. McGuire | 1980-04-21 |
Series | The Martian Chronicles | Sam Parkhill | 1980-01-15 |
Movie | Hangar 18 | Harry Forbes | 1980-07-01 |
Series | Magnum, P.I. | Unknown | 1980-12-11 |
Movie | Donovan's Kid | Timothy Donovan | 1979-01-07 |
Series | Tales of the Unexpected | Sheriff Milt Singleton | 1979-03-24 |
Movie | Love for Rent | Coach John Martin | 1979-11-11 |
Series | Ike | Gen. George S. Patton | 1979-05-03 |
Movie | Ike | Gen. George S. Patton | 1979-05-03 |
Movie | Hot Lead & Cold Feet | Mayor Ragsdale | 1978-07-05 |
Movie | Zero to Sixty | Michael Nolan | 1978-06-23 |
Movie | The Users | Henry Waller | 1978-10-01 |
Movie | Airport '77 | Stan Buchek | 1977-03-11 |
Series | The Love Boat | Lawrence Evans | 1977-09-24 |
Movie | No Deposit, No Return | Duke | 1976-02-05 |
Movie | Demon and the Mummy | Carl Kolchak | 1976-03-14 |
Movie | Law and Order | Deputy Chief Brian O'Malley | 1976-05-06 |
Movie | Crackle of Death | Carl Kolchak | 1976-03-28 |
Movie | Brinks: The Great Robbery | James McNally | 1976-03-26 |
Movie | Hay que matar a B. | Pal Kovak | 1975-06-14 |
Series | Kolchak: The Night Stalker | Carl Kolchak | 1974-09-13 |
Movie | The Six Million Dollar Man | Oliver Spencer | 1973-03-07 |
Series | Police Story | Unknown | 1973-03-20 |
Movie | The Night Strangler | Carl Kolchak | 1973-01-16 |
Series | The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts | Self | 1973-09-14 |
Series | The Evil Touch | Unknown | 1973-06-19 |
Movie | The Night Stalker | Carl Kolchak | 1972-01-11 |
Movie | Sam Cade | 1972-01-01 | |
Movie | Something Evil | Paul Worden | 1972-01-21 |
Movie | The Rookies | Sgt. Eddie Ryker | 1972-03-07 |
Movie | 43: The Richard Petty Story | Lee Petty | 1972-11-01 |
Movie | Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole | Dr. Lou Grazzo | 1972-09-27 |
Movie | Here Comes the Judge | Judge | 1972-09-03 |
Movie | Banyon | Lieutenant Pete Cordova | 1971-03-15 |
Movie | Mrs. Pollifax — Spy | Farrell | 1971-02-17 |
Series | V.I.P. Schaukel | Self | 1971-05-09 |
Movie | Mooch Goes to Hollywood | Darren McGavin (uncredited) | 1971-12-31 |
Series | Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law | McClain | 1971-09-16 |
Movie | The Death of Me Yet | Joe Chalk | 1971-10-26 |
Movie | The Challengers | Jim McCabe | 1970-02-20 |
Movie | The Challenge | Jacob Gallery | 1970-02-10 |
Movie | Berlin Affair | Paul Killian | 1970-11-02 |
Movie | Tribes | Drake | 1970-11-10 |
Movie | Anatomy of a Crime | David Ross | 1969-06-13 |
Series | Bracken's World | Unknown | 1969-09-19 |
Movie | Mission Mars | Col. Mike Blaiswick | 1968-07-26 |
Series | The Bold Ones: The Lawyers | Unknown | 1968-12-10 |
Series | The Outsider | David Ross | 1968-09-18 |
Series | The Name of the Game | Eddie Gannon | 1968-09-20 |
Movie | Boomerang, Dog of Many Talents | Barney B. Duncan | 1968-09-22 |
Series | Cimarron Strip | Unknown | 1967-09-07 |
Series | Custer | Unknown | 1967-09-06 |
Series | Mannix | Unknown | 1967-09-16 |
Movie | The Outsider | David Ross | 1967-11-21 |
Series | Felony Squad | Unknown | 1966-09-12 |
Series | Mission: Impossible | J. Richard Taggart | 1966-09-17 |
Movie | The Great Sioux Massacre | Captain Frederick William Benton | 1965-04-25 |
Movie | African Gold | Mike Gregory | 1965-09-08 |
Movie | Bullet for a Badman | Sam Ward | 1964-09-01 |
Series | The Rogues | Amos Champion | 1964-09-13 |
Series | The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | Unknown | 1964-09-22 |
Series | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Franklin Carson | 1963-10-04 |
Series | The Virginian | Sam Evans | 1962-09-19 |
Series | The Match Game | Self | 1962-12-31 |
Series | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Sheridan Westcott | 1962-09-20 |
Movie | Witchcraft: The Doll in Brambles | Fred | 1961-01-01 |
Series | Dr. Kildare | Prof. Felix Holman | 1961-09-27 |
Series | The Defenders | Marty Wisnovsky | 1961-09-16 |
Series | The Mike Douglas Show | Self | 1961-12-11 |
Series | Ben Casey | Unknown | 1961-10-02 |
Series | The Islanders | Phil | 1960-10-02 |
Series | Route 66 | Unknown | 1960-10-07 |
Series | Stagecoach West | Unknown | 1960-10-04 |
Series | Rawhide | Jed Hadley | 1959-01-09 |
Series | Riverboat | Captain Grey Holden | 1959-09-13 |
Movie | Disneyland '59 | Self | 1959-06-15 |
Series | Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer | Unknown | 1958-01-07 |
Movie | The Case Against Brooklyn | Pete Harris | 1958-06-01 |
Movie | The Delicate Delinquent | Mike Damon | 1957-06-06 |
Movie | Beau James | Charley Hand | 1957-06-07 |
Series | Gunsmoke | Joe Bascome | 1955-09-10 |
Movie | Summertime | Eddie Yaeger | 1955-06-21 |
Movie | A Word to the Wives... | George Peters | 1955-01-01 |
Series | The Alcoa Hour | Unknown | 1955-10-16 |
Series | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Lyle Endicott | 1955-10-02 |
Movie | The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell | Capt. Russ Peters | 1955-12-31 |
Movie | The Man with the Golden Arm | Louie | 1955-12-26 |
Series | Climax! | Walter | 1954-10-07 |
Series | The Wonderful World of Disney | John Jay Forrest | 1954-10-27 |
Series | Omnibus | Unknown | 1952-11-09 |
Series | Death Valley Days | Zacharias Gurney | 1952-10-01 |
Series | Crime Photographer | Casey #2 | 1951-04-19 |
Movie | Queen for a Day | Dan | 1951-07-07 |
Series | Tales of Tomorrow | Unknown | 1951-08-03 |
Series | Robert Montgomery Presents | Joe Gillis | 1950-01-30 |
Series | What's My Line? | Self - Mystery Guest | 1950-02-02 |
Series | Suspense | Unknown | 1949-01-06 |
Series | The Philco Television Playhouse | Bill Starbuck | 1948-10-03 |
Series | Studio One | Tom Kendall | 1948-11-07 |
Movie | A Song to Remember | Student (uncredited) | 1945-01-19 |
Movie | She Wouldn't Say Yes | The Kid - Soldier in Hospital (uncredited) | 1945-11-29 |
Movie | Your Next Job | Balancing hobbyist | 1945-12-09 |