Darren McGavin
Known for: Acting
Born: May 7, 1922
Died: February 25, 2006
Place of birth: Spokane, Washington, U.S.
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.
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Filmography
86 movies · 74 TV shows, newest first
5.6
Night Stalker
2005
3.6
Pros & Cons
1999
5.8
Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas
1997
6.0
Small Time
1996
7.7
Millennium
1996
7.3
Derby
1995
6.2
Billy Madison
1995
8.1
Gargoyles
1994
7.2
Touched by an Angel
1994
4.9
A Perfect Stranger
1994
8.0
Mysteries of the Ancient World
1994
6.8
Burke's Law
1994
5.6
Grace Under Fire
1993
8.4
The X-Files
1993
6.6
Fallen Angels
1993
5.7
The American Clock
1993
6.3
Mastergate
1992
4.5
Civil Wars
1991
8.0
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991
4.9
Happy Hell Night
1991
7.1
The Commish
1991
5.7
Blood and Concrete
1991
7.2
Sisters
1991
6.2
Perfect Harmony
19918.0
Clara
1991NR
The General Motors Playwrights Theater
1991
4.5
Captain America
1990
6.5
By Dawn's Early Light
1990
5.6
Child in the Night
1990NR
Unclaimed Fortunes II
1990
6.7
Kojak: It's Always Something
1990
6.8
Around the World in 80 Days
1989
6.0
The Diamond Trap
1988
6.5
Murphy Brown
1988
7.0
Monsters
1988
6.2
Dead Heat
1988
7.3
Inherit the Wind
1988
7.4
Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson
1987
5.9
From the Hip
1987
5.8
Worlds Beyond
1986
5.9
Raw Deal
1986
5.9
Turk 182!
1985
4.3
My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn
1985
8.0
The Baron and the Kid
1984
7.5
Murder, She Wrote
1984
7.2
Tales from the Darkside
1984
7.4
Highway to Heaven
1984
9.0
The Return of Marcus Welby, M.D.
1984
6.9
The Natural
1984
6.3
The Hitchhiker
1983
7.2
A Christmas Story
1983
5.7
Small & Frye
1983
3.3
Firebird 2015 A.D.
1981
7.3
Magnum, P.I.
1980
5.2
Hangar 18
1980
5.3
Waikiki
1980
7.1
The Martian Chronicles
1980
3.5
Love for Rent
1979
6.8
Ike
19797.3
Ike
1979
6.8
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
7.5
Donovan's Kid
1979
4.0
The Users
1978
5.9
Hot Lead & Cold Feet
1978
4.6
Zero to Sixty
1978
6.3
The Love Boat
1977
5.6
Airport '77
1977
8.0
Law and Order
1976
7.5
Crackle of Death
1976
10.0
Brinks: The Great Robbery
1976
6.0
Demon and the Mummy
1976
6.3
No Deposit, No Return
1976
4.5
B. Must Die
1975
7.7
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
1974
5.4
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
1973
6.5
Happy Mother's Day, Love George
1973
6.0
The Evil Touch
1973
7.0
Police Story
1973
6.7
The Six Million Dollar Man
1973
6.7
The Night Strangler
1973
6.7
43: The Richard Petty Story
1972
7.1
Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole
19727.0
Here Comes the Judge
1972
7.0
The Rookies
1972
5.4
Something Evil
1972
6.9
The Night Stalker
1972
NR
Sam Cade
1972
4.8
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
1971
7.5
The Death of Me Yet
1971
6.5
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
19718.0
V.I.P. Schaukel
1971
9.0
Banyon
1971
6.3
Mrs. Pollifax — Spy
1971
6.2
Tribes
1970
10.0
Berlin Affair
1970
10.0
The 48-Hour Mile
1970
7.0
The Challengers
1970
7.0
The Challenge
1970
6.2
Love, American Style
1969
4.7
The Bold Ones: The Lawyers
1969
7.5
Bracken's World
1969
6.5
Anatomy of a Crime
1969
NR
Boomerang, Dog of Many Talents
1968
7.0
The Name of the Game
1968
6.0
The Outsider
1968
4.7
Mission Mars
1968
8.0
The Outsider
1967
6.8
Mannix
1967
5.7
Cimarron Strip
1967
6.4
Custer
1967
7.6
Mission: Impossible
1966
6.5
Felony Squad
1966
7.0
African Gold
1965
4.5
The Great Sioux Massacre
1965
7.2
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
8.0
The Rogues
1964
6.3
Bullet for a Badman
19645.9
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
8.1
The Match Game
1962
7.9
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
6.5
The Virginian
1962
5.8
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
5.9
Ben Casey
1961
5.7
Dr. Kildare
1961
6.3
The Defenders
1961
6.0
Witchcraft: The Doll in Brambles
1961
6.3
Special for Women
1960
6.7
Route 66
1960
6.7
Stagecoach West
1960
8.0
The Islanders
1960
6.5
Riverboat
1959
7.3
Disneyland '59
1959
7.2
Rawhide
19597.0
Buckskin
1958
6.1
The Case Against Brooklyn
1958
6.8
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
1958
5.4
Beau James
1957
6.4
The Delicate Delinquent
1957
6.8
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
1955
7.1
The Man with the Golden Arm
1955
7.0
The Alcoa Hour
1955
7.8
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
6.7
Gunsmoke
1955
6.7
Summertime
1955
1.0
A Word to the Wives...
1955
7.9
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
3.8
Climax!
1954
7.0
Omnibus
1952
6.6
Death Valley Days
1952
6.4
Tales of Tomorrow
1951
7.5
Queen for a Day
19517.0
Casey, Crime Photographer
1951
7.0
What's My Line?
1950
6.0
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
5.1
Suspense
1949
5.4
Studio One
1948
6.6
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948NR
Your Next Job
1945
6.4
She Wouldn't Say Yes
1945
6.5
A Song to Remember
1945