Darren McGavin
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.
Filmography (158)
Night Stalker
Pros & Cons
Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas
Millennium
Small Time
Derby
Billy Madison
Gargoyles
Mysteries of the Ancient World
Touched by an Angel
Burke's Law
A Perfect Stranger
The X-Files
Fallen Angels
The American Clock
Grace Under Fire
Mastergate- Clara
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
Sisters
The Commish
Perfect Harmony
Blood and Concrete
Happy Hell Night
Civil Wars- The General Motors Playwrights Theater
Kojak: It's Always Something
By Dawn's Early Light
Child in the Night
Captain America- Unclaimed Fortunes II
Around the World in 80 Days
Inherit the Wind
Monsters
Murphy Brown
Dead Heat
The Diamond Trap
Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson
From the Hip
Raw Deal
Worlds Beyond
My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn
Turk 182!
The Return of Marcus Welby, M.D.
The Baron and the Kid
Murder, She Wrote
Highway to Heaven
Tales from the Darkside
The Natural
A Christmas Story
The Hitchhiker
Small & Frye
Firebird 2015 A.D.
Magnum, P.I.
The Martian Chronicles
Waikiki
Hangar 18
Donovan's Kid
Ike- Ike
Tales of the Unexpected
Love for Rent
Hot Lead & Cold Feet
Zero to Sixty
The Users
The Love Boat
Airport '77
Brinks: The Great Robbery
Law and Order
Crackle of Death
No Deposit, No Return
Demon and the Mummy
B. Must Die
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
Police Story
The Night Strangler
The Six Million Dollar Man
The Evil Touch
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole- Here Comes the Judge
The Rookies
The Night Stalker
43: The Richard Petty Story
Something Evil
Sam Cade
Banyon- V.I.P. Schaukel
The Death of Me Yet
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
Mrs. Pollifax — Spy
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
Berlin Affair
The 48-Hour Mile
The Challenge
The Challengers
Tribes
Bracken's World
Anatomy of a Crime
Love, American Style
The Bold Ones: The Lawyers
The Name of the Game
The Outsider
Mission Mars
Boomerang, Dog of Many Talents
The Outsider
Mannix
Custer
Cimarron Strip
Mission: Impossible
Felony Squad
African Gold
The Great Sioux Massacre
The Rogues
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Bullet for a Badman- Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
The Match Game
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
The Virginian
The Defenders
Witchcraft: The Doll in Brambles
Ben Casey
The Mike Douglas Show
Dr. Kildare
The Islanders
Route 66
Stagecoach West
Special for Women
Disneyland '59
Rawhide
Riverboat
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
The Case Against Brooklyn
The Delicate Delinquent
Beau James
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
The Man with the Golden Arm
The Alcoa Hour
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
Summertime
Gunsmoke
A Word to the Wives...
The Wonderful World of Disney
Climax!
Death Valley Days
Omnibus
Queen for a Day- Casey, Crime Photographer
Tales of Tomorrow
What's My Line?
Robert Montgomery Presents
Suspense
The Philco Television Playhouse
Studio One
She Wouldn't Say Yes
A Song to Remember- Your Next Job