Darren McGavin

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1922-05-07

Deathday 2006-02-25 (83 years old)

Place of Birth Spokane, Washington, U.S.

Also Known As W. Lyle Richardson , William Lyle Richardson

Darren McGavin

Biography

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.

Known For

Actor

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
Millennium

as Henry Black

1995
Derby

as Lester Corbett

1995
Billy Madison

as Brian Madison

1994
A Perfect Stranger

as John Henry Phillips

1994
Touched by an Angel

as George Zarko

1994
Burke's Law

as Conrad Hill

1993
The American Clock

as Older Arthur Huntington

1993
The X-Files

as Agent Arthur Dales

1993
Fallen Angels

as Old Man

1992
Mastergate

as Folsom Bunting

1992
Happy Hell Night

as Henry Collins

1991
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

as actor (archive footage) (uncredited)

1991
Blood and Concrete

as Hank Dick

1991
Perfect Harmony

as Mr. Hobbs

1991
Clara

as Albert Kroll

1990
Captain America

as General Fleming

1990
1990
Child in the Night

as Os Winfield

1989
Around the World in 80 Days

as Benjamin Mudge

1988
Dead Heat

as Dr. Ernest McNab

1988
Inherit the Wind

as E.K. Hornbeck

1988
The Diamond Trap

as Chief Walter Vadney

1988
Murphy Brown

as Bill Brown

1987
From the Hip

as Craig Duncan

1986
Raw Deal

as Chief Harry Shannon

1985
Turk 182!

as Det. Kowalski

1984
The Baron and the Kid

as Jack Beamer

1984
The Return of Marcus Welby, M.D.

as Dr. David Jennings

1984
The Natural

as Gus Sands

1984
Murder, She Wrote

as Martin Tremaine

1984
1983
A Christmas Story

as Mr. Parker

1983
The Hitchhiker

as Old Man

1980
Hangar 18

as Harry Forbes

1980
Waikiki

as Capt. McGuire

1980
The Martian Chronicles

as Sam Parkhill

1979
Love for Rent

as Coach John Martin

1979
Ike

as Gen. George S. Patton

1979
Donovan's Kid

as Timothy Donovan

1979
Ike

as Gen. George S. Patton

1979
Tales of the Unexpected

as Sheriff Milt Singleton

1978
The Users

as Henry Waller

1978
Hot Lead & Cold Feet

as Mayor Ragsdale

1978
Zero to Sixty

as Michael Nolan

1977
Airport '77

as Stan Buchek

1977
The Love Boat

as Lawrence Evans

1976
Law and Order

as Deputy Chief Brian O'Malley

1976
Crackle of Death

as Carl Kolchak

1976
Brinks: The Great Robbery

as James McNally

1976
Demon and the Mummy

as Carl Kolchak

1975
Hay que matar a B.

as Pal Kovak

1974
1973
The Six Million Dollar Man

as Oliver Spencer

1973
The Night Strangler

as Carl Kolchak

1972
Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole

as Dr. Lou Grazzo

1972
The Rookies

as Sgt. Eddie Ryker

1972
Something Evil

as Paul Worden

1972
The Night Stalker

as Carl Kolchak

1971
Mooch Goes to Hollywood

as Darren McGavin (uncredited)

1971
The Death of Me Yet

as Joe Chalk

1971
Banyon

as Lieutenant Pete Cordova

1971
1971
1970
Tribes

as Drake

1970
Berlin Affair

as Paul Killian

1970
The Challengers

as Jim McCabe

1970
The Challenge

as Jacob Gallery

1969
Anatomy of a Crime

as David Ross

1969
1968
Boomerang, Dog of Many Talents

as Barney B. Duncan

1968
Mission Mars

as Col. Mike Blaiswick

1968
The Name of the Game

as Jesse Gil McCray

1968
1968
The Name of the Game

as Eddie Gannon

1968
The Outsider

as David Ross

1967
The Outsider

as David Ross

1967
Mannix

as Mark

1967
1966
Mission: Impossible

as J. Richard Taggart

1965
African Gold

as Mike Gregory

1965
The Great Sioux Massacre

as Captain Frederick William Benton

1964
1964
The Rogues

as Amos Champion

1962
1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

as Sheridan Westcott

1962
The Virginian

as Mark Troxel

1962
The Virginian

as Sam Evans

1961
Dr. Kildare

as Prof. Felix Holman

1961
The Defenders

as Howard Potter

1961
The Defenders

as Marty Wisnovsky

1960
1959
1959
Riverboat

as Captain Grey Holden

1959
Rawhide

as Jed Hadley

1958
1957
Beau James

as Charley Hand

1957
1955
1955
Summertime

as Eddie Yaeger

1955
A Word to the Wives...

as George Peters

1955
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Lyle Endicott

1955
Gunsmoke

as Will Helmick

1955
Gunsmoke

as Lon Gorman

1955
Gunsmoke

as Joe Bascome

1954
The Wonderful World of Disney

as John Jay Forrest

1954
1954
Climax!

as Walter

1952
Death Valley Days

as Zacharias Gurney

1951
1951
Crime Photographer

as Casey #2

1951
1950
What's My Line?

as Self - Mystery Guest

1950
1949
Suspense

as Ted Larson

1948
Studio One

as Will Sorrell

1948
Studio One

as Johnny Quigg

1948
Studio One

as Tom Kendall

1948
1945
Your Next Job

as Balancing hobbyist

1945
She Wouldn't Say Yes

as The Kid - Soldier in Hospital (uncredited)

1945
A Song to Remember

as Student (uncredited)

Director

1973
The Evil Touch

as Director

1959
Riverboat

as Director

1958
Buckskin

as Director

Writer

1978
Zero to Sixty

as Screenplay

Producer