Darren McGavin
Acting
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.
Born: May 7, 1922
Place of Birth: Spokane, Washington, U.S.
Known For
Filmography
as Mr. Stanford
as Mr. Parker (archive footage)
as Henry Black
as Lester Corbett
as Brian Madison
as G.F. Benton/Dominic Dracon (voice)
as George Zarko
as John Henry Phillips
as Conrad Hill
as Agent Arthur Dales
as Old Man
as Older Arthur Huntington
as Folsom Bunting
as Henry Collins
as actor (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Hank Dick
as Mr. Hobbs
as General Fleming
as Condor
as Os Winfield
as Wainwright
as Benjamin Mudge
as Bill Brown
as Dr. Ernest McNab
as E.K. Hornbeck
as Chief Walter Vadney
as A. Z. Nathan
as Craig Duncan
as Chief Harry Shannon
as Det. Kowalski
as Dr. Gerrit Koets
as Jack Beamer
as Martin Tremaine
as Van Conway
as Dr. David Jennings
as Gus Sands (uncredited)
as The Old Man
as Old Man
as Red
as Buck Gibson
as Harry Forbes
as Capt. McGuire
as Sam Parkhill
as Coach John Martin
as Gen. George S. Patton
as Gen. George S. Patton
as Sheriff Milt Singleton
as Timothy Donovan
as Henry Waller
as Mayor Ragsdale
as Michael Nolan
as Lawrence Evans
as Stan Buchek
as Deputy Chief Brian O'Malley
as Carl Kolchak
as James McNally
as Carl Kolchak
as Duke
as Pal Kovak
as Carl Kolchak
as Oliver Spencer
as Carl Kolchak
as Lee Petty
as Dr. Lou Grazzo
as Sgt. Eddie Ryker
as Paul Worden
as Carl Kolchak
as Darren McGavin (uncredited)
as Joe Chalk
as McClain
as Self
as Lieutenant Pete Cordova
as Farrell
as Drake
as Paul Killian
as David Ross
as Jim McCabe
as Jacob Gallery
as Corbett
as David Ross
as Barney B. Duncan
as Jesse Gil McCray
as Sam Hardy
as Eddie Gannon
as David Ross
as Col. Mike Blaiswick
as David Ross
as Mark
as J. Richard Taggart
as Mike Gregory
as Captain Frederick William Benton
as Viktor Karmak
as Amos Champion
as Sam Ward
as Self
as Sheridan Westcott
as Mark Troxel
as Sam Evans
as Self
as Prof. Felix Holman
as Howard Potter
as Marty Wisnovsky
as Phil
as Captain Grey Holden
as Self
as Jed Hadley
as Pete Harris
as Mike Hammer
as Charley Hand
as Mike Damon
as Capt. Russ Peters
as Louie
as Red Hillman
as Lyle Endicott
as Will Helmick
as Lon Gorman
as Joe Bascome
as Eddie Yaeger
as George Peters
as John Jay Forrest
as Timothy Donovan
as Walter
as Zacharias Gurney
as Dan
as Self - Mystery Guest
as Joe Gillis
as Ted Larson
as Will Sorrell
as Johnny Quigg
as Tom Kendall
as Bill Starbuck
as The Kid - Soldier in Hospital (uncredited)
as Student (uncredited)