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.
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Filmography
Pros & Cons
1999
as Mr. Stanford
Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas
1997
as Mr. Parker (archive footage)
Small Time
1996
as Sam
Derby
1995
as Lester Corbett
Billy Madison
1995
as Brian Madison
A Perfect Stranger
1994
as John Henry Phillips
Mysteries of the Ancient World
1994
as Narrator
The American Clock
1993
as Older Arthur Huntington
Mastergate
1992
as Folsom Bunting
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991
as actor (archive footage) (uncredited)
Happy Hell Night
1991
as Henry Collins
Blood and Concrete
1991
as Hank Dick
Perfect Harmony
1991
as Mr. Hobbs
- No poster
Clara
1991
as Albert Kroll
Captain America
1990
as General Fleming
By Dawn's Early Light
1990
as Condor
Child in the Night
1990
as Os Winfield
- No poster
Unclaimed Fortunes II
1990
as Host
Kojak: It's Always Something
1990
as Wainwright
The Diamond Trap
1988
as Chief Walter Vadney
Dead Heat
1988
as Dr. Ernest McNab
Inherit the Wind
1988
as E.K. Hornbeck
Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson
1987
as A. Z. Nathan
From the Hip
1987
as Craig Duncan