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 NB...
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The Man with the Golden Arm
As Louie
Raw Deal
As Chief Harry Shannon
A Christmas Story
As The Old Man
Pros & Cons
As Mr. Stanford
Billy Madison
As Brian Madison
No Deposit, No Return
As Duke
By Dawn's Early Light
As Condor
The Natural
As Gus Sands
Happy Hell Night
As Henry Collins
From the Hip
As Craig Duncan
Airport '77
As Stan Buchek
The Night Strangler
As Carl Kolchak
Turk 182!
As Det. Kowalski
Dead Heat
As Dr. Ernest McNab
Hot Lead & Cold Feet
As Mayor Ragsdale
Captain America
As General Fleming
Clara
As Albert Kroll
The Night Stalker
As Carl Kolchak
The Case Against Brooklyn
As Pete Harris
The Delicate Delinquent
As Mike Damon
Here Comes the Judge
As Judge
The Challenge
As Jacob Gallery
The Six Million Dollar Man
As Oliver Spencer
Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas
As Mr. Parker (archive footage)
Summertime
As Eddie Yaeger
The Baron and the Kid
As Jack Beamer
Hangar 18
As Harry Forbes
Something Evil
As Paul Worden
Blood and Concrete
As Hank Dick
Tribes
As Drake
Mission Mars
As Col. Mike Blaiswick
She Wouldn't Say Yes
As The Kid - Soldier in Hospital (uncredited)
Perfect Harmony
As Mr. Hobbs
Bullet for a Badman
As Sam Ward
My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn
As Dr. Gerrit Koets
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
As Capt. Russ Peters
Child in the Night
As Os Winfield
Hay que matar a B.
As Pal Kovak
Mrs. Pollifax — Spy
As Farrell
Derby
As Lester Corbett
The Diamond Trap
As Chief Walter Vadney
Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole
As Dr. Lou Grazzo
A Perfect Stranger
As John Henry Phillips
The Death of Me Yet
As Joe Chalk
The Rookies
As Sgt. Eddie Ryker
Firebird 2015 A.D.
As Red
Inherit the Wind
As E.K. Hornbeck
The American Clock
As Older Arthur Huntington
Mysteries of the Ancient World
Unclaimed Fortunes II
As Host
Zero to Sixty
As Michael Nolan
The Challengers
As Jim McCabe
The Great Sioux Massacre
As Captain Frederick William Benton
43: The Richard Petty Story
As Lee Petty
Boomerang, Dog of Many Talents
As Barney B. Duncan
The Outsider
As David Ross
A Word to the Wives...
As George Peters
The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made
As Red (archive footage)
Berlin Affair
As Paul Killian
Ike
As Gen. George S. Patton
Witchcraft: The Doll in Brambles
As Fred
Mastergate
As Folsom Bunting
Donovan's Kid
As Timothy Donovan
Waikiki
As Capt. McGuire
Beau James
As Charley Hand
Anatomy of a Crime
As David Ross
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
As actor (archive footage) (uncredited)
Banyon
As Lieutenant Pete Cordova
Your Next Job
As Balancing hobbyist
A Song to Remember
As Student (uncredited)
Brinks: The Great Robbery
As James McNally
Crackle of Death
As Carl Kolchak
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
As Darren McGavin (uncredited)
Kojak: It's Always Something
As Wainwright
Disneyland '59
As Self
Law and Order
As Deputy Chief Brian O'Malley
Sam Cade
Love for Rent
As Coach John Martin
African Gold
As Mike Gregory
The Users
As Henry Waller
Queen for a Day
As Dan
Demon and the Mummy
As Carl Kolchak
The Return of Marcus Welby, M.D.
As Dr. David Jennings
Murder, She Wrote
As Martin Tremaine
Magnum, P.I.
Tales from the Darkside
As Van Conway
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
The Love Boat
As Lawrence Evans
Night Stalker
Touched by an Angel
As George Zarko
Gargoyles
Route 66
Tales of the Unexpected
As Sheriff Milt Singleton
Highway to Heaven
Murphy Brown
As Bill Brown
The Martian Chronicles
As Sam Parkhill
Grace Under Fire
The Commish
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
Gunsmoke
As Will Helmick
The X-Files
As Agent Arthur Dales
Studio One
As Will Sorrell
The Evil Touch
Millennium
As Henry Black
Mission: Impossible
As J. Richard Taggart
Sisters
The Islanders
As Phil
Monsters
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
As Carl Kolchak
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
As Red Hillman
Felony Squad
Rawhide
As Jed Hadley
Cimarron Strip
Police Story
The Virginian
As Mark Troxel
The Alcoa Hour
The Defenders
As Howard Potter
The Hitchhiker
As Old Man
Climax!
As Walter
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Bracken's World
Civil Wars
The Philco Television Playhouse
As Bill Starbuck
The Rogues
As Amos Champion
Ben Casey
Riverboat
As Captain Grey Holden
Stagecoach West
Suspense
As Ted Larson
Robert Montgomery Presents
As Joe Gillis
Tales of Tomorrow
The Bold Ones: The Lawyers
Custer
Dr. Kildare
As Prof. Felix Holman
Small & Frye
The Outsider
As David Ross
The Mike Douglas Show
As Self
Crime Photographer
As Casey #2
Ike
As Gen. George S. Patton
Around the World in 80 Days
As Benjamin Mudge
The Name of the Game
As Jesse Gil McCray
V.I.P. Schaukel
As Self
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
As McClain
The Wonderful World of Disney
As John Jay Forrest
Death Valley Days
As Zacharias Gurney
Burke's Law
As Conrad Hill
Fallen Angels
As Old Man
What's My Line?
As Self - Mystery Guest
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
As Self
The Match Game
As Self
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
As Sheridan Westcott
Mannix
As Mark
Love, American Style
As Corbett
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