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