Acting

Darren McGavin

Born 1922-05-07 · Spokane, Washington, U.S.

Died 2006-02-25

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.

Credits

Newest first

Night Stalker
2005
Pros & Cons
as Mr. Stanford
1999
Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas
as Mr. Parker (archive footage)
1997
Small Time
as Sam
1996
Millennium
as Henry Black
1996
Derby
as Lester Corbett
1995
Billy Madison
as Brian Madison
1995
Gargoyles
as G.F. Benton/Dominic Dracon (voice)
1994
Touched by an Angel
as George Zarko
1994
A Perfect Stranger
as John Henry Phillips
1994
Mysteries of the Ancient World
as Narrator
1994
Burke's Law
as Conrad Hill
1994
Grace Under Fire
as Grace's Dad
1993
The X-Files
as Agent Arthur Dales
1993
Fallen Angels
as Old Man
1993
The American Clock
as Older Arthur Huntington
1993
Mastergate
as Folsom Bunting
1992
Civil Wars
1991
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
as actor (archive footage) (uncredited)
1991
Happy Hell Night
as Henry Collins
1991
The Commish
1991
Blood and Concrete
as Hank Dick
1991
Sisters
1991
Perfect Harmony
as Mr. Hobbs
1991
Clara
as Albert Kroll
1991
The General Motors Playwrights Theater
as Albert Kroll
1991
Captain America
as General Fleming
1990
By Dawn's Early Light
as Condor
1990
Child in the Night
as Os Winfield
1990
Unclaimed Fortunes II
as Host
1990
Kojak: It's Always Something
as Wainwright
1990
Around the World in 80 Days
as Benjamin Mudge
1989
The Diamond Trap
as Chief Walter Vadney
1988
Murphy Brown
as Bill Brown
1988
Monsters
as Hubert
1988
Dead Heat
as Dr. Ernest McNab
1988
Inherit the Wind
as E.K. Hornbeck
1988
Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson
as A. Z. Nathan
1987
From the Hip
as Craig Duncan
1987
Worlds Beyond
as Harry Hewart
1986
Raw Deal
as Harry Shannon
1986
Turk 182!
as Det. Kowalski
1985
My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn
as Dr. Gerrit Koets
1985
The Baron and the Kid
as Jack Beamer
1984
Murder, She Wrote
as Martin Tremaine
1984
Tales from the Darkside
as Van Conway
1984
Highway to Heaven
1984
The Return of Marcus Welby, M.D.
as Dr. David Jennings
1984
The Natural
as Gus Sands (uncredited)
1984
The Hitchhiker
as Old Man
1983
A Christmas Story
as The Old Man
1983
Small & Frye
1983
Firebird 2015 A.D.
as Red
1981
Magnum, P.I.
as Buck Gibson
1980
Hangar 18
as Harry Forbes
1980
Waikiki
as Capt. McGuire
1980
The Martian Chronicles
as Sam Parkhill
1980
Love for Rent
as Coach John Martin
1979
Ike
as Gen. George S. Patton
1979
Ike
as Gen. George S. Patton
1979
Tales of the Unexpected
as Sheriff Milt Singleton
1979
Donovan's Kid
as Timothy Donovan
1979
The Users
as Henry Waller
1978
Hot Lead & Cold Feet
as Mayor Ragsdale
1978
Zero to Sixty
as Michael Nolan
1978
Zero to Sixty
Screenplay
1978
The Love Boat
as Lawrence Evans
1977
Airport '77
as Stan Buchek
1977
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
1976
No Deposit, No Return
as Duke
1976
B. Must Die
as Pal Kovak
1975
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
as Carl Kolchak
1974
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
Producer
1974
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
as Self
1973
Happy Mother's Day, Love George
Director
1973
The Evil Touch
1973
The Evil Touch
as Alvin Hazeltine
1973