Personal Info
Known ForActing
GenderMale
BirthdayMay 6, 1922 (102 years old)
Place of BirthSpokane, Washington, U.S.
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Darren McGavin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
The Man with the Golden Arm
Raw Deal
A Christmas Story
Pros & Cons
Billy Madison
No Deposit, No Return
By Dawn's Early Light
The Natural
Happy Hell Night
From the Hip
Airport '77
The Night Strangler
Turk 182!
Dead Heat
Hot Lead & Cold Feet
Captain America
Clara
The Night Stalker
The Case Against Brooklyn
The Delicate Delinquent
Here Comes the Judge
The Challenge
The Six Million Dollar Man
Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas
Summertime
The Baron and the Kid
Hangar 18
Something Evil
Blood and Concrete
Tribes
Mission Mars
She Wouldn't Say Yes
Perfect Harmony
Bullet for a Badman
My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
Child in the Night
Hay que matar a B.
Mrs. Pollifax — Spy
Derby
The Diamond Trap
Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole
A Perfect Stranger
The Death of Me Yet
The Rookies
Firebird 2015 A.D.
Inherit the Wind
The American Clock
Mysteries of the Ancient World
Unclaimed Fortunes II
Zero to Sixty
The Challengers
The Great Sioux Massacre
43: The Richard Petty Story
Boomerang, Dog of Many Talents
The Outsider
A Word to the Wives...
The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made
Berlin Affair
Ike
Witchcraft: The Doll in Brambles
Mastergate
Donovan's Kid
Waikiki
Beau James
Anatomy of a Crime
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
Banyon
Your Next Job
A Song to Remember
Brinks: The Great Robbery
Crackle of Death
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
Kojak: It's Always Something
Disneyland '59
Law and Order
Sam Cade
Love for Rent
African Gold
The Users
Queen for a Day
Demon and the Mummy
The Return of Marcus Welby, M.D.
The 48-Hour Mile
Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson
Murder, She Wrote
Magnum, P.I.
Tales from the Darkside
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
The Love Boat
Night Stalker
Touched by an Angel
Gargoyles
Route 66
Tales of the Unexpected
Highway to Heaven
Murphy Brown
The Martian Chronicles
Grace Under Fire
The Commish
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
Gunsmoke
The X-Files
Studio One
The Evil Touch
Millennium
Mission: Impossible
Sisters
The Islanders
Monsters
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Felony Squad
Rawhide
Cimarron Strip
Police Story
The Virginian
The Alcoa Hour
The Defenders
The Hitchhiker
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Climax!
Bracken's World
The Philco Television Playhouse
Civil Wars
The Rogues
Ben Casey
Riverboat
Stagecoach West
Suspense
Robert Montgomery Presents
Tales of Tomorrow
The Bold Ones: The Lawyers
Custer
Dr. Kildare
The Defenders
Small & Frye
The Outsider
The Mike Douglas Show
The Virginian
Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke
Ike
Around the World in 80 Days
The Name of the Game
The Name of the Game
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
V.I.P. Schaukel
Studio One
Studio One
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
The Wonderful World of Disney
Death Valley Days
Burke's Law
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Fallen Angels
Suspense
What's My Line?
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
The Wonderful World of Disney
The Match Game
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
The Name of the Game
Mannix
Love, American Style
Omnibus
Casey, Crime Photographer
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