Darren McGavin

Acting · 1.6 popularity

Age

104

Movies

Born: May 7, 1922 – February 25, 2006
From: Spokane, Washington, U.S.

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.

Works

85 films

Raw Deal

19865.9

The Natural

19846.9

Billy Madison

19956.2

Airport '77

19775.6

The Night Stalker

19726.9

A Christmas Story

19837.2

Ike

19796.8

Captain America

19904.5

Dead Heat

19886.2

The Man with the Golden Arm

19557.1

By Dawn's Early Light

19906.5

Mastergate

19926.3

The Diamond Trap

19886.0

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

19918.0

Mission Mars

19684.7

Inherit the Wind

19887.3

The Night Strangler

19736.7

Blood and Concrete

19915.7

Hangar 18

19805.2

Hot Lead & Cold Feet

19786.0

The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell

19556.8

Summertime

19556.8

The Six Million Dollar Man

19736.7

The Great Sioux Massacre

19654.5

Love for Rent

19793.5

Turk 182!

19855.9

Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas

19975.8

Bullet for a Badman

19646.3

Waikiki

19805.3

Kojak: It's Always Something

19906.7

Something Evil

19725.4

Happy Hell Night

19914.8

A Song to Remember

19456.4

Brinks: The Great Robbery

197610.0

The Delicate Delinquent

19576.4

Demon and the Mummy

19766.0

The Case Against Brooklyn

19586.1

The Return of Marcus Welby, M.D.

19849.0

My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn

19856.5

Banyon

19719.0

No Deposit, No Return

19766.3

Mooch Goes to Hollywood

19714.8

The American Clock

19935.7

From the Hip

19875.9

Child in the Night

19905.6

Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson

19877.4

Disneyland '59

19597.3

Clara

19918.0

Tribes

19706.2

The Users

19784.0

Here Comes the Judge

19727.0

Derby

19957.3

Mysteries of the Ancient World

19948.0

The Challenge

19707.0

Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole

19727.1

Sam Cade

1972

Pros & Cons

19993.6

Law and Order

19768.0

The Baron and the Kid

19848.0

Zero to Sixty

19784.6

Small Time

19966.0

A Perfect Stranger

19944.9

B. Must Die

19754.5

Perfect Harmony

19916.2

Mrs. Pollifax — Spy

19716.3

43: The Richard Petty Story

19726.7

Firebird 2015 A.D.

19813.3

Beau James

19575.4

The Challengers

19707.0

Queen for a Day

19517.5

Anatomy of a Crime

19696.5

The Rookies

19727.0

A Word to the Wives...

19551.0

The 48-Hour Mile

197010.0

Witchcraft: The Doll in Brambles

19616.0

She Wouldn't Say Yes

19456.4

Donovan's Kid

19797.5

Berlin Affair

197010.0

The Outsider

19678.0

Crackle of Death

19767.5

The Death of Me Yet

19717.5

Your Next Job

1945

African Gold

19657.0

Boomerang, Dog of Many Talents

1968

Unclaimed Fortunes II

1990