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

A Christmas Story

19837.2

Airport '77

19775.6

The Night Stalker

19726.9

Captain America

19904.5

Ike

19796.8

The Man with the Golden Arm

19557.1

Dead Heat

19886.2

Mission Mars

19684.7

Mastergate

19926.3

By Dawn's Early Light

19906.5

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

19918.0

The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell

19556.8

Summertime

19556.8

Hangar 18

19805.2

Hot Lead & Cold Feet

19786.0

Blood and Concrete

19915.7

The Night Strangler

19736.7

Inherit the Wind

19887.3

The Diamond Trap

19886.0

The Great Sioux Massacre

19654.5

Love for Rent

19793.5

A Song to Remember

19456.4

Something Evil

19725.4

Bullet for a Badman

19646.3

Turk 182!

19855.9

Brinks: The Great Robbery

197610.0

The Delicate Delinquent

19576.4

The American Clock

19935.7

Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas

19975.8

No Deposit, No Return

19766.3

Mysteries of the Ancient World

19948.0

The Return of Marcus Welby, M.D.

19849.0

Waikiki

19805.3

The Six Million Dollar Man

19736.7

From the Hip

19875.9

The Case Against Brooklyn

19586.1

Banyon

19719.0

Child in the Night

19905.6

The Baron and the Kid

19848.0

Demon and the Mummy

19766.0

Kojak: It's Always Something

19906.7

Mooch Goes to Hollywood

19714.8

My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn

19856.5

The Challenge

19707.0

Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson

19877.4

Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole

19727.1

Happy Hell Night

19914.8

Disneyland '59

19597.3

Sam Cade

1972

A Perfect Stranger

19944.9

43: The Richard Petty Story

19726.7

The Users

19784.0

Law and Order

19768.0

Mrs. Pollifax — Spy

19716.3

Here Comes the Judge

19727.0

B. Must Die

19754.5

Small Time

19966.0

Firebird 2015 A.D.

19813.3

Tribes

19706.2

Beau James

19575.4

The Outsider

19678.0

Clara

19918.0

Pros & Cons

19993.6

Witchcraft: The Doll in Brambles

19616.0

Queen for a Day

19517.5

The Challengers

19707.0

Donovan's Kid

19797.5

The 48-Hour Mile

197010.0

The Rookies

19727.0

Zero to Sixty

19784.6

Perfect Harmony

19916.2

The Death of Me Yet

19717.5

Anatomy of a Crime

19696.5

Berlin Affair

197010.0

Derby

19957.3

Crackle of Death

19767.5

African Gold

19657.0

A Word to the Wives...

19551.0

She Wouldn't Say Yes

19456.4

Your Next Job

1945

Boomerang, Dog of Many Talents

1968

Unclaimed Fortunes II

1990