Actor
· Acting
Darren McGavin
Born 1922-05-07
Died 2006-02-25
📍 Spokane, Washington, U.S.
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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Filmography 162
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
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
Captain America
as General Fleming
1990
By Dawn's Early Light
as Condor
1990
Child in the Night
as Os Winfield
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 Chief 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
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
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
as Self
1973
The Evil Touch
1973
The Evil Touch
as Alvin Hazeltine
1973
Police Story
as Matt Hallett
1973
The Six Million Dollar Man
as Oliver Spencer
1973
The Night Strangler
as Carl Kolchak
1973
43: The Richard Petty Story
as Lee Petty
1972
Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole
as Dr. Lou Grazzo
1972
The Rookies
as Sgt. Eddie Ryker
1972
Something Evil
as Paul Worden
1972
The Night Stalker
as Carl Kolchak
1972
Sam Cade
1972
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
as Darren McGavin (uncredited)
1971
The Death of Me Yet
as Joe Chalk
1971
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
as McClain
1971
Banyon
as Lieutenant Pete Cordova
1971
Mrs. Pollifax — Spy
as Farrell
1971
Tribes
as Drake
1970
Berlin Affair
as Paul Killian
1970
The 48-Hour Mile
as David Ross
1970
The Challengers
as Jim McCabe
1970
The Challenge
as Jacob Gallery
1970
Love, American Style
as Corbett
1969
The Bold Ones: The Lawyers
1969
Bracken's World
1969
Anatomy of a Crime
as David Ross
1969
Boomerang, Dog of Many Talents
as Barney B. Duncan
1968
The Name of the Game
as Jesse Gil McCray
1968
The Name of the Game
as Sam Hardy
1968
The Name of the Game
as Eddie Gannon
1968
The Outsider
as David Ross
1968
Mission Mars
as Col. Mike Blaiswick
1968
The Outsider
as David Ross
1967
Mannix
as Mark
1967
Cimarron Strip
1967
Custer
1967
Mission: Impossible
as J. Richard Taggart
1966
Felony Squad
1966
African Gold
as Mike Gregory
1965
The Great Sioux Massacre
as Captain Frederick William Benton
1965
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
as Viktor Karmak
1964
The Rogues
as Amos Champion
1964
Bullet for a Badman
as Sam Ward
1964
The Match Game
as Self
1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Sheridan Westcott
1962
The Virginian
as Mark Troxel
1962
The Virginian
as Sam Evans
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
Ben Casey
1961
Dr. Kildare
as Prof. Felix Holman
1961
The Defenders
as Howard Potter
1961
The Defenders
as Marty Wisnovsky
1961
Witchcraft: The Doll in Brambles
as Fred
1961
Special for Women
as The Social Worker
1960
Route 66
1960
Stagecoach West
1960
The Islanders
as Phil
1960
Riverboat
as Captain Grey Holden
1959
Disneyland '59
as Self
1959
Rawhide
as Jed Hadley
1959
The Case Against Brooklyn
as Pete Harris
1958
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
as Mike Hammer
1958
Beau James
as Charley Hand
1957
The Delicate Delinquent
as Mike Damon
1957
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
as Capt. Russ Peters
1955
The Man with the Golden Arm
as Louie
1955
The Alcoa Hour
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Red Hillman
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Lyle Endicott
1955
Gunsmoke
as Will Helmick
1955
Gunsmoke
as Lon Gorman
1955
Gunsmoke
as Joe Bascome
1955
Summertime
as Eddie Yaeger
1955
A Word to the Wives...
as George Peters
1955
The Wonderful World of Disney
as John Jay Forrest
1954
The Wonderful World of Disney
as Timothy Donovan
1954
Climax!
as Walter
1954
Omnibus
1952
Death Valley Days
as Zacharias Gurney
1952
Tales of Tomorrow
1951
Queen for a Day
as Dan
1951
What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest
1950
Robert Montgomery Presents
as Joe Gillis
1950
Suspense
as Ted Larson
1949
Suspense
1949
Studio One
as Will Sorrell
1948
Studio One
as Johnny Quigg
1948
Studio One
as Tom Kendall
1948
The Philco Television Playhouse
as Bill Starbuck
1948
She Wouldn't Say Yes
as The Kid - Soldier in Hospital (uncredited)
1945
A Song to Remember
as Student (uncredited)
1945