Darren McGavin
Acting Born May 7, 1922 Spokane, Washington, U.S. 24 credits
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.
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- The X-Files (1993) as Agent Arthur Dales
- The Love Boat (1977) as Lawrence Evans
- Murder, She Wrote (1984) as Martin Tremaine
- The Mike Douglas Show (1961) as Self
- Robert Montgomery Presents (1950) as Joe Gillis
- Magnum, P.I. (1980) as Buck Gibson
- Mannix (1967) as Mark
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962) as Sheridan Westcott
- Mission: Impossible (1966) as J. Richard Taggart
- The Virginian (1962) as Mark Troxel
- The Virginian (1962) as Sam Evans
- Love, American Style (1969) as Corbett
- Tales of the Unexpected (1979) as Sheriff Milt Singleton
- The Philco Television Playhouse (1948) as Bill Starbuck
- Rawhide (1959) as Jed Hadley
- Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963)
- Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963) as Franklin Carson
- Climax! (1954) as Walter
- Murphy Brown (1988) as Bill Brown
- Highway to Heaven (1984)
- Dr. Kildare (1961) as Prof. Felix Holman
- Touched by an Angel (1994) as George Zarko
- Grace Under Fire (1993) as Grace's Dad
- Tales from the Darkside (1984) as Van Conway