Darren McGavin: movies and TV shows
Darren McGavin has 177 credits in the archive: 87 films and 90 TV series, from 1945 to 2005. Highest rated: The X-Files (8.4/10).
Career timeline
1945 – 2005 · busiest year: 1955 (10 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Night Stalker | TV | 5.6 | 83 | |
| 1999 | Pros & Cons | Mr. Stanford | Film | 3.6 | 77 |
| 1997 | Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas | Mr. Parker (archive footage) | Film | 5.8 | 75 |
| 1996 | Millennium | Henry Black | TV | 7.7 | 74 |
| 1996 | Small Time | Sam | Film | 6.0 | 74 |
| 1995 | Billy Madison | Brian Madison | Film | 6.2 | 73 |
| 1995 | Derby | Lester Corbett | Film | 7.3 | 73 |
| 1994 | Touched by an Angel | George Zarko | TV | 7.2 | 72 |
| 1994 | Gargoyles | G.F. Benton/Dominic Dracon (voice) | TV | 8.1 | 72 |
| 1994 | Burke's Law | Conrad Hill | TV | 6.8 | 72 |
| 1994 | A Perfect Stranger | John Henry Phillips | Film | 4.9 | 72 |
| 1994 | Mysteries of the Ancient World | Narrator | Film | 8.0 | 72 |
| 1993 | The X-Files | Agent Arthur Dales | TV | 8.4 | 71 |
| 1993 | Fallen Angels | Old Man | TV | 6.6 | 71 |
| 1993 | Grace Under Fire | Grace's Dad | TV | 5.6 | 71 |
| 1993 | The American Clock | Older Arthur Huntington | Film | 5.7 | 71 |
| 1992 | Mastergate | Folsom Bunting | Film | 6.3 | 70 |
| 1991 | The Commish | TV | 7.1 | 69 | |
| 1991 | Civil Wars | TV | 4.5 | 69 | |
| 1991 | Blood and Concrete | Hank Dick | Film | 5.7 | 69 |
| 1991 | The General Motors Playwrights Theater | Albert Kroll | TV | — | 69 |
| 1991 | Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker | actor (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film | 8.0 | 69 |
| 1991 | Clara | Albert Kroll | Film | 8.0 | 69 |
| 1991 | Perfect Harmony | Mr. Hobbs | Film | 6.2 | 69 |
| 1991 | Happy Hell Night | Henry Collins | Film | 4.8 | 69 |
| 1991 | Sisters | TV | 7.2 | 69 | |
| 1990 | Child in the Night | Os Winfield | Film | 5.6 | 68 |
| 1990 | Captain America | General Fleming | Film | 4.5 | 68 |
| 1990 | By Dawn's Early Light | Condor | Film | 6.5 | 68 |
| 1990 | Kojak: It's Always Something | Wainwright | Film | 6.7 | 68 |
| 1990 | Unclaimed Fortunes II | Host | Film | — | 68 |
| 1989 | Around the World in 80 Days | Benjamin Mudge | TV | 6.8 | 67 |
| 1988 | Murphy Brown | Bill Brown | TV | 6.4 | 66 |
| 1988 | Monsters | Hubert | TV | 7.1 | 66 |
| 1988 | Inherit the Wind | E.K. Hornbeck | Film | 7.3 | 66 |
| 1988 | The Diamond Trap | Chief Walter Vadney | Film | 6.0 | 66 |
| 1988 | Dead Heat | Dr. Ernest McNab | Film | 6.2 | 66 |
| 1987 | From the Hip | Craig Duncan | Film | 5.9 | 65 |
| 1987 | Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson | A. Z. Nathan | Film | 7.4 | 65 |
| 1986 | Worlds Beyond | Harry Hewart | TV | 5.8 | 64 |
| 1986 | Raw Deal | Chief Harry Shannon | Film | 5.8 | 64 |
| 1985 | My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn | Dr. Gerrit Koets | Film | 6.5 | 63 |
| 1985 | Turk 182! | Det. Kowalski | Film | 5.9 | 63 |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Martin Tremaine | TV | 7.5 | 62 |
| 1984 | Highway to Heaven | TV | 7.4 | 62 | |
| 1984 | Tales from the Darkside | Van Conway | TV | 7.2 | 62 |
| 1984 | The Natural | Gus Sands (uncredited) | Film | 6.9 | 62 |
| 1984 | The Baron and the Kid | Jack Beamer | Film | 8.0 | 62 |
| 1984 | The Return of Marcus Welby, M.D. | Dr. David Jennings | Film | 9.0 | 62 |
| 1983 | The Hitchhiker | Old Man | TV | 6.3 | 61 |
| 1983 | A Christmas Story | The Old Man | Film | 7.2 | 61 |
| 1983 | Small & Frye | TV | 5.7 | 61 | |
| 1981 | Firebird 2015 A.D. | Red | Film | 3.3 | 59 |
| 1980 | Magnum, P.I. | Buck Gibson | TV | 7.3 | 58 |
| 1980 | The Martian Chronicles | Sam Parkhill | TV | 6.9 | 58 |
| 1980 | Hangar 18 | Harry Forbes | Film | 5.1 | 58 |
| 1980 | Waikiki | Capt. McGuire | Film | 5.3 | 58 |
| 1979 | Tales of the Unexpected | Sheriff Milt Singleton | TV | 6.8 | 57 |
| 1979 | Ike | Gen. George S. Patton | Film | 6.8 | 57 |
| 1979 | Love for Rent | Coach John Martin | Film | 3.5 | 57 |
| 1979 | Ike | Gen. George S. Patton | TV | 7.3 | 57 |
| 1979 | Donovan's Kid | Timothy Donovan | Film | 7.5 | 57 |
| 1978 | Hot Lead & Cold Feet | Mayor Ragsdale | Film | 6.0 | 56 |
| 1978 | Zero to Sixty | Michael Nolan | Film | 4.6 | 56 |
| 1978 | Zero to Sixty | Film | 4.6 | 56 | |
| 1978 | The Users | Henry Waller | Film | 4.0 | 56 |
| 1977 | The Love Boat | Lawrence Evans | TV | 6.3 | 55 |
| 1977 | Airport '77 | Stan Buchek | Film | 5.6 | 55 |
| 1976 | Brinks: The Great Robbery | James McNally | Film | 10.0 | 54 |
| 1976 | Crackle of Death | Carl Kolchak | Film | 7.5 | 54 |
| 1976 | No Deposit, No Return | Duke | Film | 6.3 | 54 |
| 1976 | Demon and the Mummy | Carl Kolchak | Film | 6.0 | 54 |
| 1976 | Law and Order | Deputy Chief Brian O'Malley | Film | 8.0 | 54 |
| 1975 | B. Must Die | Pal Kovak | Film | 4.5 | 53 |
| 1974 | Kolchak: The Night Stalker | Carl Kolchak | TV | 7.7 | 52 |
| 1974 | Kolchak: The Night Stalker | TV | 7.7 | 52 | |
| 1973 | Police Story | Matt Hallett | TV | 7.0 | 51 |
| 1973 | The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts | Self | TV | 5.4 | 51 |
| 1973 | The Evil Touch | TV | 6.0 | 51 | |
| 1973 | The Evil Touch | Alvin Hazeltine | TV | 6.0 | 51 |
| 1973 | The Evil Touch | TV | 6.0 | 51 | |
| 1973 | Happy Mother's Day, Love George | Film | 6.5 | 51 | |
| 1973 | The Night Strangler | Carl Kolchak | Film | 6.7 | 51 |
| 1973 | The Six Million Dollar Man | Oliver Spencer | Film | 6.7 | 51 |
| 1972 | The Night Stalker | Carl Kolchak | Film | 6.9 | 50 |
| 1972 | Something Evil | Paul Worden | Film | 5.4 | 50 |
| 1972 | Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole | Dr. Lou Grazzo | Film | 7.1 | 50 |
| 1972 | 43: The Richard Petty Story | Lee Petty | Film | 6.7 | 50 |
| 1972 | Sam Cade | Film | — | 50 | |
| 1972 | The Rookies | Sgt. Eddie Ryker | Film | 7.0 | 50 |
| 1972 | Here Comes the Judge | Judge | Film | 7.0 | 50 |
| 1971 | Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law | McClain | TV | 6.5 | 49 |
| 1971 | V.I.P. Schaukel | Self | TV | 8.0 | 49 |
| 1971 | Banyon | Lieutenant Pete Cordova | Film | 9.0 | 49 |
| 1971 | Mrs. Pollifax — Spy | Farrell | Film | 6.3 | 49 |
| 1971 | The Death of Me Yet | Joe Chalk | Film | 7.5 | 49 |
| 1971 | Mooch Goes to Hollywood | Darren McGavin (uncredited) | Film | 4.8 | 49 |
| 1970 | Berlin Affair | Paul Killian | Film | 10.0 | 48 |
| 1970 | Tribes | Drake | Film | 6.2 | 48 |
| 1970 | The Challenge | Jacob Gallery | Film | 7.0 | 48 |
| 1970 | The Challengers | Jim McCabe | Film | 7.0 | 48 |
| 1970 | The 48-Hour Mile | David Ross | Film | 10.0 | 48 |
| 1969 | Love, American Style | Corbett | TV | 6.2 | 47 |
| 1969 | Bracken's World | TV | 7.5 | 47 | |
| 1969 | The Bold Ones: The Lawyers | TV | 4.7 | 47 | |
| 1969 | Anatomy of a Crime | David Ross | Film | 6.5 | 47 |
| 1968 | The Name of the Game | Jesse Gil McCray | TV | 7.0 | 46 |
| 1968 | The Name of the Game | Sam Hardy | TV | 7.0 | 46 |
| 1968 | The Name of the Game | Eddie Gannon | TV | 7.0 | 46 |
| 1968 | The Outsider | David Ross | TV | 6.0 | 46 |
| 1968 | Mission Mars | Col. Mike Blaiswick | Film | 4.7 | 46 |
| 1968 | Boomerang, Dog of Many Talents | Barney B. Duncan | Film | — | 46 |
| 1967 | Mannix | Mark | TV | 6.8 | 45 |
| 1967 | Cimarron Strip | TV | 5.7 | 45 | |
| 1967 | Custer | TV | 6.4 | 45 | |
| 1967 | The Outsider | David Ross | Film | 8.0 | 45 |
| 1966 | Mission: Impossible | J. Richard Taggart | TV | 7.6 | 44 |
| 1966 | Felony Squad | TV | 6.5 | 44 | |
| 1965 | The Great Sioux Massacre | Captain Frederick William Benton | Film | 4.5 | 43 |
| 1965 | African Gold | Mike Gregory | Film | 7.0 | 43 |
| 1964 | The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | Viktor Karmak | TV | 7.1 | 42 |
| 1964 | The Rogues | Amos Champion | TV | 8.0 | 42 |
| 1964 | Bullet for a Badman | Sam Ward | Film | 6.3 | 42 |
| 1963 | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | TV | 5.9 | 41 | |
| 1963 | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Franklin Carson | TV | 5.9 | 41 |
| 1962 | The Virginian | Mark Troxel | TV | 6.5 | 40 |
| 1962 | The Virginian | Sam Evans | TV | 6.5 | 40 |
| 1962 | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Sheridan Westcott | TV | 7.8 | 40 |
| 1962 | The Match Game | Self | TV | 8.3 | 40 |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self | TV | 5.8 | 39 |
| 1961 | Dr. Kildare | Prof. Felix Holman | TV | 5.7 | 39 |
| 1961 | The Defenders | Howard Potter | TV | 6.3 | 39 |
| 1961 | The Defenders | Marty Wisnovsky | TV | 6.3 | 39 |
| 1961 | Ben Casey | TV | 5.9 | 39 | |
| 1961 | Witchcraft: The Doll in Brambles | Fred | Film | 6.0 | 39 |
| 1960 | Route 66 | TV | 6.7 | 38 | |
| 1960 | The Islanders | Phil | TV | 8.0 | 38 |
| 1960 | Stagecoach West | TV | 6.7 | 38 | |
| 1960 | Special for Women | The Social Worker | TV | 6.3 | 38 |
| 1959 | Rawhide | Jed Hadley | TV | 7.2 | 37 |
| 1959 | Riverboat | Captain Grey Holden | TV | 6.5 | 37 |
| 1959 | Riverboat | TV | 6.5 | 37 | |
| 1959 | Disneyland '59 | Self | Film | 7.3 | 37 |
| 1958 | Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer | Mike Hammer | TV | 6.8 | 36 |
| 1958 | Buckskin | TV | 7.0 | 36 | |
| 1958 | The Case Against Brooklyn | Pete Harris | Film | 6.1 | 36 |
| 1957 | Beau James | Charley Hand | Film | 5.4 | 35 |
| 1957 | The Delicate Delinquent | Mike Damon | Film | 6.4 | 35 |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Will Helmick | TV | 6.7 | 33 |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Lon Gorman | TV | 6.7 | 33 |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Joe Bascome | TV | 6.7 | 33 |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Red Hillman | TV | 7.8 | 33 |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Lyle Endicott | TV | 7.8 | 33 |
| 1955 | The Alcoa Hour | TV | 7.0 | 33 | |
| 1955 | Summertime | Eddie Yaeger | Film | 6.8 | 33 |
| 1955 | The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell | Capt. Russ Peters | Film | 6.8 | 33 |
| 1955 | The Man with the Golden Arm | Louie | Film | 7.2 | 33 |
| 1955 | A Word to the Wives... | George Peters | Film | 1.0 | 33 |
| 1954 | Climax! | Walter | TV | 3.8 | 32 |
| 1954 | The Wonderful World of Disney | John Jay Forrest | TV | 7.9 | 32 |
| 1954 | The Wonderful World of Disney | Timothy Donovan | TV | 7.9 | 32 |
| 1952 | Omnibus | TV | 6.3 | 30 | |
| 1952 | Death Valley Days | Zacharias Gurney | TV | 6.6 | 30 |
| 1951 | Tales of Tomorrow | TV | 6.4 | 29 | |
| 1951 | Casey, Crime Photographer | Jack Casey | TV | 7.0 | 29 |
| 1951 | Queen for a Day | Dan | Film | 7.5 | 29 |
| 1950 | Robert Montgomery Presents | Joe Gillis | TV | 6.0 | 28 |
| 1950 | What's My Line? | Self - Mystery Guest | TV | 7.0 | 28 |
| 1949 | Suspense | Ted Larson | TV | 5.1 | 27 |
| 1949 | Suspense | TV | 5.1 | 27 | |
| 1948 | The Philco Television Playhouse | Bill Starbuck | TV | 6.6 | 26 |
| 1948 | Studio One | Will Sorrell | TV | 5.4 | 26 |
| 1948 | Studio One | Johnny Quigg | TV | 5.4 | 26 |
| 1948 | Studio One | Tom Kendall | TV | 5.4 | 26 |
| 1945 | A Song to Remember | Student (uncredited) | Film | 6.4 | 23 |
| 1945 | She Wouldn't Say Yes | The Kid - Soldier in Hospital (uncredited) | Film | 6.4 | 23 |
| 1945 | Your Next Job | Balancing hobbyist | Film | — | 23 |