Darren McGavin
Actor
- Born
- May 7, 1922 · Spokane, Washington, U.S.
- Died
- February 25, 2006 (age 83)
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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Known for
Billy Madison
February 10, 1995
A Christmas Story
November 18, 1983
Raw Deal
June 4, 1986
The Natural
May 11, 1984
Captain America
December 14, 1990
Airport '77
March 11, 1977
The Man with the Golden Arm
December 26, 1955
Dead Heat
May 6, 1988
Summertime
June 21, 1955
The Night Stalker
January 11, 1972
No Deposit, No Return
February 5, 1976
The Six Million Dollar Man
March 7, 1973
Acting86
- 1999Pros & Cons as Mr. Stanford
- 1997Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas as Mr. Parker (archive footage)
- 1996Small Time as Sam
- 1995Derby as Lester Corbett
- 1995Billy Madison as Brian Madison
- 1994A Perfect Stranger as John Henry Phillips
- 1994Mysteries of the Ancient World as Narrator
- 1993The American Clock as Older Arthur Huntington
- 1992Mastergate as Folsom Bunting
- 1991Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker