Acting
Darren McGavin
EN, ES cinema · 86 credits
Born
7 May 1922
Died
25 February 2006 (aged 83)
Birthplace
Spokane, Washington, U.S.
Also known as W. Lyle Richardson · William Lyle Richardson · دارن مکگاوین
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.
Known for
Filmography
Pros & Cons
as Mr. Stanford
Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas
as Mr. Parker (archive footage)
Small Time
as Sam
Billy Madison
as Brian Madison
Derby
as Lester Corbett
A Perfect Stranger
as John Henry Phillips
Mysteries of the Ancient World
as Narrator
The American Clock
as Older Arthur Huntington
Mastergate
as Folsom Bunting
Happy Hell Night
as Henry Collins
Clara
1991
Clara
as Albert Kroll
Blood and Concrete
as Hank Dick
Perfect Harmony
as Mr. Hobbs
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
as actor (archive footage) (uncredited)
By Dawn's Early Light
as Condor
Captain America
as General Fleming
Child in the Night
as Os Winfield
Kojak: It's Always Something
as Wainwright
Dead Heat
as Dr. Ernest McNab
The Diamond Trap
as Chief Walter Vadney
Inherit the Wind
as E.K. Hornbeck
From the Hip
as Craig Duncan
Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson
as A. Z. Nathan
Raw Deal
as Harry Shannon
Turk 182!
as Det. Kowalski
My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn
as Dr. Gerrit Koets
The Baron and the Kid
as Jack Beamer
The Return of Marcus Welby, M.D.
as Dr. David Jennings
The Natural
as Gus Sands (uncredited)
A Christmas Story
as The Old Man
Hangar 18
as Harry Forbes
Waikiki
as Capt. McGuire
Ike
as Gen. George S. Patton
Donovan's Kid
as Timothy Donovan
Love for Rent
as Coach John Martin
Hot Lead & Cold Feet
as Mayor Ragsdale
Zero to Sixty
as Michael Nolan, Screenplay
The Users
as Henry Waller
Airport '77
as Stan Buchek
Brinks: The Great Robbery
as James McNally
Crackle of Death
as Carl Kolchak
Law and Order
as Deputy Chief Brian O'Malley
Demon and the Mummy
as Carl Kolchak
B. Must Die
as Pal Kovak
The Night Strangler
as Carl Kolchak
The Six Million Dollar Man
as Oliver Spencer
The Night Stalker
as Carl Kolchak
Something Evil
as Paul Worden
Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole
as Dr. Lou Grazzo
The Rookies
as Sgt. Eddie Ryker
43: The Richard Petty Story
as Lee Petty
Mrs. Pollifax — Spy
as Farrell
The Death of Me Yet
as Joe Chalk
Banyon
as Lieutenant Pete Cordova
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
as Darren McGavin (uncredited)
The Challenge
as Jacob Gallery
Tribes
as Drake
The Challengers
as Jim McCabe
Berlin Affair
as Paul Killian
The 48-Hour Mile
as David Ross
Anatomy of a Crime
as David Ross
Mission Mars
as Col. Mike Blaiswick
Boomerang, Dog of Many Talents
as Barney B. Duncan
The Outsider
as David Ross
The Great Sioux Massacre
as Captain Frederick William Benton
African Gold
as Mike Gregory
Bullet for a Badman
as Sam Ward
Disneyland '59
as Self
The Case Against Brooklyn
as Pete Harris
The Delicate Delinquent
as Mike Damon
Beau James
as Charley Hand
Summertime
as Eddie Yaeger
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
as Capt. Russ Peters
A Word to the Wives...
as George Peters
She Wouldn't Say Yes
as The Kid - Soldier in Hospital (uncredited)
Your Next Job
1945
Your Next Job
as Balancing hobbyist
A Song to Remember
as Student (uncredited)