About Darren McGavin
Darren McGavin
May 07, 1922 - February 25, 2006
| Place of Birth | : | Spokane, Washington, U.S. |
| Also Known As | : | W. Lyle Richardson |
| Imdb Profile | : | IMDB Profile |
Was an American actor best known for playing the title role in the television horror series Kolchak: The Night Stalker and his portrayal in the film A Christmas Story of the grumpy father given to bursts of profanity that he never realizes his son overhears. 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.
Darren McGavin is known for the following movies:
The Night Strangler
Character : Carl Kolchak
The Night Stalker
Character : Carl Kolchak
The Case Against Brooklyn
Character : Pete Harris
The Challenge
Character : Jacob Gallery
Hangar 18
Character : Harry Forbes
Mission Mars
Character : Col. Mike Blaiswick
Tribes
Character : Drake
Hay que matar a B.
Character : Pal Kovak
The Rookies
Character : Sergeant Eddie Ryker
A Christmas Story
Character : The Old Man (Mr. Parker)
Billy Madison
Character : Brian Madison
Firebird 2015 A.D.
Character : Red
The Delicate Delinquent
Character : Mike Damon
Something Evil
Character : Paul Worden
Perfect Harmony
Character : Mr. Hobbs
Bullet for a Badman
Character : Sam Ward
Mrs. Pollifax — Spy
Character : Farrell
The Death of Me Yet
Character : Joe Chalk
Zero to Sixty
Character : Michael Nolan
The Challengers
Character : Jim McCabe
The Great Sioux Massacre
Character : Captain Frederick William Benton
43: The Richard Petty Story
The Outsider
Character : David Ross
Berlin Affair
Character : Paul Killian
Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole
Character : Dr. Lou Grazzo
Donovan's Kid
Character : Timothy Donovan
Anatomy of a Crime
Banyon
Character : Lieutenant Pete Cordova
Your Next Job
Character : Balancing hobbyist
Brinks: The Great Robbery
Crackle of Death
Character : Carl Kolchak
Law and Order
Happy Hell Night
Character : Henry Collins
Blood and Concrete
Character : Hank Dick
A Perfect Stranger
Character : John Henry Phillips
Inherit the Wind
Character : E.K. Hornbeck
The Diamond Trap
Character : Chief Walter Vadney
From the Hip
Character : Craig Duncan
Dead Heat
Character : Dr. Ernest McNab
The Six Million Dollar Man
Character : Oliver Spencer
Summertime
Character : Eddie Yaeger
A Word to the Wives...
Character : George Peters
Ike: The War Years
Character : General George Patton
Witchcraft
Character : Fred
Kojak: It's Always Something
Character : Wainwright
The Man with the Golden Arm
Character : Louie
By Dawn's Early Light
Character : Condor - Secretary of Interior
No Deposit, No Return
Character : Duke
Turk 182!
Character : Det. Kowalski
Hot Lead & Cold Feet
Character : Mayor Ragsdale
Captain America
Character : General Fleming
Waikiki
Character : Captain
Beau James
Character : Charley Hand
The American Clock
Character : Older Arthur Huntington
Raw Deal
Character : Chief Harry Shannon
Airport '77
Character : Stan Buchek
Child in the Night
Character : Os Winfield
Sam Cade
The Natural
Character : Gus Sands (uncredited)
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
Character : Capt. Russ Peters
She Wouldn't Say Yes
Character : The Kid - Soldier in Hospital (uncredited)
Mastergate
Character : Folsom Bunting
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
Character : Darren McGavin (uncredited)
A Song to Remember
Character : Student (uncredited)
Disneyland '59
Character : Self
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
Darren McGavin is known for the following tv shows:
The Love Boat
Character : Lawrence Evans
Route 66
Touched by an Angel
Mannix
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
The Commish
The X-Files
Studio One
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
The Virginian
Character : Mark Troxel
The Alcoa Hour
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Cimarron Strip
Climax!
The Bold Ones: The Lawyers
Robert Montgomery Presents
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Ike
Character : Gen. George S. Patton
Murder, She Wrote
Magnum, P.I.
Tales from the Darkside
Night Stalker
Gargoyles
Tales of the Unexpected
Character : Sheriff Milt Singleton
Highway to Heaven
Murphy Brown
The Martian Chronicles
Character : Sam Parkhill
Grace Under Fire
Gunsmoke
Omnibus
The Evil Touch
Millennium
Mission: Impossible
The Islanders
Sisters
Monsters
Police Story
The Hitchhiker
Felony Squad
The Philco Television Playhouse
Rawhide
The Defenders
The Name of the Game
Bracken's World
The Rogues
Civil Wars
Ben Casey
Stagecoach West
Tales of Tomorrow
Custer
Dr. Kildare
Suspense
Small & Frye
The Outsider
Character : David Ross
Riverboat
Character : Captain Grey Holden
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
Character : Carl Kolchak
Around the World in 80 Days
Character : Benjamin Mudge
V.I.P. Schaukel
Tony Awards
Character : Presenter
What's My Line?
Character : Self - Mystery Guest
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
The MATCH GamE
Character : Himself
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