Darren McGavin
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Darren McGavin (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 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.
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- Born:
- May 7, 1922 In Spokane, Washington, U.S.
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 98
- First Appeared:
- In the movie A Song to Remember 1945-01-19
- Latest Project:
- Series Night Stalker 2005-09-29
Known For
Filmography
| Series | Night Stalker | Unknown | 2005-09-29 |
| Movie | The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made | Red (archive footage) | 2004-07-13 |
| Movie | Pros & Cons | Mr. Stanford | 1999-01-01 |
| Movie | Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas | Mr. Parker (archive footage) | 1997-12-01 |
| Series | Millennium | Unknown | 1996-10-25 |
| Movie | Billy Madison | Brian Madison | 1995-02-10 |
| Series | Touched by an Angel | Unknown | 1994-09-21 |
| Movie | A Perfect Stranger | John Henry Phillips | 1994-09-12 |
| Movie | The American Clock | Older Arthur Huntington | 1993-01-02 |
| Series | Grace Under Fire | Unknown | 1993-09-29 |
| Series | The X-Files | Unknown | 1993-09-10 |
| Movie | Happy Hell Night | Henry Collins | 1992-04-13 |
| Movie | Mastergate | Folsom Bunting | 1992-11-01 |
| Movie | Perfect Harmony | Mr. Hobbs | 1991-03-31 |
| Series | Sisters | Unknown | 1991-05-11 |
| Movie | Blood and Concrete | Hank Dick | 1991-09-13 |
| Series | Civil Wars | Unknown | 1991-11-20 |
| Series | The Commish | Unknown | 1991-09-28 |
| Movie | Kojak: It's Always Something | Wainwright | 1990-01-31 |
| Movie | Child in the Night | Os Winfield | 1990-05-01 |
| Movie | Captain America | General Fleming | 1990-12-14 |
| Movie | By Dawn's Early Light | Condor | 1990-05-19 |
| Series | Around the World in 80 Days | Benjamin Mudge | 1989-04-16 |
| Movie | The Diamond Trap | Chief Walter Vadney | 1988-01-01 |
| Movie | Inherit the Wind | E.K. Hornbeck | 1988-03-20 |
| Series | Monsters | Unknown | 1988-10-22 |
| Series | Murphy Brown | Unknown | 1988-11-14 |
| Movie | Dead Heat | Dr. Ernest McNab | 1988-05-06 |
| Movie | From the Hip | Craig Duncan | 1987-02-06 |
| Movie | Raw Deal | Chief Harry Shannon | 1986-06-06 |
| Movie | My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn | Dr. Gerrit Koets | 1985-01-21 |
| Series | Tales from the Darkside | Unknown | 1984-09-30 |
| Series | Murder, She Wrote | Unknown | 1984-09-30 |
| Movie | A Christmas Story | The Old Man | 1983-11-18 |
| Series | The Hitchhiker | Unknown | 1983-11-01 |
| Movie | Firebird 2015 A.D. | Red | 1981-09-18 |
| Series | The Martian Chronicles | Sam Parkhill | 1980-01-15 |
| Movie | Hangar 18 | Harry Forbes | 1980-07-01 |
| Series | Magnum, P.I. | Unknown | 1980-12-11 |
| Movie | Ike | Gen. George S. Patton | 1979-05-03 |
| Movie | Zero to Sixty | Michael Nolan | 1978-06-23 |
| Movie | The Users | Henry Waller | 1978-10-01 |
| Movie | Hot Lead & Cold Feet | Mayor Ragsdale | 1978-07-05 |
| Movie | Airport '77 | Stan Buchek | 1977-03-11 |
| Series | The Love Boat | Unknown | 1977-09-24 |
| Movie | No Deposit, No Return | Duke | 1976-02-05 |
| Movie | Hay que matar a B. | Pal Kovak | 1975-06-14 |
| Series | Kolchak: The Night Stalker | Carl Kolchak | 1974-09-13 |
| Movie | The Night Strangler | Carl Kolchak | 1973-01-16 |
| Movie | The Six Million Dollar Man | Oliver Spencer | 1973-03-07 |
| Series | The Evil Touch | Unknown | 1973-06-19 |
| Series | Police Story | Unknown | 1973-03-20 |
| Movie | Something Evil | Paul Worden | 1972-01-21 |
| Movie | The Rookies | Sgt. Eddie Ryker | 1972-03-07 |
| Movie | The Night Stalker | Carl Kolchak | 1972-01-11 |
| Movie | Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole | Dr. Lou Grazzo | 1972-09-27 |
| Movie | 43: The Richard Petty Story | Lee Petty | 1972-11-01 |
| Movie | Mrs. Pollifax — Spy | Farrell | 1971-02-17 |
| Movie | The Death of Me Yet | Joe Chalk | 1971-10-26 |
| Movie | Mooch Goes to Hollywood | Darren McGavin (uncredited) | 1971-12-31 |
| Movie | The Challengers | Jim McCabe | 1970-02-20 |
| Movie | The Challenge | Jacob Gallery | 1970-02-10 |
| Movie | Berlin Affair | Paul Killian | 1970-11-02 |
| Movie | Tribes | Drake | 1970-11-10 |
| Movie | Mission Mars | Col. Mike Blaiswick | 1968-07-26 |
| Series | The Outsider | David Ross | 1968-09-18 |
| Series | The Bold Ones: The Lawyers | Unknown | 1968-12-10 |
| Series | Custer | Unknown | 1967-09-06 |
| Series | Cimarron Strip | Unknown | 1967-09-07 |
| Movie | The Outsider | David Ross | 1967-11-21 |
| Series | Mannix | Unknown | 1967-09-16 |
| Series | Mission: Impossible | Unknown | 1966-09-17 |
| Movie | The Great Sioux Massacre | Captain Frederick William Benton | 1965-04-25 |
| Movie | Bullet for a Badman | Sam Ward | 1964-09-01 |
| Series | The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | Unknown | 1964-09-22 |
| Movie | Witchcraft: The Doll in Brambles | Fred | 1961-01-01 |
| Series | Dr. Kildare | Unknown | 1961-09-27 |
| Series | Ben Casey | Unknown | 1961-10-02 |
| Series | Stagecoach West | Unknown | 1960-10-04 |
| Movie | Disneyland '59 | Self | 1959-06-15 |
| Series | Riverboat | Captain Grey Holden | 1959-09-13 |
| Series | Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer | 1958-01-07 | |
| Movie | The Case Against Brooklyn | Pete Harris | 1958-06-01 |
| Movie | The Delicate Delinquent | Mike Damon | 1957-06-06 |
| Movie | Beau James | Charley Hand | 1957-06-07 |
| Movie | Summertime | Eddie Yaeger | 1955-06-21 |
| Movie | A Word to the Wives... | George Peters | 1955-01-01 |
| Series | Gunsmoke | Unknown | 1955-09-10 |
| Movie | The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell | Capt. Russ Peters | 1955-12-31 |
| Series | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Unknown | 1955-10-02 |
| Movie | The Man with the Golden Arm | Louie | 1955-12-26 |
| Series | Omnibus | Unknown | 1952-11-09 |
| Series | Robert Montgomery Presents | Unknown | 1950-01-30 |
| Series | Suspense | Unknown | 1949-01-06 |
| Series | Studio One | Unknown | 1948-11-07 |
| Series | The Philco Television Playhouse | Unknown | 1948-10-03 |
| Movie | A Song to Remember | Student (uncredited) | 1945-01-19 |
| Movie | She Wouldn't Say Yes | The Kid - Soldier in Hospital (uncredited) | 1945-11-29 |