DARREN MCGAVIN
ACTING
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.
- The Man with the Golden Arm 1955
- Raw Deal 1986
- A Christmas Story 1983
- Billy Madison 1995
- No Deposit, No Return 1976
- By Dawn's Early Light 1990
- The Natural 1984
- Happy Hell Night 1992
- From the Hip 1987
- Airport '77 1977
- The Night Strangler 1973
- Turk 182! 1985
- Dead Heat 1988
- Hot Lead & Cold Feet 1978
- Captain America 1990
- The Night Stalker 1972
- The Case Against Brooklyn 1958
- The Delicate Delinquent 1957
- The Challenge 1970
- The Six Million Dollar Man 1973
- Summertime 1955
- Hangar 18 1980
- Something Evil 1972
- Blood and Concrete 1991
- Tribes 1970
- She Wouldn't Say Yes 1945
- Bullet for a Badman 1964
- My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn 1985
- The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell 1955
- Child in the Night 1990
- Hay que matar a B. 1975
- Mrs. Pollifax — Spy 1971
- Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole 1972
- A Perfect Stranger 1994
- The Death of Me Yet 1971
- The Rookies 1972
- Inherit the Wind 1988
- Zero to Sixty 1978
- The Challengers 1970
- The Great Sioux Massacre 1965
- 43: The Richard Petty Story 1972
- The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made 2004
- Ike 1979
- Witchcraft: The Doll in Brambles 1961
- Mastergate 1992
- Beau James 1957
- Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker 1991
- A Song to Remember 1945
- Brinks: The Great Robbery 1976
- Queen for a Day 1951
- The Return of Marcus Welby, M.D. 1984
- Murder, She Wrote 1984
- Tales from the Darkside 1984
- The Love Boat 1977
- Touched by an Angel 1994
- Tales of the Unexpected 1979
- Murphy Brown 1988
- The Martian Chronicles 1980
- Gunsmoke 1955
- The X-Files 1993
- Studio One 1948
- Millennium 1996
- Mission: Impossible 1966
- Kolchak: The Night Stalker 1974
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents 1955
- Rawhide 1959
- The Virginian 1962
- The Defenders 1961
- The Hitchhiker 1983
- Climax! 1954
- The Philco Television Playhouse 1948
- The Rogues 1964
- Robert Montgomery Presents 1950
- Dr. Kildare 1961
- The Defenders 1961
- The Outsider 1968
- The Virginian 1962
- Gunsmoke 1955
- Gunsmoke 1955
- Ike 1979
- Around the World in 80 Days 1989
- The Name of the Game 1968
- The Name of the Game 1968
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents 1955
- Studio One 1948
- Studio One 1948
- The Wonderful World of Disney 1954
- Death Valley Days 1952
- Burke's Law 1994
- Fallen Angels 1993
- The Wonderful World of Disney 1954
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour 1962
- The Name of the Game 1968
- Mannix 1967