Darren McGavin
Acting
Born May 7, 1922 · Spokane, Washington, U.S.
Biography
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, licen…
Known For · 40 titles
The Mike Douglas Show
The X-Files
The Love Boat
Murder, She Wrote
Murphy Brown
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Love, American Style
Robert Montgomery Presents
Magnum, P.I.
Mannix
What's My Line?
The Virginian
Mission: Impossible
Rawhide
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
The Philco Television Playhouse
Climax!
Studio One
Touched by an Angel
Dr. Kildare
Tales from the Darkside
Tales of the Unexpected
Highway to Heaven
Gunsmoke
The Defenders
Suspense
Millennium
Ben Casey
Route 66
Gargoyles
The Name of the Game
The Hitchhiker
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Grace Under Fire
Omnibus
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Tales of Tomorrow
The Match Game
The Commish
Monsters