Darren McGavin
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.
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Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Spokane, Washington, U.S.
Birthday
5/7/1922
The Man with the Golden Arm
7.1
A Christmas Story
7.3
Raw Deal
5.8
Billy Madison
6.2
By Dawn's Early Light
6.5
No Deposit, No Return
6.2
Happy Hell Night
4.7
The Natural
6.9
Airport '77
5.6
From the Hip
5.9
The Night Strangler
6.6
Firebird 2015 A.D.
2.8
Turk 182!
5.8
Dead Heat
6.1
Hot Lead & Cold Feet
6
Captain America
4.5
The Night Stalker
6.8
The Delicate Delinquent
6.4
The Case Against Brooklyn
6
The Challenge
6
The Six Million Dollar Man
6.7
Summertime
6.8
Hangar 18
5
Something Evil
5.5
Mission Mars
4.2
Blood and Concrete
5.8
Tribes
6
She Wouldn't Say Yes
5.9
Perfect Harmony
6.2
Bullet for a Badman
6.1
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
6.7
Child in the Night
5.3
Hay que matar a B.
4
Mrs. Pollifax — Spy
6.1
A Perfect Stranger
4.8
The Death of Me Yet
7
The Rookies
6
Inherit the Wind
8
The American Clock
6.5
A Word to the Wives...
1
The Diamond Trap
5
Zero to Sixty
4.2
The Challengers
5
The Great Sioux Massacre
4.2
43: The Richard Petty Story
6.5
The Outsider
6
Berlin Affair
0
Ike
6.2
Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole
6.8
Witchcraft: The Doll in Brambles
6
Mastergate
0
Donovan's Kid
6
Waikiki
5.5
Beau James
5.7
Anatomy of a Crime
6
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
7.7
Banyon
0
Your Next Job
0
A Song to Remember
6.1
Brinks: The Great Robbery
0
Crackle of Death
6
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
5
Kojak: It's Always Something
6
Disneyland '59
6.5
Law and Order
0
Sam Cade
0
Love for Rent
1.5
African Gold
0
The Users
1
Queen for a Day
6
Demon and the Mummy
6
The Return of Marcus Welby, M.D.
0
Clara
0
Here Comes the Judge
0
Pros & Cons
3
Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas
6.3
The Baron and the Kid
0
My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn
0
Derby
5
Mysteries of the Ancient World
0
Unclaimed Fortunes II
0