Darren McGavin
Acting
Born May 7, 1922 · Spokane, Washington, U.S.
Died February 25, 2006
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, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Acting
Billy Madison
1995 · Brian Madison
A Perfect Stranger
1994 · John Henry Phillips
Happy Hell Night
1991 · Henry Collins
Blood and Concrete
1991 · Hank Dick
Perfect Harmony
1991 · Mr. Hobbs
By Dawn's Early Light
1990 · Condor
Captain America
1990 · General Fleming
Child in the Night
1990 · Os Winfield
Dead Heat
1988 · Dr. Ernest McNab
Inherit the Wind
1988 · E.K. Hornbeck
From the Hip
1987 · Craig Duncan
Raw Deal
1986 · Chief Harry Shannon
Turk 182!
1985 · Det. Kowalski
The Natural
1984 · Gus Sands (uncredited)
A Christmas Story
1983 · The Old Man
Hangar 18
1980 · Harry Forbes
Hot Lead & Cold Feet
1978 · Mayor Ragsdale
Airport '77
1977 · Stan Buchek
No Deposit, No Return
1976 · Duke
The Night Strangler
1973 · Carl Kolchak
The Six Million Dollar Man
1973 · Oliver Spencer
The Night Stalker
1972 · Carl Kolchak
Something Evil
1972 · Paul Worden
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
1971 · Darren McGavin (uncredited)
Tribes
1970 · Drake
The Great Sioux Massacre
1965 · Captain Frederick William Benton
Bullet for a Badman
1964 · Sam Ward
The Case Against Brooklyn
1958 · Pete Harris
The Delicate Delinquent
1957 · Mike Damon
The Man with the Golden Arm
1955 · Louie
Summertime
1955 · Eddie Yaeger
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
1955 · Capt. Russ Peters
A Song to Remember
1945 · Student (uncredited)