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Known For
Acting
Birthday
May 7, 1922
Died
February 25, 2006
Place of Birth
Spokane, Washington, U.S.
Also Known As
- W. Lyle Richardson
- William Lyle Richardson
- دارن مکگاوین
Darren McGavin
1.8 Popularity
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, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
5.1
Night Stalker
2005
2.8
Mr. Stanford
Pros & Cons
1999
5.4
Mr. Parker (archive footage)
Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas
1997
7.7
Henry Black
Millennium
1996
7.5
Lester Corbett
Derby
1995
6.2
Brian Madison
Billy Madison
1995
8.1
G.F. Benton/Dominic Dracon (voice)
Gargoyles
1994
7.2
George Zarko
Touched by an Angel
1994
4.5
John Henry Phillips
A Perfect Stranger
1994
0.0
Mysteries of the Ancient World
1994
Credits
Night Stalker
2005
5.1
Pros & Cons
as Mr. Stanford
1999
2.8
Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas
as Mr. Parker (archive footage)
1997
5.4
Millennium
as Henry Black
1996
7.7
Derby
as Lester Corbett
1995
7.5
Billy Madison
as Brian Madison
1995
6.2
Gargoyles
as G.F. Benton/Dominic Dracon (voice)
1994
8.1
Touched by an Angel
as George Zarko
1994
7.2
A Perfect Stranger
as John Henry Phillips
1994
4.5
Mysteries of the Ancient World
1994
0.0
Burke's Law
as Conrad Hill
1994
6.7
Grace Under Fire
1993
5.6
The X-Files
as Agent Arthur Dales
1993
8.4
Fallen Angels
as Old Man
1993
5.9
The American Clock
as Older Arthur Huntington
1993
5.4
Mastergate
as Folsom Bunting
1992
2.0
Civil Wars
1991
3.3
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
as actor (archive footage) (uncredited)
1991
7.7
Happy Hell Night
as Henry Collins
1991
4.7
The Commish
1991
7.1
Blood and Concrete
as Hank Dick
1991
5.5
Sisters
1991
7.2
Perfect Harmony
as Mr. Hobbs
1991
6.1
🎬
Clara
as Albert Kroll
1991
0.0
Captain America
as General Fleming
1990
4.5
By Dawn's Early Light
as Condor
1990
6.5
Child in the Night
as Os Winfield
1990
5.4
🎬
Unclaimed Fortunes II
as Host
1990
0.0
Kojak: It's Always Something
as Wainwright
1990
6.0
Around the World in 80 Days
as Benjamin Mudge
1989
6.7
The Diamond Trap
as Chief Walter Vadney
1988
5.5
Murphy Brown
as Bill Brown
1988
6.4
Monsters
1988
7.1
Dead Heat
as Dr. Ernest McNab
1988
6.2
Inherit the Wind
as E.K. Hornbeck
1988
7.8
Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson
as A. Z. Nathan
1987
6.8
From the Hip
as Craig Duncan
1987
5.8
Raw Deal
as Chief Harry Shannon
1986
5.8
Turk 182!
as Det. Kowalski
1985
5.8
My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn
as Dr. Gerrit Koets
1985
6.5
The Baron and the Kid
as Jack Beamer
1984
0.0
Murder, She Wrote
as Martin Tremaine
1984
7.5
Tales from the Darkside
as Van Conway
1984
7.2
Highway to Heaven
1984
7.4
The Return of Marcus Welby, M.D.
as Dr. David Jennings
1984
0.0
The Natural
as Gus Sands (uncredited)
1984
6.9
The Hitchhiker
as Old Man
1983
6.1
A Christmas Story
as The Old Man
1983
7.2
Small & Frye
1983
4.5
Firebird 2015 A.D.
as Red
1981
2.5
Magnum, P.I.
as Buck Gibson
1980
7.3
Hangar 18
as Harry Forbes
1980
5.1
Waikiki
as Capt. McGuire
1980
4.0
The Martian Chronicles
as Sam Parkhill
1980
0.0
The Martian Chronicles
as Sam Parkhill
1980
6.9
Love for Rent
as Coach John Martin
1979
1.3
Ike
as Gen. George S. Patton
1979
6.2
Ike
as Gen. George S. Patton
1979
6.5
Tales of the Unexpected
as Sheriff Milt Singleton
1979
6.7
Donovan's Kid
as Timothy Donovan
1979
6.0
The Users
as Henry Waller
1978
1.0
Hot Lead & Cold Feet
as Mayor Ragsdale
1978
5.8
Zero to Sixty
as Michael Nolan
1978
4.3
The Love Boat
as Lawrence Evans
1977
6.3
Airport '77
as Stan Buchek
1977
5.6
Law and Order
as Deputy Chief Brian O'Malley
1976
0.0
Crackle of Death
as Carl Kolchak
1976
6.0
Brinks: The Great Robbery
as James McNally
1976
0.0
Demon and the Mummy
as Carl Kolchak
1976
6.0
No Deposit, No Return
as Duke
1976
6.2
B. Must Die
as Pal Kovak
1975
4.0
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
as Carl Kolchak
1974
7.6
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
as Self
1973
5.4
The Evil Touch
1973
5.5
Police Story
1973
6.9
The Six Million Dollar Man
as Oliver Spencer
1973
6.7
The Night Strangler
as Carl Kolchak
1973
6.7
43: The Richard Petty Story
as Lee Petty
1972
6.5
Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole
as Dr. Lou Grazzo
1972
6.8
🎬
Here Comes the Judge
as Judge
1972
0.0
The Rookies
as Sgt. Eddie Ryker
1972
6.0
Something Evil
as Paul Worden
1972
5.5
The Night Stalker
as Carl Kolchak
1972
6.9
Sam Cade
1972
0.0
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
as Darren McGavin (uncredited)
1971
4.3
The Death of Me Yet
as Joe Chalk
1971
6.7
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
as McClain
1971
6.3
🎬
V.I.P. Schaukel
as Self
1971
7.5
Banyon
as Lieutenant Pete Cordova
1971
0.0
Mrs. Pollifax — Spy
as Farrell
1971
6.1
Tribes
as Drake
1970
6.0
Berlin Affair
as Paul Killian
1970
0.0
The 48-Hour Mile
as David Ross
1970
0.0
The Challengers
as Jim McCabe
1970
5.0
The Challenge
as Jacob Gallery
1970
6.0
Love, American Style
as Corbett
1969
6.1
The Bold Ones: The Lawyers
1969
3.0
Bracken's World
1969
5.0
Anatomy of a Crime
as David Ross
1969
6.0
Boomerang, Dog of Many Talents
as Barney B. Duncan
1968
0.0
The Name of the Game
as Jesse Gil McCray
1968
6.8
The Name of the Game
as Sam Hardy
1968
6.8
The Name of the Game
as Eddie Gannon
1968
6.8
The Outsider
as David Ross
1968
5.2
Mission Mars
as Col. Mike Blaiswick
1968
4.2
The Outsider
as David Ross
1967
6.0
Mannix
as Mark
1967
6.7
Cimarron Strip
1967
5.5
Custer
1967
6.0
Mission: Impossible
as J. Richard Taggart
1966
7.6
Felony Squad
1966
6.4
African Gold
as Mike Gregory
1965
0.0
The Great Sioux Massacre
as Captain Frederick William Benton
1965
4.2
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
as Viktor Karmak
1964
7.1
The Rogues
as Amos Champion
1964
7.2
Bullet for a Badman
as Sam Ward
1964
6.2
🎬
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
5.7
🎬
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
as Franklin Carson
1963
5.7
The Match Game
as Self
1962
8.1
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Sheridan Westcott
1962
7.9
The Virginian
as Mark Troxel
1962
6.4
The Virginian
as Sam Evans
1962
6.4
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
5.4
Ben Casey
1961
5.6
Dr. Kildare
as Prof. Felix Holman
1961
5.5
The Defenders
as Howard Potter
1961
5.9
The Defenders
as Marty Wisnovsky
1961
5.9
Witchcraft: The Doll in Brambles
as Fred
1961
6.0
Route 66
1960
6.3
Stagecoach West
1960
6.0
The Islanders
as Phil
1960
8.0
Riverboat
as Captain Grey Holden
1959
6.2
Disneyland '59
as Self
1959
6.5
Rawhide
as Jed Hadley
1959
7.2
The Case Against Brooklyn
as Pete Harris
1958
5.8
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
as Mike Hammer
1958
6.6
Beau James
as Charley Hand
1957
4.5
The Delicate Delinquent
as Mike Damon
1957
6.4
Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter
1956
5.9
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
as Capt. Russ Peters
1955
6.8
The Man with the Golden Arm
as Louie
1955
7.1
The Alcoa Hour
1955
4.0
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Red Hillman
1955
7.8
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Lyle Endicott
1955
7.8
Gunsmoke
as Will Helmick
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Lon Gorman
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Joe Bascome
1955
6.6
Summertime
as Eddie Yaeger
1955
6.8
A Word to the Wives...
as George Peters
1955
1.0
The Wonderful World of Disney
as John Jay Forrest
1954
7.8
The Wonderful World of Disney
as Timothy Donovan
1954
7.8
Climax!
as Walter
1954
3.3
Omnibus
1952
6.0
Death Valley Days
as Zacharias Gurney
1952
6.4
Tales of Tomorrow
1951
6.0
Queen for a Day
as Dan
1951
6.0
🎬
Casey, Crime Photographer
as Jack Casey
1951
0.0
What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest
1950
6.9
Robert Montgomery Presents
as Joe Gillis
1950
5.6
Suspense
as Ted Larson
1949
4.9
Suspense
1949
4.9
Studio One
as Will Sorrell
1948
5.0
Studio One
as Johnny Quigg
1948
5.0
Studio One
as Tom Kendall
1948
5.0
The Philco Television Playhouse
as Bill Starbuck
1948
6.3
🎬
Your Next Job
as Balancing hobbyist
1945
0.0
She Wouldn't Say Yes
as The Kid - Soldier in Hospital (uncredited)
1945
5.9
A Song to Remember
as Student (uncredited)
1945
6.3