Darren McGavin

Actor

Born: May 7, 1922
Died: February 25, 2006 (age 83)
From: Spokane, Washington, U.S.

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…

Filmography (86)

Pros & Cons (1999)
Mr. Stanford
Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas (1997)
Mr. Parker (archive footage)
Small Time (1996)
Sam
Derby (1995)
Lester Corbett
Billy Madison (1995)
Brian Madison
A Perfect Stranger (1994)
John Henry Phillips
Mysteries of the Ancient World (1994)
Narrator
The American Clock (1993)
Older Arthur Huntington
Mastergate (1992)
Folsom Bunting
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker (1991)
actor (archive footage) (uncredited)
Happy Hell Night (1991)
Henry Collins
Blood and Concrete (1991)
Hank Dick
Perfect Harmony (1991)
Mr. Hobbs
Clara
Clara (1991)
Albert Kroll
Captain America (1990)
General Fleming
By Dawn's Early Light (1990)
Condor
Child in the Night (1990)
Os Winfield
Unclaimed Fortunes II
Unclaimed Fortunes II (1990)
Host
Kojak: It's Always Something (1990)
Wainwright
The Diamond Trap (1988)
Chief Walter Vadney
Dead Heat (1988)
Dr. Ernest McNab
Inherit the Wind (1988)
E.K. Hornbeck
Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson (1987)
A. Z. Nathan
From the Hip (1987)
Craig Duncan
Raw Deal (1986)
Chief Harry Shannon
Turk 182! (1985)
Det. Kowalski
My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn (1985)
Dr. Gerrit Koets
The Baron and the Kid (1984)
Jack Beamer
The Return of Marcus Welby, M.D. (1984)
Dr. David Jennings
The Natural (1984)
Gus Sands (uncredited)