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
Raw Deal
5.8
A Christmas Story
7.3
Pros & Cons
3
Billy Madison
6.2
No Deposit, No Return
6.2
By Dawn's Early Light
6.5
The Natural
6.9
Happy Hell Night
4.7
From the Hip
5.9
Airport '77
5.6
The Night Strangler
6.6
Turk 182!
5.8
Dead Heat
6.1
Hot Lead & Cold Feet
5.9
Captain America
4.5
Clara
0
The Night Stalker
6.8
The Case Against Brooklyn
6
The Delicate Delinquent
6.4
Here Comes the Judge
0
The Challenge
6
The Six Million Dollar Man
6.7
Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas
6.3
Summertime
6.8
The Baron and the Kid
0
Hangar 18
5
Something Evil
5.4
Blood and Concrete
5.7
Tribes
6
Mission Mars
4.2
She Wouldn't Say Yes
5.9
Perfect Harmony
6.2
Bullet for a Badman
6.1
My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn
0
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
6.7
Child in the Night
5.4
Hay que matar a B.
4
Mrs. Pollifax — Spy
6.1
Derby
7.5
The Diamond Trap
5
Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole
6.8
A Perfect Stranger
4.8
The Death of Me Yet
7
The Rookies
6
Firebird 2015 A.D.
2.7
Inherit the Wind
8
The American Clock
6.5
Mysteries of the Ancient World
0
Unclaimed Fortunes II
0
Zero to Sixty
4.2
The Challengers
5
The Great Sioux Massacre
4.2
43: The Richard Petty Story
6.5
Boomerang, Dog of Many Talents
0
The Outsider
6
A Word to the Wives...
1
The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made
4.6
Berlin Affair
0
Ike
6.2
Witchcraft: The Doll in Brambles
6
Mastergate
2
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
6.3
Brinks: The Great Robbery
0
Crackle of Death
6
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
5.1
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