Actor
Darren McGavin
Born 1922 · 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 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.
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Acting
The X-Files
Agent Arthur Dales · 1993
A Christmas Story
The Old Man · 1983
Gargoyles
G.F. Benton/Dominic Dracon (voice) · 1994
Billy Madison
Brian Madison · 1995
Murder, She Wrote
Martin Tremaine · 1984
The Natural
Gus Sands (uncredited) · 1984
Magnum, P.I.
Buck Gibson · 1980
Millennium
Henry Black · 1996
Mission: Impossible
J. Richard Taggart · 1966
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Red Hillman · 1955
The Man with the Golden Arm
Louie · 1955
Raw Deal
Chief Harry Shannon · 1986
Touched by an Angel
George Zarko · 1994
Summertime
Eddie Yaeger · 1955
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Sheridan Westcott · 1962
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
Carl Kolchak · 1974
The Night Stalker
Carl Kolchak · 1972
Dead Heat
Dr. Ernest McNab · 1988
Tales from the Darkside
Van Conway · 1984
The Love Boat
Lawrence Evans · 1977
Airport '77
Stan Buchek · 1977
Gunsmoke
Will Helmick · 1955
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Viktor Karmak · 1964
The Six Million Dollar Man
Oliver Spencer · 1973
