Darren McGavin
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
Top 40 Movies
My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn
1985
The Case Against Brooklyn
1958
A Christmas Story
1983
The Return of Marcus Welby, M.D.
1984
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991
Summertime
1955
Tribes
1970
B. Must Die
1975
Raw Deal
1986
The Man with the Golden Arm
1955
Sam Cade
1972
The Six Million Dollar Man
1973
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
1955
Captain America
1990
43: The Richard Petty Story
1972
The Outsider
1967
The Challengers
1970
Boomerang, Dog of Many Talents
1968
The Challenge
1970
Ike
1979
The Users
1978
Billy Madison
1995
The Death of Me Yet
1971
Disneyland '59
1959
Anatomy of a Crime
1969
Airport '77
1977
The Rookies
1972
The Baron and the Kid
1984
Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole
1972
The Natural
1984
A Song to Remember
1945
The 48-Hour Mile
1970
Dead Heat
1988
Donovan's Kid
1979
The Night Stalker
1972
Something Evil
1972
By Dawn's Early Light
1990
Banyon
1971
Perfect Harmony
1991
Hangar 18
1980