Darren McGavin
Birthday: 1922-05-07
Deathday: 2006-02-25
Birthplace: Spokane, Washington, U.S.
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned
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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Credits
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1999-01-01 | Pros & Cons | Mr. Stanford |
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1995-06-17 | Derby | Lester Corbett |
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1995-02-10 | Billy Madison | Brian Madison |
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1994-09-12 | A Perfect Stranger | John Henry Phillips |
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1994-03-06 | Mysteries of the Ancient World | |
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1993-01-02 | The American Clock | Older Arthur Huntington |
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1992-11-01 | Mastergate | Folsom Bunting |
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1992-04-13 | Happy Hell Night | Henry Collins |
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1991-09-13 | Blood and Concrete | Hank Dick |
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1991-03-31 | Perfect Harmony | Mr. Hobbs |
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1991-02-05 | Clara | Albert Kroll |
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1990-12-14 | Captain America | General Fleming |
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1990-05-19 | By Dawn's Early Light | Condor |
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1990-05-01 | Child in the Night | Os Winfield |
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1990-04-07 | Unclaimed Fortunes II | Host |
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1990-01-31 | Kojak: It's Always Something | Wainwright |
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1988-05-06 | Dead Heat | Dr. Ernest McNab |
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1988-03-20 | Inherit the Wind | E.K. Hornbeck |
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1988-01-01 | The Diamond Trap | Chief Walter Vadney |
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1987-11-06 | Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson | A. Z. Nathan |
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1987-02-06 | From the Hip | Craig Duncan |
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1986-06-06 | Raw Deal | Chief Harry Shannon |
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1985-02-15 | Turk 182! | Det. Kowalski |
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1985-01-21 | My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn | Dr. Gerrit Koets |
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1984-11-21 | The Baron and the Kid | Jack Beamer |
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1984-05-16 | The Return of Marcus Welby, M.D. | Dr. David Jennings |
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1984-05-11 | The Natural | Gus Sands |
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1983-11-18 | A Christmas Story | The Old Man |
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1981-09-18 | Firebird 2015 A.D. | Red |
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1980-07-01 | Hangar 18 | Harry Forbes |
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1980-04-21 | Waikiki | Capt. McGuire |
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1979-11-11 | Love for Rent | Coach John Martin |
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1979-05-03 | Ike | Gen. George S. Patton |
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1979-01-07 | Donovan's Kid | Timothy Donovan |
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1978-10-01 | The Users | Henry Waller |
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1978-07-05 | Hot Lead & Cold Feet | Mayor Ragsdale |
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1978-06-23 | Zero to Sixty | Michael Nolan |
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1977-03-11 | Airport '77 | Stan Buchek |
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1976-05-06 | Law and Order | Deputy Chief Brian O'Malley |
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1976-03-28 | Crackle of Death | Carl Kolchak |
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1976-03-26 | Brinks: The Great Robbery | James McNally |
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1976-03-14 | Demon and the Mummy | Carl Kolchak |
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1976-02-05 | No Deposit, No Return | Duke |
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1975-06-14 | Hay que matar a B. | Pal Kovak |
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1973-03-07 | The Six Million Dollar Man | Oliver Spencer |
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1973-01-16 | The Night Strangler | Carl Kolchak |
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1972-11-01 | 43: The Richard Petty Story | Lee Petty |
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1972-09-27 | Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole | Dr. Lou Grazzo |
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1972-09-03 | Here Comes the Judge | Judge |
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1972-03-07 | The Rookies | Sgt. Eddie Ryker |
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1972-01-21 | Something Evil | Paul Worden |
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1972-01-11 | The Night Stalker | Carl Kolchak |
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1972-01-01 | Sam Cade | |
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1971-12-31 | Mooch Goes to Hollywood | Darren McGavin (uncredited) |
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1971-10-26 | The Death of Me Yet | Joe Chalk |
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1971-03-15 | Banyon | Lieutenant Pete Cordova |
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1971-02-17 | Mrs. Pollifax — Spy | Farrell |
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1970-11-10 | Tribes | Drake |
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1970-11-02 | Berlin Affair | Paul Killian |
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1970-11-01 | The 48-Hour Mile | David Ross |
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1970-02-20 | The Challengers | Jim McCabe |
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1970-02-10 | The Challenge | Jacob Gallery |
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1969-06-13 | Anatomy of a Crime | David Ross |
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1968-09-22 | Boomerang, Dog of Many Talents | Barney B. Duncan |
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1968-07-26 | Mission Mars | Col. Mike Blaiswick |
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1967-11-21 | The Outsider | David Ross |
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1965-09-08 | African Gold | Mike Gregory |
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1965-04-25 | The Great Sioux Massacre | Captain Frederick William Benton |
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1964-09-01 | Bullet for a Badman | Sam Ward |
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1961-01-01 | Witchcraft: The Doll in Brambles | Fred |
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1958-06-01 | The Case Against Brooklyn | Pete Harris |
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1957-06-07 | Beau James | Charley Hand |
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1957-06-06 | The Delicate Delinquent | Mike Damon |
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1955-12-31 | The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell | Capt. Russ Peters |
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1955-12-26 | The Man with the Golden Arm | Louie |
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1955-06-21 | Summertime | Eddie Yaeger |
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1955-01-01 | A Word to the Wives... | George Peters |
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1951-07-07 | Queen for a Day | Dan |
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1945-12-09 | Your Next Job | Balancing hobbyist |
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1945-11-29 | She Wouldn't Say Yes | The Kid - Soldier in Hospital |
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1945-01-19 | A Song to Remember | Student (uncredited) |