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Darren McGavin

Darren McGavin is known for acting, with popular credits including The Man with the Golden Arm, Raw Deal, A Christmas Story, Pros & Cons.

Born 07 May 1922 Spokane, Washington, U.S.

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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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2005 Night Stalker tv 1999 Pros & Cons as Mr. Stanford movie 1997 Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas as Mr. Parker (archive footage) movie 1996 Small Time as Sam movie 1996 Millennium as Henry Black tv 1995 Derby as Lester Corbett movie 1995 Billy Madison as Brian Madison movie 1994 Gargoyles as G.F. Benton/Dominic Dracon (voice) tv 1994 Touched by an Angel as George Zarko tv 1994 A Perfect Stranger as John Henry Phillips movie 1994 Mysteries of the Ancient World movie 1994 Burke's Law as Conrad Hill tv 1993 Grace Under Fire as Grace's Dad tv 1993 The X-Files as Agent Arthur Dales tv 1993 Fallen Angels as Old Man tv 1993 The American Clock as Older Arthur Huntington movie 1992 Mastergate as Folsom Bunting movie 1991 Civil Wars tv 1991 Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker as actor (archive footage) (uncredited) movie 1991 Happy Hell Night as Henry Collins movie 1991 The Commish tv 1991 Blood and Concrete as Hank Dick movie 1991 Sisters tv 1991 Perfect Harmony as Mr. Hobbs movie 1991 Clara as Albert Kroll movie 1990 Captain America as General Fleming movie 1990 By Dawn's Early Light as Condor movie 1990 Child in the Night as Os Winfield movie 1990 Unclaimed Fortunes II as Host movie 1990 Kojak: It's Always Something as Wainwright movie 1989 Around the World in 80 Days as Benjamin Mudge tv 1988 The Diamond Trap as Chief Walter Vadney movie 1988 Murphy Brown as Bill Brown tv 1988 Monsters as Hubert tv 1988 Dead Heat as Dr. Ernest McNab movie 1988 Inherit the Wind as E.K. Hornbeck movie 1987 Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson as A. Z. Nathan movie 1987 From the Hip as Craig Duncan movie 1986 Worlds Beyond as Harry Hewart tv 1986 Raw Deal as Chief Harry Shannon movie 1985 Turk 182! as Det. Kowalski movie 1985 My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn as Dr. Gerrit Koets movie 1984 The Baron and the Kid as Jack Beamer movie 1984 Murder, She Wrote as Martin Tremaine tv 1984 Tales from the Darkside as Van Conway tv 1984 Highway to Heaven tv 1984 The Return of Marcus Welby, M.D. as Dr. David Jennings movie 1984 The Natural as Gus Sands (uncredited) movie 1983 The Hitchhiker as Old Man tv 1983 A Christmas Story as The Old Man movie 1983 Small & Frye tv 1981 Firebird 2015 A.D. as Red movie 1980 Magnum, P.I. as Buck Gibson tv 1980 Hangar 18 as Harry Forbes movie 1980 Waikiki as Capt. McGuire movie 1980 The Martian Chronicles as Sam Parkhill tv 1979 Love for Rent as Coach John Martin movie 1979 Ike as Gen. George S. Patton movie 1979 Ike as Gen. George S. Patton tv 1979 Tales of the Unexpected as Sheriff Milt Singleton tv 1979 Donovan's Kid as Timothy Donovan movie 1978 The Users as Henry Waller movie 1978 Hot Lead & Cold Feet as Mayor Ragsdale movie 1978 Zero to Sixty as Michael Nolan movie 1977 The Love Boat as Lawrence Evans tv 1977 Airport '77 as Stan Buchek movie 1976 Law and Order as Deputy Chief Brian O'Malley movie 1976 Crackle of Death as Carl Kolchak movie 1976 Brinks: The Great Robbery as James McNally movie 1976 Demon and the Mummy as Carl Kolchak movie 1976 No Deposit, No Return as Duke movie 1975 B. Must Die as Pal Kovak movie 1974 Kolchak: The Night Stalker as Carl Kolchak tv 1973 The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts as Self tv 1973 The Evil Touch tv 1973 The Evil Touch as Alvin Hazeltine tv 1973 Police Story as Matt Hallett tv 1973 The Six Million Dollar Man as Oliver Spencer movie 1973 The Night Strangler as Carl Kolchak movie 1972 43: The Richard Petty Story as Lee Petty movie

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Darren McGavin is known for acting, with popular credits including The Man with the Golden Arm, Raw Deal, A Christmas Story, Pros & Cons.

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