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.

Фільмографія

• Night Stalker
• 1999Pros & Cons — Mr. Stanford
• 1997Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas — Mr. Parker (archive footage)
• Millennium — Henry Black
• 1996Small Time — Sam
• 1995Derby — Lester Corbett
• 1995Біллі Медісон — Brian Madison
• 1994A Perfect Stranger — John Henry Phillips
• Burke's Law — Conrad Hill
• Gargoyles — G.F. Benton/Dominic Dracon (voice)
• 1994Mysteries of the Ancient World — Narrator
• Touched by an Angel — George Zarko
• Fallen Angels — Old Man
• 1993The American Clock — Older Arthur Huntington
• Грейс у вогні — Grace's Dad
• Цілком таємно — Agent Arthur Dales
• 1992Mastergate — Folsom Bunting
• 1991Blood and Concrete — Hank Dick
• Civil Wars
• 1991Clara — Albert Kroll
• 1991Happy Hell Night — Henry Collins
• 1991Perfect Harmony — Mr. Hobbs
• 1991Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker — actor (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Sisters
• The Commish
• The General Motors Playwrights Theater — Albert Kroll
• 1990By Dawn's Early Light — Condor
• 1990Captain America — General Fleming
• 1990Child in the Night — Os Winfield
• 1990Kojak: It's Always Something — Wainwright
• 1990Unclaimed Fortunes II — Host
• Around the World in 80 Days — Benjamin Mudge
• 1988Dead Heat — Dr. Ernest McNab
• 1988Inherit the Wind — E.K. Hornbeck
• Monsters — Hubert
• Murphy Brown — Bill Brown
• 1988The Diamond Trap — Chief Walter Vadney
• 1987From the Hip — Craig Duncan
• 1987Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson — A. Z. Nathan
• Worlds Beyond — Harry Hewart
• 1986Без компромісів — Harry Shannon
• 1985My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn — Dr. Gerrit Koets
• 1985Turk 182! — Det. Kowalski
• Highway to Heaven
• 1984The Baron and the Kid — Jack Beamer
• 1984The Return of Marcus Welby, M.D. — Dr. David Jennings
• Вона написала вбивство — Martin Tremaine
• Казки з темного боку — Van Conway
• 1984Природний дар — Gus Sands (uncredited)
• Small & Frye
• Автостопник — Old Man
• 1983Різдвяна історія — The Old Man
• 1981Firebird 2015 A.D. — Red
• 1980Hangar 18 — Harry Forbes
• The Martian Chronicles — Sam Parkhill
• 1980Waikiki — Capt. McGuire
• Магнум, приватний детектив — Buck Gibson
• 1979Donovan's Kid — Timothy Donovan
• 1979Ike — Gen. George S. Patton
• Ike — Gen. George S. Patton
• 1979Love for Rent — Coach John Martin
• Tales of the Unexpected — Sheriff Milt Singleton
• 1978Hot Lead & Cold Feet — Mayor Ragsdale
• 1978The Users — Henry Waller
• 1978Zero to Sixty — Michael Nolan, Screenplay
• The Love Boat — Lawrence Evans
• 1977Аеропорт '77 — Stan Buchek
• 1976Brinks: The Great Robbery — James McNally
• 1976Crackle of Death — Carl Kolchak
• 1976Demon and the Mummy — Carl Kolchak
• 1976Law and Order — Deputy Chief Brian O'Malley
• 1976No Deposit, No Return — Duke
• 1975B. Must Die — Pal Kovak
• Kolchak: The Night Stalker — Carl Kolchak, Producer
• 1973Happy Mother's Day, Love George — Director
• Police Story — Matt Hallett
• The Evil Touch — Alvin Hazeltine, Director
• 1973The Night Strangler — Carl Kolchak
• 1973The Six Million Dollar Man — Oliver Spencer
• 197243: The Richard Petty Story — Lee Petty
• 1972Here Comes the Judge — Judge
• 1972Sam Cade
• 1972Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole — Dr. Lou Grazzo
• 1972Something Evil — Paul Worden
• 1972The Night Stalker — Carl Kolchak
• 1972The Rookies — Sgt. Eddie Ryker
• 1971Banyon — Lieutenant Pete Cordova
• 1971Mooch Goes to Hollywood — Darren McGavin (uncredited)
• 1971Mrs. Pollifax — Spy — Farrell
• Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law — McClain
• 1971The Death of Me Yet — Joe Chalk
• 1970Berlin Affair — Paul Killian
• 1970The 48-Hour Mile — David Ross
• 1970The Challenge — Jacob Gallery
• 1970The Challengers — Jim McCabe
• 1970Tribes — Drake
• 1969Anatomy of a Crime — David Ross
• Bracken's World
• Love, American Style — Corbett
• The Bold Ones: The Lawyers
• 1968Boomerang, Dog of Many Talents — Barney B. Duncan
• 1968Mission Mars — Col. Mike Blaiswick
• The Name of the Game — Jesse Gil McCray, Sam Hardy, Eddie Gannon
• The Outsider — David Ross
• Cimarron Strip
• Custer
• Mannix — Mark
• 1967The Outsider — David Ross
• Felony Squad
• Mission: Impossible — J. Richard Taggart
• 1965African Gold — Mike Gregory
• 1965The Great Sioux Massacre — Captain Frederick William Benton
• 1964Bullet for a Badman — Sam Ward
• The Rogues — Amos Champion
• Агенти U.N.C.L.E. — Viktor Karmak
• Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre — Franklin Carson
• The Alfred Hitchcock Hour — Sheridan Westcott
• The Virginian — Mark Troxel, Sam Evans
• Ben Casey
• Dr. Kildare — Prof. Felix Holman
• The Defenders — Howard Potter, Marty Wisnovsky
• 1961Witchcraft: The Doll in Brambles — Fred
• Route 66
• Special for Women — The Social Worker
• Stagecoach West
• The Islanders — Phil
• Rawhide — Jed Hadley
• Riverboat — Captain Grey Holden, Director
• Buckskin — Director
• Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer — Mike Hammer
• 1958The Case Against Brooklyn — Pete Harris
• 1957Beau James — Charley Hand
• 1957The Delicate Delinquent — Mike Damon
• 1955A Word to the Wives... — George Peters
• 1955Summertime — Eddie Yaeger
• The Alcoa Hour
• 1955The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell — Capt. Russ Peters
• 1955The Man with the Golden Arm — Louie
• Альфред Гічкок представляє — Red Hillman, Lyle Endicott
• Дим зі ствола — Will Helmick, Lon Gorman, Joe Bascome
• Climax! — Walter
• The Wonderful World of Disney — John Jay Forrest, Timothy Donovan
• Death Valley Days — Zacharias Gurney
• Omnibus
• Casey, Crime Photographer — Jack Casey
• 1951Queen for a Day — Dan
• Tales of Tomorrow
• Robert Montgomery Presents — Joe Gillis
• Suspense — Ted Larson
• Studio One — Will Sorrell, Johnny Quigg, Tom Kendall
• The Philco Television Playhouse — Bill Starbuck
• 1945A Song to Remember — Student (uncredited)
• 1945She Wouldn't Say Yes — The Kid - Soldier in Hospital (uncredited)
• 1945Your Next Job — Balancing hobbyist

Ток-шоу, премії та інші появи (6)

• The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts — Self
• V.I.P. Schaukel — Self
• The Match Game — Self
• The Mike Douglas Show — Self
• 1959Disneyland '59 — Self
• What's My Line? — Self