Overview
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
07 May, 1922 (102 years old)
Death date
25 Feb, 2006
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
Acting
1999
Pros & Cons
1997
Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas
1995
Billy Madison
1994
A Perfect Stranger
1992
Happy Hell Night
1991
Blood and Concrete
1990
Captain America
1990
By Dawn's Early Light
1990
Child in the Night
1988
Dead Heat
1988
The Diamond Trap
1987
From the Hip
1986
Raw Deal
1985
Turk 182!
1984
The Natural
1983
A Christmas Story
1980
Hangar 18
1980
The Martian Chronicles
1978
Hot Lead & Cold Feet
1977
Airport '77
1976
No Deposit, No Return
1974
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
1973
The Six Million Dollar Man
1973
The Night Strangler
1972
Something Evil
1972
The Night Stalker
1971
Mrs. Pollifax — Spy
1968
The Outsider
1968
Mission Mars
1965
The Great Sioux Massacre
1964
Bullet for a Badman
1958
The Case Against Brooklyn
1957
The Delicate Delinquent
1951
Crime Photographer
1945
She Wouldn't Say Yes