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Darren McGavin

Darren McGavin

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.

On screen

  • Night Stalker
  • Millennium
  • Touched by an Angel
  • Gargoyles
  • Burke's Law
  • The X-Files
  • Fallen Angels
  • Grace Under Fire
  • The Commish
  • Sisters
  • Civil Wars
  • Around the World in 80 Days
  • Murphy Brown
  • Monsters
  • Worlds Beyond
  • Murder, She Wrote
  • Tales from the Darkside
  • Highway to Heaven
  • The Hitchhiker
  • Small & Frye
  • Magnum, P.I.
  • The Martian Chronicles
  • Tales of the Unexpected
  • Ike
  • The Love Boat
  • Kolchak: The Night Stalker
  • The Evil Touch
  • The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
  • Police Story
  • Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
  • Bracken's World
  • The Bold Ones: The Lawyers
  • Love, American Style
  • The Outsider
  • The Name of the Game
  • Cimarron Strip
  • Custer
  • Mannix
  • Mission: Impossible
  • Felony Squad
  • The Rogues
  • The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
  • The Virginian
  • The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
  • The Defenders
  • Ben Casey
  • Dr. Kildare
  • Route 66
  • The Islanders
  • Stagecoach West
  • Special for Women
  • Rawhide
  • Riverboat
  • Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
  • Gunsmoke
  • Alfred Hitchcock Presents
  • The Alcoa Hour
  • Climax!
  • The Wonderful World of Disney
  • Death Valley Days
  • Tales of Tomorrow
  • Robert Montgomery Presents
  • What's My Line?
  • Suspense
  • Studio One
  • The Philco Television Playhouse

Behind the camera

  • The Evil Touch
  • Riverboat

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