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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.

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A Christmas Story

1983
as The Old Man (Mr. Parker)

Captain America

1990
as General Fleming

Billy Madison

1995
as Brian Madison

The Night Strangler

1973
as Carl Kolchak

A Perfect Stranger

1994
as John Henry Phillips

From the Hip

1987
as Craig Duncan

Perfect Harmony

1991
as Mr. Hobbs

The Incredible Discovery of Noah's Ark

1993
as Self - Host & Narrator

By Dawn's Early Light

1990
as Condor - Secretary of Interior

Raw Deal

1986
as Chief Harry Shannon

Child in the Night

1990
as Os Winfield

Hay que matar a B.

1975
as Pal Kovak

Banyon

1971
as Lieutenant Pete Cordova

The Death of Me Yet

1971
as Joe Chalk

Something Evil

1972
as Paul Worden

The Great Sioux Massacre

1965
as Captain Frederick William Benton

Hot Lead & Cold Feet

1978
as Mayor Ragsdale

The Natural

1984
as Gus Sands

A Word to the Wives...

1955
as George Peters

Dead Heat

1988
as Dr. Ernest McNab

Summertime

1955
as Eddie Yaeger

The Night Stalker

1972
as Carl Kolchak

Tribes

1970
as Drake

Ike: The War Years

1980
as Gen. George S. Patton

Hangar 18

1980
as Harry Forbes

Inherit the Wind

1988
as E.K. Hornbeck

The American Clock

1993
as Older Arthur Huntington

Blood and Concrete

1991
as Hank Dick

The Diamond Trap

1988
as Chief Walter Vadney

Zero to Sixty

1978
as Michael Nolan

Happy Hell Night

1992
as Henry Collins

Turk 182!

1985
as Det. Kowalski

Donovan's Kid

1979
as Timothy Donovan

Airport '77

1977
as Stan Buchek

Anatomy of a Crime

1969
as David Ross

Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole

1972
as Dr. Lou Grazzo

Beau James

1957
as Charley Hand

Mission Mars

1968
as Col. Mike Blaiswick

Pros & Cons

1999
as Mr. Stanford

Your Next Job

1945
as Balancing hobbyist

The Users

1978
as Henry Waller

Director

Movie Happy Mother's Day, Love George 1973

Writer

Movie Zero to Sixty 1978