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.
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Filmography
all 161
Movies 85
TV Shows 76
self 10
Director 2
Night Stalker (2005)
TV
Mr. Stanford
Pros & Cons (1999)
Movie
Mr. Parker (archive footage)
Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas (1997)
Movie
Sam
Small Time (1996)
Movie
Henry Black
Millennium (1996)
TV
6.43
Lester Corbett
Derby (1995)
Movie
Brian Madison
Billy Madison (1995)
Movie
6.6
Buster
Fudge-a-mania (1995)
Movie
Gargoyles (1994)
TV
5.83
George Zarko
Touched by an Angel (1994)
TV
8
John Henry Phillips
A Perfect Stranger (1994)
Movie
10
Host
Mysteries of the Ancient World (1994)
Movie
Conrad Hill
Burke's Law (1994)
TV
Grace Under Fire (1993)
TV
6
Agent Arthur Dales
The X-Files (1993)
TV
6
Old Man
Fallen Angels (1993)
TV
Self - Host & Narrator
The Incredible Discovery of Noah's Ark (1993)
Movie
Older Arthur Huntington
The American Clock (1993)
Movie
Folsom Bunting
Mastergate (1992)
Movie
Henry Collins
Happy Hell Night (1992)
Movie
6
Civil Wars (1991)
TV
actor (archive footage) (uncredited)
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker (1991)
Movie
The Commish (1991)
TV
6
Hank Dick
Blood and Concrete (1991)
Movie
Sisters (1991)
TV
6
Mr. Hobbs
Perfect Harmony (1991)
Movie
Albert Kroll
Clara (1991)
Movie
General Fleming
Captain America (1990)
Movie
4.89
Condor
By Dawn's Early Light (1990)
Movie
6
Os Winfield
Child in the Night (1990)
Movie
Wainwright
Kojak: It's Always Something (1990)
Movie
Benjamin Mudge
Around the World in 80 Days (1989)
TV
4
Bill Brown
Murphy Brown (1988)
TV
6
Monsters (1988)
TV
Dr. Ernest McNab
Dead Heat (1988)
Movie
5
E.K. Hornbeck
Inherit the Wind (1988)
Movie
Chief Walter Vadney
The Diamond Trap (1988)
Movie
Craig Duncan
From the Hip (1987)
Movie
6
Harry Shannon
Raw Deal (1986)
Movie
2.67
Det. Kowalski
Turk 182! (1985)
Movie
5.57
Dr. Gerrit Koets
My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn (1985)
Movie
Jack Beamer
The Baron and the Kid (1984)
Movie
Martin Tremaine
Murder, She Wrote (1984)
TV
7
Van Conway
Tales from the Darkside (1984)
TV
5.38
Highway to Heaven (1984)
TV
Dr. David Jennings
The Return of Marcus Welby, M.D. (1984)
Movie
Gus Sands
The Natural (1984)
Movie
5.38
The Old Man Parker
A Christmas Story (1983)
Movie
6.53
Old Man
The Hitchhiker (1983)
TV
5
Nick Small
Small & Frye (1983)
TV
Red
Firebird 2015 A.D. (1981)
Movie
John Alan Bredeman
Nero Wolfe (1981)
TV
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
TV
5.61
Self
Games People Play (1980)
TV
Harry Forbes
Hangar 18 (1980)
Movie
Captain
Waikiki (1980)
Movie
Sam Parkhill
The Martian Chronicles (1980)
TV
Coach John Martin
Love for Rent (1979)
Movie
Gen. George S. Patton
Ike (1979)
TV
Gen. George S. Patton
Ike (1979)
Movie
7
Sheriff Milt Singleton
Tales of the Unexpected (1979)
TV
Timothy Donovan
Donovan's Kid (1979)
Movie
Henry Waller
The Users (1978)
Movie
Mayor Ragsdale
Hot Lead & Cold Feet (1978)
Movie
6.33
Michael Nolan
Zero to Sixty (1978)
Movie
Lawrence Evans
The Love Boat (1977)
TV
6.85
Stan Buchek
Airport '77 (1977)
Movie
5.48
Deputy Chief Brian O'Malley
Law and Order (1976)
Movie
Carl Kolchak
Crackle of Death (1976)
Movie
James McNally
Brinks: The Great Robbery (1976)
Movie
Carl Kolchak
Demon and the Mummy (1976)
Movie
Duke
No Deposit, No Return (1976)
Movie
6
Pal Kovak
Hay que matar a B. (1975)
Movie
Carl Kolchak
Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974)
TV
5.33
Self
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts (1973)
TV
Director
Happy Mother's Day, Love George (1973)
Movie
Alvin Hazeltine
The Evil Touch (1973)
TV
Police Story (1973)
TV
Oliver Spencer
The Six Million Dollar Man (1973)
Movie
4.75
Carl Kolchak
The Night Strangler (1973)
Movie
9
Lee Petty
43: The Richard Petty Story (1972)
Movie
John Jay Forrest
The High Flying Spy (1972)
Movie
Dr. Lou Grazzo
Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole (1972)
Movie
Lieutenant Pete Cordova
Banyon (1972)
TV
Judge
Here Comes the Judge (1972)
Movie
Sergeant Eddie Ryker
The Rookies (1972)
Movie
Paul Worden
Something Evil (1972)
Movie
Carl Kolchak
The Night Stalker (1972)
Movie
ArchiveFootage
Sam Cade (1972)
Movie
Darren McGavin (uncredited)
Mooch Goes to Hollywood (1971)
Movie
Joe Chalk
The Death of Me Yet (1971)
Movie
McClain
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law (1971)
TV
Self
V.I.P. Schaukel (1971)
TV
Lieutenant Pete Cordova
Banyon (1971)
Movie
Farrell
Mrs. Pollifax — Spy (1971)
Movie
Drake
Tribes (1970)
Movie
Pete Killian
Berlin Affair (1970)
Movie
Jim McCabe
The Challengers (1970)
Movie
Jacob Gallery
The Challenge (1970)
Movie
Bracken's World (1969)
TV
David Ross
Anatomy of a Crime (1969)
Movie
The Bold Ones: The Lawyers (1968)
TV
Sam Hardy / Jesse Gil McCray
The Name of the Game (1968)
TV
David Ross
The Outsider (1968)
TV
Col. Mike Blaiswick
Mission Mars (1968)
Movie
David Ross
The Outsider (1967)
Movie
Mannix (1967)
TV
6.38
Cimarron Strip (1967)
TV
Custer (1967)
TV
Mission: Impossible (1966)
TV
6.33
Felony Squad (1966)
TV
Self
Eye Guess (1966)
TV
Mike Gregory
African Gold (1965)
Movie
Captain Benton
The Great Sioux Massacre (1965)
Movie
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964)
TV
6
Amos Champion
The Rogues (1964)
TV
Sam Ward
Bullet for a Badman (1964)
Movie
4
Franklin Carson
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963)
TV
Self
The Match Game (1962)
TV
Sheridan Westcott
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962)
TV
5
Mark Troxel / Sam Evans
The Virginian (1962)
TV
Self
The Mike Douglas Show (1961)
TV
Ben Casey (1961)
TV
4.75
Prof. Felix Holman
Dr. Kildare (1961)
TV
6
Howard Potter / Marty Wisnovsky
The Defenders (1961)
TV
Fred
Witchcraft: The Doll in Brambles (1961)
Movie
Route 66 (1960)
TV
Stagecoach West (1960)
TV
Phil
The Islanders (1960)
TV
Captain Grey Holden
Riverboat (1959)
TV
Self
Disneyland '59 (1959)
Movie
Jed Hadley
Rawhide (1959)
TV
4
Director
Buckskin (1958)
TV
Pete Harris
The Case Against Brooklyn (1958)
Movie
Mike Hammer
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer (1958)
TV
Charley Hand
Beau James (1957)
Movie
Mike Damon
The Delicate Delinquent (1957)
Movie
Capt. Russ Peters
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell (1955)
Movie
Louie
The Man with the Golden Arm (1955)
Movie
The Alcoa Hour (1955)
TV
Lyle Endicott / Red Hillman
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)
TV
4.75
Will Helmick / Lon Gorman / Joe Bascome
Gunsmoke (1955)
TV
6
Eddie Yaeger
Summertime (1955)
Movie
George Peters
A Word to the Wives... (1955)
Movie
John Jay Forrest / Timothy Donovan
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (1954)
TV
5.98
Walter
Climax! (1954)
TV
Omnibus (1952)
TV
Zacharias Gurney
Death Valley Days (1952)
TV
Tales of Tomorrow (1951)
TV
Dan
Queen for a Day (1951)
Movie
Casey
Crime Photographer (1951)
TV
Self - Mystery Guest
What's My Line? (1950)
TV
Joe Gillis
Robert Montgomery Presents (1950)
TV
Ted Larson
Suspense (1949)
TV
Will Sorrell / Tom Kendall / Johnny Quigg
Studio One (1948)
TV
Bill Starbuck
The Philco Television Playhouse (1948)
TV
Balancing hobbyist
Your Next Job (1945)
Movie
The Kid - Soldier in Hospital (uncredited)
She Wouldn't Say Yes (1945)
Movie
Student (uncredited)
A Song to Remember (1945)
Movie
Dr. Gerrit Koets
My Wicked, Wicked Ways... The Legend of Errol Flynn
TV
Andy
Confidential for Women
TV
Ratings
Average 5.9
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1922-05-07
Deathday2006-02-25 (83 years old)
Birth PlaceSpokane, United States of America
RelationshipsKathie Browne (1969-01-01 - 2003-01-01)
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsW. Lyle Richardson , William Lyle Richardson
AwardsEmmy Award
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