Acting credits
151
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Darren McGavin
Acting
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1.2
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Movies: 83Series: 69Crew credits: 5
TMDB ID: 7333
IMDb ID: nm0569000
Known for: Acting
Born: May 7, 1922
Died: February 25, 2006
Age: 83
Place of birth: Spokane, Washington, U.S.
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1945 - 2005
Years active: 61
Average TMDB rating: 6.65
Wikidata: Q1150547
Also known as
W. Lyle Richardson • William Lyle Richardson • دارن مکگاوین
Other jobs
Director (3)Producer (1)Screenplay (1)
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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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Darren McGavin.
2.8
Pros & Cons
as Mr. Stanford
1999 Movie
5.4
Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas
as Mr. Parker (archive footage)
1997 Movie
5.5
Small Time
as Sam
1996 Movie
7.5
Derby
as Lester Corbett
1995 Movie
6.2
Billy Madison
as Brian Madison
1995 Movie
4.6
A Perfect Stranger
as John Henry Phillips
1994 Movie
Mysteries of the Ancient World
1994 Movie
5.4
The American Clock
as Older Arthur Huntington
1993 Movie
2.0
Mastergate
as Folsom Bunting
1992 Movie
7.7
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
as actor (archive footage) (uncredited)
1991 Movie
4.7
Happy Hell Night
as Henry Collins
1991 Movie
5.5
Blood and Concrete
as Hank Dick
1991 Movie
6.1
Perfect Harmony
as Mr. Hobbs
1991 Movie
4.5
Captain America
as General Fleming
1990 Movie
6.5
By Dawn's Early Light
as Condor
1990 Movie
5.4
Child in the Night
as Os Winfield
1990 Movie
6.0
Kojak: It's Always Something
as Wainwright
1990 Movie
5.5
The Diamond Trap
as Chief Walter Vadney
1988 Movie
6.2
Dead Heat
as Dr. Ernest McNab
1988 Movie
7.8
Inherit the Wind
as E.K. Hornbeck
1988 Movie
6.8
Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson
as A. Z. Nathan
1987 Movie
5.8
From the Hip
as Craig Duncan
1987 Movie
5.8
Raw Deal
as Chief Harry Shannon
1986 Movie
5.8
Turk 182!
as Det. Kowalski
1985 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Darren McGavin.
5.1
Night Stalker
1 eps
2005 Series
7.7
Millennium
as Henry Black • 1 eps
1996 Series
8.1
Gargoyles
as G.F. Benton/Dominic Dracon (voice) • 1 eps
1994 Series
7.2
Touched by an Angel
as George Zarko • 1 eps
1994 Series
6.7
Burke's Law
as Conrad Hill • 1 eps
1994 Series
5.6
Grace Under Fire
as Grace's Dad • 1 eps
1993 Series
8.4
The X-Files
as Agent Arthur Dales • 2 eps
1993 Series
5.9
Fallen Angels
as Old Man • 1 eps
1993 Series
3.3
Civil Wars
1 eps
1991 Series
7.1
The Commish
2 eps
1991 Series
7.2
Sisters
1 eps
1991 Series
6.7
Around the World in 80 Days
as Benjamin Mudge • 3 eps
1989 Series
6.4
Murphy Brown
as Bill Brown • 4 eps
1988 Series
7.1
Monsters
1 eps
1988 Series
5.2
Worlds Beyond
as Harry Hewart • 1 eps
1986 Series
7.5
Murder, She Wrote
as Martin Tremaine • 1 eps
1984 Series
7.2
Tales from the Darkside
as Van Conway • 1 eps
1984 Series
7.4
Highway to Heaven
1 eps
1984 Series
6.1
The Hitchhiker
as Old Man • 1 eps
1983 Series
4.5
Small & Frye
6 eps
1983 Series
7.3
Magnum, P.I.
as Buck Gibson • 1 eps
1980 Series
6.9
The Martian Chronicles
as Sam Parkhill • 3 eps
1980 Series
6.5
Ike
as Gen. George S. Patton • 3 eps
1979 Series
6.7
Tales of the Unexpected
as Sheriff Milt Singleton • 1 eps
1979 Series