Acting credits
151
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Darren McGavin
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 82Series: 70Crew 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: 6.69
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.
as Mr. Stanford
Pros & Cons
1999 • Movie
as Mr. Parker (archive footage)
Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas
1997 • Movie
as Sam
Small Time
1996 • Movie
as Lester Corbett
Derby
1995 • Movie
as Brian Madison
Billy Madison
1995 • Movie
as John Henry Phillips
A Perfect Stranger
1994 • Movie
as Narrator
Mysteries of the Ancient World
1994 • Movie
as Older Arthur Huntington
The American Clock
1993 • Movie
as Folsom Bunting
Mastergate
1992 • Movie
as actor (archive footage) (uncredited)
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991 • Movie
as Henry Collins
Happy Hell Night
1991 • Movie
as Hank Dick
Blood and Concrete
1991 • Movie
as Mr. Hobbs
Perfect Harmony
1991 • Movie
as General Fleming
Captain America
1990 • Movie
as Condor
By Dawn's Early Light
1990 • Movie
as Os Winfield
Child in the Night
1990 • Movie
as Wainwright
Kojak: It's Always Something
1990 • Movie
as Chief Walter Vadney
The Diamond Trap
1988 • Movie
as Dr. Ernest McNab
Dead Heat
1988 • Movie
as E.K. Hornbeck
Inherit the Wind
1988 • Movie
as A. Z. Nathan
Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson
1987 • Movie
as Craig Duncan
From the Hip
1987 • Movie
as Chief Harry Shannon
Raw Deal
1986 • Movie
as Det. Kowalski
Turk 182!
1985 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Darren McGavin.
1 eps
Night Stalker
2005 • Series
as Henry Black • 1 eps
Millennium
1996 • Series
as G.F. Benton/Dominic Dracon (voice) • 1 eps
Gargoyles
1994 • Series
as George Zarko • 1 eps
Touched by an Angel
1994 • Series
as Conrad Hill • 1 eps
Burke's Law
1994 • Series
as Grace's Dad • 1 eps
Grace Under Fire
1993 • Series
as Agent Arthur Dales • 2 eps
The X-Files
1993 • Series
as Old Man • 1 eps
Fallen Angels
1993 • Series
1 eps
Civil Wars
1991 • Series
2 eps
The Commish
1991 • Series
1 eps
Sisters
1991 • Series
as Benjamin Mudge • 3 eps
Around the World in 80 Days
1989 • Series
as Bill Brown • 4 eps
Murphy Brown
1988 • Series
as Hubert • 1 eps
Monsters
1988 • Series
as Harry Hewart • 1 eps
Worlds Beyond
1986 • Series
as Martin Tremaine • 1 eps
Murder, She Wrote
1984 • Series
as Van Conway • 1 eps
Tales from the Darkside
1984 • Series
1 eps
Highway to Heaven
1984 • Series
as Old Man • 1 eps
The Hitchhiker
1983 • Series
6 eps
Small & Frye
1983 • Series
as Buck Gibson • 1 eps
Magnum, P.I.
1980 • Series
as Sam Parkhill • 3 eps
The Martian Chronicles
1980 • Series
as Gen. George S. Patton • 3 eps
Ike
1979 • Series
as Sheriff Milt Singleton • 1 eps
Tales of the Unexpected
1979 • Series