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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Acting
TV
The X-Files
as Agent Arthur Dales
1993
Movie
Billy Madison
as Brian Madison
1995
Movie
A Christmas Story
as The Old Man
1983
Movie
Raw Deal
as Chief Harry Shannon
1986
Movie
The Natural
as Gus Sands (uncredited)
1984
TV
Gargoyles
as G.F. Benton/Dominic Dracon (voice)
1994
Movie
Captain America
as General Fleming
1990
TV
Murder, She Wrote
as Martin Tremaine
1984
TV
Magnum, P.I.
as Buck Gibson
1980
Movie
Airport '77
as Stan Buchek
1977
TV
Mission: Impossible
as J. Richard Taggart
1966
TV
Millennium
as Henry Black
1996
Movie
The Man with the Golden Arm
as Louie
1955
TV
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Red Hillman
1955
TV
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Lyle Endicott
1955
Movie
Dead Heat
as Dr. Ernest McNab
1988
TV
Highway to Heaven
1984
TV
The Love Boat
as Lawrence Evans
1977
TV
Touched by an Angel
as George Zarko
1994
Movie
Summertime
as Eddie Yaeger
1955
Movie
The Night Stalker
as Carl Kolchak
1972
TV
Gunsmoke
as Will Helmick
1955
TV
Gunsmoke
as Lon Gorman
1955
TV
Gunsmoke
as Joe Bascome
1955
