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Darren McGavin

Darren McGavin

Birthday: 1922-05-07 | Place of Birth: Spokane, Washington, U.S.

Was an American actor best known for playing the title role in the television horror series Kolchak: The Night Stalker and his portrayal in the film A Christmas Story of the grumpy father given to bursts of profanity that he never realizes his son overhears. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Darren McGavin licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1995
Billy Madison

as    Brian Madison

1992
Happy Hell Night

as    Henry Collins

1991
Blood and Concrete

as    Hank Dick

1991
Perfect Harmony

as    Mr. Hobbs

1990
By Dawn's Early Light

as    Condor

1990
Captain America

as    General Fleming

1990
Child in the Night

as    Os Winfield

1989
Around the World in 80 Days

as    Benjamin Mudge

1988
The Diamond Trap

as    Chief Walter Vadney

1988
Dead Heat

as    Dr. Ernest McNab

1988
Inherit the Wind

as    E.K. Hornbeck

1986
Raw Deal

as    Chief Harry Shannon

1985
Turk 182!

as    Det. Kowalski

1984
The Natural

as    Gus Sands

1983
A Christmas Story

as    Mr. Parker

1981
Firebird 2015 A.D.

as    Red

1980
Hangar 18

as    Harry Forbes

1980
The Martian Chronicles

as    Sam Parkhill

1978
Hot Lead & Cold Feet

as    Mayor Ragsdale

1976
No Deposit, No Return

as    Duke

1974
Kolchak: The Night Stalker

as    Carl Kolchak

1973
The Night Strangler

as    Carl Kolchak

1973
The Six Million Dollar Man

as    Oliver Spencer

1972
The Night Stalker

as    Carl Kolchak

1972
Something Evil

as    Paul Worden

1971
The Death of Me Yet

as    Joe Chalk

1970
Tribes

as    Drake

1970
The Challenge

as    Jacob Gallery

1970
The Challengers

as    Jim McCabe

1968
The Outsider

as    David Ross