Darren McGavin

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Darren McGavin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

48 TV shows

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Night Stalker, Tales of the Unexpected, The Martian Chronicles, The Evil Touch, Millennium, Sisters, The Islanders, The Alcoa Hour, Bracken's World, Civil Wars, Stagecoach West, The Bold Ones: The Lawyers, Custer, Small & Frye, Ike, V.I.P. Schaukel, The Wonderful World of Disney, Death Valley Days, What's My Line?, The Match Game, Casey, Crime Photographer, Grace Under Fire, Worlds Beyond, Special for Women