Darren McGavin


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Actor | Director | Screenplay | Producer

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. Desc...

Place of Birth: Spokane, Washington, U.S.

Date of Birth: May 7, 1922

Date of Death: Feb 25, 2006


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Filmography

Actor (59 Known Credits)


Billy Madison

Brian Madison

A Perfect Stranger

John Henry Phillips

The American Clock

Older Arthur Huntington

Happy Hell Night

Henry Collins

Mastergate

Folsom Bunting

Perfect Harmony

Mr. Hobbs

Captain America

General Fleming

By Dawn's Early Light

Condor - Secretary of Interior

Child in the Night

Os Winfield

Dead Heat

Dr. Ernest McNab

The Diamond Trap

Chief Walter Vadney

Inherit the Wind

E.K. Hornbeck

From the Hip

Craig Duncan

Raw Deal

Chief Harry Shannon

Turk 182!

Det. Kowalski

The Natural

Gus Sands

A Christmas Story

The Old Man (Mr. Parker)

Hangar 18

Harry Forbes

Ike: The War Years

General George Patton

Donovan's Kid

Timothy Donovan

Ike

Gen. George S. Patton

Hot Lead & Cold Feet

Mayor Ragsdale

Zero to Sixty

Michael Nolan

Airport '77

Stan Buchek

The Night Strangler

Carl Kolchak

The Night Stalker

Carl Kolchak

Something Evil

Paul Worden

The Rookies

Sergeant Eddie Ryker

The Challenge

Jacob Gallery

Tribes

Drake

The Challengers

Jim McCabe

Berlin Affair

Paul Killian

The Outsider

David Ross

Mission Mars

Col. Mike Blaiswick

The Outsider

David Ross

The Great Sioux Massacre

Captain Frederick William Benton

Riverboat

Captain Grey Holden

Beau James

Charley Hand

Summertime

Eddie Yaeger

She Wouldn't Say Yes

The Kid - Soldier in Hospital (uncredited)

Waikiki

Captain

Billy Madison (1995)
Brian Madison
John Henry Phillips
Older Arthur Huntington
Henry Collins
Mastergate (1992)
Folsom Bunting
Hank Dick
Mr. Hobbs
General Fleming
Condor - Secretary of Interior
Os Winfield
Benjamin Mudge
Dead Heat (1988)
Dr. Ernest McNab
Chief Walter Vadney
E.K. Hornbeck
From the Hip (1987)
Craig Duncan
Raw Deal (1986)
Chief Harry Shannon
Turk 182! (1985)
Det. Kowalski
The Natural (1984)
Gus Sands
The Old Man (Mr. Parker)
Hangar 18 (1980)
Harry Forbes
General George Patton
Sam Parkhill
Donovan's Kid (1979)
Timothy Donovan
Ike (1979)
Gen. George S. Patton
Mayor Ragsdale
Zero to Sixty (1978)
Michael Nolan
Airport '77 (1977)
Stan Buchek
Pal Kovak
Carl Kolchak
Carl Kolchak
Oliver Spencer
Carl Kolchak
Paul Worden
Dr. Lou Grazzo
The Rookies (1972)
Sergeant Eddie Ryker
Nexdhet
Joe Chalk
The Challenge (1970)
Jacob Gallery
Tribes (1970)
Drake
Jim McCabe
Berlin Affair (1970)
Paul Killian
The Outsider (1968 - 1969)
David Ross
Mission Mars (1968)
Col. Mike Blaiswick
The Outsider (1967)
David Ross
Captain Frederick William Benton
Sam Ward
Witchcraft (1961)
Fred
Riverboat (1959 - 1961)
Captain Grey Holden
Pete Harris
Mike Damon
Beau James (1957)
Charley Hand
Summertime (1955)
Eddie Yaeger
Capt. Russ Peters
George Peters
The Kid - Soldier in Hospital (uncredited)
Captain

Director (3 Known Credits)


The Evil Touch (1973 - 1974)
Director
Riverboat (1959 - 1961)
Director

Screenplay (1 Known Credits)


Zero to Sixty

Screenplay

Zero to Sixty (1978)
Screenplay

Producer (1 Known Credits)


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