Darren McGavin
Known For
Acting
Born
1922-05-07 in Spokane, Washington, U.S.
Died
2006-02-25
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Darren McGavin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Most Known For
The X-Files
as Agent Arthur Dales
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
Murder, She Wrote
as Martin Tremaine
Mission: Impossible
as J. Richard Taggart
The Love Boat
as Lawrence Evans
Magnum, P.I.
as Buck Gibson
What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Sheridan Westcott
Mannix
as Mark
Studio One
as Will Sorrell
Studio One
as Johnny Quigg
Studio One
as Tom Kendall
Touched by an Angel
as George Zarko
The Virginian
as Mark Troxel
The Virginian
as Sam Evans
Dr. Kildare
as Prof. Felix Holman
Gargoyles
as G.F. Benton/Dominic Dracon (voice)
Highway to Heaven
Climax!
as Walter
Love, American Style
as Corbett