Cast & creator
Darren McGavin
Best known for The Mike Douglas Show, The X-Files, The Love Boat
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.
Also known as: W. Lyle Richardson , William Lyle Richardson, دارن مکگاوین
87
film credits
90
television credits
171
1945–2005 · acting roles
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Across film & television
Filmography (177)
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The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961
The X-Files
Agent Arthur Dales
1993
The Love Boat
Lawrence Evans
1977
What's My Line?
Self
1950
Murder, She Wrote
Martin Tremaine
1984
Magnum, P.I.
Buck Gibson
1980
Touched by an Angel
George Zarko
1994
Mannix
Mark
1967
Love, American Style
Corbett
1969
Mission: Impossible
J. Richard Taggart
1966
Climax!
Walter
1954
Dr. Kildare
Prof. Felix Holman
1961Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Franklin Carson
1963
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Sheridan Westcott
1962
Robert Montgomery Presents
Joe Gillis
1950
The Virginian
Mark Troxel
1962The Virginian
Sam Evans
1962
Studio One
Will Sorrell
1948Studio One
Johnny Quigg
1948Studio One
Tom Kendall
1948
Highway to Heaven
1984
Murphy Brown
Bill Brown
1988
The Philco Television Playhouse
Bill Starbuck
1948
The Defenders
Howard Potter
1961The Defenders
Marty Wisnovsky
1961
Ben Casey
1961
Tales from the Darkside
Van Conway
1984
Tales of the Unexpected
Sheriff Milt Singleton
1979
Rawhide
Jed Hadley
1959
The Name of the Game
Jesse Gil McCray
1968The Name of the Game
Sam Hardy
1968The Name of the Game
Eddie Gannon
1968
Route 66
1960
Millennium
Henry Black
1996
Gargoyles
G.F. Benton/Dominic Dracon (voice)
1994
Gunsmoke
Will Helmick
1955Gunsmoke
Lon Gorman
1955Gunsmoke
Joe Bascome
1955
Omnibus
1952
The Hitchhiker
Old Man
1983
The Commish
1991
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Viktor Karmak
1964
Grace Under Fire
Grace's Dad
1993
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Red Hillman
1955Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Lyle Endicott
1955
Police Story
Matt Hallett
1973
Felony Squad
1966
Monsters
Hubert
1988
Suspense
Ted Larson
1949Suspense
1949
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
Carl Kolchak
1974Kolchak: The Night Stalker
Producer
1974
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
McClain
1971
Riverboat
Captain Grey Holden
1959Riverboat
Director
1959
Burke's Law
Conrad Hill
1994
Tales of Tomorrow
1951
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
Mike Hammer
1958
The Rogues
Amos Champion
1964
Fallen Angels
Old Man
1993
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
Self
1973V.I.P. Schaukel
Self
1971
Cimarron Strip
1967
The Wonderful World of Disney
John Jay Forrest
1954The Wonderful World of Disney
Timothy Donovan
1954
The Match Game
Self
1962
Civil Wars
1991
Night Stalker
2005
The Outsider
David Ross
1968
Stagecoach West
1960
Bracken's World
1969
The Islanders
Phil
1960The General Motors Playwrights Theater
Albert Kroll
1991
Custer
1967
The Evil Touch
1973The Evil Touch
Alvin Hazeltine
1973The Evil Touch
Director
1973
Around the World in 80 Days
Benjamin Mudge
1989
A Christmas Story
The Old Man
1983
Billy Madison
Brian Madison
1995
The Martian Chronicles
Sam Parkhill
1980Casey, Crime Photographer
Jack Casey
1951
Worlds Beyond
Harry Hewart
1986
The Natural
Gus Sands (uncredited)
1984
The Alcoa Hour
1955
Raw Deal
Harry Shannon
1986
Ike
Gen. George S. Patton
1979Buckskin
Director
1958
Death Valley Days
Zacharias Gurney
1952
Special for Women
The Social Worker
1960
The Man with the Golden Arm
Louie
1955
Dead Heat
Dr. Ernest McNab
1988
The Night Stalker
Carl Kolchak
1972
By Dawn's Early Light
Condor
1990
Captain America
General Fleming
1990
Hot Lead & Cold Feet
Mayor Ragsdale
1978
Airport '77
Stan Buchek
1977
The Bold Ones: The Lawyers
1969
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
Capt. Russ Peters
1955
Summertime
Eddie Yaeger
1955
Blood and Concrete
Hank Dick
1991
Mission Mars
Col. Mike Blaiswick
1968Ike
Gen. George S. Patton
1979
Child in the Night
Os Winfield
1990
Small & Frye
1983
Bullet for a Badman
Sam Ward
1964
Crackle of Death
Carl Kolchak
1976
No Deposit, No Return
Duke
1976
Demon and the Mummy
Carl Kolchak
1976
The Six Million Dollar Man
Oliver Spencer
1973
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
actor (archive footage) (uncredited)
1991
The Delicate Delinquent
Mike Damon
1957
Mastergate
Folsom Bunting
1992
The Night Strangler
Carl Kolchak
1973
A Song to Remember
Student (uncredited)
1945
Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole
Dr. Lou Grazzo
1972
Something Evil
Paul Worden
1972
Brinks: The Great Robbery
James McNally
1976
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
Darren McGavin (uncredited)
1971
Happy Mother's Day, Love George
Director
1973
My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn
Dr. Gerrit Koets
1985
The Great Sioux Massacre
Captain Frederick William Benton
1965
Happy Hell Night
Henry Collins
1991
Firebird 2015 A.D.
Red
1981
The Death of Me Yet
Joe Chalk
1971
The Return of Marcus Welby, M.D.
Dr. David Jennings
1984
The Diamond Trap
Chief Walter Vadney
1988
Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson
A. Z. Nathan
1987
The Case Against Brooklyn
Pete Harris
1958
The American Clock
Older Arthur Huntington
1993
Inherit the Wind
E.K. Hornbeck
1988
Queen for a Day
Dan
1951
43: The Richard Petty Story
Lee Petty
1972Clara
Albert Kroll
1991
The Rookies
Sgt. Eddie Ryker
1972
B. Must Die
Pal Kovak
1975
Anatomy of a Crime
David Ross
1969
Kojak: It's Always Something
Wainwright
1990
The Challenge
Jacob Gallery
1970
Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas
Mr. Parker (archive footage)
1997
She Wouldn't Say Yes
The Kid - Soldier in Hospital (uncredited)
1945
The Baron and the Kid
Jack Beamer
1984
Hangar 18
Harry Forbes
1980
Witchcraft: The Doll in Brambles
Fred
1961
Waikiki
Capt. McGuire
1980
Love for Rent
Coach John Martin
1979
Turk 182!
Det. Kowalski
1985
Zero to Sixty
Michael Nolan
1978Zero to Sixty
Screenplay
1978
Law and Order
Deputy Chief Brian O'Malley
1976
Mysteries of the Ancient World
Narrator
1994
A Word to the Wives...
George Peters
1955
Mrs. Pollifax — Spy
Farrell
1971
Banyon
Lieutenant Pete Cordova
1971
From the Hip
Craig Duncan
1987Here Comes the Judge
Judge
1972
A Perfect Stranger
John Henry Phillips
1994
Beau James
Charley Hand
1957
The Users
Henry Waller
1978
Perfect Harmony
Mr. Hobbs
1991
Boomerang, Dog of Many Talents
Barney B. Duncan
1968
Tribes
Drake
1970
Disneyland '59
Self
1959
Berlin Affair
Paul Killian
1970
The Outsider
David Ross
1967
Donovan's Kid
Timothy Donovan
1979
The 48-Hour Mile
David Ross
1970
Pros & Cons
Mr. Stanford
1999
Sisters
1991
Sam Cade
1972
Small Time
Sam
1996
Derby
Lester Corbett
1995
The Challengers
Jim McCabe
1970
African Gold
Mike Gregory
1965Your Next Job
Balancing hobbyist
1945Unclaimed Fortunes II
Host
1990