Acting
Darren McGavin
Born 1922-05-07 · Spokane, Washington, U.S. · Died 2006-02-25
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.
Known for
Billy Madison
Airport '77
Captain America
Dead Heat
The Man with the Golden Arm
A Christmas Story
The Natural
Raw Deal
The Night Stalker
No Deposit, No Return
Hot Lead & Cold Feet
By Dawn's Early Light
Happy Hell Night
The Six Million Dollar Man
Summertime
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
Hangar 18
Turk 182!
A Song to Remember
Happy Mother's Day, Love George
The Night Strangler
Something Evil
The Delicate Delinquent
The Great Sioux Massacre
From the Hip
Zero to Sixty
The Case Against Brooklyn
Bullet for a Badman
Blood and Concrete
A Perfect Stranger
Child in the Night
The American Clock
Ike
Pros & Cons
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn
The Challengers
The Users
The Challenge
Law and Order