Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

167

Gender

Male

Birthday

1922-05-07

Deathday

2006-02-25 (83 years old)

Place of Birth

Spokane, Washington, U.S.

Also Known As

W. Lyle Richardson
William Lyle Richardson
دارن مک‌گاوین

Darren McGavin

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.

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Acting

2005

Night Stalker

2004

The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made as Red (archive footage)

1999

Pros & Cons as Mr. Stanford

1997

Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas as Mr. Parker (archive footage)

1996

Millennium as Henry Black

1995		Derby as Lester Corbett
1995		Billy Madison as Brian Madison

1994		Gargoyles
1994		Touched by an Angel as George Zarko
1994		A Perfect Stranger as John Henry Phillips
1994		Mysteries of the Ancient World
1994		Burke's Law as Conrad Hill

1993		Grace Under Fire
1993		The X-Files as Agent Arthur Dales
1993		Fallen Angels as Old Man
1993		The American Clock as Older Arthur Huntington

1992		Mastergate as Folsom Bunting
1992		Happy Hell Night as Henry Collins

1991		Civil Wars
1991		Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker as actor (archive footage) (uncredited)
1991		The Commish
1991		Blood and Concrete as Hank Dick
1991		Sisters
1991		Perfect Harmony as Mr. Hobbs
1991		Clara as Albert Kroll

1990		Captain America as General Fleming
1990		By Dawn's Early Light as Condor
1990		Child in the Night as Os Winfield
1990		Unclaimed Fortunes II as Host
1990		Kojak: It's Always Something as Wainwright

1989

Around the World in 80 Days as Benjamin Mudge

1988		Murphy Brown as Bill Brown
1988		Monsters
1988		Dead Heat as Dr. Ernest McNab
1988		Inherit the Wind as E.K. Hornbeck
1988		The Diamond Trap as Chief Walter Vadney

1987		Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson as A. Z. Nathan
1987		From the Hip as Craig Duncan

1986

Raw Deal as Chief Harry Shannon

1985		Turk 182! as Det. Kowalski
1985		My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn as Dr. Gerrit Koets

1984		The Baron and the Kid as Jack Beamer
1984		Murder, She Wrote as Martin Tremaine
1984		Tales from the Darkside as Van Conway
1984		Highway to Heaven
1984		The Return of Marcus Welby, M.D. as Dr. David Jennings
1984		The Natural as Gus Sands

1983		A Christmas Story as The Old Man
1983		The Hitchhiker as Old Man
1983		Small & Frye

1981

Firebird 2015 A.D. as Red

1980		Magnum, P.I. as Buck Gibson
1980		Hangar 18 as Harry Forbes
1980		Waikiki as Capt. McGuire
1980		The Martian Chronicles as Sam Parkhill

1979		Love for Rent as Coach John Martin
1979		Ike as Gen. George S. Patton
1979		Ike as Gen. George S. Patton
1979		Tales of the Unexpected as Sheriff Milt Singleton
1979		Donovan's Kid as Timothy Donovan

1978		The Users as Henry Waller
1978		Hot Lead & Cold Feet as Mayor Ragsdale
1978		Zero to Sixty as Michael Nolan

1977		The Love Boat as Lawrence Evans
1977		Airport '77 as Stan Buchek

1976		Law and Order as Deputy Chief Brian O'Malley
1976		Crackle of Death as Carl Kolchak
1976		Brinks: The Great Robbery as James McNally
1976		Demon and the Mummy as Carl Kolchak
1976		No Deposit, No Return as Duke

1975

B. Must Die as Pal Kovak

1974

Kolchak: The Night Stalker as Carl Kolchak

1973		The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts as Self
1973		The Evil Touch
1973		Police Story
1973		The Six Million Dollar Man as Oliver Spencer
1973		The Night Strangler as Carl Kolchak

1972		43: The Richard Petty Story as Lee Petty
1972		Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole as Dr. Lou Grazzo
1972		Here Comes the Judge as Judge
1972		The Rookies as Sgt. Eddie Ryker
1972		Something Evil as Paul Worden
1972		The Night Stalker as Carl Kolchak
1972		Sam Cade

1971		Mooch Goes to Hollywood as Darren McGavin (uncredited)
1971		The Death of Me Yet as Joe Chalk
1971		Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law as McClain
1971		V.I.P. Schaukel as Self
1971		Banyon as Lieutenant Pete Cordova
1971		Mrs. Pollifax — Spy as Farrell

1970		Tribes as Drake
1970		Berlin Affair as Paul Killian
1970		The 48-Hour Mile as David Ross
1970		The Challengers as Jim McCabe
1970		The Challenge as Jacob Gallery

1969		Love, American Style as Corbett
1969		The Bold Ones: The Lawyers
1969		Bracken's World
1969		Anatomy of a Crime as David Ross

1968		Boomerang, Dog of Many Talents as Barney B. Duncan
1968		The Name of the Game as Jesse Gil McCray
1968		The Name of the Game as Sam Hardy
1968		The Name of the Game as Eddie Gannon
1968		The Outsider as David Ross
1968		Mission Mars as Col. Mike Blaiswick

1967		The Outsider as David Ross
1967		Mannix as Mark
1967		Cimarron Strip
1967		Custer

1966		Mission: Impossible as J. Richard Taggart
1966		Felony Squad

1965		African Gold as Mike Gregory
1965		The Great Sioux Massacre as Captain Frederick William Benton

1964		The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964		The Rogues as Amos Champion
1964		Bullet for a Badman as Sam Ward

1963		Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963		Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre as Franklin Carson

1962		The Match Game as Self
1962		The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as Sheridan Westcott
1962		The Virginian as Mark Troxel
1962		The Virginian as Sam Evans

1961		The Mike Douglas Show as Self
1961		Ben Casey
1961		Dr. Kildare as Prof. Felix Holman
1961		The Defenders as Howard Potter
1961		The Defenders as Marty Wisnovsky
1961		Witchcraft: The Doll in Brambles as Fred

1960		Route 66
1960		Stagecoach West
1960		The Islanders as Phil

1959		Riverboat as Captain Grey Holden
1959		Disneyland '59 as Self
1959		Rawhide as Jed Hadley

1958		The Case Against Brooklyn as Pete Harris
1958		Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer

1957		Beau James as Charley Hand
1957		The Delicate Delinquent as Mike Damon

1955		The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell as Capt. Russ Peters
1955		The Man with the Golden Arm as Louie
1955		The Alcoa Hour
1955		Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Red Hillman
1955		Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Lyle Endicott
1955		Gunsmoke as Will Helmick
1955		Gunsmoke as Lon Gorman
1955		Gunsmoke as Joe Bascome
1955		Summertime as Eddie Yaeger
1955		A Word to the Wives... as George Peters

1954		The Wonderful World of Disney as John Jay Forrest
1954		The Wonderful World of Disney as Timothy Donovan
1954		Climax! as Walter

1952		Omnibus
1952		Death Valley Days as Zacharias Gurney

1951		Tales of Tomorrow
1951		Queen for a Day as Dan
1951		Casey, Crime Photographer as Jack Casey

1950		What's My Line? as Self - Mystery Guest
1950		Robert Montgomery Presents as Joe Gillis

1949		Suspense as Ted Larson
1949		Suspense

1948		Studio One as Will Sorrell
1948		Studio One as Johnny Quigg
1948		Studio One as Tom Kendall
1948		The Philco Television Playhouse as Bill Starbuck

1945		Your Next Job as Balancing hobbyist
1945		She Wouldn't Say Yes as The Kid - Soldier in Hospital (uncredited)
1945		A Song to Remember as Student (uncredited)

Directing

1973		Happy Mother's Day, Love George as Director
1973		The Evil Touch as Director

1959

Riverboat as Director

1958

Buckskin as Director

Production

1974

Kolchak: The Night Stalker as Producer

Writing

1978

Zero to Sixty as Screenplay