Darren McGavin

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    W. Lyle Richardson , William Lyle Richardson

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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.

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  • wc Gender: Male
  • calendar_month Birth Date: 1922-05-07
  • event Death Date 2006-02-25
  • school Known for: Acting
  • star Popularity: 15.4
  • info Birth Place Spokane, Washington, U.S.
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Darren McGavin

7.2

The Man with the Golden Arm

1955-12-26

5.8

Raw Deal

1986-06-06

7.3

A Christmas Story

1983-11-18

3

Pros & Cons

1999-01-01

6.2

Billy Madison

1995-02-10

6.2

No Deposit, No Return

1976-02-05

6.5

By Dawn's Early Light

1990-05-19

6.9

The Natural

1984-05-11

4.7

Happy Hell Night

1992-04-13

5.9

From the Hip

1987-02-06

5.6

Airport '77

1977-03-11

6.6

The Night Strangler

1973-01-16

5.8

Turk 182!

1985-02-15

6.1

Dead Heat

1988-05-06

5.9

Hot Lead & Cold Feet

1978-07-05

4.5

Captain America

1990-12-14

0

Clara

1991-02-05

6.8

The Night Stalker

1972-01-11

5.8

The Case Against Brooklyn

1958-06-01

6.5

The Delicate Delinquent

1957-06-06

0

Here Comes the Judge

1972-09-03

6

The Challenge

1970-02-10

6.7

The Six Million Dollar Man

1973-03-07

5.2

Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas

1997-12-01

6.8

Summertime

1955-06-21

0

The Baron and the Kid

1984-11-21

5.1

Hangar 18

1980-07-01

5.4

Something Evil

1972-01-21

5.7

Blood and Concrete

1991-09-13

6

Tribes

1970-11-10

4.2

Mission Mars

1968-07-26

5.9

She Wouldn't Say Yes

1945-11-29

6.2

Perfect Harmony

1991-03-31

6.2

Bullet for a Badman

1964-09-01

0

My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn

1985-01-21

6.8

The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell

1955-12-31

5.4

Child in the Night

1990-05-01

4

Hay que matar a B.

1975-06-14

6.1

Mrs. Pollifax — Spy

1971-02-17

7.5

Derby

1995-06-17

5

The Diamond Trap

1988-01-01

6.8

Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole

1972-09-27

4.8

A Perfect Stranger

1994-09-12

7

The Death of Me Yet

1971-10-26

6

The Rookies

1972-03-07

2.7

Firebird 2015 A.D.

1981-09-18

8

Inherit the Wind

1988-03-20

6.5

The American Clock

1993-01-02

0

Mysteries of the Ancient World

1994-03-06

0

Unclaimed Fortunes II

1990-04-07

4.2

Zero to Sixty

1978-06-23

5

The Challengers

1970-02-20

4.2

The Great Sioux Massacre

1965-04-25

6.5

43: The Richard Petty Story

1972-11-01

0

Boomerang, Dog of Many Talents

1968-09-22

6

The Outsider

1967-11-21

1

A Word to the Wives...

1955-01-01

4.7

The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made

2004-07-13

0

Berlin Affair

1970-11-02

6.2

Ike

1979-05-03

6

Witchcraft: The Doll in Brambles

1961-01-01

2

Mastergate

1992-11-01

6

Donovan's Kid

1979-01-07

5.5

Waikiki

1980-04-21

5.7

Beau James

1957-06-07

6

Anatomy of a Crime

1969-06-13

7.7

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

1991-10-28

0

Banyon

1971-03-15

0

Your Next Job

1945-12-09

6.3

A Song to Remember

1945-01-19

0

Brinks: The Great Robbery

1976-03-26

6

Crackle of Death

1976-03-28

5.1

Mooch Goes to Hollywood

1971-12-31

6

Kojak: It's Always Something

1990-01-31

6.5

Disneyland '59

1959-06-15

0

Law and Order

1976-05-06

0

Sam Cade

1972-01-01

1.5

Love for Rent

1979-11-11

0

African Gold

1965-09-08

1

The Users

1978-10-01

6

Queen for a Day

1951-07-07

6

Demon and the Mummy

1976-03-14

0

The Return of Marcus Welby, M.D.

1984-05-16

0

The 48-Hour Mile

1970-11-01

6.8

Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson

1987-11-06

7.5

Murder, She Wrote

1984-09-30

7.3

Magnum, P.I.

1980-12-11

7.2

Tales from the Darkside

1984-09-30

7.2

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

1964-09-22

6.3

The Love Boat

1977-09-24

5.1

Night Stalker

2005-09-29

7.2

Touched by an Angel

1994-09-21

8.1

Gargoyles

1994-10-24

6.4

Route 66

1960-10-07

6.7

Tales of the Unexpected

1979-03-24

7.4

Highway to Heaven

1984-09-19

6.5

Murphy Brown

1988-11-14

6.9

The Martian Chronicles

1980-01-15

5.5

Grace Under Fire

1993-09-29

7.2

The Commish

1991-09-28

6.6

Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer

1958-01-07

6.6

Gunsmoke

1955-09-10

8.4

The X-Files

1993-09-10

4.7

Studio One

1948-11-07

5.5

The Evil Touch

1973-06-19

7.7

Millennium

1996-10-25

7.6

Mission: Impossible

1966-09-17

7.3

Sisters

1991-05-11

8

The Islanders

1960-10-02

7

Monsters

1988-10-22

7.6

Kolchak: The Night Stalker

1974-09-13

7.7

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955-10-02

7

Felony Squad

1966-09-12

7.2

Rawhide

1959-01-09

5

Cimarron Strip

1967-09-07

7.1

Police Story

1973-03-20

6.4

The Virginian

1962-09-19

4

The Alcoa Hour

1955-10-16

6.2

The Defenders

1961-09-16

6.1

The Hitchhiker

1983-11-01

3

Climax!

1954-10-07

5.5

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

1963-10-04

5

Bracken's World

1969-09-19

6

The Philco Television Playhouse

1948-10-03

2

Civil Wars

1991-11-20

7.5

The Rogues

1964-09-13

5.7

Ben Casey

1961-10-02

6.2

Riverboat

1959-09-13

6

Stagecoach West

1960-10-04

4.6

Suspense

1949-01-06

5.2

Robert Montgomery Presents

1950-01-30

6

Tales of Tomorrow

1951-08-03

3

The Bold Ones: The Lawyers

1969-09-21

6

Custer

1967-09-06

5.4

Dr. Kildare

1961-09-27

6.2

The Defenders

1961-09-16

4.5

Small & Frye

1983-03-07

5.2

The Outsider

1968-09-18

5.1

The Mike Douglas Show

1961-12-11

6.4

The Virginian

1962-09-19

6.6

Gunsmoke

1955-09-10

6.6

Gunsmoke

1955-09-10

0

Crime Photographer

1951-04-19

6.5

Ike

1979-05-03

6.6

Around the World in 80 Days

1989-04-16

6.8

The Name of the Game

1968-09-20

6.8

The Name of the Game

1968-09-20

7.7

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955-10-02

6

V.I.P. Schaukel

1971-05-09

4.7

Studio One

1948-11-07

4.7

Studio One

1948-11-07

6.3

Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law

1971-09-16

7.6

The Wonderful World of Disney

1954-10-27

6.4

Death Valley Days

1952-10-01

6.7

Burke's Law

1994-01-07

5.5

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

1963-10-04

5.5

Fallen Angels

1993-08-01

4.6

Suspense

1949-01-06

7

What's My Line?

1950-02-02

5.3

The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts

1973-09-14

7.6

The Wonderful World of Disney

1954-10-27

0

Crime Photographer

1951-04-19

7.8

The Match Game

1962-12-31

7.8

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

1962-09-20

6.8

The Name of the Game

1968-09-20

6.7

Mannix

1967-09-16

6

Love, American Style

1969-09-29

6

Omnibus

1952-11-09

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