Darren McGavin
Acting
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
1999Pros & Cons
Mr. Stanford
1997Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas
Mr. Parker (archive footage)
1996Small Time
Sam
1995Billy Madison
Brian Madison
1995Derby
Lester Corbett
1994A Perfect Stranger
John Henry Phillips
1994Mysteries of the Ancient World
1993The American Clock
Older Arthur Huntington
1992Mastergate
Folsom Bunting
1991Happy Hell Night
Henry Collins
1991Blood and Concrete
Hank Dick
1991Perfect Harmony
Mr. Hobbs
1991Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
actor (archive footage) (uncredited)
1990By Dawn's Early Light
Condor
1990Captain America
General Fleming
1990Child in the Night
Os Winfield
1990Kojak: It's Always Something
Wainwright
1988Dead Heat
Dr. Ernest McNab
1988The Diamond Trap
Chief Walter Vadney
1988Inherit the Wind
E.K. Hornbeck
1987From the Hip
Craig Duncan
1987Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson
A. Z. Nathan
1986Raw Deal
Chief Harry Shannon
1985Turk 182!
Det. Kowalski
