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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as Mr. Stanford
as Mr. Parker (archive footage)
as Sam
as Henry Black(1 ep)
as Lester Corbett
as Brian Madison
as G.F. Benton/Dominic Dracon (voice)(1 ep)
as George Zarko(1 ep)
as John Henry Phillips
as Narrator
as Conrad Hill(1 ep)
as Grace's Dad(1 ep)
as Agent Arthur Dales(2 eps)
as Old Man(1 ep)
as Older Arthur Huntington
as Folsom Bunting
as actor (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Henry Collins
as Hank Dick
as Mr. Hobbs
as Albert Kroll
as Albert Kroll(1 ep)
as General Fleming
as Condor
as Os Winfield
as Host
as Wainwright
as Benjamin Mudge(3 eps)
as Chief Walter Vadney
as Bill Brown(4 eps)
as Hubert(1 ep)
as Dr. Ernest McNab
as E.K. Hornbeck
as A. Z. Nathan
as Craig Duncan
as Harry Hewart(1 ep)
as Harry Shannon
as Det. Kowalski
as Dr. Gerrit Koets
as Jack Beamer
as Martin Tremaine(1 ep)
as Van Conway(1 ep)
as Dr. David Jennings
as Gus Sands (uncredited)
as Old Man(1 ep)
as The Old Man
as Red
as Buck Gibson(1 ep)
as Harry Forbes
as Capt. McGuire
as Sam Parkhill(3 eps)
as Coach John Martin
as Gen. George S. Patton
as Gen. George S. Patton(3 eps)
as Sheriff Milt Singleton(1 ep)
as Timothy Donovan
as Henry Waller
as Mayor Ragsdale
as Michael Nolan
as Lawrence Evans(2 eps)
as Stan Buchek
as Deputy Chief Brian O'Malley
as Carl Kolchak
as James McNally
as Carl Kolchak
as Duke
as Pal Kovak
as Self(1 ep)
as Carl Kolchak(20 eps)
as Self(1 ep)
as Alvin Hazeltine(1 ep)
as Matt Hallett(1 ep)
as Oliver Spencer
as Carl Kolchak
as Lee Petty
as Dr. Lou Grazzo
as Judge
as Sgt. Eddie Ryker
as Paul Worden
as Carl Kolchak
as Darren McGavin (uncredited)
as Joe Chalk
as McClain(1 ep)
as Self(1 ep)
as Lieutenant Pete Cordova
as Farrell
as Drake
as Paul Killian
as David Ross
as Jim McCabe
as Jacob Gallery
as Corbett(1 ep)
as David Ross
as Barney B. Duncan
as Jesse Gil McCray(1 ep)
as Sam Hardy(1 ep)
as Eddie Gannon(1 ep)
as David Ross(26 eps)
as Col. Mike Blaiswick
as David Ross
as Mark(1 ep)
as J. Richard Taggart(1 ep)
as Mike Gregory
as Captain Frederick William Benton
as Viktor Karmak(1 ep)
as Amos Champion(1 ep)
as Sam Ward
as Franklin Carson(1 ep)
as Self(5 eps)
as Sheridan Westcott(1 ep)
as Mark Troxel(1 ep)
as Sam Evans(1 ep)
as Self(1 ep)
as Prof. Felix Holman(4 eps)
as Howard Potter(1 ep)
as Marty Wisnovsky(1 ep)
as The Social Worker(1 ep)
as Phil(1 ep)
as Captain Grey Holden(44 eps)
as Self
as Jed Hadley(1 ep)
as Pete Harris
as Mike Hammer(79 eps)
as Charley Hand
as Mike Damon
as Capt. Russ Peters
as Louie
as Red Hillman(1 ep)
as Lyle Endicott(1 ep)
as Will Helmick(1 ep)
as Lon Gorman(1 ep)
as Joe Bascome(1 ep)
as Eddie Yaeger
as George Peters
as John Jay Forrest(2 eps)
as Timothy Donovan(2 eps)
as Walter(1 ep)
as Zacharias Gurney(1 ep)
as Dan
as Jack Casey(54 eps)
as Self(1 ep)
as Joe Gillis(1 ep)
as Ted Larson(1 ep)
as Will Sorrell(1 ep)
as Johnny Quigg(1 ep)
as Tom Kendall(1 ep)
as Bill Starbuck(1 ep)
as Balancing hobbyist
as The Kid - Soldier in Hospital (uncredited)
as Student (uncredited)