Darren McGavin

Darren McGavin

Birthday: 1922-05-07

Deathday: 2006-02-25

Place of birth: Spokane, Washington, U.S.

Also known as: W. Lyle Richardson , William Lyle Richardson, دارن مک‌گاوین

imdb_id: nm0569000

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Darren McGavin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Played in movies:

Inherit the Wind

Score: 7.8

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

Score: 7.7

Derby

Score: 7.5

A Christmas Story

Score: 7.2

The Man with the Golden Arm

Score: 7.2

The Natural

Score: 6.9

Summertime

Score: 6.8

Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson

Score: 6.8

Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole

Score: 6.8

The Night Stalker

Score: 6.8

The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell

Score: 6.8

The Death of Me Yet

Score: 6.7

The Six Million Dollar Man

Score: 6.7

The Night Strangler

Score: 6.7

By Dawn's Early Light

Score: 6.6

Disneyland '59

Score: 6.5

43: The Richard Petty Story

Score: 6.5

The American Clock

Score: 6.5

My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn

Score: 6.5

The Delicate Delinquent

Score: 6.4

A Song to Remember

Score: 6.2

Ike

Score: 6.2

Bullet for a Badman

Score: 6.2

No Deposit, No Return

Score: 6.2

Billy Madison

Score: 6.2

Dead Heat

Score: 6.2

Mrs. Pollifax — Spy

Score: 6.1

Perfect Harmony

Score: 6.1

Demon and the Mummy

Score: 6.0

Queen for a Day

Score: 6.0

Kojak: It's Always Something

Score: 6.0

Crackle of Death

Score: 6.0

Anatomy of a Crime

Score: 6.0

Donovan's Kid

Score: 6.0

Witchcraft: The Doll in Brambles

Score: 6.0

The Outsider

Score: 6.0

The Rookies

Score: 6.0

Tribes

Score: 6.0

The Challenge

Score: 6.0

She Wouldn't Say Yes

Score: 5.9

From the Hip

Score: 5.9

The Case Against Brooklyn

Score: 5.8

Hot Lead & Cold Feet

Score: 5.8

Turk 182!

Score: 5.8

Raw Deal

Score: 5.8

Blood and Concrete

Score: 5.7

Beau James

Score: 5.7

Airport '77

Score: 5.6

Waikiki

Score: 5.5

The Diamond Trap

Score: 5.5

Child in the Night

Score: 5.4

Something Evil

Score: 5.4

Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas

Score: 5.2

Hangar 18

Score: 5.1

The Challengers

Score: 5.0

A Perfect Stranger

Score: 4.8

Happy Hell Night

Score: 4.8

Zero to Sixty

Score: 4.7

Mooch Goes to Hollywood

Score: 4.7

Captain America

Score: 4.5

The Great Sioux Massacre

Score: 4.2

Mission Mars

Score: 4.2

B. Must Die

Score: 4.0

Pros & Cons

Score: 3.0

Firebird 2015 A.D.

Score: 2.7

Mastergate

Score: 2.0

Love for Rent

Score: 1.5

The Users

Score: 1.0

A Word to the Wives...

Score: 1.0

The 48-Hour Mile

Score: 0.0

The Return of Marcus Welby, M.D.

Score: 0.0

African Gold

Score: 0.0

Sam Cade

Score: 0.0

Law and Order

Score: 0.0

Brinks: The Great Robbery

Score: 0.0

Your Next Job

Score: 0.0

Banyon

Score: 0.0

Berlin Affair

Score: 0.0

Boomerang, Dog of Many Talents

Score: 0.0

Unclaimed Fortunes II

Score: 0.0

Mysteries of the Ancient World

Score: 0.0

The Baron and the Kid

Score: 0.0

Here Comes the Judge

Score: 0.0

Clara

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

The X-Files

Score: 8.4

The Match Game

Score: 8.1

Gargoyles

Score: 8.1

The Islanders

Score: 8.0

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

Score: 7.8

The Wonderful World of Disney

Score: 7.8

The Wonderful World of Disney

Score: 7.8

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Score: 7.7

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Score: 7.7

Millennium

Score: 7.7

Kolchak: The Night Stalker

Score: 7.6

Mission: Impossible

Score: 7.6

Murder, She Wrote

Score: 7.5

Highway to Heaven

Score: 7.4

Magnum, P.I.

Score: 7.3

The Rogues

Score: 7.2

Sisters

Score: 7.2

Touched by an Angel

Score: 7.2

Tales from the Darkside

Score: 7.2

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

Score: 7.2

Rawhide

Score: 7.1

The Commish

Score: 7.1

Monsters

Score: 7.1

What's My Line?

Score: 6.9

Police Story

Score: 6.9

The Martian Chronicles

Score: 6.9

The Name of the Game

Score: 6.8

The Name of the Game

Score: 6.8

The Name of the Game

Score: 6.8

Tales of the Unexpected

Score: 6.7

Burke's Law

Score: 6.7

Mannix

Score: 6.7

Around the World in 80 Days

Score: 6.6

Gunsmoke

Score: 6.6

Gunsmoke

Score: 6.6

Gunsmoke

Score: 6.6

Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer

Score: 6.6

Ike

Score: 6.5

Death Valley Days

Score: 6.4

Felony Squad

Score: 6.4

Murphy Brown

Score: 6.4

The Virginian

Score: 6.3

The Virginian

Score: 6.3

Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law

Score: 6.3

Route 66

Score: 6.3

The Philco Television Playhouse

Score: 6.3

The Love Boat

Score: 6.3

The Hitchhiker

Score: 6.2

Riverboat

Score: 6.2

Love, American Style

Score: 6.1

Omnibus

Score: 6.0

V.I.P. Schaukel

Score: 6.0

Custer

Score: 6.0

Tales of Tomorrow

Score: 6.0

Stagecoach West

Score: 6.0

Fallen Angels

Score: 5.9

The Defenders

Score: 5.9

The Defenders

Score: 5.9

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

Score: 5.7

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

Score: 5.7

Robert Montgomery Presents

Score: 5.6

Ben Casey

Score: 5.6

Grace Under Fire

Score: 5.6

Dr. Kildare

Score: 5.5

The Evil Touch

Score: 5.5

The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts

Score: 5.4

The Mike Douglas Show

Score: 5.4

The Outsider

Score: 5.2

Night Stalker

Score: 5.1

Studio One

Score: 5.0

Studio One

Score: 5.0

Bracken's World

Score: 5.0

Cimarron Strip

Score: 5.0

Studio One

Score: 5.0

Suspense

Score: 4.9

Suspense

Score: 4.9

Small & Frye

Score: 4.5

The Alcoa Hour

Score: 4.0

Climax!

Score: 3.3

The Bold Ones: The Lawyers

Score: 3.0

Civil Wars

Score: 2.0

Casey, Crime Photographer

Score: 0.0