Acting
Darren McGavin
1922-2006
Known for A Christmas Story, Billy Madison, The Night Stalker.
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Born05/07/1922
Died02/25/2006
AgeDied at 83
BirthplaceSpokane, Washington, U.S.
DepartmentActing
Also known asW. Lyle Richardson, William Lyle Richardson, دارن مکگاوین
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.
Movie Credits
Hangar 18 (1980)
Zero to Sixty (1978)
Law and Order (1976)
The Night Strangler (1973)
The Night Stalker (1972)
Tribes (1970)
Mission Mars (1968)
The Case Against Brooklyn (1958)
Perfect Harmony (1991)
A Christmas Story (1983)
Something Evil (1972)
The Great Sioux Massacre (1965)
Bullet for a Badman (1964)
The Delicate Delinquent (1957)
A Perfect Stranger (1994)
Blood and Concrete (1991)
Kojak: It's Always Something (1990)
The Diamond Trap (1988)
Happy Hell Night (1992)
Captain America (1990)
Dead Heat (1988)
From the Hip (1987)
The Six Million Dollar Man (1973)
Summertime (1955)
Billy Madison (1995)
By Dawn's Early Light (1990)
Turk 182! (1985)
Hot Lead & Cold Feet (1978)
No Deposit, No Return (1976)
The Man with the Golden Arm (1955)
Airport '77 (1977)
Raw Deal (1986)
Child in the Night (1990)
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell (1955)
Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas (1997)
She Wouldn't Say Yes (1945)
Disneyland '59 (1959)
A Song to Remember (1945)
