Birthday
1922/05/07
Day of death
2006/02/25 (83 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Spokane, Washington, U.S.
Also know as
W. Lyle Richardson , William Lyle Richardson, دارن مکگاوین
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 Reynol...Read more
(1955) The Man with the Golden Arm
as Louie
(1986) Raw Deal
as Chief Harry Shannon
(1983) A Christmas Story
as The Old Man
(1999) Pros & Cons
as Mr. Stanford
(1995) Billy Madison
as Brian Madison
(1976) No Deposit, No Return
as Duke
(1990) By Dawn's Early Light
as Condor
(1984) The Natural
as Gus Sands
(1992) Happy Hell Night
as Henry Collins
(1987) From the Hip
as Craig Duncan
(1977) Airport '77
as Stan Buchek
(1973) The Night Strangler
as Carl Kolchak
(1985) Turk 182!
as Det. Kowalski
(1988) Dead Heat
as Dr. Ernest McNab
(1978) Hot Lead & Cold Feet
as Mayor Ragsdale
(1990) Captain America
as General Fleming
(1991) Clara
as Albert Kroll
(1972) The Night Stalker
as Carl Kolchak
(1958) The Case Against Brooklyn
as Pete Harris
(1957) The Delicate Delinquent
as Mike Damon
(1972) Here Comes the Judge
as Judge
(1970) The Challenge
as Jacob Gallery
(1973) The Six Million Dollar Man
as Oliver Spencer
(1997) Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas
as Mr. Parker (archive footage)
(1955) Summertime
as Eddie Yaeger
(1984) The Baron and the Kid
as Jack Beamer
(1980) Hangar 18
as Harry Forbes
(1972) Something Evil
as Paul Worden
(1991) Blood and Concrete
as Hank Dick
(1970) Tribes
as Drake
(1968) Mission Mars
as Col. Mike Blaiswick
(1945) She Wouldn't Say Yes
as The Kid - Soldier in Hospital
(1991) Perfect Harmony
as Mr. Hobbs
(1964) Bullet for a Badman
as Sam Ward
(1985) My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn
as Dr. Gerrit Koets
(1955) The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
as Capt. Russ Peters
(1990) Child in the Night
as Os Winfield
(1975) Hay que matar a B.
as Pal Kovak
(1971) Mrs. Pollifax — Spy
as Farrell
(1995) Derby
as Lester Corbett
(1988) The Diamond Trap
as Chief Walter Vadney
(1972) Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole
as Dr. Lou Grazzo
(1994) A Perfect Stranger
as John Henry Phillips
(1971) The Death of Me Yet
as Joe Chalk
(1972) The Rookies
as Sgt. Eddie Ryker
(1981) Firebird 2015 A.D.
as Red
(1988) Inherit the Wind
as E.K. Hornbeck
(1993) The American Clock
as Older Arthur Huntington
(1994) Mysteries of the Ancient World
as ---
(1990) Unclaimed Fortunes II
as Host
(1978) Zero to Sixty
as Michael Nolan
(1970) The Challengers
as Jim McCabe
(1965) The Great Sioux Massacre
as Captain Frederick William Benton
(1972) 43: The Richard Petty Story
as Lee Petty
(1968) Boomerang, Dog of Many Talents
as Barney B. Duncan
(1967) The Outsider
as David Ross
(1955) A Word to the Wives...
as George Peters
(2004) The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made
as Red (archive footage)
(1970) Berlin Affair
as Paul Killian
(1979) Ike
as Gen. George S. Patton
(1961) Witchcraft: The Doll in Brambles
as Fred
(1992) Mastergate
as Folsom Bunting
(1979) Donovan's Kid
as Timothy Donovan
(1980) Waikiki
as Capt. McGuire
(1957) Beau James
as Charley Hand
(1969) Anatomy of a Crime
as David Ross
(1991) Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
as actor (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1971) Banyon
as Lieutenant Pete Cordova
(1945) Your Next Job
as Balancing hobbyist
(1945) A Song to Remember
as Student (uncredited)
(1976) Brinks: The Great Robbery
as James McNally
(1976) Crackle of Death
as Carl Kolchak
(1971) Mooch Goes to Hollywood
as Darren McGavin (uncredited)
(1990) Kojak: It's Always Something
as Wainwright
(1959) Disneyland '59
as Self
(1976) Law and Order
as Deputy Chief Brian O'Malley
(1972) Sam Cade
as ---
(1979) Love for Rent
as Coach John Martin
(1965) African Gold
as Mike Gregory
(1978) The Users
as Henry Waller
(1951) Queen for a Day
as Dan
(1976) Demon and the Mummy
as Carl Kolchak
(1984) The Return of Marcus Welby, M.D.
as Dr. David Jennings
(1970) The 48-Hour Mile
as David Ross
(1987) Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson
as A. Z. Nathan
(2024) Captain America: Director's Cut
as General Fleming
(1984) Murder, She Wrote
as Martin Tremaine
(1980) Magnum, P.I.
as Buck Gibson
(1984) Tales from the Darkside
as Van Conway
(1964) The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
as ---
(1977) The Love Boat
as Lawrence Evans
(2005) Night Stalker
as ---
(1994) Touched by an Angel
as George Zarko
(1994) Gargoyles
as ---
(1960) Route 66
as ---
(1979) Tales of the Unexpected
as Sheriff Milt Singleton
(1984) Highway to Heaven
as ---
(1988) Murphy Brown
as Bill Brown
(1980) The Martian Chronicles
as Sam Parkhill
(1993) Grace Under Fire
as ---
(1991) The Commish
as ---
(1958) Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
as ---
(1955) Gunsmoke
as Will Helmick
(1993) The X-Files
as Agent Arthur Dales
(1948) Studio One
as Will Sorrell
(1973) The Evil Touch
as ---
(1996) Millennium
as Henry Black
(1966) Mission: Impossible
as J. Richard Taggart
(1991) Sisters
as ---
(1960) The Islanders
as Phil
(1988) Monsters
as ---
(1974) Kolchak: The Night Stalker
as Carl Kolchak
(1955) Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Red Hillman
(1966) Felony Squad
as ---
(1959) Rawhide
as Jed Hadley
(1967) Cimarron Strip
as ---
(1973) Police Story
as ---
(1962) The Virginian
as Mark Troxel
(1955) The Alcoa Hour
as ---
(1961) The Defenders
as Howard Potter
(1983) The Hitchhiker
as Old Man
(1963) Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
as ---
(1954) Climax!
as Walter
(1969) Bracken's World
as ---
(1948) The Philco Television Playhouse
as Bill Starbuck
(1991) Civil Wars
as ---
(1964) The Rogues
as Amos Champion
(1961) Ben Casey
as ---
(1959) Riverboat
as Captain Grey Holden
(1960) Stagecoach West
as ---
(1949) Suspense
as Ted Larson
(1950) Robert Montgomery Presents
as Joe Gillis
(1951) Tales of Tomorrow
as ---
(1969) The Bold Ones: The Lawyers
as ---
(1967) Custer
as ---
(1961) Dr. Kildare
as Prof. Felix Holman
(1961) The Defenders
as Marty Wisnovsky
(1983) Small & Frye
as ---
(1968) The Outsider
as David Ross
(1961) The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
(1962) The Virginian
as Sam Evans
(1955) Gunsmoke
as Lon Gorman
(1955) Gunsmoke
as Joe Bascome
(1979) Ike
as Gen. George S. Patton
(1989) Around the World in 80 Days
as Benjamin Mudge
(1968) The Name of the Game
as Jesse Gil McCray
(1968) The Name of the Game
as Sam Hardy
(1955) Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Lyle Endicott
(1971) V.I.P. Schaukel
as Self
(1948) Studio One
as Johnny Quigg
(1948) Studio One
as Tom Kendall
(1971) Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
as McClain
(1954) The Wonderful World of Disney
as John Jay Forrest
(1952) Death Valley Days
as Zacharias Gurney
(1994) Burke's Law
as Conrad Hill
(1963) Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
as Franklin Carson
(1993) Fallen Angels
as Old Man
(1949) Suspense
as ---
(1950) What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest
(1973) The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
as Self
(1954) The Wonderful World of Disney
as Timothy Donovan
(1962) The Match Game
as Self
(1962) The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Sheridan Westcott
(1968) The Name of the Game
as Eddie Gannon
(1967) Mannix
as Mark
(1969) Love, American Style
as Corbett
(1952) Omnibus
as ---
(1951) Casey, Crime Photographer
as Jack Casey