Darren McGavin [7333] Gender: Male Popularity: 2.0028 Birthplace: Spokane, Washington, U.S. Birthday: 1922-05-07 Deathday: 2006-02-25 Age: 83 years Movies: 85 Links: Homepage, IMDB 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. The 50 Worst Mov2004-07-13 Pros & Cons1999-01-01 Christmas Unwrap1997-12-01 Derby1995-06-17 Billy Madison1995-02-10 A Perfect Strang1994-09-12 Mysteries of the1994-03-06 The American Clo1993-01-02 Mastergate1992-11-01 Happy Hell Night1992-04-13 Preminger: Anato1991-10-28 Blood and Concre1991-09-13 Perfect Harmony1991-03-31 Clara1991-02-05 Captain America1990-12-14 By Dawn's Early 1990-05-19 Child in the Nig1990-05-01 Unclaimed Fortun1990-04-07 Kojak: It's Alwa1990-01-31 Dead Heat1988-05-06 Inherit the Wind1988-03-20 The Diamond Trap1988-01-01 Tales from the H1987-11-06 From the Hip1987-02-06 Raw Deal1986-06-06 Turk 182!1985-02-15 My Wicked, Wicke1985-01-21 The Baron and th1984-11-21 The Return of Ma1984-05-16 The Natural1984-05-11 A Christmas Stor1983-11-18 Firebird 2015 A.1981-09-18 Hangar 181980-07-01 Waikiki1980-04-21 Love for Rent1979-11-11 Ike1979-05-03 Donovan's Kid1979-01-07 The Users1978-10-01 Hot Lead & Cold 1978-07-05 Zero to Sixty1978-06-23 Airport '771977-03-11 Law and Order1976-05-06 Crackle of Death1976-03-28 Brinks: The Grea1976-03-26 Demon and the Mu1976-03-14 No Deposit, No R1976-02-05 B. Must Die1975-06-14 The Six Million 1973-03-07 The Night Strang1973-01-16 43: The Richard 1972-11-01 Say Goodbye, Mag1972-09-27 Here Comes the J1972-09-03 The Rookies1972-03-07 Something Evil1972-01-21 The Night Stalke1972-01-11 Sam Cade1972-01-01 Mooch Goes to Ho1971-12-31 The Death of Me 1971-10-26 Banyon1971-03-15 Mrs. Pollifax â€1971-02-17 Tribes1970-11-10 Berlin Affair1970-11-02 The 48-Hour Mile1970-11-01 The Challengers1970-02-20 The Challenge1970-02-10 Anatomy of a Cri1969-06-13 Boomerang, Dog o1968-09-22 Mission Mars1968-07-26 The Outsider1967-11-21 African Gold1965-09-08 The Great Sioux 1965-04-25 Bullet for a Bad1964-09-01 Witchcraft: The 1961-01-01 Disneyland '591959-06-15 The Case Against1958-06-01 Beau James1957-06-07 The Delicate Del1957-06-06 The Court-Martia1955-12-31 The Man with the1955-12-26 Summertime1955-06-21 A Word to the Wi1955-01-01 Queen for a Day1951-07-07 Your Next Job1945-12-09 She Wouldn't Say1945-11-29 A Song to Rememb1945-01-19