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.
Filmography50+ titles
The X-Files
Gargoyles
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Inherit the Wind
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
Mission: Impossible
Murder, She Wrote
Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson
Highway to Heaven
Magnum, P.I.
Touched by an Angel
A Christmas Story
Rawhide
The Man with the Golden Arm
Sisters
The Commish
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Monsters
Police Story
What's My Line?
The Natural
Tales of the Unexpected
Mannix
Summertime
Around the World in 80 Days
Route 66
Gunsmoke
Death Valley Days
By Dawn's Early Light
The Virginian
Murphy Brown
Custer
The Delicate Delinquent
A Song to Remember
Tales of Tomorrow
The Love Boat
No Deposit, No Return
Bullet for a Badman
Billy Madison
Dead Heat
Hot Lead & Cold Feet
Witchcraft: The Doll in Brambles
From the Hip
Raw Deal
Cimarron Strip
Grace Under Fire
Airport '77
Night Stalker
Hangar 18