credits of
Darren McGavin
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.
Release Date | Title | Character Name | Rating | Your Lists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
January 1st, 1999 | Pros & Cons | Mr. Stanford | 3.6 | |
December 1st, 1997 | Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas | Mr. Parker (archive footage) | 5.8 | |
November 11th, 1996 | Small Time | Sam | 6 | |
June 17th, 1995 | Derby | Lester Corbett | 7.3 | |
February 10th, 1995 | Billy Madison | Brian Madison | 6.2 | |
September 12th, 1994 | A Perfect Stranger | John Henry Phillips | 4.9 | |
March 6th, 1994 | Mysteries of the Ancient World | TBD | 8 | |
January 2nd, 1993 | The American Clock | Older Arthur Huntington | 5.7 | |
November 1st, 1992 | Mastergate | Folsom Bunting | 4.5 | |
October 28th, 1991 | Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker | actor (archive footage) (uncredited) | 8 | |
October 1st, 1991 | Happy Hell Night | Henry Collins | 4.8 | |
September 13th, 1991 | Blood and Concrete | Hank Dick | 5.7 | |
March 31st, 1991 | Perfect Harmony | Mr. Hobbs | 6.2 | |
February 5th, 1991 | Clara | Albert Kroll | 8 | |
December 14th, 1990 | Captain America | General Fleming | 4.5 | |
May 19th, 1990 | By Dawn's Early Light | Condor | 6.5 | |
May 1st, 1990 | Child in the Night | Os Winfield | 5.6 | |
April 7th, 1990 | Unclaimed Fortunes II | Host | TBD | |
January 31st, 1990 | Kojak: It's Always Something | Wainwright | 6.7 | |
November 20th, 1988 | The Diamond Trap | Chief Walter Vadney | 6 | |
May 6th, 1988 | Dead Heat | Dr. Ernest McNab | 6.2 | |
March 20th, 1988 | Inherit the Wind | E.K. Hornbeck | 7.7 | |
November 6th, 1987 | Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson | A. Z. Nathan | 7.4 | |
February 6th, 1987 | From the Hip | Craig Duncan | 5.9 | |
June 6th, 1986 | Raw Deal | Chief Harry Shannon | 5.8 | |
February 15th, 1985 | Turk 182! | Det. Kowalski | 5.9 | |
January 21st, 1985 | My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn | Dr. Gerrit Koets | 6.5 | |
November 21st, 1984 | The Baron and the Kid | Jack Beamer | 8 | |
May 16th, 1984 | The Return of Marcus Welby, M.D. | Dr. David Jennings | 9 | |
May 11th, 1984 | The Natural | Gus Sands (uncredited) | 6.9 | |
November 18th, 1983 | A Christmas Story | The Old Man | 7.2 | |
September 18th, 1981 | Firebird 2015 A.D. | Red | 3.3 | |
July 1st, 1980 | Hangar 18 | Harry Forbes | 5.2 | |
April 21st, 1980 | Waikiki | Capt. McGuire | 5.3 | |
November 11th, 1979 | Love for Rent | Coach John Martin | 3.5 | |
May 3rd, 1979 | Ike | Gen. George S. Patton | 6.8 | |
January 7th, 1979 | Donovan's Kid | Timothy Donovan | 7.5 | |
October 1st, 1978 | The Users | Henry Waller | 4 | |
July 5th, 1978 | Hot Lead & Cold Feet | Mayor Ragsdale | 5.9 | |
June 23rd, 1978 | Zero to Sixty | Michael Nolan | 4.6 | |
March 11th, 1977 | Airport '77 | Stan Buchek | 5.6 | |
May 6th, 1976 | Law and Order | Deputy Chief Brian O'Malley | 8 | |
March 28th, 1976 | Crackle of Death | Carl Kolchak | 7.5 | |
March 26th, 1976 | Brinks: The Great Robbery | James McNally | 10 | |
March 14th, 1976 | Demon and the Mummy | Carl Kolchak | 6 | |
February 5th, 1976 | No Deposit, No Return | Duke | 6.3 | |
June 14th, 1975 | B. Must Die | Pal Kovak | 4.5 | |
March 7th, 1973 | The Six Million Dollar Man | Oliver Spencer | 6.7 | |
January 16th, 1973 | The Night Strangler | Carl Kolchak | 6.7 | |
November 1st, 1972 | 43: The Richard Petty Story | Lee Petty | 6.7 | |
September 27th, 1972 | Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole | Dr. Lou Grazzo | 7.1 | |
September 3rd, 1972 | Here Comes the Judge | Judge | 7 | |
March 7th, 1972 | The Rookies | Sgt. Eddie Ryker | 7 | |
January 21st, 1972 | Something Evil | Paul Worden | 5.4 | |
January 11th, 1972 | The Night Stalker | Carl Kolchak | 6.9 | |
January 1st, 1972 | Sam Cade | TBD | TBD | |
December 31st, 1971 | Mooch Goes to Hollywood | Darren McGavin (uncredited) | 4.8 | |
October 27th, 1971 | The Death of Me Yet | Joe Chalk | 7.5 | |
March 15th, 1971 | Banyon | Lieutenant Pete Cordova | 9 | |
February 17th, 1971 | Mrs. Pollifax — Spy | Farrell | 6.3 | |
November 10th, 1970 | Tribes | Drake | 6.2 | |
November 2nd, 1970 | Berlin Affair | Paul Killian | 10 | |
November 1st, 1970 | The 48-Hour Mile | David Ross | 10 | |
February 20th, 1970 | The Challengers | Jim McCabe | 7 | |
February 10th, 1970 | The Challenge | Jacob Gallery | 7 | |
June 13th, 1969 | Anatomy of a Crime | David Ross | 6.5 | |
September 22nd, 1968 | Boomerang, Dog of Many Talents | Barney B. Duncan | TBD | |
July 26th, 1968 | Mission Mars | Col. Mike Blaiswick | 4.7 | |
November 21st, 1967 | The Outsider | David Ross | 8 | |
September 8th, 1965 | African Gold | Mike Gregory | 7 | |
April 25th, 1965 | The Great Sioux Massacre | Captain Frederick William Benton | 4.5 | |
September 1st, 1964 | Bullet for a Badman | Sam Ward | 6.3 | |
January 1st, 1961 | Witchcraft: The Doll in Brambles | Fred | 6 | |
June 15th, 1959 | Disneyland '59 | Self | 7.3 | |
June 1st, 1958 | The Case Against Brooklyn | Pete Harris | 6.1 | |
June 7th, 1957 | Beau James | Charley Hand | 5.4 | |
June 6th, 1957 | The Delicate Delinquent | Mike Damon | 6.4 | |
December 31st, 1955 | The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell | Capt. Russ Peters | 6.8 | |
December 26th, 1955 | The Man with the Golden Arm | Louie | 7.2 | |
June 21st, 1955 | Summertime | Eddie Yaeger | 6.8 | |
January 1st, 1955 | A Word to the Wives... | George Peters | 1 | |
July 7th, 1951 | Queen for a Day | Dan | 7.5 | |
December 9th, 1945 | Your Next Job | Balancing hobbyist | TBD | |
November 29th, 1945 | She Wouldn't Say Yes | The Kid - Soldier in Hospital (uncredited) | 6.4 | |
January 19th, 1945 | A Song to Remember | Student (uncredited) | 6.4 |