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Darren McGavin

Born: 1922-05-07

From: Spokane, Washington, U.S.

About: 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.


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The Man with the Golden Arm
Louie
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Raw Deal
Chief Harry Shannon
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A Christmas Story
The Old Man
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Pros & Cons
Mr. Stanford
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Billy Madison
Brian Madison
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No Deposit, No Return
Duke
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By Dawn's Early Light
Condor
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The Natural
Gus Sands (uncredited)
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Happy Hell Night
Henry Collins
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From the Hip
Craig Duncan
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Airport '77
Stan Buchek
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The Night Strangler
Carl Kolchak
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Turk 182!
Det. Kowalski
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Dead Heat
Dr. Ernest McNab
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Hot Lead & Cold Feet
Mayor Ragsdale
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Captain America
General Fleming
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Clara
Albert Kroll
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The Night Stalker
Carl Kolchak
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The Case Against Brooklyn
Pete Harris
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The Delicate Delinquent
Mike Damon
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Here Comes the Judge
Judge
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The Challenge
Jacob Gallery
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The Six Million Dollar Man
Oliver Spencer
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Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas
Mr. Parker (archive footage)
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Summertime
Eddie Yaeger
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The Baron and the Kid
Jack Beamer
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Hangar 18
Harry Forbes
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Something Evil
Paul Worden
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Blood and Concrete
Hank Dick
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Tribes
Drake
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Mission Mars
Col. Mike Blaiswick
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She Wouldn't Say Yes
The Kid - Soldier in Hospital (uncredited)
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Perfect Harmony
Mr. Hobbs
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Bullet for a Badman
Sam Ward
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My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn
Dr. Gerrit Koets
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The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
Capt. Russ Peters
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Child in the Night
Os Winfield
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B. Must Die
Pal Kovak
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Mrs. Pollifax — Spy
Farrell
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Derby
Lester Corbett
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The Diamond Trap
Chief Walter Vadney
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Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole
Dr. Lou Grazzo
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A Perfect Stranger
John Henry Phillips
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The Death of Me Yet
Joe Chalk
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The Rookies
Sgt. Eddie Ryker
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Firebird 2015 A.D.
Red
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Inherit the Wind
E.K. Hornbeck
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The American Clock
Older Arthur Huntington
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Mysteries of the Ancient World
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Unclaimed Fortunes II
Host
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Zero to Sixty
Michael Nolan
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The Challengers
Jim McCabe
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The Great Sioux Massacre
Captain Frederick William Benton
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43: The Richard Petty Story
Lee Petty
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Boomerang, Dog of Many Talents
Barney B. Duncan
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The Outsider
David Ross
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A Word to the Wives...
George Peters
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Berlin Affair
Paul Killian
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Ike
Gen. George S. Patton
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Witchcraft: The Doll in Brambles
Fred
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Mastergate
Folsom Bunting
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Donovan's Kid
Timothy Donovan
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Waikiki
Capt. McGuire
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Beau James
Charley Hand
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Anatomy of a Crime
David Ross
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Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
actor (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Banyon
Lieutenant Pete Cordova
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Your Next Job
Balancing hobbyist
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A Song to Remember
Student (uncredited)
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Brinks: The Great Robbery
James McNally
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Crackle of Death
Carl Kolchak
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Mooch Goes to Hollywood
Darren McGavin (uncredited)
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Kojak: It's Always Something
Wainwright
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Disneyland '59
Self
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Law and Order
Deputy Chief Brian O'Malley
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Sam Cade
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Love for Rent
Coach John Martin
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African Gold
Mike Gregory
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The Users
Henry Waller
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Queen for a Day
Dan
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Demon and the Mummy
Carl Kolchak
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The Return of Marcus Welby, M.D.
Dr. David Jennings
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The 48-Hour Mile
David Ross
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Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson
A. Z. Nathan
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The Martian Chronicles
Sam Parkhill
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