Darren McGavin

Darren McGavin

Was an American actor best known for playing the title role in the television horror series Kolchak: The Night Stalker and his portrayal in the film A Christmas Story of the grumpy father given to bursts of profanity that he never realizes his son overhears. 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.

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Movies starring Darren McGavin (84)

Pros & Cons (1999)

Mr. Stanford

Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas (1997)

Mr. Parker (Archive Footage)

Small Time (1996)

Sam

Derby (1995)

Lester Corbett

Billy Madison (1995)

Brian Madison

A Perfect Stranger (1994)

John Henry Phillips

Mysteries of the Ancient World (1994)

Narrator

The American Clock (1993)

Older Arthur Huntington

Mastergate (1992)

Folsom Bunting

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker (1991)

Actor (Archive Footage) (Uncredited)

Happy Hell Night (1991)

Henry Collins

Blood and Concrete (1991)

Hank Dick

Perfect Harmony (1991)

Mr. Hobbs

Clara (1991)

Albert Kroll

Captain America (1990)

General Fleming

By Dawn's Early Light (1990)

Condor

Child in the Night (1990)

Os Winfield

Unclaimed Fortunes II (1990)

Host

Kojak: It's Always Something (1990)

Wainwright

The Diamond Trap (1988)

Chief Walter Vadney

Dead Heat (1988)

Dr. Ernest Mcnab

Inherit the Wind (1988)

E.k. Hornbeck

Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson (1987)

A. Z. Nathan

From the Hip (1987)

Craig Duncan

Raw Deal (1986)

Chief Harry Shannon

Turk 182! (1985)

Det. Kowalski

My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn (1985)

Dr. Gerrit Koets

The Baron and the Kid (1984)

Jack Beamer

The Return of Marcus Welby, M.D. (1984)

Dr. David Jennings

The Natural (1984)

Gus Sands (Uncredited)

A Christmas Story (1983)

The Old Man

Firebird 2015 A.D. (1981)

Red

Hangar 18 (1980)

Harry Forbes

Waikiki (1980)

Capt. Mcguire

Love for Rent (1979)

Coach John Martin

Ike (1979)

Gen. George S. Patton

Donovan's Kid (1979)

Timothy Donovan

The Users (1978)

Henry Waller

Hot Lead & Cold Feet (1978)

Mayor Ragsdale

Zero to Sixty (1978)

Michael Nolan

Airport '77 (1977)

Stan Buchek

Law and Order (1976)

Deputy Chief Brian O'malley

Crackle of Death (1976)

Carl Kolchak

Brinks: The Great Robbery (1976)

James Mcnally

Demon and the Mummy (1976)

Carl Kolchak

No Deposit, No Return (1976)

Duke

B. Must Die (1975)

Pal Kovak

The Six Million Dollar Man (1973)

Oliver Spencer

The Night Strangler (1973)

Carl Kolchak

43: The Richard Petty Story (1972)

Lee Petty

Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole (1972)

Dr. Lou Grazzo

Here Comes the Judge (1972)

Judge

The Rookies (1972)

Sgt. Eddie Ryker

Something Evil (1972)

Paul Worden

The Night Stalker (1972)

Carl Kolchak

Sam Cade (1972)
Mooch Goes to Hollywood (1971)

Darren Mcgavin (Uncredited)

The Death of Me Yet (1971)

Joe Chalk

Banyon (1971)

Lieutenant Pete Cordova

Mrs. Pollifax — Spy (1971)

Farrell

Tribes (1970)

Drake

Berlin Affair (1970)

Paul Killian

The Challengers (1970)

Jim Mccabe

The Challenge (1970)

Jacob Gallery

Anatomy of a Crime (1969)

David Ross

Boomerang, Dog of Many Talents (1968)

Barney B. Duncan

Mission Mars (1968)

Col. Mike Blaiswick

The Outsider (1967)

David Ross

African Gold (1965)

Mike Gregory

The Great Sioux Massacre (1965)

Captain Frederick William Benton

Bullet for a Badman (1964)

Sam Ward

Witchcraft: The Doll in Brambles (1961)

Fred

Disneyland '59 (1959)

Self

The Case Against Brooklyn (1958)

Pete Harris

Beau James (1957)

Charley Hand

The Delicate Delinquent (1957)

Mike Damon

The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell (1955)

Capt. Russ Peters

The Man with the Golden Arm (1955)

Louie

Summertime (1955)

Eddie Yaeger

A Word to the Wives... (1955)

George Peters

Queen for a Day (1951)

Dan

Your Next Job (1945)

Balancing Hobbyist

She Wouldn't Say Yes (1945)

The Kid - Soldier In Hospital (Uncredited)

A Song to Remember (1945)

Student (Uncredited)

Movies Made by Darren McGavin (2)

Zero to Sixty (1978)

Screenplay

Happy Mother's Day, Love George (1973)

Director

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