Known for Acting
Birthday
May 7, 1922
Place of Birth
Spokane, Washington, U.S.
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 X-Files

The Mike Douglas Show

Murder, She Wrote

The Virginian

The Virginian

The Love Boat

Climax!

Magnum, P.I.

Dr. Kildare

Highway to Heaven

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

Mannix

Mission: Impossible

What's My Line?

Studio One

Studio One

Studio One

Touched by an Angel

Love, American Style

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