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Darren McGavin

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Darren McGavin

May 7, 1922 – Feb 25, 2006160 titles 86 movies · 74 TV
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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.

Also known as

W. Lyle Richardson · William Lyle Richardson · دارن مک‌گاوین

Born

May 7, 1922 – Feb 25, 2006

Spokane, Washington, U.S.

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Roles across career

Titles counted once; a person can act and direct on the same film (roles merged).

158

Acting credits

4

Directing

1

Writing

1

Other crew

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