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 Great Sioux Massacre
The Death of Me Yet
From the Hip
The Man with the Golden Arm
A Christmas Story
Raw Deal
Airport '77
Billy Madison
The Natural
Captain America
The Night Stalker
The Delicate Delinquent
Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas
By Dawn's Early Light
No Deposit, No Return
Turk 182!
Hot Lead & Cold Feet
Happy Hell Night
The Night Strangler
The Challenge
Mission: Impossible
Mannix
The Man from UNCLE
Murder, She Wrote
Magnum, P.I.
Tales from the Darkside
Night Stalker
Gargoyles
The Love Boat
Love, American Style
Route 66
Tales of the Unexpected
Touched by an Angel
Highway to Heaven
The Martian Chronicles
Murphy Brown
Grace Under Fire
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
Omnibus
The Commish
