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Darren McGavin
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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.
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Acting (148)
Agent Arthur Dales
Brian Madison
The Old Man
Harry Shannon
Gus Sands (uncredited)
G.F. Benton/Dominic Dracon (voice)
Martin Tremaine
General Fleming
Buck Gibson
Stan Buchek
J. Richard Taggart
Henry Black
Red Hillman / Lyle Endicott
Louie
Dr. Ernest McNab
Lawrence Evans
George Zarko
Eddie Yaeger
Carl Kolchak
Will Helmick / Lon Gorman / Joe Bascome
Van Conway
Bill Brown
Carl Kolchak
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Duke
Oliver Spencer
Benjamin Mudge
Carl Kolchak
Harry Forbes
Sheridan Westcott
Viktor Karmak
Condor
Det. Kowalski
Paul Worden
Mark
Sheriff Milt Singleton
Sam Parkhill
Capt. Russ Peters
Jed Hadley
Craig Duncan
Mike Damon
Grace's Dad
Henry Collins
John Jay Forrest / Timothy Donovan
Mayor Ragsdale
Mark Troxel / Sam Evans
Student (uncredited)
Old Man
Hank Dick
Hubert
Sam Ward
Corbett
Matt Hallett
Os Winfield
Prof. Felix Holman
John Henry Phillips
Old Man
Pete Harris
Will Sorrell / Johnny Quigg / Tom Kendall
Jesse Gil McCray / Sam Hardy / Eddie Gannon
Walter
Ted Larson
Zacharias Gurney
E.K. Hornbeck
Darren McGavin (uncredited)
Howard Potter / Marty Wisnovsky
Captain Frederick William Benton
Mr. Hobbs
Drake
Red
Farrell
Pal Kovak
McClain
Joe Gillis
Bill Starbuck
Michael Nolan
Lee Petty
Col. Mike Blaiswick
Dr. Lou Grazzo
The Kid - Soldier in Hospital (uncredited)
Amos Champion
Mike Hammer
Captain Grey Holden
Sam
Older Arthur Huntington
Charley Hand
Mr. Stanford
A. Z. Nathan
David Ross
Harry Hewart
Conrad Hill
Coach John Martin
Jacob Gallery
Joe Chalk
Alvin Hazeltine
Henry Waller
Capt. McGuire
Lester Corbett
Gen. George S. Patton
Gen. George S. Patton
Wainwright
Folsom Bunting
The Social Worker
Chief Walter Vadney
Sgt. Eddie Ryker
George Peters
David Ross
Carl Kolchak
Timothy Donovan
Dr. Gerrit Koets
Dan
Jim McCabe
Phil
David Ross
Mike Gregory
Lieutenant Pete Cordova
Paul Killian
James McNally
Carl Kolchak
Deputy Chief Brian O'Malley
Narrator
David Ross
Jack Beamer
Dr. David Jennings
Fred
Barney B. Duncan
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Writing (1)
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Mr. Parker (archive footage)
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