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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.
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Known For
The X-Files
1993
Murder, She Wrote
1984
The Love Boat
1977
Magnum, P.I.
1980
Mission: Impossible
1966
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
Mannix
1967
Touched by an Angel
1994
Gargoyles
1994
Millennium
1996
Highway to Heaven
1984
Murphy Brown
1988
Tales from the Darkside
1984
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
Gunsmoke
1955
Gunsmoke
1955
Gunsmoke
1955
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
1974
Billy Madison
1995
The Natural
1984
Around the World in 80 Days
1989
Raw Deal
1986
A Christmas Story
1983
Captain America
1990
The Night Stalker
1972
Airport '77
1977
The Man with the Golden Arm
1955
Something Evil
1972
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