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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2005
Night Stalker
TV show
1999
Pros & Cons
Movie Mr. Stanford
1997
Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas
Movie Mr. Parker (archive footage)
1996
Small Time
Movie Sam
1996
Millennium
TV show Henry Black
1995
Derby
Movie Lester Corbett
1995
Billy Madison
Movie Brian Madison
1994
Gargoyles
TV show G.F. Benton/Dominic Dracon (voice)
1994
Touched by an Angel
TV show George Zarko
1994
A Perfect Stranger
Movie John Henry Phillips
1994
Mysteries of the Ancient World
Movie Narrator
1994
Burke's Law
TV show Conrad Hill
1993
Grace Under Fire
TV show Grace's Dad
1993
The X-Files
TV show Agent Arthur Dales
1993
Fallen Angels
TV show Old Man
1993
The American Clock
Movie Older Arthur Huntington