Darren McGavin

from Spokane, Washington, U.S.

Artwork for Airport '77Image of Darren McGavin

Biography

Was an American actor best known for playing the title role in the television horror series Kolchak: The Night Stalker and his portrayal in the film A Christmas Story of the grumpy father given to bursts of profanity that he never realizes his son overhears. 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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Timeline

1999Aged 77

  • Poster for Pros & Cons

    Mr. Stanford

1997Aged 75

  • Poster for Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas

    Mr. Parker (archive footage)

1996Aged 74

  • Poster for Small Time

    Sam

1995Aged 73

  • Poster for Billy Madison

    Brian Madison

  • Poster for Derby

    Lester Corbett

1994Aged 72

  • Poster for Mysteries of the Ancient World

    Narrator

  • Poster for A Perfect Stranger

    John Henry Phillips

1993Aged 71

  • Poster for The American Clock

    Older Arthur Huntington

1992Aged 70

  • Poster for Mastergate

    Folsom Bunting

1991Aged 69

  • Clara

    Albert Kroll

  • Poster for Perfect Harmony

    Mr. Hobbs

  • Poster for Blood and Concrete

    Hank Dick

  • Poster for Happy Hell Night

    Henry Collins

  • Poster for Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

    actor (archive footage) (uncredited)

1990Aged 68

1988Aged 66

  • Poster for Inherit the Wind

    E.K. Hornbeck

  • Poster for Dead Heat

    Dr. Ernest McNab

  • Poster for The Diamond Trap

    Chief Walter Vadney

1987Aged 65

  • Poster for From the Hip

    Craig Duncan

  • Poster for Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson

    A. Z. Nathan

1986Aged 64

  • Poster for Raw Deal

    Harry Shannon

1985Aged 63

  • Poster for My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn

    Dr. Gerrit Koets

  • Poster for Turk 182!

    Det. Kowalski

1984Aged 62

  • Poster for The Natural

    Gus Sands (uncredited)

  • Poster for The Return of Marcus Welby, M.D.

    Dr. David Jennings

  • Poster for The Baron and the Kid

    Jack Beamer

1983Aged 61

  • Poster for A Christmas Story

    The Old Man

1981Aged 59

  • Poster for Firebird 2015 A.D.

    Red

1980Aged 58

  • Poster for Waikiki

    Capt. McGuire

  • Poster for Hangar 18

    Harry Forbes

1979Aged 57

  • Poster for Donovan's Kid

    Timothy Donovan

  • Poster for Ike

    Gen. George S. Patton

  • Poster for Love for Rent

    Coach John Martin

1978Aged 56

  • Poster for Zero to Sixty

    Michael Nolan

  • Poster for Hot Lead & Cold Feet

    Mayor Ragsdale

  • Poster for The Users

    Henry Waller

1977Aged 55

  • Poster for Airport '77

    Stan Buchek

1976Aged 54

  • Poster for No Deposit, No Return

    Duke

  • Poster for Demon and the Mummy

    Carl Kolchak

  • Poster for Brinks: The Great Robbery

    James McNally

  • Poster for Crackle of Death

    Carl Kolchak

  • Poster for Law and Order

    Deputy Chief Brian O'Malley

1975Aged 53

  • Poster for B. Must Die

    Pal Kovak

1973Aged 51

  • Poster for The Night Strangler

    Carl Kolchak

  • Poster for The Six Million Dollar Man

    Oliver Spencer

  • Poster for Happy Mother's Day, Love George

    Director

1972Aged 50

1971Aged 49

  • Poster for Mrs. Pollifax — Spy

    Farrell

  • Poster for Banyon

    Lieutenant Pete Cordova

  • Poster for The Death of Me Yet

    Joe Chalk

  • Poster for Mooch Goes to Hollywood

    Darren McGavin (uncredited)

1970Aged 48

  • Poster for The Challenge

    Jacob Gallery

  • Poster for The Challengers

    Jim McCabe

  • Poster for The 48-Hour Mile

    David Ross

  • Poster for Berlin Affair

    Paul Killian

  • Poster for Tribes

    Drake

1969Aged 47

  • Poster for Anatomy of a Crime

    David Ross

1968Aged 46

  • Poster for Mission Mars

    Col. Mike Blaiswick

  • Poster for Boomerang, Dog of Many Talents

    Barney B. Duncan

1967Aged 45

  • Poster for The Outsider

    David Ross

1965Aged 43

  • Poster for The Great Sioux Massacre

    Captain Frederick William Benton

  • Poster for African Gold

    Mike Gregory

1964Aged 42

  • Poster for Bullet for a Badman

    Sam Ward

1961Aged 39

  • Poster for Witchcraft: The Doll in Brambles

    Fred

1959Aged 37

  • Poster for Disneyland '59

    Self

1958Aged 36

  • Poster for The Case Against Brooklyn

    Pete Harris

1957Aged 35

  • Poster for The Delicate Delinquent

    Mike Damon

  • Poster for Beau James

    Charley Hand

1955Aged 33

  • Poster for A Word to the Wives...

    George Peters

  • Poster for Summertime

    Eddie Yaeger

  • Poster for The Man with the Golden Arm

    Louie

  • Poster for The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell

    Capt. Russ Peters

1951Aged 29

  • Poster for Queen for a Day

    Dan

1945Aged 23

  • Poster for A Song to Remember

    Student (uncredited)

  • Poster for She Wouldn't Say Yes

    The Kid - Soldier in Hospital (uncredited)

  • Your Next Job

    Balancing hobbyist