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Darren McGavin (born William Lyle Richardson; May 7, 1922 – February 25, 2006) was an American actor. McGavin began his career working as a set painter for Columbia Pictures.
A remarkably seasoned actor of stage, screen and television, Darren McGavin has notched in excess of 200 performances; however, he is most fondly remembered by cult TV fans as heroic newspaper reporter Carl Kolchak in the classic but short-lived horror TV series Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974).
Feb 26, 2006 · Darren McGavin, the husky, tough-talking actor who starred in the TV series “Mike Hammer,” played a grouchy dad in the holiday classic “A Christmas Story” and had other strong roles in such films...
Feb 6, 2024 · Airing on NBC from 1968 to 1969, Darren McGavin played a private detective of a very different kind from Mike Hammer. This time he's ex-con David Ross, who had been spent to prison for six years...
Feb 27, 2006 · Darren McGavin, who played a memorable collection of gruff, worldly wise and unmistakably American characters over a six-decade career, died at a Los Angeles hospital on Feb. 25, the AP reported....
Feb 27, 2006 · Darren McGavin, an actor with hundreds of television, movie and theatrical credits to his name, died on Saturday in Los Angeles. He was 83.
Feb 25, 2006 · 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.
