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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.In 1954, he originated roles in Broadway productions of My Three Angels and The Rainmaker, followed by film roles in David Lean's Summertime and Otto Preminger's The Man with the Golden Arm (both 1955).
Darren McGavin. Actor: A Christmas Story. 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). In a long and varied career, McGavin has often turned up ...
Year Title Role Notes Ref. 1949 Mr. I-Magination: American soldier 1951–1952 Casey, Crime Photographer: Casey 47 episodes 1951–1958 Westinghouse Studio One
Darren McGavin played Captain Grey Holden for 40 episodes. Dan Duryea played Captain Brad Turner for two episodes while McGavin was embroiled in contract disputes. Burt Reynolds, in his television debut, played McGavin's partner and chief pilot Ben Frazer in 20 episodes, and was replaced by Noah Beery, Jr., who played Bill Blake, for Season Two.. Dick Wessel, as chief stoker Carney Kohler, was ...
Feb 26, 2006 · Darren McGavin, the husky, tough-talking actor who starred in the TV series “Mike Hammer” and played a grouchy dad in the holiday classic “A Christmas Story,” has died. He was 83.
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. The cause of his death, which was reported to The ...
Feb 27, 2006 · Darren McGavin, an Emmy-winning actor who worked almost constantly in television for almost 50 years and made an enduring mark on popular culture as the grizzled has-been crime reporter in the ...
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. He appeared as the tough-talking, funny detective in the 1950s television series Mickey Spillane ...
Nov 4, 2019 · Darren McGavin, 83, died Saturday of natural causes at a Los Angeles-area hospital with his family at his side, said his son Bogart McGavin.
