
Acting
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.

The Mike Douglas Show
1961

The X-Files
1993

The Love Boat
1977

Murder, She Wrote
1984

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962

Mannix
1967

Robert Montgomery Presents
1950

Magnum, P.I.
1980

Love, American Style
1969

Mission: Impossible
1966

Dr. Kildare
1961

Murphy Brown
1988

Touched by an Angel
1994

The Virginian
1962

Highway to Heaven
1984

Tales from the Darkside
1984

The Name of the Game
1968

Studio One
1948

The Philco Television Playhouse
1948

Climax!
1954

Rawhide
1959

Gargoyles
1994

Gunsmoke
1955

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955

Tales of the Unexpected
1979

What's My Line?
1950

Ben Casey
1961

Route 66
1960

The Defenders
1961

Millennium
1996

Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
1971

Omnibus
1952

The Hitchhiker
1983

Grace Under Fire
1993

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964

The Commish
1991