Darren McGavin

William Lyle Richardson, known professionally as Darren McGavin, was an American film, stage, and television actor best known for his portrayal of the grumpy but loving father in the film A Christmas Story, and for the title role in the television horror series Kolchak: The Night Stalker.

A Christmas Story
Billy Madison
Raw Deal
The Natural
Airport '77
Man with the Golden Arm, The
Dead Heat
Hangar 18
Summertime

Kolchak: The Night Stalker

Zero to Sixty

The X-Files · S6, E13

Agua Mala

Mulder and Scully search for a sea monster.
The X-Files · S5, E15

Travelers

A man shot by a police officer may have a connection to Mulder’s father.
Murder, She Wrote · S8, E20

Angel of Death

Jessica consoles a playwright after his wife's suicide, then realizes that he was the intended victim of a family member's murder.
Magnum, P.I. · S2, E9

Mad Buck Gibson

Thomas protects Robin Masters' friend (Darren McGavin), an author who emulates the macho heroes of his novels.
Highway to Heaven · S4, E19

The Correspondent

Jonathan gives a famous journalist, jailed in South America, the opportunity to enter his wife's dream.
Mission: Impossible · S2, E9

The Seal

America's relations with Kuala Rokat, a small neutral country on the China-India border, are threatened when a priceless national treasure, a carved jade seal, is stolen and bought by American art collector, J. Richard Taggart.

Darren McGavin

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