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.

The X-Files · S5, E15

Travelers

While researching unsolved killings in which the victims' organs were removed, Mulder uncovers a species-altering experiment that may be traced back to his own father.
The X-Files · S6, E13

Agua Mala

Mulder and Scully search for a sea monster.
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.
Highway to Heaven · S4, E19

The Correspondent

Jonathan gives a famous journalist, jailed in South America, the opportunity to enter his wife's dream.
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.
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.

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