
May 7, 1922 – Feb 25, 2006 · Spokane, Washington, U.S.
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.

as Brian Madison

as The Old Man

as Harry Shannon

as Gus Sands (uncredited)

as General Fleming

as Stan Buchek

as Louie

as Dr. Ernest McNab
as Eddie Yaeger
as Carl Kolchak
as Duke
as Oliver Spencer
as Carl Kolchak
as Harry Forbes
as Condor
as Det. Kowalski
as Paul Worden
as Capt. Russ Peters