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 toughtalking funny detective in the 1950s television series Mickey Spillanes Mike Hammer From 19591961 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 CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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