Darren McGavin

Was working as a set painter for Columbia Studios on the 1945 Frederic Chopin biopic A Song to Remember when he landed his first big-screen appearance, a bit part in the film.

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Blood and Concrete 1991 -Hank Dick

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Dead Heat 1988 -Dr. Ernest McNab

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Sunset 1988

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From the Hip 1987 -Craig Duncan

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Raw Deal 1986 -Shannon

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Around the World in 80 Days

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Alfred Hitchcock Hour -Wescott

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A Matter of Murder (1964) -Wescott

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Berlin Affair

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Brink's: The Great Robbery

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Crime Photographer -Casey

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Donovan's Kid

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Love for Rent

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Mastergate

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Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole

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Something Evil

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The Baron and the Kid -Beamer

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The Death of Me Yet

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The Martian Chronicles

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The Night Strangler

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The Return of Marcus Welby, M.D. -Dr. Jennings

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Waikiki

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Small Time 1997 -Sam

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Billy Madison 1995 -Brian Madison

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The Natural 1984 -Gus Sands

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A Christmas Story 1983 -The Old Man

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Hangar 18 1980 -Harry Forbes

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Hot Lead and Cold Feet 1978 -Mayor Ragsdale

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Airport '77 1977 -Stan Buchek

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Mrs. Pollifax -- Spy 1971 -Johnny Farrell

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The Great Sioux Massacre 1965 -Capt. Benton

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The Delicate Delinquent 1957 -Mike Damon

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Beau James 1957 -Charley Hand

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The Court Martial of Billy Mitchell 1955 -Russ Peters

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Summertime 1955 -Eddie Yaeger

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The Man With the Golden Arm 1955 -Louis

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A Song to Remember 1945 -Man

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Anatomy of a Crime

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Arthur Miller's The American Clock -Older Arthur Huntington

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Banyon -Lt. Pete Cordova

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Battle at Gannon's Bridge

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Boomerang, a Dog of Many Talents

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Brink's: The Great Robbery -James McNally

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Bullet for a Badman -Sam Ward

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By Dawn's Early Light -Condor

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Captain America -General Fleming

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Child in the Night -Os Winfield

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Crackle of Death

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Danielle Steel's 'A Perfect Stranger'

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43: The Petty Story -Lee Petty

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Berlin Affair

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Fudge-A-Mania -Buster

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Goodbye, Harry

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Derby -Lester Corbett

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Donovan's Kid

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Fear -Chuck

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Firebird 2015 A.D.

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Flag

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Ike

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Inherit the Wind -Hornbeck

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Kiss and Tell -Technical Sergeant

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Kojak: It's Always Something

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Law and Order

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Love for Rent

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Mission Mars -Mike Blaiswick

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My Wicked, Wicked Ways - The Legend of Errol Flynn -Dr. Gerrit Koets

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No Deposit, No Return -Duke

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Perfect Harmony -Mr. Hobbs

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Power, Passion and Murder

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Queen for a Day -Dan

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Happy Hell Night

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Hay que Matar a B. -Pal Kovak

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High Flying Spy

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Ride the High Wind -Mike Gregory

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Run, Stranger, Run

Director, Producer, Actor

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Sam Cade

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Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole -Dr. Lou Grazzo

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Shaft: Cop Killer

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She Wouldn't Say Yes -The Kid

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Shine On, Shine On, Jesse Gil

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The Death of Me Yet

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The Demon and the Mummy

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The Forty-Eight Hour Mile

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Something Evil -Paul Worden

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Summer Magic

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The Baron and the Kid -Jack Beamer

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The Challenge

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The Challengers -Jim McCabe

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The Night Stalker -Carl Kolchak

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The Night Strangler -Carl Kolchak

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The Outsider

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The Rookies -Ryker

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The Six Million Dollar Man -Oliver Spencer

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The Users -Henry Waller

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Tribes -Sgt. Drake

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Turk 182! -Detective Kowalski

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Waikiki

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Zero to Sixty -Mike Nolan

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Highlights

Was reportedly abandoned by his parents as a child, eventually ending up in the Jessie Dyslin Boys Ranch orphanage in Tacoma, WA

Trained at New York's Neighborhood Playhouse under actor Sanford Meisner, as well as at the Actors Studio.

Was working as a set painter for Columbia Studios on the 1945 Frederic Chopin biopic A Song to Remember when he landed his first big-screen appearance, a bit part in the film.

Starred in the TV Western series Riverboat (1959-61), and later owned and operated a riverboat named La Poursuite du Bonheur (The Pursuit of Happiness).

His short-lived supernatural drama Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974-75) was the inspiration for sci-fi series The X-Files, according to creator Chris Carter; McGavin once appeared on the

Best-loved big-screen role was Ralphie Parker's grouchy father in the 1983 holiday classic A Christmas Story.

Provided the voice for Budweiser's "This Bud's for You" commercials for several years.