Darren McGavin

Darren McGavin

May 7, 1922 · 104 years old

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…

Known For

19 titles
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A Christmas Story

A Christmas Story

1983 · 1h 33m · Movie

In the 1940s, a young boy named Ralphie Parker attempts to convince his parents, teacher, and Santa Claus that a Red Ryder Range 200 Shot BB gun really is the perfect Christmas gift.

7.9
2
Billy Madison

Billy Madison

1995 · 1h 29m · Movie

In order to inherit his fed-up father Brian's hotel empire, immature and lazy Billy Madison must repeat grades one through twelve all over again. The further Billy progresses, the harder his hated rival Eric Gordon tries to stop him.

6.4
3
Raw Deal

Raw Deal

1986 · 1h 46m · Movie

A former FBI agent turned small-town sheriff agrees to help the FBI chief infiltrate the Chicago mafia when the FBI chief's son is killed by them.

5.6
4
Captain America

Captain America

1990 · 1h 37m · Movie

Frozen in the ice for decades, Captain America is freed to battle against archcriminal The Red Skull.

3.2
5
Airport '77

Airport '77

1977 · 1h 54m · Movie

Art thieves hijack a 747, hit fog and crash into the ocean, trapping them and the passengers under one hundred feet of water.

5.8
6
The Man with the Golden Arm

The Man with the Golden Arm

1955 · 1h 59m · Movie

A junkie must face his true self to kick his drug addiction.

7.3
7
Summertime

Summertime

1955 · 1h 40m · Movie

An American spinster's dream of romance finally becomes a bittersweet reality when she meets a handsome--but married--Italian man while vacationing in Venice.

7.1
8
Dead Heat

Dead Heat

1988 · 1h 24m · Movie

A cop is killed investigating a strange case of resurrected corpses. His partner and a pathologist resurrect him, but he only has a limited time before he starts to decompose, and he uses it to chase down the diabolical man who ki...

6.1
9
The Night Stalker

The Night Stalker

1972 · 1h 14m · Movie

An abrasive Las Vegas newspaper reporter investigates a series of murders committed by a vampire.

7.4
10
Kolchak: The Night Stalker

Kolchak: The Night Stalker

1974 · 1m · TV Show

Carl Kolchak is a reporter for a Chicago newspaper. Through more accident than design he ends up investigating homicides, many of which involve supernatural forces. Ultimately, rather than reporting on the crimes, he solves them.

8.4
11
The Night Strangler

The Night Strangler

1973 · 1h 14m · Movie

A reporter hunts down a 144-year old alchemist who is killing women for their blood.

7.3
12
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell

The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell

1955 · 1h 40m · Movie

A dramatization of the American general and his court martial for publically complaining about High Command's dismissal and neglect of the aerial fighting forces.

6.8
13
No Deposit, No Return

No Deposit, No Return

1976 · 1h 52m · Movie

During school-break, two kids are to stay with their rich Grandpa but they would rather join their mother overseas, so, in need of plane-ticket cash, they convince two petty-criminals to fake-kidnap them for a ransom they could al...

6.4
14
The Delicate Delinquent

The Delicate Delinquent

1957 · 1h 41m · Movie

Sidney Pythias is a bumbling janitor picked up by cop Mike Damon as a teenage gang member worth saving from delinquency. With Damon's help, Sidney works his way through the Police Academy to become a cop too.

6.3
15
Happy Hell Night

Happy Hell Night

1991 · 1h 27m · Movie

A fraternity-hazing prank goes terribly wrong and a psychotic killer is set loose. Now a relentless evil has been unleashed, and the coeds of Winfield College will face the bloody horror of HAPPY HELL NIGHT.

4.8
16
The Great Sioux Massacre

The Great Sioux Massacre

1965 · 1h 31m · Movie

A somewhat different take on Custer's motivation that changed him from a defender of Native-American rights into a politically-driven, headline-seeker chastiser of the Sioux during the 1870s.

5.1
17
A Perfect Stranger

A Perfect Stranger

1994 · 1h 45m · Movie

A lawyer falls in love with a woman who's married to a dying millionaire.

6.1
18
The Case Against Brooklyn

The Case Against Brooklyn

1958 · 1h 22m · Movie

Fact-based story of a rookie cop who takes on a crime syndicate involved in corrupting government officials in Brooklyn, New York.

6.5
19
The Diamond Trap

The Diamond Trap

1988 · 1h 41m · Movie

Two New York police detectives (Howard Hesseman, Ed Marinaro) recruit a gallery worker (Brooke Shields) to help them head off a jewel heist.

5.3
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