Darren McGavin on stage and screen
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The filmography of American actor Darren McGavin includes over 180 credits in both film and television. In addition to his screen career, McGavin was also a stage actor, and appeared in eight Broadway productions between 1954 and 1967.
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | A Song to Remember | Student | Uncredited | [1] |
| Counter-Attack | Paratrooper | [1] | ||
| Kiss and Tell | Tech Sergeant | [1] | ||
| She Wouldn't Say Yes | The Kid, Soldier In Hospital | [1] | ||
| 1946 | Fear | Blonde Student | [1] | |
| 1949 | I Remember You | Blind Mechanic | Short film | |
| 1951 | Queen for a Day | Dan | [1] | |
| Distant Drums | Navy Lieutenant | Uncredited | ||
| 1955 | Summertime | Eddie Yaeger | [1] | |
| A Word to the Wives... | George Peters | Short film | ||
| The Man with the Golden Arm | Louie | [1] | ||
| The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell | Captain Russ Peters | [1] | ||
| 1957 | The Delicate Delinquent | Mike Damon | [1] | |
| Beau James | Charley Hand | [1] | ||
| 1958 | The Case Against Brooklyn | Pete Harris | [1] | |
| 1964 | Bullet for a Badman | Sam Ward | [1] | |
| 1965 | The Great Sioux Massacre | Captain Benton | [1] | |
| African Gold | Mike Gregory | |||
| 1968 | Mission Mars | Colonel Mike Blaiswick | [1] | |
| 1971 | Mrs. Pollifax-Spy | Farrell | ||
| 1972 | 43: The Richard Petty Story | Lee Petty | [1] | |
| 1973 | Happy Mother's Day, Love George | George Perry | Uncredited Also director and producer |
[1] |
| 1974 | Hay que matar a B. | Pal Kovak | ||
| 1976 | No Deposit, No Return | Duke | [1] | |
| 1977 | Airport '77 | Stan Buchek | [1] | |
| 1978 | Zero to Sixty | Michael Nolan | ||
| Hot Lead and Cold Feet | Mayor Ragsdale | [1] | ||
| 1980 | Hangar 18 | Harry Forbes | ||
| 1981 | Firebird 2015 AD | 'Red' | ||
| 1983 | A Christmas Story | Mr. Parker, The Old Man | [1] | |
| 1984 | The Natural | Gus Sands | Uncredited | [1] |
| 1985 | Turk 182 | Detective Kowalski | [1] | |
| 1986 | Raw Deal | FBI Agent Harry Shannon | [1] | |
| Flag | ||||
| 1987 | From the Hip | Craig Duncan | [1] | |
| 1988 | Dead Heat | Dr. Ernest McNab | [1] | |
| 1989 | In the Name of Blood | Fergus Redding | ||
| 1990 | Captain America | General Fleming | ||
| 1991 | Blood and Concrete | Hank Dick | [1] | |
| 1992 | Happy Hell Night | Henry Collins | [2] | |
| 1995 | Billy Madison | Brian Madison | ||
| 1996 | Small Time | Sam | ||
| 1999 | Pros and Cons | Mr. Stanford | ||
| 2008 | Still Waters Burn | Paddy | Filmed in 1996 |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | Mr. I-Magination | American soldier | ||
| 1951–1952 | Casey, Crime Photographer | Casey | 47 episodes | |
| 1951–1958 | Westinghouse Studio One | Tom Kendall / Johnny Quigg / Will Sorrell / Macduff | 4 episodes | |
| 1952 | Tales of Tomorrow | Bruce Calvin | Episode: "The Duplicates" | |
| The Web | Episode: "Turn Back" | |||
| Goodyear Television Playhouse | 2 episodes | |||
| 1952–1953 | Danger | |||
| 1952–1954 | Suspense | Ted Larson | ||
| 1952–1956 | Armstrong Circle Theater | Lieutenant Melvin Shadduck / Carl Broggi | 3 episodes | |
| 1953 | Short Short Dramas | Fred Diamond | Episode: "The Double Cross" | |
| The Revlon Mirror Theater | Episode: "The Enormous Rasio" | |||
| The Philco Television Playhouse | Episode: "The Rainmaker" | |||
| 1953–1955 | Omnibus | 3 episodes | ||
| 1954 | Janet Dean, Registered Nurse | Tony Burito | 2 episodes | |
| The Campbell Playhouse | Episode: "XXXXX Isn't Everything" | |||
| Pond's Theater | 2 episodes | |||
| Mama | Episode: "Mama and the Magician" | |||
| The Telltale Clue | Harry Williams | Episode: "The Case of the Talking Garden" | ||
| 1955 | It's Always Jan | Episode: "Joe" | ||
| Producers' Showcase | Soldier | Episode: "Dateline II" | ||
| Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Red Hillman/Lyle Endicott | 2 episodes | [2] | |
| 1956 | Matinee Theatre | Episode: "The Shining Palace" | ||
| 1956 | Climax! | Walter | Episode: "Night of the Heat Wave" | |
| 1956 | Robert Montgomery Presents | Joe Gillis | Episode: "Sunset Boulevard" | |
| 1956–1957 | The Alcoa Hour | Arthur Bryan / Harrigan | 2 episodes | |
| 1958 | Decision | Dan Garrett | Episode: "Man Against Crime" | |
| 1958–1959 | Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer | Mike Hammer | 78 episodes | [2] |
| 1959 | Buckskin | Episode: "Annie's Old Beau" Director |
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| 1959–1961 | Riverboat | Captain Grey Holden | 42 episodes Directed episode "The Blowup" |
[2] |
| 1961 | The Islanders | Phil | Episode: "Island Witness" | |
| Death Valley Days | Zacharias Gurney | Episode: "The Stolen City" Directed episode "Queen of Spades" |
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| Stagecoach West | Pierce Martin | Episode: "A Place of Still Waters" | ||
| Route 66 | Johnny Copa | Episode: "The Opponent" | [2] | |
| Rawhide | Jeff Hadley | S4:E2, "The Sendoff" | ||
| Witchcraft | Fred | Television film | ||
| 1962 | Purex Summer Specials | James Carlisle | Episode: "The Problem Child" | |
| The United States Steel Hour | Episode: "Marriage Marks the Spot" | |||
| 1963 | Playdate | Charles Morrow | Episode: "The Day the Money Stopped" | |
| 1963–1964 | The Defenders | Marty Wisnovsky / Howard Potter | 2 episodes | |
| 1964 | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Sheridan Westcott | Season 2 Episode 23: "A Matter of Murder" | [2] |
| 1964 | The Nurses | Fitz Condon | Episode: "Hildie" | |
| Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Joe Masson / Franklin Carson | 2 episodes | ||
| Ben Casey | Greene | Episode: "Kill the Dream, but Spare the Dreamer" | ||
| The Rogues | Amos Champion | Episode: "The Diamond-Studded Pie" | ||
| 1964–1967 | The Virginian | Sam Evans / Mark Troxel | 2 episodes | [2] |
| 1965 | Dr. Kildare | Prof. Felix Holman | 4 episodes | |
| 1965–1966 | Gunsmoke | Will Helmick/Lon Gorman/Joe Bascome | 3 episodes | [2] |
| 1966 | Court Martial | Sgt. Joe Callaghan | Episode: "All Roads Lead to Callaghan" | |
| 1967 | Cimarron Strip | Jud Starr | Episode: "The Legend of Jud Starr" | |
| The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | Victor Karmak | Episode: "The Deadly Quest Affair" | [2] | |
| Mission: Impossible | J. Richard Taggart | Episode: "The Seal" | ||
| Custer | Jeb Powell | Episode: "Desperate Mission" | ||
| 1968 | Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color | Barney B. Duncan | 2 episodes | |
| 1968–1969 | The Outsider | David Ross | 28 episodes | |
| 1968–1970 | The Name of the Game | Eddie Gannon / Sam Hardy / Jesse Gil McCray | 3 episodes | |
| 1969 | Anatomy of a Crime | David Ross | Television film | |
| 1970 | The Challenge | Jacob Gallery | ||
| The Challengers | Jim McCabe | |||
| Love, American Style | Corbett | Episode: "Love and the Fly" | [2] | |
| Mannix | Mark | Episode: "A Ticket to the Eclipse" | [2] | |
| Berlin Affair | Pete Killian | Television film | ||
| Tribes | Gunnery Sgt. Thomas Drake | [1] | ||
| Bracken's World | Max Lassiter | Episode: "Infinity" | ||
| Matt Lincoln | Episode: "Billy" | |||
| The Forty-Eight Hour Mile | David Ross | Television film | ||
| 1971 | Banyon | Lieutenant Pete Cordova | Episode: "Pilot" | |
| Cade's County | Courtney Vernon | Episode: "Homecoming" | ||
| The Bold Ones: The Lawyers | Kevin Ireland | Episode: "The Invasion of Kevin Ireland" | [2] | |
| The Death of Me Yet | Joe Chalk | Television film | ||
| 1972 | The Night Stalker | Carl Kolchak | ||
| Something Evil | Paul Worden | |||
| The Rookies | Sergeant Eddie Ryker | Pilot | ||
| Here Comes the Judge | Judge | Television film | ||
| Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole | Dr. Lou Grazzo | |||
| 1972–1979 | The Wonderful World of Disney | John Jay Forrest / Timothy Donovan | 5 episodes | |
| 1973 | The Night Strangler | Carl Kolchak | Television film | |
| The Six Million Dollar Man | Oliver Spencer | Pilot movie | ||
| 1973–1974 | The Evil Touch | Alvin Hazeltine / George Manners / Dr. Thomas Sullivan | 3 episodes Also directed episode "A Game of Hearts" |
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| 1974 | Shaft | Capt. Brian Brewster | Episode: "Cop Killer" | |
| Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law | McClain | Episode: "A Stranger Among Us" | ||
| Police Story | Matt Hallett | Episode: "The Ripper" | ||
| 1974–1975 | Kolchak: The Night Stalker | Carl Kolchak | 20 episodes Also executive producer |
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| 1976 | Brink's: The Great Robbery | James McNally | Television film | |
| Law and Order | Deputy Chief Brian O'Malley | |||
| 1978 | The Users | Henry Waller | ||
| Fantasy Island | Victor Duncan | "Episode: "Let the Goodtimes Roll/Nightmare/The Tiger" | ||
| 1979 | Donovan's Kid | Timothy Donovan | Television film | |
| Ike | General George S. Patton | Television miniseries; aka Ike: The War Years | [2] | |
| Not Until Today | Chief Jason Swan | Television film | ||
| Love for Rent | Coach John Martin | |||
| A Bond of Iron | William Weaver | |||
| 1980 | The Martian Chronicles | Sam Parkhill | Miniseries | [2] |
| Waikiki | Captain | Television film | ||
| The Love Boat | Lawrence Evans | 2 episodes | [2] | |
| 1981 | Nero Wolfe | John Alan Bredeman | Episode: "Gambit" | |
| Magnum, P.I. | Buck Gibson | Episode: "Mad Buck Gibson" | ||
| 1983 | Freedom to Speak | Television miniseries | ||
| Small & Frye | Nick Small | 5 episodes | [2] | |
| Tales of the Unexpected | Sheriff Milt Singleton | Episode: "Heir Presumptuous" | ||
| 1984 | The Return of Marcus Welby, M.D. | Dr. David Jennings | Television film | |
| The Baron and the Kid | Jack Beamer | |||
| 1985 | My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn | Dr. Garrett Koets | ||
| The O'Briens | The Father | |||
| The Hitchhiker | Old Man | Episode: "Nightshift" | ||
| Tales from the Darkside | Van Conway | Episode: "Distant Signals" | ||
| 1986 | Worlds Beyond | Harry Hewart | Episode: "Voice from the Gallows" | |
| 1987 | CBS Summer Playhouse | Walter | Episode: "Day to Day" | |
| Tales from the Hollywood Hills: A Table at Ciro's | A.D. Nathan | Television film | ||
| 1988 | Highway to Heaven | Hale Stoddard | Episode: "The Correspondent" | [2] |
| Inherit the Wind | E.K. Hornbeck | Television film | ||
| The Diamond Trap | Walter Vadney | |||
| 1989 | Around the World in 80 Days | Benjamin Mudge | Miniseries | [2] |
| Monsters | Hubert | Episode: "Portrait of the Artist" | [2] | |
| 1989–1992 | Murphy Brown | Bill Brown | 5 episodes Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series (1990) |
[2] |
| 1990 | Kojak: It's Always Something | Wainright | Television film | [2] |
| By Dawn's Early Light | Condor | |||
| Child in the Night | Os Windfield | |||
| Big | Mr. MacMillan | Pilot episode | ||
| 1991 | The General Motors Playwrights Theater | Albert Kroll | Episode: "Clara" | |
| Perfect Harmony | Mr. Hobbs | Television film | ||
| 1992 | Civil Wars | Noah Caldecott | Episode: "Shop 'til You Drop" | |
| Murder, She Wrote | Martin Tremaine | Episode: "Angel of Death" | [2] | |
| Mastergate | Folsom Bunting | Television film | ||
| Sibs | Ben | Episode: "If I Only Had a Dad" | ||
| 1993 | The American Clock | Old Arthur Huntington | Television film | |
| 1994 | A Perfect Stranger | John Henry Phillips | ||
| 1995 | Fudge | Buster | Episode: "Fudge-a-mania" | |
| Sisters | Judge Harrison Bradford | Episode: "Judgement Day" | ||
| Derby | Lester Corbett | Television film | ||
| Burke's Law | Conrad Hill | Episode: "Who Killed the King of the Country Club?" | ||
| Gargoyles | Dominic Dracon/G.F. Benton (voice) | Episode: "The Silver Falcon" | ||
| Fallen Angels | Old Man | Episode: "Fly Paper" | ||
| The Commish | Terry Boyle | 2 episodes | [2] | |
| 1996 | Grace Under Fire | Grace's Dad | Episode: "Take Me to Your Breeder" | [2] |
| 1997 | Touched by an Angel | George Zarko | Episode: "Missing in Action" | [2] |
| Millennium | Henry Black | Episode: "Midnight of the Century" | ||
| 1998–1999 | The X-Files | Arthur Dales | 2 episodes | [2] |
Stage credits
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949–1950 | Death of a Salesman | Happy Lohman | Touring production | [3] |
| 1954 | My Three Angels | Alfred | Morosco Theatre | [4] |
| 1955 | The Rainmaker | Bill Starbuck | Cort Theatre | [4] |
| 1956 | The Innkeepers | David McGregor | John Golden Theatre | [4] |
| The Lovers | Chrysagon de la Crux | Martin Beck Theatre | [4] | |
| 1958 | The Tunnel of Love | Dick Pepper | [4] | |
| 1959 | Two for the Seesaw | Jerry Ryan | Booth Theatre | [4] |
| 1961 | Blood, Sweat and Stanley Poole | Stanley Pool | Morosco Theatre | [4] |
| 1964 | A Thousand Clowns | Murray Burns | Pocono Playhouse | [5] |
| 1966 | The King and I | The King | Ambassador Theatre | [4] |
| 1967 | Dinner at Eight | Larry | Alvin Theatre | [4] |
| 1993–1994 | Greetings | Phil Gorski | John Houseman Theatre | [6] |
