Every Christmas, television audiences are reminded of actor Darren McGavin thanks to his portrayal of "The Old Man" in the holiday perennial A Christmas Story (1983), and while that may be the ...

It was an honest question from someone (my wife) who wasn’t familiar with the short-lived cult series Kolchak, or aware that Darren McGavin had done anything before that holiday movie staple. Having ...

The short-lived TV series Kolchak: The Night Stalker is frequently cited by X-Files creator Chris Carter as a major inspiration. Though it barely lasted a season, it was preceded by two popular TV ...

Ace reporter Carl Kolchak was investigating all things paranormal long before FBI agents Mulder and Scully ever opened their first X-File... The character, played on screen by Darren McGavin, first ...

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 ...

In 1972 Kolchak: The Night Stalker transfixed audiences. The movie became the highest-rated TV movie in U.S. history and spawned the cult TV series starring Darren McGavin. The TV movie’s iconic ...

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Darren McGavin, the husky, tough-talking actor who starred in several TV series, played a grouchy dad in the holiday classic A Christmas Story and had other strong roles in such ...

LOS ANGELES -- Darren McGavin was painting a movie set in 1945 when he learned of an opening for a small role in the show, climbed off his ladder, and returned through Columbia's front gates to land ...

CYNTHIA LITTLETON pays tribute to the TV stars and pioneers who left us this year, from Dennis Weaver to Darren McGavin to Don Knotts, left. By Cynthia Littleton, The Associated Press Oh, Barn … For ...

Los Angeles -- Husky, tough-talking actor Darren McGavin has died at age 83. His son says McGavin died Saturday of natural causes at a Los Angeles-area hospital with his family at his side. McGavin ...

Darren McGavin, 83, a film and television actor who appeared on an almost limitless number of television series and shows and set a standard for cynical and hard-boiled gruffness as a reporter in "The ...