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Biography

An accomplished actor of film, TV and the stage, Darren McGavin was equally at home in comedies or dramas. He is perhaps best remembered…more

Born

5/7/1922, San Joaquim, California, USA

Died

2/25/2006

Birth Name

Gender

Male

Credits

Star (7)

Role
- Small & Frye
  Nick Small
  - S 1: Ep 6 The Case of the Concerned Husband
    6/15/83
  - S 1: Ep 5 Schlockty Too
    6/8/83
  - S 1: Ep 4 Pilot
    6/1/83
  - S 1: Ep 3 The Case of the Street of Silence
    3/21/83
  - S 1: Ep 2 Endangered Detectives
    3/14/83
  - + 1 More Credits
- The Martian Chronicles
  Sam Parkhill
  - S 1: Ep 3 The Martians
    1/29/80
  - S 1: Ep 2 The Settlers
    1/28/80
- Kolchak: The Night Stalker
  Carl Kolchak
  - S 1: Ep 20 The Sentry
    3/28/75
  - S 1: Ep 19 The Youth Killer
    3/14/75
  - S 1: Ep 18 The Knightly Murders
    3/7/75
  - S 1: Ep 17 Legacy of Terror
    2/14/75
  - S 1: Ep 16 Demon in Lace
    2/7/75
  - + 19 More Credits
- The Outsider
  David Ross
  - S 1: Ep 27 Through a Stained Glass Window
    4/16/69
  - S 1: Ep 26 Service For One
    4/9/69
  - S 1: Ep 25 Periwinkle Blue
    4/2/69
  - S 1: Ep 24 A Lot Of Muscle
    3/26/69
  - S 1: Ep 23 All the Social Graces
    3/12/69
  - + 22 More Credits
- Riverboat
  Grey Holden
  - S 2: Ep 13 Listen to the Nightingale
    1/2/61
  - S 2: Ep 12 Zigzag
    12/26/60
  - S 2: Ep 11 Duel on the River
    12/12/60
  - S 2: Ep 10 Chicota Landing
    12/5/60
  - S 2: Ep 9 The Quota
    11/28/60
  - + 37 More Credits
- Mike Hammer (1958)
  Mike Hammer
  - S 2: Ep 35 Bride and Doom
    10/3/59
  - S 2: Ep 38 Siamese Twinge
    9/18/59
  - S 2: Ep 19 Stocks and Blondes
    8/7/59
  - S 2: Ep 27 Pen Pals
    7/7/59
  - S 2: Ep 23 See No Evil
    6/4/59
  - + 73 More Credits
- Man Against Crime
  Mike Barnett
  - S 7: Ep 1 ABC Pilot
    9/21/58
Guest Star (109)

Role
- The X-Files
  Arthur Dales
  - S 6: Ep 13 Agua Mala
    2/21/99
  - S 5: Ep 15 Travelers
    3/29/98
- Millennium
  Henry Black
  - S 2: Ep 10 Midnight of the Century
    12/19/97
- Touched By an Angel
  George Zarkko
  - S 3: Ep 24 Missing In Action
    4/13/97
- Grace Under Fire
  Dad
  - S 3: Ep 23 Take Me to Your Breeder
    5/1/96
- The Commish
  Terry Boyle
  - S 5: Ep 3 Father Image (2)
    12/14/95
  - S 5: Ep 2 Father Image (1)
    12/7/95
- Fallen Angels
  The Old Man
  - S 2: Ep 7 Fly Paper
    10/30/95
- Gargoyles
  G.F. Brenton / Dominic Dracon
  - S 2: Ep 6 The Silver Falcon
    9/12/95
- Burke's Law (1994)
  Conrad Hill
  - S 2: Ep 11 Who Killed the King of the Country Club?
    7/6/95
- Sisters
  Judge Harrison Bradford
  - S 5: Ep 19 Judgement Day
    4/1/95
- Murphy Brown
  Bill Brown
  - S 5: Ep 12 I'm Dreaming of a Brown Christmas
    12/14/92
  - S 4: Ep 6 Full Circle
    10/14/91
  - S 2: Ep 11 Brown Like Me (2)
    11/27/89
  - S 2: Ep 10 Brown Like Me (1)
    11/27/89
- Murder, She Wrote
  Martin Tremaine
  - S 8: Ep 20 Angel of Death
    5/3/92
- Civil Wars
  Noah Caldecott
  - S 1: Ep 10 Shop 'Til You Drop
    1/29/92
- Kojak
  Guest Star
  - S 6: Ep 4 It's Always Something
    1/31/90
- Monsters
  Hubert
  - S 2: Ep 2 Portrait of the Artist
    10/8/89
- Highway to Heaven
  Hale Stoddard
  - S 4: Ep 19 The Correspondent
    2/24/88
- Tales from the Darkside
  Van Conway
  - S 2: Ep 8 Distant Signals
    11/17/85
- The Hitchhiker
  The Old Man
  - S 1: Ep 14 Nightshift
    10/15/85
- Marcus Welby, M.D.
  Dr. David Jennings
  - S 7: Ep 26 The Return of Marcus Welby, M.D.
    5/16/84
- Tales of the Unexpected
  Sheriff Milt Singleton
  - S 6: Ep 5 Heir Presumptuous
    5/7/83
- Magnum, P.I.
  Mad Buck Gibson
  - S 2: Ep 9 Mad Buck Gibson
    11/26/81
- Nero Wolfe (1981)
  Arnold Zeck
  - S 1: Ep 10 Gambit
    4/3/81
- The Love Boat
  Lawrence Evans
  - S 4: Ep 3 The Promoter/The Judges/The Family Plan/Forever Engaged/May the Best Man Win (2)
    11/1/80
  - S 4: Ep 2 The Promoter/The Judges/The Family Plan/Forever Engaged/May the Best Man Win (1)
    11/1/80
- Disneyland
  Timothy Donovan
  - S 25: Ep 11 Donovan's Kid (2)
    1/14/79
  - S 25: Ep 10 Donovan's Kid (1)
    1/7/79
- Fantasy Island
  Victor Duncan
  - S 2: Ep 7 Let the Goodtimes Roll / Nightmare / The Tiger
    11/4/78
- Tattletales
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 18 January 4, 1977
    1/4/77
  - S 3: Ep 3 September 15, 1975
    9/15/75
- Dinah!
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 187 August 15, 1975
    8/15/75
- Dean Martin Celebrity Roast
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 2 Telly Savalas
    11/15/74
- The Evil Touch
  Alvin
  - S 1: Ep 21 Gornak's Prism
    3/3/74
- Police Story
  Matt Hallett
  - S 1: Ep 17 The Ripper
    2/12/74
- Owen Marshall, Counselor At Law
  McClain
  - S 3: Ep 16 A Foreigner Among Us
    2/2/74
- Shaft
  Captain Brewster
  - S 1: Ep 5 Cop Killer
    1/1/74
- The Evil Touch
  George Manners
  - S 1: Ep 11 George
    11/25/73
- The Evil Touch
  Dr. Thomas Sullivan
  - S 1: Ep 6 A Game of Hearts
    10/21/73
- The Six Million Dollar Man
  Oliver Spencer
  - S 1: Ep 1 The Six Million Dollar Man (a/k/a The Moon and the Desert)
    3/7/73
- The Rookies (1972)
  Sgt. Ryker
  - S 1: Ep 1 The Rookies
    3/7/72
- The Merv Griffin Show
  Himself
  - S 9: Ep 94 January 25, 1972
    1/25/72
  - S 8: Ep 214 July 20, 1971
    7/20/71
  - S 8: Ep 127 March 16, 1971
    3/16/71
- The Bold Ones: The Lawyers
  Kevin Ireland
  - S 3: Ep 1 The Invasion of Kevin Ireland
    9/26/71
- Cade's County
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 1 Homecoming
    9/19/71
- Banyon
  Lt. Pete McNeil
  - S 1: Ep 0 Pilot
    3/15/71
- Matt Lincoln
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 11 Billy
    12/10/70
- Bracken's World
  Max Lassiter
  - S 2: Ep 10 Infinity
    11/20/70
- The Name of the Game
  Eddie Gannon
  - S 3: Ep 4 Battle at Gannon's Bridge
    10/9/70
- Mannix
  Mark
  - S 4: Ep 1 A Ticket to the Eclipse
    9/19/70
- Love, American Style
  Corbett
  - S 1: Ep 69 Love and the Fly
    3/13/70
- Campbell Television Soundstage
  Guest Star
- The Name of the Game
  Sam Hardy
  - S 2: Ep 6 Goodbye Harry
    10/24/69
- The Joey Bishop Show
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 100 January 22, 1969
    1/22/69
  - S 3: Ep 74 December 16, 1968
    12/16/68
- The Mike Douglas Show
  Himself
  - S 7: Ep 58 November 27, 1968
    11/27/68
  - S 15: Ep 136 March 15, 1977
    3/15/77
  - S 15: Ep 74 January 6, 1977
    1/6/77
  - S 14: Ep 27 October 7, 1975
    10/7/75
  - S 9: Ep 127 March 2, 1971
    3/2/71
- The Name of the Game
  Jesse Gil McCray
  - S 1: Ep 7 Shine On, Shine On, Jesse Gil
    11/1/68
- Custer
  Jeb Powell
  - S 1: Ep 9 Desperate Mission
    11/8/67
- Mission: Impossible
  J. Richard Taggart
  - S 2: Ep 9 The Seal
    11/5/67
- The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
  Viktor Karmak
  - S 4: Ep 8 The Deadly Quest Affair
    10/30/67
- The Virginian
  Sam Evans
  - S 6: Ep 2 The Deadly Past
    9/20/67
- Cimarron Strip
  Jud Starr
  - S 1: Ep 2 The Legend of Jud Starr
    9/14/67
- Gunsmoke
  Joe Bascome
  - S 12: Ep 6 Gunfighter, R.I.P.
    10/22/66
- What's My Line?
  Mystery Guest Cast
  - S 18: Ep 4 EPISODE #832
    9/25/66
- The Felony Squad
  Leslie Gorman
  - S 1: Ep 1 The Streets Are Paved With Quicksand
    9/12/66
- Court-Martial
  Sergeant Gallaghan
  - S 1: Ep 6 All Roads Lead to Callaghan
    5/20/66
- Dr. Kildare
  Felix Holman
  - S 5: Ep 29 With This Ring (4)
    12/21/65
  - S 5: Ep 28 When Shadows Fall (3)
    12/20/65
  - S 5: Ep 27 In Roman Candle's Bright Glare (2)
    12/14/65
  - S 5: Ep 26 From Nigeria with Love (1)
    12/13/65
- Gunsmoke
  Lon Gorman
  - S 11: Ep 12 The Hostage
    12/4/65
- Password
  Guest
  - S 5: Ep 103 EPISODE
    5/13/65
- Gunsmoke
  Will Helmick
  - S 10: Ep 29 Twenty Miles from Dodge
    4/10/65
- The Rogues
  Amos Champion
  - S 1: Ep 20 The Diamond-Studded Pie
    1/31/65
- Ben Casey
  Guest Star
  - S 4: Ep 11 Kill the Dream, but Spare the Dreamer
    11/30/64
- Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre
  Joe Mason
  - S 2: Ep 7 Parties to the Crime
    11/27/64
- The Defenders (1961)
  Marty Wisnovsky
  - S 4: Ep 8 A Taste of Ashes
    11/12/64
- The Nurses (1962)
  Fitz Condon
  - S 3: Ep 6 Hildie
    10/27/64
- Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre
  Franklin Carson
  - S 1: Ep 24 The Game with Glass Pieces
    5/1/64
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
  Sheridan Westcott
  - S 2: Ep 23 A Matter of Murder
    4/3/64
- The Virginian
  Mark Trachsel
  - S 2: Ep 23 The Intruders
    3/4/64
- The Defenders (1961)
  Howard Potter
  - S 2: Ep 32 Everybody Else is Dead
    5/11/63
- The Match Game
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 5 Betty White & Darren McGavin
    1/28/63
- The United States Steel Hour
  Wally Evans
  - S 10: Ep 6 Marriage Marks the Spot
    11/14/62
- Talent Scouts
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 4 July 24, 1962
    7/24/62
- What's My Line?
  Guest Panelist
  - S 13: Ep 13 EPISODE #590
    11/26/61
- Rawhide
  Jed Hadley
  - S 4: Ep 2 Sendoff
    10/2/61
- Route 66
  Johnny Copa
  - S 1: Ep 28 The Opponent
    6/2/61
- Death Valley Days
  Guest Star
  - S 9: Ep 28 The Stolen City
    4/12/61
- Stagecoach West
  Pierce Martin
  - S 1: Ep 27 A Place of Still Waters
    4/11/61
- The Islanders
  Phil
  - S 1: Ep 19 Island Witness
    2/26/61
- The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 6 November 5, 1959
    11/5/59
- Studio One
  Tom Kendall
  - S 10: Ep 22 The Fair-Haired Boy
    3/3/58
- Studio One
  Johnny Quigg
  - S 10: Ep 2 First Prize for Murder
    9/16/57
- Alcoa Hour
  Arthur Bryan
  - S 2: Ep 13 The Original Miss Chase
    3/17/57
- Robert Montgomery Presents Your Lucky Strike Theatre
  Joe Gillis
  - S 8: Ep 12 Sunset Boulevard
    12/3/56
- Climax!
  Walter
  - S 3: Ep 8 Night of the Heat Wave
    10/25/56
- Alcoa Hour
  Harrigan
  - S 1: Ep 19 The Archangel Harrigan
    6/24/56
- Matinee Theatre
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 92 The Shining Palace
    3/8/56
- The Armstrong Circle Theatre
  Shadduck
  - S 7: Ep 11 Terror at My Heels
    2/21/56
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents
  Lyle Endicott
  - S 1: Ep 13 The Cheney Vase
    12/25/55
- Omnibus
  Guest Star
  - S 4: Ep 9 The Royal Game
    12/11/55
- The Armstrong Circle Theatre
  Carl Broggi
  - S 7: Ep 5 The Town that Refused to Die
    11/29/55
- Producers' Showcase
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 4 Dateline II
    11/14/55
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents
  Red Hillman
  - S 1: Ep 3 Triggers in Leash
    10/16/55
- Studio One
  Will Sorrell
  - S 6: Ep 40 Fandango at War Bonnet
    6/21/54
- Kraft Television Theatre (1953)
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 35 Blind Alley
    6/10/54
  - S 1: Ep 29 Unequal Contest
    4/29/54
- Campbell Playhouse
  Guest Star
  - S 2: Ep 40 XXXX Isn't Everything
    4/9/54
- Suspense
  Guest Star
  - S 6: Ep 22 An Affair With a Ghost
    1/26/54
- Goodyear Television Playhouse
  Starbuck
  - S 2: Ep 26 The Rainmaker
    8/16/53
- Toast of the Town
  Himself
  - S 6: Ep 47 Henry Fonda; Eileen Heckart; Darren McGavin; Jack Whiting; Joey Forman
    8/2/53
- Revlon Mirror Theater
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 5 The Enormous Radio
    7/21/53
- Danger
  Guest Star
  - S 3: Ep 27 Hand-Me-Down
    4/21/53
  - S 2: Ep 53 The Scarlet Thread
    10/7/52
- Goodyear Television Playhouse
  Guest Star
  - S 2: Ep 4 Better than Walking
    10/26/52
  - S 1: Ep 23 The Witness
    8/17/52
- The Armstrong Circle Theatre
  Guest Star
  - S 3: Ep 48 Recapture
    9/2/52
- Suspense
  Dr. Ted Larson
  - S 4: Ep 44 For the Love of Randi
    7/15/52
- Tales of Tomorrow
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 40 The Duplicates
    7/4/52
- Studio One
  Macduff
  - S 4: Ep 6 Macbeth
    10/22/51
- Studio One
  Guest Star
  - S 3: Ep 40 Here Is My Life
    5/28/51
- The Philco Television Playhouse
  Guest Star
Director (2)

Role
- The Evil Touch
  Director
  - S 1: Ep 21 Gornak's Prism
    3/3/74
  - S 1: Ep 6 A Game of Hearts
    10/21/73
- Riverboat
  Director
  - S 1: Ep 18 The Blowup
    1/18/60

Darren McGavin News

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Darren McGavin dies at age 83

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October 4, 2005 DVD Releases

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Trivia and Quotes

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Trivia
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- Burt Reynolds, Darren McGavin's costar in Riverboat (1963), once said of him, "I will say this about McGavin. He is going to be a very disappointed man on the first Easter after his death."
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- In addition to making appearances on The X-Files, Darren McGavin also guested on Chris Carter's Millennium, playing Frank Black's estranged father.
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- After Tony Franciosa was fired from The Name of the Game, Darren McGavin was one of the actors who occasionally filled in on the series. The others were Peter Falk, Robert Culp, and Robert Wagner.
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- Darren McGavin: (describing the quality of his early series "Casey, Crime Photographer") It was so bad that it was never re-run, and that's saying something when you recall the caliber of television programs in those days.
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- Darren McGavin: (on Carl Kolchak) The day he was fired from the New York Journal in 1955, he was wearing a seersucker suit, a black string tie, and a white shirt with a button-down collar. So, he's still wearing 'em. He hasn't bought a suit of clothes since he was fired. What he's saying to the world is beautiful: "The heck with you, brother—I'll get my story anyway."
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- Darren McGavin: (describing the appeal of his characters) The public identifies with a loser. President Nixon only got 43 percent of all the votes in the November elections. That makes losers out of 57 percent of the voters. Besides, the country has been built by losers; guys who failed and kept on going; guys who were losers in the east and decided to move West, and, before that, guys who were losers in their native countries and decided to come to America.
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