Darren McGavin
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as The Old Man A Christmas Story 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 appeared as the tough-talking, funny detective in the 1950s television series Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer. From 1959-1961, McGavin starred in the NBC western series Riverboat, first with Burt Reynolds and then with Noah Beery, Jr. Description above from the Wikipedia article Darren McGavin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
Billy Madison
as Brian Madison
A Christmas Story
as The Old Man
Raw Deal
as Chief Harry Shannon
The Natural
as Gus Sands (uncredited)
Captain America
as General Fleming
Airport '77
as Stan Buchek
The Man with the Golden Arm
as Louie
Dead Heat
as Dr. Ernest McNab
Summertime
as Eddie Yaeger
The Night Stalker
as Carl Kolchak
No Deposit, No Return
as Duke
The Six Million Dollar Man
as Oliver Spencer
The Night Strangler
as Carl Kolchak
Hangar 18
as Harry Forbes
Turk 182!
as Det. Kowalski
By Dawn's Early Light
as Condor
Something Evil
as Paul Worden
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
as Capt. Russ Peters
From the Hip
as Craig Duncan
The Delicate Delinquent
as Mike Damon