Darren McGavin on stage and screen

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

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1945 A Song to Remember Student Uncredited [1]
1945 Counter-Attack Paratrooper Uncredited [1]
1945 Kiss and Tell Tech Sergeant Uncredited [1]
1945 She Wouldn't Say Yes The Kid, Soldier In Hospital Uncredited [1]
1946 Fear Blonde Student [1]
1949 I Remember You Blind Mechanic Short film
1951 Queen for a Day Dan [1]
1951 Distant Drums Navy Lieutenant Uncredited
1955 Summertime Eddie Yaeger [1]
1955 A Word to the Wives... George Peters Short film
1955 The Man with the Golden Arm Louie [1]
1955 The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell Captain Russ Peters [1]
1957 The Delicate Delinquent Mike Damon [1]
1957 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]
1965 African Gold Mike Gregory
1968 Mission Mars Colonel Mike Blaiswick [1]
1970 Tribes Gunnery Sgt Thomas Drake American TV drama film
aka The Soldier Who Declared Peace (UK)
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
1978 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]
1986 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

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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"
1952 The Web Episode: "Turn Back"
1952 Goodyear Television Playhouse 2 episodes
1952–1953 Danger 2 episodes
1952–1954 Suspense Ted Larson 2 episodes
1952–1956 Armstrong Circle Theater Lieutenant Melvin Shadduck / Carl Broggi 3 episodes
1953 Short Short Dramas Fred Diamond Episode: "The Double Cross"
1953 The Revlon Mirror Theater Episode: "The Enormous Rasio"
1953 The Philco Television Playhouse Episode: "The Rainmaker"
1953–1955 Omnibus 3 episodes
1954 Janet Dean, Registered Nurse Tony Burito 2 episodes
1954 The Campbell Playhouse Episode: "XXXXX Isn't Everything"
1954 Pond's Theater 2 episodes
1954 Mama Episode: "Mama and the Magician"
1954 The Telltale Clue Harry Williams Episode: "The Case of the Talking Garden"
1955 It's Always Jan Episode: "Joe"
1955 Producers' Showcase Soldier Episode: "Dateline II"
1955 Alfred Hitchcock Presents Red Hillman Season 1 Episode 3: "Triggers in Leash" [2]
1955 Alfred Hitchcock Presents Lyle Endicott Season 1 Episode 13: "The Cheney Vase" [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
1959–1961 Riverboat Captain Grey Holden 42 episodes
Directed episode "The Blowup"
[2]
1961 The Islanders Phil Episode: "Island Witness"
1961 Death Valley Days Zacharias Gurney Episode: "The Stolen City"
Directed episode "Queen of Spades"
1961 Stagecoach West Pierce Martin Episode: "A Place of Still Waters"
1961 Route 66 Johnny Copa Episode: "The Opponent" [2]
1961 Rawhide Jeff Hadley S4:E2, "The Sendoff"
1961 Witchcraft Fred Television film
1962 Purex Summer Specials James Carlisle Episode: "The Problem Child"
1962 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"
1964 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre Joe Masson / Franklin Carson 2 episodes
1964 Ben Casey Greene Episode: "Kill the Dream, but Spare the Dreamer"
1964 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"
1967 The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Victor Karmak Episode: "The Deadly Quest Affair" [2]
1967 Mission: Impossible J. Richard Taggart Episode: "The Seal"
1967 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 Television film
1970 The Challengers Jim McCabe Television film
1970 Love, American Style Corbett Episode: "Love and the Fly" [2]
1970 Mannix Mark Episode: "A Ticket to the Eclipse" [2]
1970 Berlin Affair [de] Pete Killian Television film
1970 Tribes Gunnery Sgt. Thomas Drake Television film [1]
1970 Bracken's World Max Lassiter Episode: "Infinity"
1970 Matt Lincoln Episode: "Billy"
1970 The Forty-Eight Hour Mile David Ross Television film
1971 Banyon Lieutenant Pete Cordova Episode: "Pilot"
1971 Cade's County Courtney Vernon Episode: "Homecoming"
1971 The Bold Ones: The Lawyers Kevin Ireland Episode: "The Invasion of Kevin Ireland" [2]
1971 The Death of Me Yet Joe Chalk Television film
1972 The Night Stalker Carl Kolchak Television film
1972 Something Evil Paul Worden Television film
1972 The Rookies Sergeant Eddie Ryker Episode: "Pilot"
1972 Here Comes the Judge Judge Television film
1972 Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole Dr. Lou Grazzo Television film
1972–1979 The Wonderful World of Disney John Jay Forrest / Timothy Donovan 5 episodes
1973 The Night Strangler Carl Kolchak Television film
1973 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"
1974 Shaft Capt. Brian Brewster Episode: "Cop Killer"
1974 Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law McClain Episode: "A Stranger Among Us"
1974 Police Story Matt Hallett Episode: "The Ripper"
1974–1975 Kolchak: The Night Stalker Carl Kolchak 20 episodes
Also executive producer
1976 Brink's: The Great Robbery James McNally Television film
1976 Law and Order Deputy Chief Brian O'Malley Television film
1978 The Users Henry Waller Television film
1978 Fantasy Island Victor Duncan "Episode: "Let the Goodtimes Roll/Nightmare/The Tiger"
1979 Donovan's Kid Timothy Donovan Television film
1979 Ike General George S. Patton Television miniseries; aka Ike: The War Years [2]
1979 Not Until Today Chief Jason Swan Television film
1979 Love for Rent Coach John Martin Television film
1979 A Bond of Iron William Weaver Television film
1980 The Martian Chronicles Sam Parkhill Television miniseries [2]
1980 Waikiki Captain Television film
1980 The Love Boat Lawrence Evans 2 episodes [2]
1981 Nero Wolfe John Alan Bredeman Episode: "Gambit"
1981 Magnum, P.I. Buck Gibson Episode: "Mad Buck Gibson"
1983 Freedom to Speak Television miniseries
1983 Small & Frye Nick Small 5 episodes [2]
1983 Tales of the Unexpected Sheriff Milt Singleton Episode: "Heir Presumptuous"
1984 The Return of Marcus Welby, M.D. Dr. David Jennings Television film
1984 The Baron and the Kid Jack Beamer Television film
1985 My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn Dr. Garrett Koets Television film
1985 The O'Briens The Father Television film
1985 The Hitchhiker Old Man Episode: "Nightshift"
1985 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"
1987 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]
1988 Inherit the Wind E.K. Hornbeck Television film
1988 The Diamond Trap Walter Vadney Television film
1989 Around the World in 80 Days Benjamin Mudge Television miniseries [2]
1989 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]
1990 By Dawn's Early Light Condor Television film
1990 Child in the Night Os Windfield Television film
1990 Big Mr. MacMillan Pilot episode
1991 The General Motors Playwrights Theater Albert Kroll Episode: "Clara"
1991 Perfect Harmony Mr. Hobbs Television film
1992 Civil Wars Noah Caldecott Episode: "Shop 'til You Drop"
1992 Murder, She Wrote Martin Tremaine Episode: "Angel of Death" [2]
1992 Mastergate Folsom Bunting Television film
1992 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 Television film
1995 Fudge Buster Episode: "Fudge-a-mania"
1995 Sisters Judge Harrison Bradford Episode: "Judgement Day"
1995 Derby Lester Corbett Television film
1995 Burke's Law Conrad Hill Episode: "Who Killed the King of the Country Club?"
1995 Gargoyles Dominic Dracon/G.F. Benton (voice) Episode: "The Silver Falcon"
1995 Fallen Angels Old Man Episode: "Fly Paper"
1995 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]
1997 Millennium Henry Black Episode: "Midnight of the Century"
1998–1999 The X-Files Arthur Dales 2 episodes [2]

Stage credits

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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]
1956 The Lovers Chrysagon de la Crux Martin Beck Theatre [4]
1958 The Tunnel of Love Dick Pepper Martin Beck Theatre [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]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab "Darren McGavin Filmography". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Los Angeles, California: American Film Institute. Archived from the original on December 10, 2018.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa "Darren McGavin Credits". TV Guide. NTVB Media. Archived from the original on December 10, 2018.
  3. ^ Murphy, Brenda (1995). Miller: Death of a Salesman. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 70. ISBN 978-0-521-47865-6.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Darren McGavin". Playbill. Archived from the original on December 9, 2018.
  5. ^ Bancroft, Peggy (August 28, 1964). "Darren McGavin's York Unusual Kid On And Off Stage". Pocono Daily Record. Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. p. 19 – via Newspapers.com.  
  6. ^ Willis, John, ed. (1996). "Greetings". John Willis Theatre World 1993-1994 Season Volume 50. Applause Theatre Book Publishers. p. 105. ISBN 1-55783-235-8. Retrieved 2021-05-03.