Director Bob Clark reportedly originally wanted Jack Nicolson for the role of Ralphie’s old man, but it is hard not to imagine Darren McGavin as ... a Red Ryder BB gun for Christmas.

And it was Kolchak who led me to Darren McGavin’s Beverly Hills ... It wasn’t just a BB gun. It wasn’t just the present most desired by a child. It was, as Ralphie tells us, the greatest ...

LOS ANGELES – Darren McGavin ... yearning for the gift of a BB gun in the 1983 comedy "A Christmas Story." The film has become a holiday-season staple on TV. McGavin lacked the prominence ...

That’s what fans are figuring out about Darren McGavin, the man who played the ... who wants nothing more than to get a Red Ryder BB gun for Christmas. Meanwhile, all the adults in his life ...

LOS ANGELES – Darren McGavin ... for the gift of a BB gun in the 1983 comedy “A Christmas Story.” The film has become a holiday-season staple on TV. McGavin lacked the prominence in films ...

American actor Darren McGavin, who played a bad-tempered father in festive film A Christmas Story, has died in a Los Angeles hospital aged 83. The husky, tough-talking actor starred in TV series Mike ...

Do you watch Ralphie ask The Old Man for an air rifle every December? Darren McGavin (1922-2006), who starred as Ralphie’s dad in “A Christmas Story” (1983), was born 101 years ago today.

Darren McGavin, the husky, tough-talking actor who ... as the hot-tempered father of a boy yearning for the gift of a BB gun in the 1983 comedy “A Christmas Story.” The film has become a ...