LOS ANGELES – Darren McGavin, the husky, tough-talking actor who starred in the TV series “Mike Hammer,” played a grouchy dad in the holiday classic “A Christmas Story” and had other ...

It was 50 years ago that actor Darren McGavin did his part in terrifying TV viewers with the arrival of the television series Kolchak: The Night Stalker. And while it was a part that became ...

LOS ANGELES – Darren McGavin, the husky, tough-talking actor who starred in the TV series "Mike Hammer," played a grouchy dad in the holiday classic "A Christmas Story" and had other strong ...

Darren McGavin, an Emmy-winning actor who worked ... including the syndicated “Mickey Spillane’s Mike Hammer” (1957 to 1959), “Riverboat” (NBC, 1959 to 1961), “The Outsider” (NBC ...

From 1957 to 1959, Darren McGavin played Mickey Spillane’s hardboiled detective Mike Hammer for Revue Productions, in a half-hour syndicated series that raised the ire of politicians and parents ...

(LOS ANGELES)-- Darren McGavin was painting a movie set in 1945 when he learned ... starring in five TV series, including "Mike Hammer," and endearing holiday audiences with his role as the grouchy ...

Mickey Spillane’s Mike Hammer, 78 half-hour episodes on ... From his offices in New York, the detective, played by Darren McGavin, tackles murders, thefts, con games, disappearances.

Mr. McGavin, who was born in 1922, appeared on television as early as 1945, mounting up hundreds of credits on shows like “Alfred Hitchcock Presents,” “Studio One” and “Mike Hammer,” a ...

Darren McGavin, the husky, tough-talking actor who starred in the TV series “Mike Hammer” and played a grouchy dad in the holiday classic “A Christmas Story,” has died. He was 83.

LOS ANGELES – Darren McGavin, the husky ... He starred in five series, including “Mike Hammer” and cult favorite “Kolchak: The Night Stalker,” and became a prolific actor in TV movies.