Darren McGavin was an American actor best known for playing the title role in the television horror series Kolchak: The Night Stalker and his portrayal in the film A Christmas Story of the grumpy father given to bursts of profanity that he never realizes his son overhears. He appeared as the tough-talking, funny detective in the 1950s television series Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer... - www.wikipedia.org

Credits include: Rope, Strangers on a Train, They Live by Night, They Call Me Trinity... and Senso

Credits include: Avanti!, Waxwork II: Lost in Time, Beyond the Door, The Rare Breed and Carry on Jack

Credits include: All About Eve, The Ten Commandments, The Magnificent Ambersons, I Confess and Five Graves to Cairo

Credits include: Rebel Without a Cause, Escape from the Planet of the Apes, Giant, The Longest Day and Somebody Up There Likes Me

Credits include: Porky's, Night Moves, Coogan's Bluff, Colossus: The Forbin Project and Airport 1975

Credits include: Ocean's Eleven, The Big Combo, Thieves' Highway, Call Northside 777 and The Blue Gardenia

Credits include: Kingdom of the Spiders, Cheetah, Evel Knievel, The Losers and Rampage

Credits include: Violent Road, Moment to Moment, Cover Girls, The Challengers and Seven in Darkness

Credits include: The Egyptian, The Gift, The Glory Brigade, 12 Hours to Kill and The Challengers