Every Christmas, television audiences are reminded of actor Darren McGavin thanks to his portrayal of "The Old Man" in the holiday perennial A Christmas Story (1983), and while that may be the ...

LOS ANGELES -- Darren McGavin was painting a movie set in 1945 when he learned of an opening for a small role in the show, climbed off his ladder, and returned through Columbia's front gates to land ...

"A Christmas Story," which started as a low-budget film that had a modest showing at the box office in 1983, is now an undisputed holiday classic and a must-watch for many families each season. The ...

LOS ANGELES - Darren McGavin was painting a movie set in 1945 when he learned of an opening for a small role in the show, climbed off his ladder and returned through Columbia's front gates to land the ...

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’s ...

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 ...

The holiday classic—which could have starred Jack Nicholson as The Old Man Parker—has cemented its legacy as a Christmas ...

In the 1983 comedy directed by Bob Clark, all 9-year-old Ralphie (Peter Billingsley) wants for Christmas is a Red Ryder BB ...

Warner Bros. puts new wrapping on one of Hollywood's best holiday flicks, an adaptation of Jean Shepherd's hilarious tale of a 1940s family Christmas featuring a lovably blustery dad (Darren McGavin), ...

The Outsider was the story of David Ross, a go-it-alone private investigator who's always where the action is. Darren McGavin played Ross, a man living in an off-beat, always-dangerous world. The ...

For many fans of the 1983 film, it just wouldn't be Christmas without a viewing of A Christmas Story. From director Bob Clark, and based on the 1966 book In God We Trust: All Others Pay Cash by Jean ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- 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 ...