Darren McGavin

William Lyle Richardson, known professionally as Darren McGavin, was an American film, stage, and television actor best known for his portrayal of the grumpy but loving father in the film A Christmas Story, and for the title role in the television horror series Kolchak: The Night Stalker.

Billy Madison
The Natural
Airport '77
From the Hip
Hangar 18
Raw Deal
Captain America
The Man With The Golden Arm
The Great Sioux Massacre

A Christmas Story

The X-Files · S5, E15

Travelers

Mulder questions a former FBI agent (Darren McGavin) about an X-file case from the 1950s which may have involved his father.
The X-Files · S6, E13

Agua Mala

When Mulder and Scully seek shelter from a hurricane in an old apartment building, they discover that something deadly has followed them in out of the rain.