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 ...

From Ralphie to Mrs. Parker, see 12 photos of the 'A Christmas Story' cast then and now and how the holiday movie stars have changed over the years.

As great as he is in the role, if things had gone the way the studio originally planned, another notable actor would have stepped into the trademark cardigan of Ralphie and Randy's famed "old man" in ...

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 ...

Zack Ward, who made his film debut as the bully Scut Farkus, has continued acting in films and on shows like Z Nation and Bookie No triple-dog-dare necessary! A Christmas Story is a must-add to your ...

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 ...

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 ...

In 1972 Kolchak: The Night Stalker transfixed audiences. The movie became the highest-rated TV movie in U.S. history and spawned the cult TV series starring Darren McGavin. The TV movie’s iconic ...

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 ...

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 ...