Darren McGavin

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Darren McGavin (born May 7, 1922 in San Joaquin , California as William Lyle Robertson , † February 25, 2006 in Los Angeles , California) was an American actor .

Life

McGavin completed his acting training at the Neighborhood Playhouse and the Actors Studio in New York . In 1945 he made his film debut in Charles Vidor's A Song to Remember . For almost ten years he played more or less small roles until a part in Otto Preminger's drama The Man with the Golden Arm , for which Frank Sinatra received an Oscar nomination, gave him his acting breakthrough. In the same year he starred again under the direction of Preminger - in the war drama Damned to Silence .

In the following years, McGavin often impersonated tough, uncompromising characters, such as Mickey Spillane's private detective Mike Hammer in a television series of the same name , in westerns such as Decision on the Big Horn or as a former convict and private detective David Ross in the television series The Loner . Special recognition attained McGavin for his role as an upright journalist and vampire hunter Carl Kolchak in the horror series The Night Stalkers , among other things, Chris Carter for his series The X-Files - The X Files inspired in McGavin therefore also in some episodes as Arthur Dales to see was - as the man who started recording the X-Files.

Hugh Downs and Darren McGavin filming Riverboat in 1960

In addition, McGavin starred in the disaster film Lost in the Bermuda Triangle , in the Ray Bradbury film adaptation of the Mars Chronicles , in the action film The City Shark alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger and in the three- parter Around the World in 80 Days alongside Pierce Brosnan . He also made countless guest appearances in television series such as solo for ONCEL , Rauchende Colts , Love Boat , An Angel on Earth or as a mentor to Candice Bergen in Murphy Brown , for which he was awarded an Emmy in 1990 .

Darren McGavin was married to his fellow actress Kathie Browne (1930-2003) from 1969 to 2003 .

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SURNAME McGavin, Darren
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Robertson, William Lyle (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-American actor
DATE OF BIRTH May 7, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH San Joaquin , California, USA
DATE OF DEATH February 25, 2006
Place of death Los Angeles , California, USA