Posted on 02/25/2006 2:50:35 PM PST by lunarbicep
It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Darren McGavin at approximately 7:10 A.M. Pacific time today, Saturday 25, 2006. Darren was just three months short of his 84th birthday. While we suspect none of us can imagine a world without the beloved, feisty little red-head, it is time to reflect, give thanks for his life and hold in reverence his memory. Darren is gone, but in many respects he will always be with us: as Carl Kolchak, fighting authority and battling monsters; the grumpy Old Man sending curses over Lake Michigan; as David Ross, the outsider, Grey Holden, captain of the Enterprise, the irascible detective Mike Hammer or any number of memorable guest star appearances, most notably as Joe Bascome on GUNSMOKE and as the washed-up old actor from "Distant Signals."
Please take a moment in your sadness to reflect upon all the ways Darren touched your lives, say a prayer and raise a glass to toast a career which spanned over fifty years and affected us all in ways too numerous to count.
I didn't read that... thanks.
Notafingah!!!! RIP Darrin.
They tried this season, and it flopped...it really flopped. McGavin will be missed, along with Knotts. (sigh--guess I'm getting really, really old...)
He did such a great job in "A Christmas Story," one of my favorite movies.
Just got the whole Night Stalker on DVD.
I thought I just read something about H-wood planning a movie remake of the Night Stalker.
Darren McGavin (1922 - 2006)
Actor, director, producer
Born: May 7, 1922, Spokane, WA
Education: College of the Pacific
A product of the Actors Studio, he did much stage and TV ("Mike Hammer," "The Outsider," "The Night Stalker") work but has appeared only intermittently in films, most effectively as a ruthless hero or a villain, memorably as the smooth pusher in Preminger's The Man With the Golden Arm (1955). In 1973 he directed (and produced) a first film, Happy Mother's Day, Love George (1973).
A great character actor.
Exactly! I was just thinking the same thing. They will be remembered for their plastic bodies, the criminal activity that catapulted them to super stardom or their anti American politics!
Kolchak?
He was one terrific actor -- always fun to watch.
Er...I would be your sister. :-)
I love the Travis McGee books!
Don Knotts died? Man, that is really sad. That's my childhood.
Don Knotts? When?
Not to mention the "old man" on The Christmas Story
I remember watching that the night it aired. My Pa hated it
But we all really liked Darren McGavin.
RIP Darren Mcgavin, you were truly one of the great actors. Night Stalker is a classic.
They happen in threes. Who is next?
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