Darren McGavin
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 and his portrayal of the grumpy father given to bursts of profanity in the film A Christmas Story. He appeared as the tough-talking, funny detective in the 1950s television series Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer. From 1959-1961, McGavin starred in the NBC western series Riverboat, first with Burt Reynolds and then with Noah Beery, Jr. Description above from the Wikipedia article Darren McGavin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
A Christmas Story 
Billy Madison 
Raw Deal 
Captain America 
Airport '77 
The Man with the Golden Arm 
Summertime 
Dead Heat 
The Night Stalker 
Kolchak: The Night Stalker 
The Night Strangler 
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell 
No Deposit, No Return 
The Delicate Delinquent 
Happy Hell Night 
The Great Sioux Massacre 
A Perfect Stranger 
The Case Against Brooklyn 
The Diamond Trap