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Birthday
*** ,1922
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Death day
February 25, 2006 (83 years old)
Zodiac Sign
Taurus
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Celebrities born on May 7
Born in 1922
Born in Spokane, Washington
Taurus named Darren
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Darren McGavin
William Lyle Richardson, known professionally as Darren McGavin, was an Emmy-winning American actor whose prolific career encompassed half a century. Born in Spokane, Washington, McGavin claimed to have been a child runaway who went on to begin his film career while working as a set painter for Columbia Pictures. In 1954, he originated roles in Broadway productions of My 3 Angels and The Rainmaker, and the following year starred in David Lean's Summertime, and Otto Preminger's The Man with the Golden Arm. McGavin had his greatest successes on television, portraying the title character in Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer, and starring in the NBC Western, Riverboat. He left "an enduring mark on popular culture as the grizzled has-been crime reporter in the 1970s series Kolchak: The Night Stalker". McGavin won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series for his recurring role opposite Candice Bergen on the sitcom Murphy Brown.
BornWilliam Lyle Richardson, May 07, 1922, Spokane, Washington, U.S.
DiedFebruary 25, 2006, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Resting placeHollywood Forever Cemetery
Alma materUniversity of the Pacific
OccupationActor
Years active1940–2003
Political partyDemocratic
Children4

About Darren McGavin

TV Actor Darren McGavin was born in Spokane, Washington, United States on May 7, 1922. He dies at the age of 83, on February 25, 2006.

On Novelist Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer and Kolchak of Kolchak: The Night Stalker, he played the namesake characters of TV's Mike Hammer and Kolchak.

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Darren McGavin before becoming famous

Darren McGavin was born in the Zodiac sign Taurus (The Bull), and 1922 is the year of the Chinese Zodiac Dog (狗).

After his parents split, he was placed in three different orphanages until ending up in a boy's home on a ranch.

Achievement of Darren McGavin

In 1960, he starred in Riverboat, a television series.

Darren McGavin's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

In 1944, he married Melanie York, with whom he had four children.

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For completing his own stunts, he's been compared to TV Actor Robert Conrad.

Robert Conrad (1935 - 2020) (TV Actor)
Robert Conrad (1935 - 2020)

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Darren McGavin Income & Net worth

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