But what he'll forever be best known for, at least to people of my generation, will be playing Ralphie's dad in 1983's A Christmas Story...
"It's a major award!"
And Kolchak was a pretty darned good character too!
Sunday, February 26, 2006
Darren McGavin 1922-2006
Within hours of losing Don Knotts, another great actor left this earthly realm: Darren McGavin. Which has a tinge of irony to it because in 1976 McGavin and Knotts starred together in Disney's No Deposit, No Return:
"It's a major award!"
"It's a major award!"
1 comments:
Darren McGavin was one of the ALL TIME GREATS. I loved most everything I ever saw him perform in.
His character in the XFiles was awesome & I never get tired of a Christmas Story.
Kolchak used to scare the hell out of me when I was a kid. (and I don't even like or enjoy horror TV/movies-- but McGavin made it enjoyable to me)-- Duchovny/Mulder owed an awful lot to Kolchak.
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