Actor
Darren McGavin—best known as Carl Kolchak, a reporter who pursued paranormal occurrences in
Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974–75)—was born today in San Joaquin, CA, in 1922. He died in 2006. His long career included appearances in
Alfred Hitchcock Hour;
Berlin Affair;
Burke's Law;
The Defenders;
Law & Order;
Magnum, PI;
Man from U.N.C.L.E.;
Mannix;
Mike Hammer; Mission: Impossible;
Murder, She Wrote;
Mrs. Pollifax, Spy;
Nero Wolfe;
Police Story;
Shaft;
The Rookies;
Suspense;
and
The X-Files.
