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Darren McGavin Remembered

December 27, 2020

You might remember him as the dad in A Christmas Story or Murphy Brown’s father, but Darren McGavin had many television and film roles in a long acting career. It was late in his career that McGavin found those “dad” roles, usually as the harried, excitable father dealing with things gone wrong. McGavin appeared in … More Darren McGavin Remembered

The Challenge (1970)

August 23, 2019

Suppose there was a proxy or surrogate war. Instead of nations fighting it out, with escalating stakes, and the possible use of nuclear weapons, two soldiers on one deserted island, winner take all. That was the premise of The Challenge, a made-for-television film, starring Darren McGavin and Mako as the enemy combatants. For a television … More The Challenge (1970)

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Darren McGavin Remembered

The Challenge (1970)