- Films
- 26
- Avg rating
- 6.19
- Peak run
- 1955’64
- 7+ run
- 2 films
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes
Darren by the numbers
Average
6.19
16 rated films
Vote weighted
6.21
bigger films count more
Median
6.2
half are better
Consistency
±1.00
rating spread
Career
45y
1955 to 1999
Total votes
483K
across every film
Best
7.9
A Christmas Story
Worst
3.3
Captain America
Newest first
Filmography
| 1999 | Pros & Cons | Mr. Stanford | · | 472 |
| 1996 | Small Time | Sam | · | 282 |
| 1995 |  Billy Madison | Brian Madison | 6.4 | 170K |
| 1991 | Blood and Concrete | Hank Dick | · | 993 |
| 1990 |  Captain America | General Fleming | 3.3 | 16,290 |
| 1988 |  Dead Heat | Dr. Ernest McNab | 6.1 | 10,600 |
| 1987 | From the Hip | Craig Duncan | 6.1 | 2,820 |
| 1986 |  Raw Deal | Harry Shannon | 5.6 | 41,694 |
| 1985 | Turk 182 | Detective Kowalski | 6.0 | 4,366 |
| 1983 |  A Christmas Story | The Old Man Parker | 7.9 | 180K |
| 1981 | Firebird 2015 AD | Red | · | 404 |
| 1980 | Hangar 18 | Harry Forbes | 5.4 | 3,600 |
| 1978 | Hot Lead and Cold Feet | Mayor Ragsdale | 6.1 | 1,636 |
| 1978 | Zero to Sixty | Michael Nolan | · | 295 |
| 1977 |  Airport '77 | Stan Buchek | 5.8 | 14,121 |
| 1976 | No Deposit, No Return | Duke | 6.4 | 1,844 |
| 1971 | Mrs. Pollifax-Spy | Farrell | · | 620 |
| 1968 | Mission Mars | Col. Mike Blaiswick | · | 420 |
| 1965 | The Great Sioux Massacre | Captain Benton | · | 784 |
| 1964 | Bullet for a Badman | Sam Ward | 6.4 | 1,252 |
Better together?
Darren McGavin's regulars
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
Takes
On Darren McGavin
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