Darren McGavin

Film Deaths[]

The Man with the Golden Arm (1955) [Louie]: Knocked over a stairwell during a struggle with Eleanor Parker.
Bullet for a Badman (1964) [Sam Ward]: Mortally wounded after George Tobias shoots him with his buffalo gun, he is taken back to Audie Murphy's ranch and is finally killed by Skip Homeier when he struggles to his feet to try and protect Murphy.
The Challenge (1970) [Jacob Gallery]: Killed, along with Mako Iwamatsu.
Dead Heat (1988) [Dr. Ernest McNab]: Commits suicide by shooting himself in the mouth when confronted by Joe Piscopo and Treat Williams; he is later brought back to life through his apparatus, and dies once again when it is used on him while he's still alive, causing him to explode in the resurrection machine because of overload.
Happy Hell Night (1990) [Henry Collins] Impaled with a pick axe through a door by Charles Cragin.
A Christmas Story Christmas (2022) [The Old Man]: Dies offscreen of natural causes sometime between the first film and this one's setting, his passing is only mentioned. (The movie was made 16 years after Darren's real-life death).

Cimarron Strip: The Legend Of Jud Starr (1967) [Jud Starr]: McGavin gets the better of Stuart Whitman in a fight, but his bride-to-be, BarBara Luna, fails to shoot Stuart, who draws his gun and kills him.
Mannix: A Ticket to the Eclipse (1970) [Mark]: Run over by his own buggy when it starts rolling down a hill; he is lying on the ground after being knocked off the vehicle by Mike Connors.
By Dawn's Early Light (1990) [Condor, Secretary of the Interior (sworn in as President)]: Killed in a plane crash when another US plane deliberately crashes into Air Force One to stop Darren from launching a nuclear attack on the Soviet Union.
Millennium: Midnight of the Century (1997) [Henry Black]: He dies, but I can't remember the details.