RIP: Darren McGavin
Feb. 25th, 2006 09:52 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dewlineOne of the shows I really got a kick and a half out of as a kid was Kolchak: the Night Stalker.
It starred Mr. McGavin as Carl Kolchak, a reporter just this side of permanent residence on the unemployment line, and a man whose life would be a lot less complicated if he hadn't kept running into everything from vampires to ETs to military robotics experiments to mad magicians ranging from the Greek to the First National in origins. All running amuck, all unknown to the public despite Kolchak's best efforts to get the word out on these most unusual threats to public safety.
I just learned a few minutes ago that Mr. McGavin has stalked his last night in any role at all. He was 83. He had a very long and storied career that people from at least four generations have enjoyed the fruits of thus far. Many will remember him for roles I've never seen him play, or that I gave less attention to than I should have.
I'm sorry we won't see anything new from him.
Mr. McGavin, my too-belated thanks.
For everything, but from me, especially for the face you gave Jeff Rice's Carl Kolchak.
It starred Mr. McGavin as Carl Kolchak, a reporter just this side of permanent residence on the unemployment line, and a man whose life would be a lot less complicated if he hadn't kept running into everything from vampires to ETs to military robotics experiments to mad magicians ranging from the Greek to the First National in origins. All running amuck, all unknown to the public despite Kolchak's best efforts to get the word out on these most unusual threats to public safety.
I just learned a few minutes ago that Mr. McGavin has stalked his last night in any role at all. He was 83. He had a very long and storied career that people from at least four generations have enjoyed the fruits of thus far. Many will remember him for roles I've never seen him play, or that I gave less attention to than I should have.
I'm sorry we won't see anything new from him.
Mr. McGavin, my too-belated thanks.
For everything, but from me, especially for the face you gave Jeff Rice's Carl Kolchak.
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Date: 2006-02-27 02:57 am (UTC)Have you seen the new series of Night Stalker? I've heard it's utterly awful and bears almost no simmilarity to the original past the names. Mr McGavin has a CG'ed cameo in that.
Heard of the remake...
Date: 2006-02-27 10:43 am (UTC)My personal opinion: if they ever try another remake within the decade, there's one man I'd trust with the role of Carl currently active as an actor. Unfortunately, he's available at the moment, seeing as Da Vinci's City Hall got the chop from CBC's Senior Management Council. His name is Nicholas Campbell.