Melinda Dillon as Mrs. Parker, Darren McGavin as Old Man Parker, Ian Petrella as Randy, and Peter Billingsley as Ralphie in 'A Christmas Story' Break out the fudge and the provocative lamp: It's time ...

LOS ANGELES -- Darren McGavin was painting a movie set in 1945 when he learned of an opening for a small role in the show, climbed off his ladder, and returned through Columbia's front gates to land ...

As great as he is in the role, if things had gone the way the studio originally planned, another notable actor would have stepped into the trademark cardigan of Ralphie and Randy's famed "old man" in ...

From Ralphie to Mrs. Parker, see 12 photos of the 'A Christmas Story' cast then and now and how the holiday movie stars have changed over the years.

Darren McGavin (born William Lyle Richardson; May 7, 1922 – February 25, 2006) was an American actor best known for playing the title role in the television horror series Kolchak: The Night Stalker ...