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Actor

Dick McGarvin

Born August 27, 1939 in Los Angeles, California, USA14 films

Dick McGarvin (born August 27, 1939, in Los Angeles, California) is an American actor who frequently appeared on screen as newscasters, reporters and announcers. His film credits include Smile, Ruby and Oswald, The Bad News Bears Go to Japan, The Concorde... Airport '79, The Incredible Shrinking Woman, Brian De Palma's Blow Out, Mommie Dearest, American Anthem, Scrooged, Fletch Lives and Die Hard 2.

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Blow Out posterFirst watchBlow Out19817.3as TV NewscasterA supporting role in one of the best-rated films of their career.While recording sound effects for a slasher flick, Jack Terry stumbles upon a real-life horror: a car careening off a bridge and into a river.View film

Essential films

Ranked by role, acclaim and reach
Die Hard 2 poster7.0Die Hard 21990Scrooged poster6.8Scrooged1988Mommie Dearest poster6.4Mommie Dearest1981Fletch Lives poster6.0Fletch Lives1989The Incredible Shrinking Woman poster5.4The Incredible Shrinking Woman1981The Concorde... Airport '79 poster4.7The Concorde... Airport '791979

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Blow Out poster7.3Blow Out1981

Filmography

14 films as actor
  1. 1990FearAnchorman
  2. 1990Die Hard 2Engineer
  3. 1989Fletch LivesAnnouncer
  4. 1988ScroogedAnnouncer
  5. 1986American AnthemAnnouncer Prelim Meet
  6. 1986The Deliberate Stranger
  7. 1981Mommie DearestTour Bus Driver
  8. 1981Blow OutTV Newscaster
  9. 1981The Incredible Shrinking WomanNewscaster
  10. 1979The Concorde... Airport '79Newscaster
  11. 1978The Bad News Bears Go to JapanNetwork Man #3
  12. 1978Ruby and OswaldReporter
  13. 1977Dead of NightMr. Dorset
  14. 1975SmileTed Farley