Charles McGraw
- Acting
- May 10, 1914 · Des Moines, Iowa, USA
- July 29, 1980
Biography
Charles McGraw (born Charles Butters) was an American stage, screen, and television actor. He developed into a leading man, especially in film noir classics during the late 1940s and early 1950s. His gravelly voice and rugged looks enhanced his appeal in the noir stylistic genre and provided him many roles as cops, military officers, and the such.
Known for
Filmography
- Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid · (in "The Killers") (archive footage)
- The Horror Show · (archive footage)
- Twilight's Last Gleaming · Air Force Gen. Peter Crane
- The Killer Inside Me · Howard Hendricks
- Perilous Voyage · Capt. Humphreys
- A Boy and His Dog · Preacher
- Money to Burn · Neil Davis
- Police Story
- Hawkins · Capt. Bates
- Banyon
- The Longest Night · Father Chase
- Emergency! · Police Sergeant
- The Night Stalker · Police Chief Ed Masterson
- The Devil and Miss Sarah · Marshal Duncan
- Chandler · Bernie Oakman
- Monty Nash · Jeffers
- Nichols · Hansen, Luke
- Johnny Got His Gun · Mike Burkeman
- O'Hara, United States Treasury: Operation Cobra · Agent Joe Flagg
- The Smith Family · Captain Hughes
- The Andersonville Trial · Board of Military Judges
- Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here · Wilson
- Pendulum · Deputy Chief John P. Hildebrand
- The Mod Squad
- The Outcasts
- Adam-12 · Lars Lowell, Rod Decker
- The Name of the Game · Sheriff
- Hang 'em High · Sheriff Ray Calhoun
- In Cold Blood · Tex Smith
- Judd, for the Defense · Jim Larkin, Warden MacDonald
- Hondo
- Ironside · Marvin Greenleaf
- The Busy Body · Fred Harwell
- Mission: Impossible
- The Wild Wild West
- Run for Your Life · Sam Bailey
- The Man from U.N.C.L.E. · Jules Cutter
- Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
- Nightmare in Chicago · Harry Brockman
- It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World · Lt. Matthews
- Kraft Suspense Theatre · Harry Brockman, Nick Stacy
- Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
- Grindl
- The Lieutenant
- The Birds · Sebastian Sholes
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour · Simon Oliver
- The Virginian · Big John Beldon
- The Horizontal Lieutenant · Col. Charles Korotny
- The New Breed · Dr. Cameron Hill
- Ben Casey · Joe Creely
- Dr. Kildare · Fred Rainey, Dr. Kenneth Hasker
- 87th Precinct · Douglas King
- Cain's Hundred · Earl Klegg
- Cimarron · Bob Yountis
- Spartacus · Marcellus
- Route 66
- Thriller · Sheriff Cliff Wrights
- The Wonderful Country · Dr. Stovall
- The Detectives
- The Untouchables · Johnny Torrio
- Bonanza · Sheriff Gains
- Johnny Staccato
- The Man in the Net · Sheriff Steve Ritter
- 77 Sunset Strip
- The Defiant Ones · Capt. Frank Gibbons
- Twilight for the Gods · Yancy
- Saddle the Wind · Larry Venables
- Joe Dakota · Cal Moore
- Slaughter on 10th Avenue · Lt. Anthony Vosnick
- Joe Butterfly · Sgt. Jim McNulty
- The Cruel Tower · Harry 'Stretch' Clay
- Toward the Unknown · Col. 'Mickey' McKee
- Away All Boats · Lieut. Mike O'Bannion
- Casablanca
- Gunsmoke · Calvin, Dolen
- The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
- The Bridges at Toko-Ri · Cmdr. Wayne Lee
- The Whistler
- Adventures Of The Falcon
- Loophole · Gus Slavin