Charles McGraw

Born: 1914-05-10 in Des Moines, Iowa, USA

Died: 1980-07-29

Known For: Acting

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.

Filmography

1982

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid as (in "The Killers") (archive footage)

1979

The Horror Show as (archive footage)

1977

Twilight's Last Gleaming as Air Force Gen. Peter Crane

1976

Perilous Voyage as Capt. Humphreys
The Killer Inside Me as Howard Hendricks

1975

A Boy and His Dog as Preacher

1973

Police Story
Hawkins as Capt. Bates
Money to Burn as Neil Davis

1972

Emergency!
Banyon
The Night Stalker as Police Chief Ed Masterson
The Longest Night as Father Chase

1971

Nichols as Hansen
Monty Nash as Jeffers
The Smith Family as Captain Hughes
Johnny Got His Gun as Mike Burkeman
Chandler as Bernie Oakman
O'Hara, United States Treasury: Operation Cobra as Agent Joe Flagg
The Devil and Miss Sarah as Marshal Duncan

1970

The Andersonville Trial as Board of Military Judges

1969

Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here as Wilson
Pendulum as Deputy Chief John P. Hildebrand

1962

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as Simon Oliver
The Virginian as Big John Beldon
The Horizontal Lieutenant as Col. Charles Korotny

1961

Dr. Kildare as Fred Rainey
Ben Casey as Joe Creely
Cain's Hundred as Earl Klegg
87th Precinct as Douglas King
The New Breed as Dr. Cameron Hill

1960

Thriller as Sheriff Cliff Wrights
Route 66
Spartacus as Marcellus
Cimarron as Bob Yountis

1959

Bonanza as Sheriff Gains
The Untouchables as Johnny Torrio
The Detectives
Johnny Staccato
The Wonderful Country as Dr. Stovall
The Man in the Net as Sheriff Steve Ritter

1958

77 Sunset Strip
The Defiant Ones as Capt. Frank Gibbons
Saddle the Wind as Larry Venables
Twilight for the Gods as Yancy

1957

Joe Dakota as Cal Moore
Joe Butterfly as Sgt. Jim McNulty
Slaughter on 10th Avenue as Lt. Anthony Vosnick

1956

Away All Boats as Lieut. Mike O'Bannion
Toward the Unknown as Col. 'Mickey' McKee
The Cruel Tower as Harry 'Stretch' Clay

1955

1954

The Whistler
Adventures Of The Falcon
The Bridges at Toko-Ri as Cmdr. Wayne Lee
Loophole as Gus Slavin

1953

General Electric Theater
Thunder Over the Plains as Ben Westman
War Paint as Sgt. Clarke

1952

Cavalcade of America as Wilkie Bowman
Mr. & Mrs. North
The Narrow Margin as Det. Sgt. Walter Brown
One Minute to Zero as Sfc. Baker

1951

His Kind of Woman as Thompson / Narrator
Roadblock as Joe Peters
Double Crossbones as Capt. Ben Wickett

1950

Side Street as Det. Stan Simon
Armored Car Robbery as Lt. Jim Cordell
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town as Shotgun Mike Munger

1949

Reign of Terror as Sergeant
Border Incident as Jeff Amboy
The Threat as Arnold 'Red' Kluger
The Story of Molly X as Police Capt. Breen
Once More, My Darling as Herman Schmelz

1948

Blood on the Moon as Milo Sweet
Berlin Express as USET Col. Johns (uncredited)
Hazard as Chick
The Hunted as Detective

1947

T-Men as Moxie
The Long Night as Policeman Stevens
The Gangster as Dugas
Roses Are Red as Duke Arno
The Farmer's Daughter as Fisher - Finley's Henchman (uncredited)
On the Old Spanish Trail as Harry Blaisdell
The Big Fix as Armiston

1946

The Killers as Al

1944

The Impostor as Menessier

1943

Destroyer as Assistant Chief Engineer (uncredited)
The Moon Is Down as Ole (uncredited)
The Mad Ghoul as Detective Garrity
Corvette K-225 as Chief Engineer
Two Tickets to London as Hendrik (uncredited)
They Came to Blow Up America as Zellerbach

1942

The Undying Monster as Strud Strudwick (uncredited)