Charles McGraw

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1914-05-10 (66 years old)

Deathday

1980-07-29

Place of Birth

Des Moines, Iowa, USA

Charles McGraw

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.

Acting

1960

Spartacus

as Marcellus

1963

The Birds

as Sebastian Sholes

1975

1968

Hang 'em High

as Sheriff Ray Calhoun

1950

Armored Car Robbery

as Lt. Jim Cordell

1958

The Defiant Ones

as Capt. Frank Gibbons

1959

The Wonderful Country

as Dr. Stovall

1952

The Narrow Margin

as Det. Sgt. Walter Brown

1982

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

as (in "The Killers") (archive footage)

1947

The Gangster

as Dugas

1954

Loophole

as Gus Slavin

1951

His Kind of Woman

as Thompson / Narrator

1947

T-Men

as Moxie

1949

Border Incident

as Jeff Amboy

1949

Reign of Terror

as Sergeant

1979

The Horror Show

as (archive footage)

1951

Roadblock

as Joe Peters

1954

The Bridges at Toko-Ri

as Cmdr. Wayne Lee

1948

Berlin Express

as Colonel Johns

1967

The Busy Body

as Fred Harwell

1948

Blood on the Moon

as Milo Sweet

1946

1976

The Killer Inside Me

as Howard Hendricks

1972

The Night Stalker

as Police Chief Ed Masterson

1947

The Long Night

as Policeman Stevens

1971

Johnny Got His Gun

as Mike Burkeman

1956

The Cruel Tower

as Harry 'Stretch' Clay

1959

The Man in the Net

as Sheriff Steve Ritter

1948

The Hunted

as Detective

1960

Cimarron

as Bob Yountis

1950

Side Street

as Det. Stan Simon

1967

In Cold Blood

as Tex Smith

1956

Away All Boats

as Lieut. Mike O'Bannion

1950

Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town

as Shotgun Mike Munger

1949

The Story of Molly X

as Police Capt. Breen

1949

The Threat

as Arnold 'Red' Kluger

1957

Slaughter on 10th Avenue

as Lt. Anthony Vosnick

1944

The Impostor

as Menessier

1951

Double Crossbones

as Capt. Ben Wickett

1943

The Mad Ghoul

as Detective Garrity

1977

Twilight's Last Gleaming

as Air Force Gen. Peter Crane

1943

Two Tickets to London

as Hendrik (uncredited)

1958

Saddle the Wind

as Larry Venables

1971

Chandler

as Bernie Oakman

1962

The Horizontal Lieutenant

as Col. Charles Korotny

1953

War Paint

as Sgt. Clarke

1947

Roses Are Red

as Duke Arno

1964

Nightmare in Chicago

as Harry Brockman

1956

Toward the Unknown

as Col. 'Mickey' McKee

1952

One Minute to Zero

as Sfc. Baker

1957

Joe Dakota

as Cal Moore

1949

Once More, My Darling

as Herman Schmelz

1971

The Devil and Miss Sarah

as Marshal Duncan

1973

Money to Burn

as Neil Davis

1957

Joe Butterfly

as Sgt. Jim McNulty

1953

1969

Pendulum

as Deputy Chief John P. Hildebrand

1943

Destroyer

as Assistant Chief Engineer (uncredited)

1948

Hazard

as Chick

1943

The Moon Is Down

as Ole (uncredited)

1970

The Andersonville Trial

as Board of Military Judges

1947

The Farmer's Daughter

as Fisher - Finley's Henchman (uncredited)

1947

On the Old Spanish Trail

as Harry Blaisdell

1943

Corvette K-225

as Chief Engineer

1972

The Longest Night

as Father Chase

1976

Perilous Voyage

as Capt. Humphreys

1947

The Big Fix

as Armiston

1942

The Undying Monster

as Strud Strudwick (uncredited)

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