Charles McGraw

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Known For

Acting

Born

1914-05-10

Place of Birth

Des Moines, Iowa, USA
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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.

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Acting History

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
The Killer Inside Me as Howard Hendricks
1976
Perilous Voyage as Capt. Humphreys
1975
A Boy and His Dog as Preacher
1973
Money to Burn as Neil Davis
1973
Police Story
1973
Hawkins as Capt. Bates
1972
Banyon
1972
The Longest Night as Father Chase
1972
Emergency!
1972
The Night Stalker as Police Chief Ed Masterson
1971
The Devil and Miss Sarah as Marshal Duncan
1971
Chandler as Bernie Oakman
1971
Monty Nash as Jeffers
1971
Nichols as Hansen
1971
Nichols as Luke
1971
Johnny Got His Gun as Mike Burkeman
1971
O'Hara, United States Treasury: Operation Cobra as Agent Joe Flagg
1971
The Smith Family as Captain Hughes
1970
The Andersonville Trial as Board of Military Judges
1969
Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here as Wilson
1969
Pendulum as Deputy Chief John P. Hildebrand
1968
The Mod Squad
1968
The Outcasts
1968
Adam-12 as Lars Lowell
1968
Adam-12 as Rod Decker
1968
Hang 'em High as Sheriff Ray Calhoun
1967
In Cold Blood as Tex Smith
1967
Judd for the Defense
1967
Judd for the Defense as Jim Larkin
1967
Hondo
1967
Ironside
1967
The Busy Body as Fred Harwell
1966
Mission: Impossible
1965
The Wild Wild West
1965
Run for Your Life as Sam Bailey
1964
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. as Jules Cutter
1964
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
1964
Nightmare in Chicago as Harry Brockman
1963
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World as Lt. Matthews
1963
Kraft Suspense Theatre as Harry Brockman
1963
Kraft Suspense Theatre as Nick Stacy
1963
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
Grindl
1963
The Lieutenant
1963
The Birds as Sebastian Sholes
1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as Simon Oliver
1962
The Virginian as Big John Beldon
1962
The Horizontal Lieutenant as Col. Charles Korotny
1961
The New Breed as Dr. Cameron Hill
1961
Ben Casey as Joe Creely
1961
Dr. Kildare as Fred Rainey
1961
Dr. Kildare as Dr. Kenneth Hasker
1961
87th Precinct as Douglas King
1961
Cain's Hundred as Earl Klegg
1960
Cimarron as Bob Yountis
1960
Spartacus as Marcellus
1960
Route 66
1960
Thriller as Sheriff Cliff Wrights
1959
The Wonderful Country as Dr. Stovall
1959
The Detectives
1959
The Untouchables as Johnny Torrio
1959
Johnny Staccato
1959
The Man in the Net as Sheriff Steve Ritter
1958
77 Sunset Strip
1958
The Defiant Ones as Capt. Frank Gibbons
1958
Twilight for the Gods as Yancy
1958
Saddle the Wind as Larry Venables
1957
Joe Dakota as Cal Moore
1957
Slaughter on 10th Avenue as Lt. Anthony Vosnick
1957
Joe Butterfly as Sgt. Jim McNulty
1956
The Cruel Tower as Harry 'Stretch' Clay
1956
Toward the Unknown as Col. 'Mickey' McKee
1956
Away All Boats as Lieut. Mike O'Bannion
1955
Casablanca
1955
Gunsmoke as Calvin
1955
Gunsmoke as Dolen
1955
Gunsmoke as Squawman
1955
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1954
The Bridges at Toko-Ri as Cmdr. Wayne Lee
1954
The Whistler
1954
Adventures Of The Falcon
1954
Loophole as Gus Slavin
1953
Thunder Over the Plains as Ben Westman
1953
War Paint as Sgt. Clarke
1953
General Electric Theater
1953
General Electric Theater as Forel
1952
Mr. & Mrs. North
1952
Cavalcade of America as Wilkie Bowman
1952
Cavalcade of America
1952
One Minute to Zero as Sfc. Baker
1952
The Narrow Margin as Det. Sgt. Walter Brown
1951
Roadblock as Joe Peters
1951
His Kind of Woman as Thompson / Narrator
1951
Double Crossbones as Capt. Ben Wickett
1950
Armored Car Robbery as Lt. Jim Cordell
1950
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town as Shotgun Mike Munger
1950
Side Street as Det. Stan Simon
1949
The Threat as Arnold 'Red' Kluger
1949
The Story of Molly X as Police Capt. Breen
1949
Border Incident as Jeff Amboy
1949
Reign of Terror as Sergeant
1949
Once More, My Darling as Herman Schmelz
1948
Blood on the Moon as Milo Sweet
1948
Hazard as Chick
1948
Berlin Express as Colonel Johns
1948
The Hunted as Detective
1947
T-Men as Moxie
1947
The Gangster as Dugas
1947
Roses Are Red as Duke Arno
1947
On the Old Spanish Trail as Harry Blaisdell
1947
The Long Night as Policeman Stevens
1947
The Big Fix as Armiston
1947
The Farmer's Daughter as Fisher - Finley's Henchman (uncredited)
1946
The Killers as Al
1944
The Impostor as Menessier
1943
The Mad Ghoul as Detective Garrity
1943
Corvette K-225 as Chief Engineer
1943
Destroyer as Assistant Chief Engineer (uncredited)
1943
Two Tickets to London as Hendrik (uncredited)
1943
They Came to Blow Up America as Zellerbach
1943
The Moon Is Down as Ole (uncredited)
1942
The Undying Monster as Strud Strudwick (uncredited)