Charles McGraw
Acting1914Des Moines, Iowa, USA
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
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
Perilous Voyage
as Capt. Humphreys
The Killer Inside Me
as Howard Hendricks
1975
A Boy and His Dog
as Preacher
1974
1973
1972
The Longest Night
as Father Chase
The Night Stalker
as Police Chief Ed Masterson
Nichols
TVas Luke• 1 eps
1971
Chandler
as Bernie Oakman
Johnny Got His Gun
as Mike Burkeman
The Devil and Miss Sarah
as Marshal Duncan
O'Hara, United States Treasury: Operation Cobra
as Agent Joe Flagg
Gunsmoke
TVas Squawman• 1 eps
The Smith Family
TVas Captain Hughes
Monty Nash
TVas Jeffers
1970
The Andersonville Trial
as Board of Military Judges
1969
Pendulum
as Deputy Chief John P. Hildebrand
Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here
as Wilson
1968
Hang 'em High
as Sheriff Ray Calhoun
Judd for the Defense
TVas Jim Larkin• 1 eps
1967
The Busy Body
as Fred Harwell
In Cold Blood
as Tex Smith
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
TVas Jules Cutter• 1 eps
1966
Run for Your Life
TVas Sam Bailey• 1 eps
1965
Kraft Suspense Theatre
TVas Nick Stacy• 1 eps
Ben Casey
TVas Joe Creely• 1 eps
1964
1963
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
as Lt. Matthews
The Birds
as Sebastian Sholes
The Virginian
TVas Big John Beldon• 1 eps
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
TVas Simon Oliver• 1 eps
Dr. Kildare
TVas Fred Rainey / Dr. Kenneth Hasker• 1 eps
1962
The Horizontal Lieutenant
as Col. Charles Korotny
Cain's Hundred
TVas Earl Klegg• 1 eps
87th Precinct
TVas Douglas King• 1 eps
1961
The New Breed
TVas Dr. Cameron Hill• 1 eps
1960
Cimarron
as Bob Yountis
Spartacus
as Marcellus
Thriller
TVas Sheriff Cliff Wrights• 1 eps
The Untouchables
TVas Johnny Torrio• 1 eps
1959
1958
1957
Joe Dakota
as Cal Moore
Slaughter on 10th Avenue
as Lt. Anthony Vosnick
Joe Butterfly
as Sgt. Jim McNulty
1956
Toward the Unknown
as Col. 'Mickey' McKee
The Cruel Tower
as Harry 'Stretch' Clay
Away All Boats
as Lieut. Mike O'Bannion
1955
1954
Loophole
as Gus Slavin
The Bridges at Toko-Ri
as Cmdr. Wayne Lee
1953
1952
The Narrow Margin
as Det. Sgt. Walter Brown
One Minute to Zero
as Sfc. Baker
1951
1950
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
as Shotgun Mike Munger
Side Street
as Det. Stan Simon
Armored Car Robbery
as Lt. Jim Cordell
1949
The Black Book
as Sergeant
The Story of Molly X
as Police Capt. Breen
The Threat
as Arnold 'Red' Kluger
Once More, My Darling
as Herman Schmelz
Border Incident
as Jeff Amboy
1948
1947
The Gangster
as Dugas
The Big Fix
as Armiston
T-Men
as Moxie
Roses Are Red
as Duke Arno
The Long Night
as Policeman Stevens
The Farmer's Daughter
as Fisher - Finley's Henchman (uncredited)
On the Old Spanish Trail
as Harry Blaisdell
1946
1944
The Impostor
as Menessier
1943
The Mad Ghoul
as Detective Garrity
They Came to Blow Up America
as Zellerbach
Destroyer
as Assistant Chief Engineer (uncredited)
The Moon Is Down
as Ole (uncredited)
Corvette K-225
as Chief Engineer
Two Tickets to London
as Hendrik (uncredited)
1942
The Undying Monster
as Strud Strudwick (uncredited)