Charles McGraw
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 10, 1914
- Died
- July 29, 1980 (aged 66)
- Birthplace
- Des 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
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Filmography
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
Movie · as (in "The Killers") (archive footage)
The Horror Show
Movie · as (archive footage)
Twilight's Last Gleaming
Movie · as Air Force Gen. Peter Crane
The Killer Inside Me
Movie · as Howard Hendricks
Perilous Voyage
Movie · as Capt. Humphreys
A Boy and His Dog
Movie · as Preacher
Money to Burn
Movie · as Neil Davis
Hawkins
TV · as Capt. Bates · 1 ep
Police Story
TV · 2 eps
The Night Stalker
Movie · as Police Chief Ed Masterson
The Longest Night
Movie · as Father Chase
Emergency!
TV · as Police Sergeant · 1 ep
Banyon
TV · 1 ep
Johnny Got His Gun
Movie · as Mike Burkeman
Chandler
Movie · as Bernie Oakman
The Devil and Miss Sarah
Movie · as Marshal Duncan
O'Hara, United States Treasury: Operation Cobra
Movie · as Agent Joe Flagg
The Smith Family
TV · as Captain Hughes · 39 eps
Nichols
TV · as Hansen, Luke · 1 ep
Monty Nash
TV · as Jeffers · 1 ep
The Andersonville Trial
Movie · as Board of Military Judges
Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here
Movie · as Wilson
Pendulum
Movie · as Deputy Chief John P. Hildebrand
Hang 'em High
Movie · as Sheriff Ray Calhoun
The Mod Squad
TV · 1 ep
The Outcasts
TV · 1 ep
Adam-12
TV · as Lars Lowell, Rod Decker · 1 ep
The Name of the Game
TV · as Sheriff · 1 ep
The Busy Body
Movie · as Fred Harwell
In Cold Blood
Movie · as Tex Smith
Judd, for the Defense
TV · as Jim Larkin, Warden MacDonald · 1 ep
Hondo
TV · 1 ep
Ironside
TV · as Marvin Greenleaf · 1 ep
Mission: Impossible
TV · 1 ep
The Wild Wild West
TV · 1 ep
Run for Your Life
TV · as Sam Bailey · 1 ep
Nightmare in Chicago
Movie · as Harry Brockman
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
TV · 1 ep
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
TV · as Jules Cutter · 1 ep
The Birds
Movie · as Sebastian Sholes
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Movie · as Lt. Matthews
Kraft Suspense Theatre
TV · as Harry Brockman, Nick Stacy · 1 ep
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
TV · 1 ep
Grindl
TV · 1 ep
The Lieutenant
TV · 1 ep
The Horizontal Lieutenant
Movie · as Col. Charles Korotny
The Virginian
TV · as Big John Beldon · 1 ep
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
TV · as Simon Oliver · 1 ep
Cain's Hundred
TV · as Earl Klegg · 1 ep
The New Breed
TV · as Dr. Cameron Hill · 1 ep
Dr. Kildare
TV · as Fred Rainey, Dr. Kenneth Hasker · 1 ep
87th Precinct
TV · as Douglas King · 1 ep
Ben Casey
TV · as Joe Creely · 1 ep
Spartacus
Movie · as Marcellus
Cimarron
Movie · as Bob Yountis
Route 66
TV · 1 ep
Thriller
TV · as Sheriff Cliff Wrights · 1 ep
The Wonderful Country
Movie · as Dr. Stovall
The Man in the Net
Movie · as Sheriff Steve Ritter
Johnny Staccato
TV · 1 ep
The Detectives
TV · 1 ep
The Untouchables
TV · as Johnny Torrio · 1 ep
Bonanza
TV · as Sheriff Gains · 1 ep
The Defiant Ones
Movie · as Capt. Frank Gibbons
Saddle the Wind
Movie · as Larry Venables
Twilight for the Gods
Movie · as Yancy
77 Sunset Strip
TV · 1 ep
Slaughter on 10th Avenue
Movie · as Lt. Anthony Vosnick
Joe Dakota
Movie · as Cal Moore
Joe Butterfly
Movie · as Sgt. Jim McNulty
The Cruel Tower
Movie · as Harry 'Stretch' Clay
Away All Boats
Movie · as Lieut. Mike O'Bannion
Toward the Unknown
Movie · as Col. 'Mickey' McKee
Gunsmoke
TV · as Calvin, Dolen, Squawman · 1 ep
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
TV · 1 ep
Casablanca
TV · 10 eps
Loophole
Movie · as Gus Slavin
The Bridges at Toko-Ri
Movie · as Cmdr. Wayne Lee
The Whistler
TV · 2 eps
Adventures Of The Falcon
TV · 39 eps
War Paint
Movie · as Sgt. Clarke
Thunder Over the Plains
Movie · as Ben Westman
General Electric Theater
TV · as Forel · 1 ep
The Narrow Margin
Movie · as Det. Sgt. Walter Brown
One Minute to Zero
Movie · as Sfc. Baker
Cavalcade of America
TV · as Wilkie Bowman · 1 ep
Mr. & Mrs. North
TV · 1 ep
His Kind of Woman
Movie · as Thompson / Narrator
Roadblock
Movie · as Joe Peters
Double Crossbones
Movie · as Capt. Ben Wickett
Armored Car Robbery
Movie · as Lt. Jim Cordell
Side Street
Movie · as Det. Stan Simon
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
Movie · as Shotgun Mike Munger
Border Incident
Movie · as Jeff Amboy
Reign of Terror
Movie · as Sergeant
The Story of Molly X
Movie · as Police Capt. Breen
The Threat
Movie · as Arnold 'Red' Kluger
Once More, My Darling
Movie · as Herman Schmelz
Berlin Express
Movie · as USET Col. Johns (uncredited)
Blood on the Moon
Movie · as Milo Sweet
The Hunted
Movie · as Detective
Hazard
Movie · as Chick
The Gangster
Movie · as Dugas
T-Men
Movie · as Moxie
The Long Night
Movie · as Policeman Stevens
Roses Are Red
Movie · as Duke Arno
The Farmer's Daughter
Movie · as Fisher - Finley's Henchman (uncredited)
On the Old Spanish Trail
Movie · as Harry Blaisdell
The Big Fix
Movie · as Armiston
The Killers
Movie · as Al
The Impostor
Movie · as Menessier
The Mad Ghoul
Movie · as Detective Garrity
Two Tickets to London
Movie · as Hendrik (uncredited)
They Came to Blow Up America
Movie · as Zellerbach
Destroyer
Movie · as Assistant Chief Engineer (uncredited)
The Moon Is Down
Movie · as Ole (uncredited)
Corvette K-225
Movie · as Chief Engineer
The Undying Monster
Movie · as Strud Strudwick (uncredited)