Charles McGraw
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1914-05-10
Day of Death
1980-07-29 (66 years old)
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.
Known For
Acting
(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
(1972)
The Longest Night
as Father Chase
(1972)
The Night Stalker
as Police Chief Ed Masterson
(1971)
O'Hara, United States Treasury: Operation Cobra
as Agent Joe Flagg
(1971)
Chandler
as Bernie Oakman
(1971)
Johnny Got His Gun
as Mike Burkeman
(1971)
The Devil and Miss Sarah
as Marshal Duncan
(1970)
The Andersonville Trial
as Board of Military Judges
(1969)
Pendulum
as Deputy Chief John P. Hildebrand
(1969)
Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here
as Wilson
(1968)
Hang 'em High
as Sheriff Ray Calhoun
(1967)
In Cold Blood
as Tex Smith
(1967)
The Busy Body
as Fred Harwell
(1964)
Nightmare in Chicago
as Harry Brockman
(1963)
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
as Lt. Matthews
(1963)
The Birds
as Sebastian Sholes
(1962)
The Horizontal Lieutenant
as Col. Charles Korotny
(1960)
Spartacus
as Marcellus
(1960)
Cimarron
as Bob Yountis
(1959)
The Wonderful Country
as Dr. Stovall
(1959)
The Man in the Net
as Sheriff Steve Ritter
(1958)
Twilight for the Gods
as Yancy
(1958)
Saddle the Wind
as Larry Venables
(1958)
The Defiant Ones
as Capt. Frank Gibbons
(1957)
Slaughter on 10th Avenue
as Lt. Anthony Vosnick
(1957)
Joe Butterfly
as Sgt. Jim McNulty
(1957)
Joe Dakota
as Cal Moore
(1956)
Toward the Unknown
as Col. 'Mickey' McKee
(1956)
The Cruel Tower
as Harry 'Stretch' Clay
(1956)
Away All Boats
as Lieut. Mike O'Bannion
(1954)
The Bridges at Toko-Ri
as Cmdr. Wayne Lee
(1954)
Loophole
as Gus Slavin
(1953)
Thunder Over the Plains
as Ben Westman
(1953)
War Paint
as Sgt. Clarke
(1952)
One Minute to Zero
as Sfc. Baker
(1952)
The Narrow Margin
as Det. Sgt. Walter Brown
(1951)
Double Crossbones
as Capt. Ben Wickett
(1951)
His Kind of Woman
as Thompson / Narrator
(1951)
Roadblock
as Joe Peters
(1950)
Side Street
as Det. Stan Simon
(1950)
Armored Car Robbery
as Lt. Jim Cordell
(1950)
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
as Shotgun Mike Munger
(1949)
The Threat
as Arnold 'Red' Kluger
(1949)
Once More, My Darling
as Herman Schmelz
(1949)
Border Incident
as Jeff Amboy
(1949)
The Story of Molly X
as Police Capt. Breen
(1949)
Reign of Terror
as Sergeant
(1948)
Hazard
as Chick
(1948)
Blood on the Moon
as Milo Sweet
(1948)
The Hunted
as Detective
(1948)
Berlin Express
as Colonel Johns
(1947)
On the Old Spanish Trail
as Harry Blaisdell
(1947)
The Big Fix
as Armiston
(1947)
The Gangster
as Dugas
(1947)
T-Men
as Moxie
(1947)
The Long Night
as Policeman Stevens
(1947)
Roses Are Red
as Duke Arno
(1947)
The Farmer's Daughter
as Fisher - Finley's Henchman (uncredited)
(1946)
The Killers
as Al
(1944)
The Impostor
as Menessier
(1943)
Corvette K-225
as Chief Engineer
(1943)
Two Tickets to London
as Hendrik (uncredited)
(1943)
Destroyer
as Assistant Chief Engineer (uncredited)
(1943)
The Moon Is Down
as Ole (uncredited)
(1943)
The Mad Ghoul
as Detective Garrity
(1943)
They Came to Blow Up America
as Zellerbach
(1942)
The Undying Monster
as Strud Strudwick (uncredited)