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.
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 Night Stalker
as Police Chief Ed Masterson
(1972)
The Longest Night
as Father Chase
(1971)
Johnny Got His Gun
as Mike Burkeman
(1971)
Chandler
as Bernie Oakman
(1971)
The Devil and Miss Sarah
as Marshal Duncan
(1971)
O'Hara, United States Treasury: Operation Cobra
as Agent Joe Flagg
(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)
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)
The Defiant Ones
as Capt. Frank Gibbons
(1958)
Saddle the Wind
as Larry Venables
(1958)
Twilight for the Gods
as Yancy
(1957)
Joe Dakota
as Cal Moore
(1957)
Slaughter on 10th Avenue
as Lt. Anthony Vosnick
(1957)
Joe Butterfly
as Sgt. Jim McNulty
(1956)
Away All Boats
as Lieut. Mike O'Bannion
(1956)
The Cruel Tower
as Harry 'Stretch' Clay
(1956)
Toward the Unknown
as Col. 'Mickey' McKee
(1954)
The Bridges at Toko-Ri
as Cmdr. Wayne Lee
(1954)
Loophole
as Gus Slavin
(1953)
War Paint
as Sgt. Clarke
(1953)
Thunder Over the Plains
as Ben Westman
(1952)
The Narrow Margin
as Det. Sgt. Walter Brown
(1952)
One Minute to Zero
as Sfc. Baker
(1951)
His Kind of Woman
as Thompson / Narrator
(1951)
Roadblock
as Joe Peters
(1951)
Double Crossbones
as Capt. Ben Wickett
(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)
Border Incident
as Jeff Amboy
(1949)
Reign of Terror
as Sergeant
(1949)
Once More, My Darling
as Herman Schmelz
(1949)
The Story of Molly X
as Police Capt. Breen
(1949)
The Threat
as Arnold 'Red' Kluger
(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 Long Night
as Policeman Stevens
(1947)
The Farmer's Daughter
as Fisher - Finley's Henchman (uncredited)
(1947)
The Gangster
as Dugas
(1947)
On the Old Spanish Trail
as Harry Blaisdell
(1947)
Roses Are Red
as Duke Arno
(1947)
The Big Fix
as Armiston
(1946)
The Killers
as Al
(1944)
The Impostor
as Menessier
(1943)
Destroyer
as Assistant Chief Engineer (uncredited)
(1943)
Corvette K-225
as Chief Engineer
(1943)
Two Tickets to London
as Hendrik (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)