Charles McGraw

Acting

Born: 1914-05-10 in Des Moines, Iowa, USA

Died: 1980-07-29

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

Spartacus

Marcellus

The Birds

Sebastian Sholes

A Boy and His Dog

Preacher

Hang 'em High

Sheriff Ray Calhoun

Armored Car Robbery

Lt. Jim Cordell

The Defiant Ones

Capt. Frank Gibbons

The Wonderful Country

Dr. Stovall

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

Lt. Matthews

The Narrow Margin

Det. Sgt. Walter Brown

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

(in "The Killers") (archive footage)

The Gangster

Dugas

Loophole

Gus Slavin

His Kind of Woman

Thompson / Narrator

T-Men

Moxie

Border Incident

Jeff Amboy

Reign of Terror

Sergeant

The Horror Show

(archive footage)

Roadblock

Joe Peters

The Bridges at Toko-Ri

Cmdr. Wayne Lee

Berlin Express

Colonel Johns

The Busy Body

Fred Harwell

Blood on the Moon

Milo Sweet

The Killers

Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here

Wilson

The Killer Inside Me

Howard Hendricks

The Night Stalker

Police Chief Ed Masterson

The Long Night

Policeman Stevens

Johnny Got His Gun

Mike Burkeman

The Cruel Tower

Harry 'Stretch' Clay

The Man in the Net

Sheriff Steve Ritter

The Hunted

Detective

Cimarron

Bob Yountis

Side Street

Det. Stan Simon

In Cold Blood

Tex Smith

Away All Boats

Lieut. Mike O'Bannion

Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town

Shotgun Mike Munger

The Story of Molly X

Police Capt. Breen

The Threat

Arnold 'Red' Kluger

Slaughter on 10th Avenue

Lt. Anthony Vosnick

The Impostor

Menessier

Double Crossbones

Capt. Ben Wickett

The Mad Ghoul

Detective Garrity

Twilight's Last Gleaming

Air Force Gen. Peter Crane

Two Tickets to London

Hendrik (uncredited)

Saddle the Wind

Larry Venables

Chandler

Bernie Oakman

The Horizontal Lieutenant

Col. Charles Korotny

War Paint

Sgt. Clarke

Roses Are Red

Duke Arno

Nightmare in Chicago

Harry Brockman

Toward the Unknown

Col. 'Mickey' McKee

One Minute to Zero

Sfc. Baker

Joe Dakota

Cal Moore

Once More, My Darling

Herman Schmelz

The Devil and Miss Sarah

Marshal Duncan

Money to Burn

Neil Davis

Joe Butterfly

Sgt. Jim McNulty

Thunder Over the Plains

Ben Westman

Pendulum

Deputy Chief John P. Hildebrand

They Came to Blow Up America

Zellerbach

O'Hara, United States Treasury: Operation Cobra

Agent Joe Flagg

Destroyer

Assistant Chief Engineer (uncredited)

Hazard

Chick

The Moon Is Down

Ole (uncredited)

The Andersonville Trial

Board of Military Judges

The Farmer's Daughter

Fisher - Finley's Henchman (uncredited)

On the Old Spanish Trail

Harry Blaisdell

Corvette K-225

Chief Engineer

The Longest Night

Father Chase

Twilight for the Gods

Yancy

Perilous Voyage

Capt. Humphreys

The Big Fix

Armiston

The Undying Monster

Strud Strudwick (uncredited)