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