Charles McGraw
73 movies · 44 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 10, 1914
- Died
- Jul 29, 1980 (age 66)
- Place of birth
- Des Moines, Iowa, USA
- Also known as
- Charles Butters · Charles Mc Graw · Чарльз Макгро · Charles Crisp Butters
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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Known for
Charles McGraw: movies and TV shows
Acting (117)
- 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
- 1973
- 1973
- 1972
- 1972 The Longest Night
as Father Chase
- 1972
- 1972 The Night Stalker
as Police Chief Ed Masterson
- 1971 The Devil and Miss Sarah
as Marshal Duncan
- 1971 Chandler
as Bernie Oakman
- 1971
- 1971
- 1971 Johnny Got His Gun
as Mike Burkeman
- 1971 O'Hara, United States Treasury: Operation Cobra
as Agent Joe Flagg
- 1971
- 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
- 1968
- 1968
- 1968
- 1968 Hang 'em High
as Sheriff Ray Calhoun
- 1967 In Cold Blood
as Tex Smith
- 1967
- 1967
- 1967
- 1967 The Busy Body
as Fred Harwell
- 1966
- 1965
- 1965
- 1964
- 1964
- 1964 Nightmare in Chicago
as Harry Brockman
- 1963 It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
as Lt. Matthews
- 1963
- 1963
- 1963
- 1963 The Birds
as Sebastian Sholes
- 1962
- 1962
- 1962 The Horizontal Lieutenant
as Col. Charles Korotny
- 1961
- 1961
- 1961
- 1961
- 1961
- 1960 Cimarron
as Bob Yountis
- 1960 Spartacus
as Marcellus
- 1960
- 1960
- 1959 The Wonderful Country
as Dr. Stovall
- 1959
- 1959
- 1959
- 1959
- 1959 The Man in the Net
as Sheriff Steve Ritter
- 1958
- 1958 The Defiant Ones
as Capt. Frank Gibbons
- 1958 Twilight for the Gods
as Yancy
- 1958 Saddle the Wind
as Larry Venables
- 1957 Joe Dakota
as Cal Moore
- 1957 Slaughter on 10th Avenue
as Lt. Anthony Vosnick
- 1957 Joe Butterfly
as Sgt. Jim McNulty
- 1956 The Cruel Tower
as Harry 'Stretch' Clay
- 1956 Toward the Unknown
as Col. 'Mickey' McKee
- 1956 Away All Boats
as Lieut. Mike O'Bannion
- 1955
- 1955
- 1955
- 1954 The Bridges at Toko-Ri
as Cmdr. Wayne Lee
- 1954
- 1954
- 1954 Loophole
as Gus Slavin
- 1953 Thunder Over the Plains
as Ben Westman
- 1953 War Paint
as Sgt. Clarke
- 1953
- 1952
- 1952
- 1952 One Minute to Zero
as Sfc. Baker
- 1952 The Narrow Margin
as Det. Sgt. Walter Brown
- 1951 Roadblock
as Joe Peters
- 1951 His Kind of Woman
as Thompson / Narrator
- 1951 Double Crossbones
as Capt. Ben Wickett
- 1950 Armored Car Robbery
as Lt. Jim Cordell
- 1950 Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
as Shotgun Mike Munger
- 1950 Side Street
as Det. Stan Simon
- 1949 The Threat
as Arnold 'Red' Kluger
- 1949 The Story of Molly X
as Police Capt. Breen
- 1949 Border Incident
as Jeff Amboy
- 1949 Reign of Terror
as Sergeant
- 1949 Once More, My Darling
as Herman Schmelz
- 1948 Blood on the Moon
as Milo Sweet
- 1948 Hazard
as Chick
- 1948 Berlin Express
as USET Col. Johns (uncredited)
- 1948 The Hunted
as Detective
- 1947 T-Men
as Moxie
- 1947 The Gangster
as Dugas
- 1947 Roses Are Red
as Duke Arno
- 1947 On the Old Spanish Trail
as Harry Blaisdell
- 1947 The Long Night
as Policeman Stevens
- 1947 The Big Fix
as Armiston
- 1947 The Farmer's Daughter
as Fisher - Finley's Henchman (uncredited)
- 1946 The Killers
as Al
- 1944 The Impostor
as Menessier
- 1943 The Mad Ghoul
as Detective Garrity
- 1943 Corvette K-225
as Chief Engineer
- 1943 Destroyer
as Assistant Chief Engineer (uncredited)
- 1943 Two Tickets to London
as Hendrik (uncredited)
- 1943 They Came to Blow Up America
as Zellerbach
- 1943 The Moon Is Down
as Ole (uncredited)
- 1942 The Undying Monster
as Strud Strudwick (uncredited)
Talk shows and appearances (1)
- 1963 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1 episode