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Charles McGraw

Actor
Died July 29, 1980 (66 years)
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.
Movies & Shows on Plex
  • A Boy and His Dog
  • Brute Force
  • Bonanza
  • Reign of Terror
  • Route 66
  • The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
  • On the Old Spanish Trail
Known For
  • The Birds
  • The Narrow Margin
  • Hang 'Em High
  • The Defiant Ones
  • In Cold Blood
  • Johnny Got His Gun
  • Armored Car Robbery
  • A Boy and His Dog
  • Roadblock
  • The Night Stalker
  • The Bridges at Toko-Ri
  • His Kind of Woman
  • T-Men
  • Blood on the Moon
  • Side Street
  • Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here
  • The Threat
  • Cimarron
  • Saddle the Wind
  • Border Incident
  • Reign of Terror
  • The Wonderful Country
  • One Minute to Zero
  • Away All Boats

Filmography

2009
The Rules of Film Noir · as Al (clip From The Killers (1946))
2000
All About 'the Birds' · as Sebastian Sholes In Clips From The Movie 'the Birds'
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
1975
1973
Money to Burn · as Neil Davis
1973
Police Story (TV Series)
1973
Hawkins (TV Series) · as Capt. Bates
1972
The Longest Night · as Father Chase
1972
Emergency! (TV Series)
1972
The Night Stalker · as Police Chief Ed Masterson
1971
The Devil and Miss Sarah · as Marshal Duncan
1971
Chandler · as Bernie Oakman
1971
Nichols (TV Series) · as Luke
1971
Man and the City (TV Series) · as Jerry Donato
1971
Johnny Got His Gun · as Mike Burkeman
1971
O'Hara, U.S. Treasury (TV Series) · as Agent Joe Flagg
1971
Banyon (TV Series)
1971
The Smith Family (TV Series) · as Captain Hughes
1970
The Andersonville Trial · as Board Of Military Judges
1969
1969
Pendulum · as Deputy Chief John P. Hildebrand
1968
The Mod Squad (TV Series)
1968
The Outcasts (TV Series)
1968
Adam-12 (TV Series) · as Lars Lowell
1968
The Name of the Game (TV Series) · as Sheriff
1968
Hang 'Em High · as Sheriff Ray Calhoun
1967
In Cold Blood · as Tex Smith
1967
Judd for the Defense (TV Series) · as Jim Larkin
1967
Hondo (TV Series)
1967
Ironside (TV Series)
1967
The Busy Body · as Fred Harwell
1966
1965
The Wild Wild West (TV Series)
1965
Run for Your Life (TV Series) · as Sam Bailey
1965
A Man Called Shenandoah (TV Series) · as Sheriff Cole Hobbs
1964
The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (TV Series) · as Jules Cutter
1964
1964
Nightmare in Chicago · as Harry Brockman
1964
Destry (TV Series) · as Hatch
1963
It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World · as Lt. Matthews
1963
Kraft Suspense Theatre (TV Series) · as Harry Brockman
1963
1963
Grindl (TV Series)
1963
The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters (TV Series) · as Dan Carver
1963
The Lieutenant (TV Series)
1963
The Birds · as Sebastian Sholes
1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (TV Series) · as Simon Oliver
1962
The Virginian (TV Series) · as Big John Beldon
1962
The Horizontal Lieutenant · as Col. Charles Korotny
1961
The New Breed (TV Series) · as Dr. Cameron Hill
1961
Ben Casey (TV Series)
1961
Dr. Kildare (TV Series) · as Dr. Kenneth Hasker
1961
The Dick Powell Show (TV Series) · as Old Man
1961
87th Precinct (TV Series)
1961
Cain's Hundred (TV Series) · as Earl Klegg
1961
Follow The Sun (TV Series) · as Rudy Driscoll
1960
Cimarron · as Bob Yountis
1960
Spartacus · as Marcellus
1960
Route 66 (TV Series)
1960
Dante (TV Series) · as Frank Maddern
1960
Thriller (TV Series) · as Sheriff Cliff Wrights
1959
1959
Hotel de Paree (TV Series) · as Martin Wood
1959
The Wonderful Country · as Dr. Stovall
1959
Laramie (TV Series) · as Marshal Jim Craig
1959
Bonanza (TV Series) · as Luke Mansfield
1959
The Deputy (TV Series) · as Johnny Dean
1959
Johnny Staccato (TV Series)
1959
The Man in the Net · as Sheriff Steve Ritter
1959
The Untouchables (TV Series) · as Barney 'bugs' Birch
1958
77 Sunset Strip (TV Series)
1958
The Defiant Ones · as Capt. Frank Gibbons
1958
1958
Saddle the Wind · as Larry Venables
1958
Shirley Temple's Storybook (TV Series) · as Josh
1957
Joe Dakota · as Cal Moore
1957
Wagon Train (TV Series) · as Sgt. Kile
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
Crossroads (1955) (TV Series) · as Mouse Morrison
1955
Casablanca (1955) (TV Series)
1955
Gunsmoke (TV Series) · as Dolen
1955
1954
The Bridges at Toko-Ri · as Cmdr. Wayne Lee
1954
The Whistler (TV Series) · as Matt Robertson
1954
Loophole · as Gus Slavin
1953
Thunder Over the Plains · as Ben Westman
1953
War Paint · as Sgt. Clarke
1953
General Electric Theater (TV Series) · as Forel
1952
Mr. & Mrs. North (TV Series)
1952
Cavalcade of America (TV Series) · as Wilkie Bowman
1952
One Minute to Zero · as Sfc. Baker
1952
The Narrow Margin · as Det. Sgt. Walter Brown
1951
His Kind of Woman · as Thompson / Narrator
1951
Roadblock · as Joe Peters
1951
Double Crossbones · as Capt. Ben Wickett
1950
The Lux Video Theatre (TV Series) · as Cast
1950
Armored Car Robbery · as Lt. Jim Cordell
1950
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town · as Shotgun Mike Munger
1949
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
1949
Once More, My Darling · as Herman Schmelz
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 Gangster · as Dugas
1947
Roses Are Red · as Duke Arno
1947
On the Old Spanish Trail · as Harry Blaisdell
1947
Brute Force · as Andy - Convict In Auto Shop
1947
The Long Night · as Policeman Stevens
1947
The Farmer's Daughter · as Fisher - Finley's Henchman (uncredited)
1946
The Killers · as Al
1944
The Seventh Cross · as Allbright
1944
Strange Confession · as Menessier
1943
The Mad Ghoul · as Detective Garrity
1943
Corvette K-225 · as Chief Engineer
1943
Destroyer · as Assistant Chief Engineer (uncredited)
1943
The Moon Is Down · as Ole (uncredited)
1943
Two Tickets to London · as Hendrik (uncredited)
1943
1943
Tonight We Raid Calais · as German Corporal
1942
The Undying Monster · as Strud Strudwick (uncredited)

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