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Frank McGrath
Actor, Editor
Died May 13, 1967 (64 years)
Benjamin Franklin McGrath (February 2, 1903 – May 13, 1967) was an American television and film actor and stunt performer who played the comical, optimistic cook with the white beard, Charlie B. Wooster, on the western series Wagon Train for five seasons on NBC and then three seasons on ABC. McGrath appeared in all 272 episodes in the eight seasons of the series, which had ended its run only two years before his death. McGrath's Wooster character hence provided the meals and companionship for both fictional trail masters, Ward Bond as Seth Adams and John McIntire as Christopher "Chris" Hale.
McGrath was born in Mound City in Holt County in far northwestern Missouri.
McGrath married Libby Quay Buschlen (1902–1978), a native of Ontario, Canada. He died May 13, 1967 at the age of sixty-four of a heart attack in Beverly Hills, California, and was interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale. CLR
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Filmography
| 1968 | The Shakiest Gun in the West · as Mr. Remington |
| 1967 | The War Wagon · as Bartender |
| 1967 | The Last Challenge · as Ballard Weeks |
| 1965 | The Sword of Ali Baba · as Unknown |
| 1965 | The Big Valley (TV Series) · as Buster |
| 1962 | The Virginian (TV Series) · as Neddie Henshaw |
| 1957 | The Tin Star · as Jim Clark - Stagecoach Driver |
| 1957 | Hell Bound · as Detective (uncredited) |
| 1957 | Tales of Wells Fargo (TV Series) · as Jake Rivers |
| 1957 | Wagon Train (TV Series) · as Charlie Wooster |
| 1956 | The Searchers · as Texas Ranger |
| 1956 | The Great Locomotive Chase · as Soldier |
| 1956 | The First Texan · as Mexican Horseman |
| 1955 | Cheyenne (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1953 | Ride, Vaquero! · as Pete |
| 1953 | Hondo · as Lowes Partner |
| 1951 | Across the Wide Missouri · as St. Leger |
| 1951 | The Red Badge of Courage · as Captain |
| 1951 | Westward the Women · as Unknown |
| 1950 | The Flame and the Arrow · as Guard (uncredited) |
| 1950 | Wagon Master · as Posse Member |
| 1950 | Broken Arrow · as Barfly |
| 1949 | She Wore a Yellow Ribbon · as Bugler / Indian (uncredited) |
| 1949 | Mighty Joe Young · as Cowboy |
| 1948 | Fort Apache · as Cpl. Derice (uncredited) |
| 1948 | A Southern Yankee · as Dispatch Rider |
| 1946 | Heldorado · as Bearded Man Next to Carnival Jail |
| 1945 | They Were Expendable · as Unknown |
| 1945 | Her Highness and the Bellboy · as Brawler |
| 1942 | The Ox-Bow Incident · as Posse Member (uncredited) |
| 1942 | The Black Swan · as Pirate (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Western Union · as Posse Rider |
| 1930 | The Big Trail · as Pioneer |