Person
Charles McGraw
Acting · 1914–1980 · Des Moines, Iowa, USA
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.
Known for
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Simon Oliver
Bonanza
Sheriff Gains
Ironside
1967
Mission: Impossible
1966
Emergency!
1972
Adam-12
Lars Lowell
The Virginian
Big John Beldon
The Wild Wild West
1965
Thriller
Sheriff Cliff Wrights
Dr. Kildare
Fred Rainey
Filmography
- 1982Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid(in "The Killers") (archive footage)
- 1979The Horror Show(archive footage)
- 1977Twilight's Last GleamingAir Force Gen. Peter Crane
- 1976The Killer Inside MeHoward Hendricks
- 1976Perilous VoyageCapt. Humphreys
- 1975A Boy and His DogPreacher
- 1973Money to BurnNeil Davis
- 1973Police Story
- 1973HawkinsCapt. Bates
- 1972Banyon
- 1972The Longest NightFather Chase
- 1972Emergency!
- 1972The Night StalkerPolice Chief Ed Masterson
- 1971The Devil and Miss SarahMarshal Duncan
- 1971ChandlerBernie Oakman
- 1971Monty NashJeffers
- 1971NicholsHansen
- 1971Johnny Got His GunMike Burkeman
- 1971O'Hara, United States Treasury: Operation CobraAgent Joe Flagg
- 1971The Smith FamilyCaptain Hughes
- 1970The Andersonville TrialBoard of Military Judges
- 1969Tell Them Willie Boy Is HereWilson
- 1969PendulumDeputy Chief John P. Hildebrand
- 1968The Mod Squad
- 1968The Outcasts
- 1968Adam-12Lars Lowell
- 1968The Name of the GameSheriff
- 1968Hang 'em HighSheriff Ray Calhoun
- 1967In Cold BloodTex Smith
- 1967Judd, for the Defense
- 1967Hondo
- 1967Ironside
- 1967The Busy BodyFred Harwell
- 1966Mission: Impossible
- 1965The Wild Wild West
- 1965Run for Your LifeSam Bailey
- 1964The Man from U.N.C.L.E.Jules Cutter
- 1964Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
- 1964Nightmare in ChicagoHarry Brockman
- 1963It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad WorldLt. Matthews
- 1963Kraft Suspense TheatreHarry Brockman
- 1963Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
- 1963Grindl
- 1963The Lieutenant
- 1963The BirdsSebastian Sholes
- 1962The Alfred Hitchcock HourSimon Oliver
- 1962The VirginianBig John Beldon
- 1962The Horizontal LieutenantCol. Charles Korotny
- 1961The New BreedDr. Cameron Hill
- 1961Ben CaseyJoe Creely
- 1961Dr. KildareFred Rainey
- 196187th PrecinctDouglas King
- 1961Cain's HundredEarl Klegg
- 1960CimarronBob Yountis
- 1960SpartacusMarcellus
- 1960Route 66
- 1960ThrillerSheriff Cliff Wrights
- 1959The Wonderful CountryDr. Stovall
- 1959The Detectives
- 1959The UntouchablesJohnny Torrio
- 1959BonanzaSheriff Gains
- 1959Johnny Staccato
- 1959The Man in the NetSheriff Steve Ritter
- 195877 Sunset Strip
- 1958The Defiant OnesCapt. Frank Gibbons
- 1958Twilight for the GodsYancy
- 1958Saddle the WindLarry Venables
- 1957Joe DakotaCal Moore
- 1957Slaughter on 10th AvenueLt. Anthony Vosnick
- 1957Joe ButterflySgt. Jim McNulty
- 1956The Cruel TowerHarry 'Stretch' Clay
- 1956Toward the UnknownCol. 'Mickey' McKee
- 1956Away All BoatsLieut. Mike O'Bannion
- 1955Casablanca
- 1955GunsmokeCalvin
- 1955The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
- 1954The Bridges at Toko-RiCmdr. Wayne Lee
- 1954The Whistler
- 1954Adventures Of The Falcon
- 1954LoopholeGus Slavin
- 1953Thunder Over the PlainsBen Westman
- 1953War PaintSgt. Clarke
- 1953General Electric Theater
- 1952Mr. & Mrs. North
- 1952Cavalcade of AmericaWilkie Bowman
- 1952One Minute to ZeroSfc. Baker
- 1952The Narrow MarginDet. Sgt. Walter Brown
- 1951RoadblockJoe Peters
- 1951His Kind of WomanThompson / Narrator
- 1951Double CrossbonesCapt. Ben Wickett
- 1950Armored Car RobberyLt. Jim Cordell
- 1950Ma and Pa Kettle Go to TownShotgun Mike Munger
- 1950Side StreetDet. Stan Simon
- 1949The ThreatArnold 'Red' Kluger
- 1949The Story of Molly XPolice Capt. Breen
- 1949Border IncidentJeff Amboy
- 1949Reign of TerrorSergeant
- 1949Once More, My DarlingHerman Schmelz
- 1948Blood on the MoonMilo Sweet
- 1948HazardChick
- 1948Berlin ExpressUSET Col. Johns (uncredited)
- 1948The HuntedDetective
- 1947T-MenMoxie
- 1947The GangsterDugas
- 1947Roses Are RedDuke Arno
- 1947On the Old Spanish TrailHarry Blaisdell
- 1947The Long NightPoliceman Stevens
- 1947The Big FixArmiston
- 1947The Farmer's DaughterFisher - Finley's Henchman (uncredited)
- 1946The KillersAl
- 1944The ImpostorMenessier
- 1943The Mad GhoulDetective Garrity
- 1943Corvette K-225Chief Engineer
- 1943DestroyerAssistant Chief Engineer (uncredited)
- 1943Two Tickets to LondonHendrik (uncredited)
- 1943They Came to Blow Up AmericaZellerbach
- 1943The Moon Is DownOle (uncredited)
- 1942The Undying MonsterStrud Strudwick (uncredited)
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