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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1914-05-10 (110 years old)

Place of Birth

Des Moines, Iowa, USA

Charles McGraw

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

Acting

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
Perilous Voyage as Capt. Humphreys

1975

A Boy and His Dog as Preacher

1973

Money to Burn as Neil Davis
Hawkins as Capt. Bates

1972

The Night Stalker as Police Chief Ed Masterson
The Longest Night as Father Chase

1971

Johnny Got His Gun as Mike Burkeman
Chandler as Bernie Oakman
The Devil and Miss Sarah as Marshal Duncan
The Smith Family as Captain Hughes
Nichols as Hansen
Nichols as Luke
Monty Nash as Jeffers

1970

The Andersonville Trial as Board of Military Judges

1969

Pendulum as Deputy Chief John P. Hildebrand

1968

Hang 'em High as Sheriff Ray Calhoun
Adam-12 as Lars Lowell
Adam-12 as Rod Decker

1967

The Busy Body as Fred Harwell
In Cold Blood as Tex Smith
Judd for the Defense as Jim Larkin

1966

1965

Run for Your Life as Sam Bailey

1964

Nightmare in Chicago as Harry Brockman
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. as Jules Cutter

1963

The Birds as Sebastian Sholes
Kraft Suspense Theatre as Harry Brockman

1962

The Horizontal Lieutenant as Col. Charles Korotny
The Virginian as Big John Beldon

1961

Cain's Hundred as Earl Klegg
The New Breed as Dr. Cameron Hill
Dr. Kildare as Fred Rainey
Dr. Kildare as Dr. Kenneth Hasker

1960

Spartacus as Marcellus
Cimarron as Bob Yountis
Thriller as Sheriff Cliff Wrights

1959

The Wonderful Country as Dr. Stovall
The Man in the Net as Sheriff Steve Ritter

1958

The Defiant Ones as Capt. Frank Gibbons
Saddle the Wind as Larry Venables

1957

Slaughter on 10th Avenue as Lt. Anthony Vosnick
Joe Dakota as Cal Moore
Joe Butterfly as Sgt. Jim McNulty

1956

The Cruel Tower as Harry 'Stretch' Clay
Away All Boats as Lieut. Mike O'Bannion
Toward the Unknown as Col. 'Mickey' McKee

1955

Gunsmoke as Calvin
Gunsmoke as Dolen
Gunsmoke as Squawman

1954

Loophole as Gus Slavin
The Bridges at Toko-Ri as Cmdr. Wayne Lee

1953

War Paint as Sgt. Clarke

1952

The Narrow Margin as Det. Sgt. Walter Brown
One Minute to Zero as Sfc. Baker
Cavalcade of America as Wilkie Bowman

1951

His Kind of Woman as Thompson / Narrator
Roadblock as Joe Peters
Double Crossbones as Capt. Ben Wickett

1950

Armored Car Robbery as Lt. Jim Cordell
Side Street as Det. Stan Simon
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town as Shotgun Mike Munger

1949

Border Incident as Jeff Amboy
Reign of Terror as Sergeant
The Story of Molly X as Police Capt. Breen
The Threat as Arnold 'Red' Kluger
Once More, My Darling as Herman Schmelz

1948

Berlin Express as Colonel Johns
Blood on the Moon as Milo Sweet
The Hunted as Detective
Hazard as Chick

1947

The Gangster as Dugas
T-Men as Moxie
The Long Night as Policeman Stevens
Roses Are Red as Duke Arno
The Farmer's Daughter as Fisher - Finley's Henchman (uncredited)
On the Old Spanish Trail as Harry Blaisdell
The Big Fix as Armiston

1946

1944

The Impostor as Menessier

1943

The Mad Ghoul as Detective Garrity
Two Tickets to London as Hendrik (uncredited)
Destroyer as Assistant Chief Engineer (uncredited)
The Moon Is Down as Ole (uncredited)
Corvette K-225 as Chief Engineer

1942

The Undying Monster as Strud Strudwick (uncredited)