Charles McGraw

Actor

Born: May 10, 1914
Died: July 29, 1980 (age 66)
From: Des Moines, Iowa, USA

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.

Filmography (73)

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982)
(in "The Killers") (archive footage)
The Horror Show (1979)
(archive footage)
Twilight's Last Gleaming (1977)
Air Force Gen. Peter Crane
The Killer Inside Me (1976)
Howard Hendricks
Perilous Voyage (1976)
Capt. Humphreys
A Boy and His Dog (1975)
Preacher
Money to Burn (1973)
Neil Davis
The Longest Night (1972)
Father Chase
The Night Stalker (1972)
Police Chief Ed Masterson
The Devil and Miss Sarah (1971)
Marshal Duncan
Chandler (1971)
Bernie Oakman
Johnny Got His Gun (1971)
Mike Burkeman
O'Hara, United States Treasury: Operation Cobra (1971)
Agent Joe Flagg
The Andersonville Trial (1970)
Board of Military Judges
Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here (1969)
Wilson
Pendulum (1969)
Deputy Chief John P. Hildebrand
Hang 'em High (1968)
Sheriff Ray Calhoun
In Cold Blood (1967)
Tex Smith
The Busy Body (1967)
Fred Harwell
Nightmare in Chicago (1964)
Harry Brockman
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
Lt. Matthews
The Birds (1963)
Sebastian Sholes
The Horizontal Lieutenant (1962)
Col. Charles Korotny
Cimarron (1960)
Bob Yountis
Spartacus (1960)
Marcellus
The Wonderful Country (1959)
Dr. Stovall
The Man in the Net (1959)
Sheriff Steve Ritter
The Defiant Ones (1958)
Capt. Frank Gibbons
Twilight for the Gods (1958)
Yancy
Saddle the Wind (1958)
Larry Venables