Portrait of Charles McGraw

Charles McGraw

Acting

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.

Born: May 10, 1914

Place of Birth: Des Moines, Iowa, USA

Filmography

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

1976
Perilous Voyage

as Capt. Humphreys

1975
1973
Money to Burn

as Neil Davis

1973
Hawkins

as Capt. Bates

1972
1972
The Longest Night

as Father Chase

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

as Hansen

1971
Nichols

as Luke

1971
Johnny Got His Gun

as Mike Burkeman

1971
The Smith Family

as Captain Hughes

1970
The Andersonville Trial

as Board of Military Judges

1969
Pendulum

as Deputy Chief John P. Hildebrand

1968
Adam-12

as Lars Lowell

1968
Adam-12

as Rod Decker

1968
Hang 'em High

as Sheriff Ray Calhoun

1967
In Cold Blood

as Tex Smith

1967
1967
1967
The Busy Body

as Fred Harwell

1965
Run for Your Life

as Sam Bailey

1964
1964
Nightmare in Chicago

as Harry Brockman

1963
Kraft Suspense Theatre

as Harry Brockman

1963
1963
The Birds

as Sebastian Sholes

1962
1962
The Virginian

as Big John Beldon

1962
The Horizontal Lieutenant

as Col. Charles Korotny

1961
The New Breed

as Dr. Cameron Hill

1961
Ben Casey

as Joe Creely

1961
Dr. Kildare

as Fred Rainey

1961
Dr. Kildare

as Dr. Kenneth Hasker

1961
87th Precinct

as Douglas King

1961
Cain's Hundred

as Earl Klegg

1960
Cimarron

as Bob Yountis

1960
Spartacus

as Marcellus

1960
Thriller

as Sheriff Cliff Wrights

1959
The Wonderful Country

as Dr. Stovall

1959
The Untouchables

as Johnny Torrio

1959
The Man in the Net

as Sheriff Steve Ritter

1958
The Defiant Ones

as Capt. Frank Gibbons

1958
Saddle the Wind

as Larry Venables

1957
Joe Dakota

as Cal Moore

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
Gunsmoke

as Calvin

1955
Gunsmoke

as Dolen

1955
Gunsmoke

as Squawman

1954
The Bridges at Toko-Ri

as Cmdr. Wayne Lee

1954
Loophole

as Gus Slavin

1953
1953
War Paint

as Sgt. Clarke

1952
Cavalcade of America

as Wilkie Bowman

1952
One Minute to Zero

as Sfc. Baker

1952
The Narrow Margin

as Det. Sgt. Walter Brown

1951
Roadblock

as Joe Peters

1951
His Kind of Woman

as Thompson / Narrator

1951
Double Crossbones

as Capt. Ben Wickett

1950
Armored Car Robbery

as Lt. Jim Cordell

1950
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town

as Shotgun Mike Munger

1950
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
Reign of Terror

as Sergeant

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
The Long Night

as Policeman Stevens

1947
The Big Fix

as Armiston

1947
The Farmer's Daughter

as Fisher - Finley's Henchman (uncredited)

1946
1944
The Impostor

as Menessier

1943
The Mad Ghoul

as Detective Garrity

1943
Corvette K-225

as Chief Engineer

1943
Destroyer

as Assistant Chief Engineer (uncredited)

1943
Two Tickets to London

as Hendrik (uncredited)

1943
The Moon Is Down

as Ole (uncredited)

1942
The Undying Monster

as Strud Strudwick (uncredited)