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
All Movies (73)
- Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid1982 · as (in "The Killers") (archive footage)
- The Horror Show1979 · as (archive footage)
- Twilight's Last Gleaming1977 · as Air Force Gen. Peter Crane
- The Killer Inside Me1976 · as Howard Hendricks
- Perilous Voyage1976 · as Capt. Humphreys
- A Boy and His Dog1975 · as Preacher
- Money to Burn1973 · as Neil Davis
- The Longest Night1972 · as Father Chase
- The Night Stalker1972 · as Police Chief Ed Masterson
- The Devil and Miss Sarah1971 · as Marshal Duncan
- Chandler1971 · as Bernie Oakman
- Johnny Got His Gun1971 · as Mike Burkeman
- O'Hara, United States Treasury: Operation Cobra1971 · as Agent Joe Flagg
- The Andersonville Trial1970 · as Board of Military Judges
- Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here1969 · as Wilson
- Pendulum1969 · as Deputy Chief John P. Hildebrand
- Hang 'em High1968 · as Sheriff Ray Calhoun
- In Cold Blood1967 · as Tex Smith
- The Busy Body1967 · as Fred Harwell
- Nightmare in Chicago1964 · as Harry Brockman
- It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World1963 · as Lt. Matthews
- The Birds1963 · as Sebastian Sholes
- The Horizontal Lieutenant1962 · as Col. Charles Korotny
- Cimarron1960 · as Bob Yountis
- Spartacus1960 · as Marcellus
- The Wonderful Country1959 · as Dr. Stovall
- The Man in the Net1959 · as Sheriff Steve Ritter
- The Defiant Ones1958 · as Capt. Frank Gibbons
- Twilight for the Gods1958 · as Yancy
- Saddle the Wind1958 · as Larry Venables
- Joe Dakota1957 · as Cal Moore
- Slaughter on 10th Avenue1957 · as Lt. Anthony Vosnick
- Joe Butterfly1957 · as Sgt. Jim McNulty
- The Cruel Tower1956 · as Harry 'Stretch' Clay
- Toward the Unknown1956 · as Col. 'Mickey' McKee
- Away All Boats1956 · as Lieut. Mike O'Bannion
- The Bridges at Toko-Ri1954 · as Cmdr. Wayne Lee
- Loophole1954 · as Gus Slavin
- Thunder Over the Plains1953 · as Ben Westman
- War Paint1953 · as Sgt. Clarke
- One Minute to Zero1952 · as Sfc. Baker
- The Narrow Margin1952 · as Det. Sgt. Walter Brown
- Roadblock1951 · as Joe Peters
- His Kind of Woman1951 · as Thompson / Narrator
- Double Crossbones1951 · as Capt. Ben Wickett
- Armored Car Robbery1950 · as Lt. Jim Cordell
- Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town1950 · as Shotgun Mike Munger
- Side Street1950 · as Det. Stan Simon
- The Threat1949 · as Arnold 'Red' Kluger
- The Story of Molly X1949 · as Police Capt. Breen
- Border Incident1949 · as Jeff Amboy
- Reign of Terror1949 · as Sergeant
- Once More, My Darling1949 · as Herman Schmelz
- Blood on the Moon1948 · as Milo Sweet
- Hazard1948 · as Chick
- Berlin Express1948 · as USET Col. Johns (uncredited)
- The Hunted1948 · as Detective
- T-Men1947 · as Moxie
- The Gangster1947 · as Dugas
- Roses Are Red1947 · as Duke Arno
- On the Old Spanish Trail1947 · as Harry Blaisdell
- The Long Night1947 · as Policeman Stevens
- The Big Fix1947 · as Armiston
- The Farmer's Daughter1947 · as Fisher - Finley's Henchman (uncredited)
- The Killers1946 · as Al
- The Impostor1944 · as Menessier
- The Mad Ghoul1943 · as Detective Garrity
- Corvette K-2251943 · as Chief Engineer
- Destroyer1943 · as Assistant Chief Engineer (uncredited)
- Two Tickets to London1943 · as Hendrik (uncredited)
- They Came to Blow Up America1943 · as Zellerbach
- The Moon Is Down1943 · as Ole (uncredited)
- The Undying Monster1942 · as Strud Strudwick (uncredited)
All TV Shows (54)
- Police Story1973
- Hawkins1973 · as Capt. Bates
- Banyon1972
- Emergency!1972
- Monty Nash1971 · as Jeffers
- Nichols1971 · as Hansen
- Nichols1971 · as Luke
- The Smith Family1971 · as Captain Hughes
- The Mod Squad1968
- The Outcasts1968
- Adam-121968 · as Lars Lowell
- Adam-121968 · as Rod Decker
- The Name of the Game1968 · as Sheriff
- Judd, for the Defense1967
- Hondo1967
- Judd, for the Defense1967 · as Jim Larkin
- Ironside1967
- Mission: Impossible1966
- The Wild Wild West1965
- Run for Your Life1965 · as Sam Bailey
- The Man from U.N.C.L.E.1964 · as Jules Cutter
- Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea1964
- Kraft Suspense Theatre1963 · as Harry Brockman
- Kraft Suspense Theatre1963 · as Nick Stacy
- Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre1963
- Grindl1963
- The Lieutenant1963
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour1962 · as Simon Oliver
- The Virginian1962 · as Big John Beldon
- The New Breed1961 · as Dr. Cameron Hill
- Ben Casey1961 · as Joe Creely
- Dr. Kildare1961 · as Fred Rainey
- Dr. Kildare1961 · as Dr. Kenneth Hasker
- 87th Precinct1961 · as Douglas King
- Cain's Hundred1961 · as Earl Klegg
- Route 661960
- Thriller1960 · as Sheriff Cliff Wrights
- The Detectives1959
- The Untouchables1959 · as Johnny Torrio
- Bonanza1959 · as Sheriff Gains
- Johnny Staccato1959
- 77 Sunset Strip1958
- Casablanca1955
- Gunsmoke1955 · as Calvin
- Gunsmoke1955 · as Dolen
- Gunsmoke1955 · as Squawman
- The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp1955
- The Whistler1954
- Adventures Of The Falcon1954
- General Electric Theater1953
- General Electric Theater1953 · as Forel
- Mr. & Mrs. North1952
- Cavalcade of America1952 · as Wilkie Bowman
- Cavalcade of America1952