Charles McGraw
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 10, 1914
- Died
- Jul 29, 1980 (aged 66)
- Place of birth
- Des Moines, Iowa, USA
- Credits
- 118
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 Birds
1963Movie
Sebastian Sholes
Spartacus
1960Movie
Marcellus
Hang 'em High
1968Movie
Sheriff Ray Calhoun
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963Movie
Lt. Matthews
Bonanza
1959TV
Sheriff Gains
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
1982Movie
(in "The Killers") (archive footage)
Filmography
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
1982Movie
(in "The Killers") (archive footage)
The Horror Show
1979Movie
(archive footage)
Twilight's Last Gleaming
1977Movie
Air Force Gen. Peter Crane
The Killer Inside Me
1976Movie
Howard Hendricks
Perilous Voyage
1976Movie
Capt. Humphreys
A Boy and His Dog
1975Movie
Preacher
Money to Burn
1973Movie
Neil Davis
Police Story
1973TV
Hawkins
1973TV
Capt. Bates
Banyon
1972TV
The Longest Night
1972Movie
Father Chase
Emergency!
1972TV
Police Sergeant
The Night Stalker
1972Movie
Police Chief Ed Masterson
The Devil and Miss Sarah
1971Movie
Marshal Duncan
Chandler
1971Movie
Bernie Oakman
Monty Nash
1971TV
Jeffers
Nichols
1971TV
Hansen, Luke
Johnny Got His Gun
1971Movie
Mike Burkeman
O'Hara, United States Treasury: Operation Cobra
1971Movie
Agent Joe Flagg
The Smith Family
1971TV
Captain Hughes
The Andersonville Trial
1970Movie
Board of Military Judges
Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here
1969Movie
Wilson
Pendulum
1969Movie
Deputy Chief John P. Hildebrand
The Mod Squad
1968TV
The Outcasts
1968TV
Adam-12
1968TV
Lars Lowell, Rod Decker
The Name of the Game
1968TV
Sheriff
Hang 'em High
1968Movie
Sheriff Ray Calhoun
In Cold Blood
1967Movie
Tex Smith
Judd, for the Defense
1967TV
Jim Larkin, Warden MacDonald
Hondo
1967TV
Ironside
1967TV
Marvin Greenleaf
The Busy Body
1967Movie
Fred Harwell
Mission: Impossible
1966TV
The Wild Wild West
1965TV
Run for Your Life
1965TV
Sam Bailey
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964TV
Jules Cutter
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
1964TV
Nightmare in Chicago
1964Movie
Harry Brockman
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963Movie
Lt. Matthews
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963TV
Harry Brockman, Nick Stacy
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963TV
Grindl
1963TV
The Lieutenant
1963TV
The Birds
1963Movie
Sebastian Sholes
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962TV
Simon Oliver
The Virginian
1962TV
Big John Beldon
The Horizontal Lieutenant
1962Movie
Col. Charles Korotny
The New Breed
1961TV
Dr. Cameron Hill
Ben Casey
1961TV
Joe Creely
Dr. Kildare
1961TV
Fred Rainey, Dr. Kenneth Hasker
87th Precinct
1961TV
Douglas King
Cain's Hundred
1961TV
Earl Klegg
Cimarron
1960Movie
Bob Yountis
Spartacus
1960Movie
Marcellus
Route 66
1960TV
Thriller
1960TV
Sheriff Cliff Wrights
The Wonderful Country
1959Movie
Dr. Stovall
The Detectives
1959TV
The Untouchables
1959TV
Johnny Torrio
Bonanza
1959TV
Sheriff Gains
Johnny Staccato
1959TV
The Man in the Net
1959Movie
Sheriff Steve Ritter
77 Sunset Strip
1958TV
The Defiant Ones
1958Movie
Capt. Frank Gibbons
Twilight for the Gods
1958Movie
Yancy
Saddle the Wind
1958Movie
Larry Venables
Joe Dakota
1957Movie
Cal Moore
Slaughter on 10th Avenue
1957Movie
Lt. Anthony Vosnick
Joe Butterfly
1957Movie
Sgt. Jim McNulty
The Cruel Tower
1956Movie
Harry 'Stretch' Clay
Toward the Unknown
1956Movie
Col. 'Mickey' McKee
Away All Boats
1956Movie
Lieut. Mike O'Bannion
Casablanca
1955TV
Gunsmoke
1955TV
Calvin, Dolen, Squawman
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955TV
The Bridges at Toko-Ri
1954Movie
Cmdr. Wayne Lee
The Whistler
1954TV
Adventures Of The Falcon
1954TV
Loophole
1954Movie
Gus Slavin
Thunder Over the Plains
1953Movie
Ben Westman
War Paint
1953Movie
Sgt. Clarke
General Electric Theater
1953TV
Forel
Mr. & Mrs. North
1952TV
Cavalcade of America
1952TV
Wilkie Bowman
One Minute to Zero
1952Movie
Sfc. Baker
The Narrow Margin
1952Movie
Det. Sgt. Walter Brown
Roadblock
1951Movie
Joe Peters
His Kind of Woman
1951Movie
Thompson / Narrator
Double Crossbones
1951Movie
Capt. Ben Wickett
Armored Car Robbery
1950Movie
Lt. Jim Cordell
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
1950Movie
Shotgun Mike Munger
Side Street
1950Movie
Det. Stan Simon
The Threat
1949Movie
Arnold 'Red' Kluger
The Story of Molly X
1949Movie
Police Capt. Breen
Border Incident
1949Movie
Jeff Amboy
Reign of Terror
1949Movie
Sergeant
Once More, My Darling
1949Movie
Herman Schmelz
Blood on the Moon
1948Movie
Milo Sweet
Hazard
1948Movie
Chick
Berlin Express
1948Movie
USET Col. Johns (uncredited)
The Hunted
1948Movie
Detective
T-Men
1947Movie
Moxie
The Gangster
1947Movie
Dugas
Roses Are Red
1947Movie
Duke Arno
On the Old Spanish Trail
1947Movie
Harry Blaisdell
The Long Night
1947Movie
Policeman Stevens
The Big Fix
1947Movie
Armiston
The Farmer's Daughter
1947Movie
Fisher - Finley's Henchman (uncredited)
The Killers
1946Movie
Al
The Impostor
1944Movie
Menessier
The Mad Ghoul
1943Movie
Detective Garrity
Corvette K-225
1943Movie
Chief Engineer
Destroyer
1943Movie
Assistant Chief Engineer (uncredited)
Two Tickets to London
1943Movie
Hendrik (uncredited)
They Came to Blow Up America
1943Movie
Zellerbach
The Moon Is Down
1943Movie
Ole (uncredited)
The Undying Monster
1942Movie
Strud Strudwick (uncredited)