Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
May 10, 1914
Place of Birth:
Des Moines, Iowa, USA
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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
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid | (in "The Killers") (archive footage) |
| 1979 | The Horror Show | (archive footage) |
| 1977 | Twilight's Last Gleaming | Air Force Gen. Peter Crane |
| 1976 | The Killer Inside Me | Howard Hendricks |
| 1976 | Perilous Voyage | Capt. Humphreys |
| 1975 | A Boy and His Dog | Preacher |
| 1973 | Money to Burn | Neil Davis |
| 1972 | The Night Stalker | Police Chief Ed Masterson |
| 1972 | The Longest Night | Father Chase |
| 1971 | Johnny Got His Gun | Mike Burkeman |
| 1971 | Chandler | Bernie Oakman |
| 1971 | The Devil and Miss Sarah | Marshal Duncan |
| 1971 | O'Hara, United States Treasury: Operation Cobra | Agent Joe Flagg |
| 1970 | The Andersonville Trial | Board of Military Judges |
| 1969 | Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here | Wilson |
| 1969 | Pendulum | Deputy Chief John P. Hildebrand |
| 1968 | Hang 'em High | Sheriff Ray Calhoun |
| 1967 | The Busy Body | Fred Harwell |
| 1967 | In Cold Blood | Tex Smith |
| 1964 | Nightmare in Chicago | Harry Brockman |
| 1963 | The Birds | Sebastian Sholes |
| 1963 | It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World | Lt. Matthews |
| 1962 | The Horizontal Lieutenant | Col. Charles Korotny |
| 1960 | Spartacus | Marcellus |
| 1960 | Cimarron | Bob Yountis |
| 1959 | The Wonderful Country | Dr. Stovall |
| 1959 | The Man in the Net | Sheriff Steve Ritter |
| 1958 | The Defiant Ones | Capt. Frank Gibbons |
| 1958 | Saddle the Wind | Larry Venables |
| 1958 | Twilight for the Gods | Yancy |
| 1957 | Slaughter on 10th Avenue | Lt. Anthony Vosnick |
| 1957 | Joe Dakota | Cal Moore |
| 1957 | Joe Butterfly | Sgt. Jim McNulty |
| 1956 | The Cruel Tower | Harry 'Stretch' Clay |
| 1956 | Away All Boats | Lieut. Mike O'Bannion |
| 1956 | Toward the Unknown | Col. 'Mickey' McKee |
| 1954 | Loophole | Gus Slavin |
| 1954 | The Bridges at Toko-Ri | Cmdr. Wayne Lee |
| 1953 | War Paint | Sgt. Clarke |
| 1953 | Thunder Over the Plains | Ben Westman |
| 1952 | The Narrow Margin | Det. Sgt. Walter Brown |
| 1952 | One Minute to Zero | Sfc. Baker |
| 1951 | His Kind of Woman | Thompson / Narrator |
| 1951 | Roadblock | Joe Peters |
| 1951 | Double Crossbones | Capt. Ben Wickett |
| 1950 | Armored Car Robbery | Lt. Jim Cordell |
| 1950 | Side Street | Det. Stan Simon |
| 1950 | Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town | Shotgun Mike Munger |
| 1949 | Border Incident | Jeff Amboy |
| 1949 | Reign of Terror | Sergeant |
| 1949 | The Story of Molly X | Police Capt. Breen |
| 1949 | The Threat | Arnold 'Red' Kluger |
| 1949 | Once More, My Darling | Herman Schmelz |
| 1948 | Berlin Express | Colonel Johns |
| 1948 | Blood on the Moon | Milo Sweet |
| 1948 | The Hunted | Detective |
| 1948 | Hazard | Chick |
| 1947 | The Gangster | Dugas |
| 1947 | T-Men | Moxie |
| 1947 | The Long Night | Policeman Stevens |
| 1947 | Roses Are Red | Duke Arno |
| 1947 | The Farmer's Daughter | Fisher - Finley's Henchman (uncredited) |
| 1947 | On the Old Spanish Trail | Harry Blaisdell |
| 1947 | The Big Fix | Armiston |
| 1946 | The Killers | Al |
| 1944 | The Impostor | Menessier |
| 1943 | The Mad Ghoul | Detective Garrity |
| 1943 | Two Tickets to London | Hendrik (uncredited) |
| 1943 | They Came to Blow Up America | Zellerbach |
| 1943 | Destroyer | Assistant Chief Engineer (uncredited) |
| 1943 | The Moon Is Down | Ole (uncredited) |
| 1943 | Corvette K-225 | Chief Engineer |
| 1942 | The Undying Monster | Strud Strudwick (uncredited) |