Charles McGraw
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 10 May 1914 · Des Moines, Iowa, USA
- Died
- 29 July 1980
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
Acting 74
- 1982Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid as (in "The Killers") (archive footage)
- 1979The Horror Show as (archive footage)
- 1977Twilight's Last Gleaming as Air Force Gen. Peter Crane
- 1976The Killer Inside Me as Howard Hendricks
- 1976Perilous Voyage as Capt. Humphreys
- 1975A Boy and His Dog as Preacher
- 1973Money to Burn as Neil Davis
- 1972The Longest Night as Father Chase
- 1972The Night Stalker as Police Chief Ed Masterson
- 1971The Devil and Miss Sarah as Marshal Duncan
- 1971Chandler as Bernie Oakman
- 1971Johnny Got His Gun as Mike Burkeman
- 1971O'Hara, United States Treasury: Operation Cobra as Agent Joe Flagg
- 1970The Andersonville Trial as Board of Military Judges
- 1969Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here as Wilson
- 1969Pendulum as Deputy Chief John P. Hildebrand
- 1968Hang 'em High as Sheriff Ray Calhoun
- 1967In Cold Blood as Tex Smith
- 1967The Busy Body as Fred Harwell
- 1964Nightmare in Chicago as Harry Brockman
- 1963It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World as Lt. Matthews
- 1963The Birds as Sebastian Sholes
- 1962The Horizontal Lieutenant as Col. Charles Korotny
- 1960Cimarron as Bob Yountis
- 1960Spartacus as Marcellus
- 1959The Wonderful Country as Dr. Stovall
- 1959The Man in the Net as Sheriff Steve Ritter
- 1958The Defiant Ones as Capt. Frank Gibbons
- 1958Twilight for the Gods as Yancy
- 1958Saddle the Wind as Larry Venables
- 1957Joe Dakota as Cal Moore
- 1957Slaughter on Tenth Avenue as Lt. Anthony Vosnick
- 1957Slaughter on 10th Avenue as Lt. Anthony Vosnick
- 1957Joe Butterfly as Sgt. Jim McNulty
- 1956The Cruel Tower as Harry 'Stretch' Clay
- 1956Toward the Unknown as Col. 'Mickey' McKee
- 1956Away All Boats as Lieut. Mike O'Bannion
- 1954The Bridges at Toko-Ri as Cmdr. Wayne Lee
- 1954Loophole as Gus Slavin
- 1953Thunder Over the Plains as Ben Westman
- 1953War Paint as Sgt. Clarke
- 1952One Minute to Zero as Sfc. Baker
- 1952The Narrow Margin as Det. Sgt. Walter Brown
- 1951Roadblock as Joe Peters
- 1951His Kind of Woman as Thompson / Narrator
- 1951Double Crossbones as Capt. Ben Wickett
- 1950Armored Car Robbery as Lt. Jim Cordell
- 1950Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town as Shotgun Mike Munger
- 1950Side Street as Det. Stan Simon
- 1949The Threat as Arnold 'Red' Kluger
- 1949The Story of Molly X as Police Capt. Breen
- 1949Border Incident as Jeff Amboy
- 1949Reign of Terror as Sergeant
- 1949Once More, My Darling as Herman Schmelz
- 1948Blood on the Moon as Milo Sweet
- 1948Hazard as Chick
- 1948Berlin Express as USET Col. Johns (uncredited)
- 1948The Hunted as Detective
- 1947T-Men as Moxie
- 1947The Gangster as Dugas
- 1947Roses Are Red as Duke Arno
- 1947On the Old Spanish Trail as Harry Blaisdell
- 1947The Long Night as Policeman Stevens
- 1947The Big Fix as Armiston
- 1947The Farmer's Daughter as Fisher - Finley's Henchman (uncredited)
- 1946The Killers as Al
- 1944The Impostor as Menessier
- 1943The Mad Ghoul as Detective Garrity
- 1943Corvette K-225 as Chief Engineer
- 1943Destroyer as Assistant Chief Engineer (uncredited)
- 1943Two Tickets to London as Hendrik (uncredited)
- 1943They Came to Blow Up America as Zellerbach
- 1943The Moon Is Down as Ole (uncredited)
- 1942The Undying Monster as Strud Strudwick (uncredited)