Charles McGraw

Charles McGraw

  • Birthday: 1914-05-10
  • Deathday: 1980-07-29
  • Place of birth: Des Moines, Iowa, USA
  • Also know as: Charles Butters

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.

Filmography

Armored Car Robbery

1950

As Lt. Jim Cordell

The Narrow Margin

1952

As Det. Sgt. Walter Brown

Roadblock

1951

As Joe Peters

Nightmare in Chicago

1964

As Harry Brockman

Loophole

1954

As Gus Slavin

The Cruel Tower

1956

As Harry 'Stretch' Clay

The Threat

1949

As Arnold 'Red' Kluger

War Paint

1953

As Sgt. Clarke

Joe Dakota

1957

As Cal Moore

The Defiant Ones

1958

As Capt. Frank Gibbons

Toward the Unknown

1956

As Col. 'Mickey' McKee

One Minute to Zero

1952

As Sfc. Baker

Once More, My Darling

1949

As Herman Schmelz

Thunder Over the Plains

1953

As Ben Westman

Pendulum

1969

As Deputy Chief John P. Hildebrand

His Kind of Woman

1951

As Thompson / Narrator

The Man in the Net

1959

As Sheriff Steve Ritter

Saddle the Wind

1958

As Larry Venables

The Horizontal Lieutenant

1962

As Col. Charles Korotny

Twilight for the Gods

1958

As Yancy

Hang 'em High

1968

As Sheriff Ray Calhoun

T-Men

1947

As Moxie

The Bridges at Toko-Ri

1954

As Cmdr. Wayne Lee

The Killer Inside Me

1976

As Howard Hendricks

The Night Stalker

1972

As Police Chief Ed Masterson

Johnny Got His Gun

1971

As Mike Burkeman

Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town

1950

As Shotgun Mike Munger

Slaughter on 10th Avenue

1957

As Lt. Anthony Vosnick

Chandler

1971

As Bernie Oakman

The Devil and Miss Sarah

1971

As Marshal Duncan

Money to Burn

1973

As Neil Davis

Perilous Voyage

1976

As Capt. Humphreys

The Birds

1963

As Sebastian Sholes

A Boy and His Dog

1975

As Preacher

The Wonderful Country

1959

As Dr. Stovall

Reign of Terror

1949

As Sergeant

Roses Are Red

1947

As Duke Arno

On the Old Spanish Trail

1947

As Harry Blaisdell

The Big Fix

1947

As Armiston

Border Incident

1949

As Jeff Amboy

The Busy Body

1967

As Fred Harwell

Blood on the Moon

1948

As Milo Sweet

Side Street

1950

As Det. Stan Simon

Away All Boats

1956

As Lieut. Mike O'Bannion

Joe Butterfly

1957

As Sgt. Jim McNulty

Cimarron

1960

As Bob Yountis

In Cold Blood

1967

As Tex Smith

The Story of Molly X

1949

As Police Capt. Breen

The Impostor

1944

As Menessier

The Longest Night

1972

As Father Chase

The Long Night

1947

As Policeman Stevens

The Hunted

1948

As Detective

The Mad Ghoul

1943

As Detective Garrity

Hazard

1948

As Chick

The Killers

1946

As Al

They Came to Blow Up America

1943

As Zellerbach

The Gangster

1947

As Dugas

Berlin Express

1948

As Colonel Johns

Spartacus

1960

As Marcellus

Double Crossbones

1951

As Capt. Ben Wickett

Twilight's Last Gleaming

1977

As Air Force Gen. Peter Crane

The Undying Monster

1942

As Strud Strudwick (uncredited)

The Farmer's Daughter

1947

As Fisher - Finley's Henchman (uncredited)

Corvette K-225

1943

As Chief Engineer

Destroyer

1943

As Assistant Chief Engineer (uncredited)

Two Tickets to London

1943

As Hendrik (uncredited)

The Andersonville Trial

1970

As Board of Military Judges

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

1982

As (in "The Killers") (archive footage)

The Horror Show

1979

As (archive footage)

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

1963

As Lt. Matthews

The Moon Is Down

1943

As Ole (uncredited)

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