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Charles McGraw

Acting

Born May 10, 1914 · Des Moines, Iowa, USA

Died July 29, 1980

Also known as Charles Butters · Charles Mc Graw · Чарльз Макгро

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.

Awards & recognition

  • star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

Filmography50+ titles

Emergency!

1972

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

1962as Simon Oliver

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

1964

Mission: Impossible

1966

The Wild Wild West

1965

Johnny Got His Gun

1971as Mike Burkeman

In Cold Blood

1967as Tex Smith

The Birds

1963as Sebastian Sholes

Spartacus

1960as Marcellus

Bonanza

1959as Sheriff Gains

The Killers

1946as Al

The Narrow Margin

1952as Det. Sgt. Walter Brown

The Busy Body

1967as Fred Harwell

Adam-12

1968as Rod Decker

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

1964as Jules Cutter

The Defiant Ones

1958as Capt. Frank Gibbons

Police Story

1973

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

1963as Lt. Matthews

Border Incident

1949as Jeff Amboy

Ironside

1967

Loophole

1954as Gus Slavin

Hang 'Em High

1968as Sheriff Ray Calhoun

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

1955

His Kind of Woman

1951as Thompson / Narrator

Reign of Terror

1949as Sergeant

T-Men

1947as Moxie

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

1982as (in "The Killers") (archive footage)

Thriller

1960as Sheriff Cliff Wrights

Route 66

1960

Saddle the Wind

1958as Larry Venables

Gunsmoke

1955as Squawman

The Virginian

1962as Big John Beldon

Armored Car Robbery

1950as Lt. Jim Cordell

Side Street

1949as Det. Stan Simon

Twilight's Last Gleaming

1977as Air Force Gen. Peter Crane

A Boy and His Dog

1975as Preacher

Blood on the Moon

1948as Milo Sweet

Berlin Express

1948as Colonel Johns

Cimarron

1960as Bob Yountis

The Wonderful Country

1959as Dr. Stovall

The Bridges at Toko-Ri

1954as Cmdr. Wayne Lee

One Minute to Zero

1952as Sfc. Baker

The Mad Ghoul

1943as Detective Garrity

Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here

1969as Wilson

Toward the Unknown

1956as Col. 'Mickey' McKee

Roadblock

1951as Joe Peters

The Long Night

1947as Policeman Stevens

Thunder Over the Plains

1953as Ben Westman

War Paint

1953as Sgt. Clarke

On the Old Spanish Trail

1947as Harry Blaisdell