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