Acting
Charles McGraw
EN cinema · 73 credits
Born
10 May 1914
Died
29 July 1980 (aged 66)
Birthplace
Des Moines, Iowa, USA
Also known as Charles Butters · Charles Mc Graw · Чарльз Макгро · Charles Crisp Butters · チャールズ・マックグロー · チャールズ・マグロー
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
as (in "The Killers") (archive footage)
The Horror Show
as (archive footage)
Twilight's Last Gleaming
as Air Force Gen. Peter Crane
The Killer Inside Me
as Howard Hendricks
Perilous Voyage
as Capt. Humphreys
A Boy and His Dog
as Preacher
Money to Burn
as Neil Davis
The Night Stalker
as Police Chief Ed Masterson
The Longest Night
as Father Chase
Johnny Got His Gun
as Mike Burkeman
Chandler
as Bernie Oakman
The Devil and Miss Sarah
as Marshal Duncan
O'Hara, United States Treasury: Operation Cobra
as Agent Joe Flagg
The Andersonville Trial
as Board of Military Judges
Pendulum
as Deputy Chief John P. Hildebrand
Hang 'em High
as Sheriff Ray Calhoun
The Busy Body
as Fred Harwell
In Cold Blood
as Tex Smith
Nightmare in Chicago
as Harry Brockman
The Birds
as Sebastian Sholes
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
as Lt. Matthews
The Horizontal Lieutenant
as Col. Charles Korotny
Spartacus
as Marcellus
Cimarron
as Bob Yountis
The Wonderful Country
as Dr. Stovall
The Man in the Net
as Sheriff Steve Ritter
The Defiant Ones
as Capt. Frank Gibbons
Saddle the Wind
as Larry Venables
Slaughter on 10th Avenue
as Lt. Anthony Vosnick
Joe Dakota
as Cal Moore
Joe Butterfly
as Sgt. Jim McNulty
The Cruel Tower
as Harry 'Stretch' Clay
Away All Boats
as Lieut. Mike O'Bannion
Toward the Unknown
as Col. 'Mickey' McKee
Loophole
as Gus Slavin
The Bridges at Toko-Ri
as Cmdr. Wayne Lee
War Paint
as Sgt. Clarke
Thunder Over the Plains
as Ben Westman
The Narrow Margin
as Det. Sgt. Walter Brown
One Minute to Zero
as Sfc. Baker
His Kind of Woman
as Thompson / Narrator
Roadblock
as Joe Peters
Double Crossbones
as Capt. Ben Wickett
Armored Car Robbery
as Lt. Jim Cordell
Side Street
as Det. Stan Simon
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
as Shotgun Mike Munger
Border Incident
as Jeff Amboy
Reign of Terror
as Sergeant
The Story of Molly X
as Police Capt. Breen
The Threat
as Arnold 'Red' Kluger
Once More, My Darling
as Herman Schmelz
Berlin Express
as USET Col. Johns (uncredited)
Blood on the Moon
as Milo Sweet
The Hunted
as Detective
Hazard
as Chick
The Gangster
as Dugas
T-Men
as Moxie
The Long Night
as Policeman Stevens
Roses Are Red
as Duke Arno
The Farmer's Daughter
as Fisher - Finley's Henchman (uncredited)
On the Old Spanish Trail
as Harry Blaisdell
The Big Fix
as Armiston
The Impostor
as Menessier
The Mad Ghoul
as Detective Garrity
Two Tickets to London
as Hendrik (uncredited)
They Came to Blow Up America
as Zellerbach
Destroyer
as Assistant Chief Engineer (uncredited)
The Moon Is Down
as Ole (uncredited)
Corvette K-225
as Chief Engineer
The Undying Monster
as Strud Strudwick (uncredited)