Person Details

Birthday: 1914-05-10 02:04:11

Death: 1980-07-30 02:04:11

Aliases: Charles Butters , Charles Mc Graw

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Des Moines, Iowa, USA

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Movie Involvements: 62

TV Involvements: 18


Most Famous Work

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.

Most Famous Work

The Virginian
Average
6

The Virginian

(1962) Big John Beldon
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Average
8

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

(1962) Simon Oliver
Dr. Kildare
Average
5

Dr. Kildare

(1961) Dr. Kenneth Hasker
Kraft Suspense Theatre
Average
5

Kraft Suspense Theatre

(1963) Nick Stacy
Thriller
Average
6

Thriller

(1960) Sheriff Cliff Wrights
Cavalcade of America
Average
3

Cavalcade of America

(1952) Wilkie Bowman
Run for Your Life
Average
7

Run for Your Life

(1965) Sam Bailey
Gunsmoke
Average
7

Gunsmoke

(1955) Squawman

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
1982 (in "The Killers") (archive footage)
1979 (archive footage)
1977 Air Force Gen. Peter Crane
1976 Howard Hendricks
Capt. Humphreys
1975 Preacher
1973 Neil Davis
N/A
Capt. Bates
1972 N/A
Father Chase
N/A
Police Chief Ed Masterson
1971 Marshal Duncan
Bernie Oakman
Hansen
Luke
Mike Burkeman
Agent Joe Flagg
Captain Hughes
1970 Board of Military Judges
1969 Wilson
Deputy Chief John P. Hildebrand
1968 N/A
N/A
Sheriff Ray Calhoun
1967 Tex Smith
N/A
N/A
N/A
Fred Harwell
1966 N/A
1965 N/A
Sam Bailey
1964 Jules Cutter
N/A
Harry Brockman
1963 Lt. Matthews
Nick Stacy
Harry Brockman
N/A
N/A
N/A
Sebastian Sholes
1962 Simon Oliver
Big John Beldon
Col. Charles Korotny
1961 Dr. Cameron Hill
N/A
Fred Rainey
Dr. Kenneth Hasker
N/A
Earl Klegg
1960 Bob Yountis
Marcellus
N/A
Sheriff Cliff Wrights
1959 Dr. Stovall
N/A
N/A
Sheriff Steve Ritter
1958 N/A
Capt. Frank Gibbons
Yancy
Larry Venables
1957 Cal Moore
Lt. Anthony Vosnick
Sgt. Jim McNulty
1956 Harry 'Stretch' Clay
Col. 'Mickey' McKee
Lieut. Mike O'Bannion
1955 N/A
Dolen
Calvin
Squawman
N/A
1954 Cmdr. Wayne Lee
N/A
N/A
Gus Slavin
1953 Ben Westman
Sgt. Clarke
N/A
Forel
1952 N/A
Wilkie Bowman
N/A
Sfc. Baker
Det. Sgt. Walter Brown
1951 Joe Peters
Thompson / Narrator
Capt. Ben Wickett
1950 Lt. Jim Cordell
Det. Stan Simon
Shotgun Mike Munger
1949 Arnold 'Red' Kluger
Police Capt. Breen
Jeff Amboy
Sergeant
Herman Schmelz
1948 Milo Sweet
Chick
Colonel Johns
Detective
1947 Moxie
Dugas
Duke Arno
Harry Blaisdell
Policeman Stevens
Armiston
Fisher - Finley's Henchman (uncredited)
1946 Al
1944 Menessier
1943 Detective Garrity
Chief Engineer
Assistant Chief Engineer (uncredited)
Hendrik (uncredited)
Zellerbach
Ole (uncredited)
1942 Strud Strudwick (uncredited)
Year Character Movie/Tv

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