Person Details
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Aliases: Charles Butters , Charles Mc Graw , Чарльз Макгро , Charles Crisp Butters
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
(1962) Big John BeldonThe Alfred Hitchcock Hour
(1962) Simon OliverDr. Kildare
(1961) Dr. Kenneth HaskerKraft Suspense Theatre
(1963) Nick StacyThriller
(1960) Sheriff Cliff WrightsCavalcade of America
(1952) Wilkie BowmanRun for Your Life
(1965) Sam BaileyGunsmoke
(1955) SquawmanActing
Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
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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 | |
Harry Brockman | ||
Nick Stacy | ||
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 | |
Calvin | ||
Dolen | ||
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 |