Acting

Charles McGraw

Born 1914-05-10 · Des Moines, Iowa, USA

Died 1980-07-29

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.

Credits

Newest first

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
as (in "The Killers") (archive footage)
1982
The Horror Show
as (archive footage)
1979
Twilight's Last Gleaming
as Air Force Gen. Peter Crane
1977
The Killer Inside Me
as Howard Hendricks
1976
Perilous Voyage
as Capt. Humphreys
1976
A Boy and His Dog
as Preacher
1975
Money to Burn
as Neil Davis
1973
Police Story
1973
Hawkins
as Capt. Bates
1973
Banyon
1972
The Longest Night
as Father Chase
1972
Emergency!
as Police Sergeant
1972
The Night Stalker
as Police Chief Ed Masterson
1972
The Devil and Miss Sarah
as Marshal Duncan
1971
Chandler
as Bernie Oakman
1971
Monty Nash
as Jeffers
1971
Nichols
as Hansen
1971
Nichols
as Luke
1971
Johnny Got His Gun
as Mike Burkeman
1971
O'Hara, United States Treasury: Operation Cobra
as Agent Joe Flagg
1971
The Smith Family
as Captain Hughes
1971
The Andersonville Trial
as Board of Military Judges
1970
Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here
as Wilson
1969
Pendulum
as Deputy Chief John P. Hildebrand
1969
The Mod Squad
1968
The Outcasts
1968
Adam-12
as Lars Lowell
1968
Adam-12
as Rod Decker
1968
The Name of the Game
as Sheriff
1968
Hang 'em High
as Sheriff Ray Calhoun
1968
In Cold Blood
as Tex Smith
1967
Judd, for the Defense
1967
Hondo
1967
Judd, for the Defense
as Jim Larkin
1967
Judd, for the Defense
as Warden MacDonald
1967
Ironside
as Marvin Greenleaf
1967
The Busy Body
as Fred Harwell
1967
Mission: Impossible
1966
The Wild Wild West
1965
Run for Your Life
as Sam Bailey
1965
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
as Jules Cutter
1964
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
1964
Nightmare in Chicago
as Harry Brockman
1964
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
as Lt. Matthews
1963
Kraft Suspense Theatre
as Harry Brockman
1963
Kraft Suspense Theatre
as Nick Stacy
1963
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
Grindl
1963
The Lieutenant
1963
The Birds
as Sebastian Sholes
1963
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Simon Oliver
1962
The Virginian
as Big John Beldon
1962
The Horizontal Lieutenant
as Col. Charles Korotny
1962
The New Breed
as Dr. Cameron Hill
1961
Ben Casey
as Joe Creely
1961
Dr. Kildare
as Fred Rainey
1961
Dr. Kildare
as Dr. Kenneth Hasker
1961
87th Precinct
as Douglas King
1961
Cain's Hundred
as Earl Klegg
1961
Cimarron
as Bob Yountis
1960
Spartacus
as Marcellus
1960
Route 66
1960
Thriller
as Sheriff Cliff Wrights
1960
The Wonderful Country
as Dr. Stovall
1959
The Detectives
1959
The Untouchables
as Johnny Torrio
1959
Bonanza
as Sheriff Gains
1959
Johnny Staccato
1959
The Man in the Net
as Sheriff Steve Ritter
1959
77 Sunset Strip
1958
The Defiant Ones
as Capt. Frank Gibbons
1958
Twilight for the Gods
as Yancy
1958
Saddle the Wind
as Larry Venables
1958
Joe Dakota
as Cal Moore
1957
Slaughter on 10th Avenue
as Lt. Anthony Vosnick
1957
Joe Butterfly
as Sgt. Jim McNulty
1957
The Cruel Tower
as Harry 'Stretch' Clay
1956
Toward the Unknown
as Col. 'Mickey' McKee
1956
Away All Boats
as Lieut. Mike O'Bannion
1956
Casablanca
1955