Charles McGraw
Known for Acting
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.
Filmography
The Killers
1946
as Al
Spartacus
1960
as Marcellus
The Birds
1963
as Sebastian Sholes
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963
as Lt. Matthews
Hang 'em High
1968
as Sheriff Ray Calhoun
T-Men
1947
as Moxie
The Night Stalker
1972
as Police Chief Ed Masterson
Chandler
1971
as Bernie Oakman
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
1982
as (in "The Killers") (archive footage)
Twilight's Last Gleaming
1977
as Air Force Gen. Peter Crane
In Cold Blood
1967
as Tex Smith
Johnny Got His Gun
1971
as Mike Burkeman
A Boy and His Dog
1975
as Preacher
The Devil and Miss Sarah
1971
as Marshal Duncan
His Kind of Woman
1951
as Thompson / Narrator
The Defiant Ones
1958
as Capt. Frank Gibbons
Blood on the Moon
1948
as Milo Sweet
Away All Boats
1956
as Lieut. Mike O'Bannion
Cimarron
1960
as Bob Yountis
The Bridges at Toko-Ri
1954
as Cmdr. Wayne Lee