Charles McGraw

Known for: Acting

Born: 1914-05-10 – 1980-07-29 (aged 66)

From: Des Moines, Iowa, USA

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 (118)

MOVIE★ 6.7
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
1982
as (in "The Killers") (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 3.4
The Horror Show
1979
as (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 6.5
Twilight's Last Gleaming
1977
as Air Force Gen. Peter Crane
MOVIE★ 4.6
The Killer Inside Me
1976
as Howard Hendricks
MOVIE★ 4.5
Perilous Voyage
1976
as Capt. Humphreys
MOVIE★ 6.3
A Boy and His Dog
1975
as Preacher
MOVIE★ 6.0
Money to Burn
1973
as Neil Davis
TV★ 7.0
Police Story
1973
TV★ 7.8
Hawkins
1973
as Capt. Bates
TV★ 8.0
Banyon
1972
MOVIE★ 7.3
The Longest Night
1972
as Father Chase
TV★ 7.9
Emergency!
1972
MOVIE★ 6.9
The Night Stalker
1972
as Police Chief Ed Masterson
MOVIE★ 6.7
The Devil and Miss Sarah
1971
as Marshal Duncan
MOVIE★ 4.6
Chandler
1971
as Bernie Oakman
TV★ 5.5
Monty Nash
1971
as Jeffers
TV★ 6.3
Nichols
1971
as Hansen
MOVIE★ 7.5
Johnny Got His Gun
1971
as Mike Burkeman
MOVIE★ 9.0
O'Hara, United States Treasury: Operation Cobra
1971
as Agent Joe Flagg
TV★ 7.3
The Smith Family
1971
as Captain Hughes
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Andersonville Trial
1970
as Board of Military Judges
MOVIE★ 5.8
Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here
1969
as Wilson
MOVIE★ 6.1
Pendulum
1969
as Deputy Chief John P. Hildebrand
TV★ 6.1
The Mod Squad
1968
TV★ 6.5
The Outcasts
1968
TV★ 7.1
Adam-12
1968
as Lars Lowell
TV★ 7.0
The Name of the Game
1968
as Sheriff
MOVIE★ 6.9
Hang 'em High
1968
as Sheriff Ray Calhoun
MOVIE★ 7.5
In Cold Blood
1967
as Tex Smith
TV★ 7.7
Judd, for the Defense
1967
TV★ 6.9
Hondo
1967
TV★ 6.9
Ironside
1967
MOVIE★ 7.2
The Busy Body
1967
as Fred Harwell
TV★ 7.6
Mission: Impossible
1966
TV★ 7.6
The Wild Wild West
1965
TV★ 7.1
Run for Your Life
1965
as Sam Bailey
TV★ 7.1
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
as Jules Cutter
TV★ 7.8
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
1964
MOVIE★ 4.0
Nightmare in Chicago
1964
as Harry Brockman
MOVIE★ 7.0
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963
as Lt. Matthews
TV★ 6.5
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963
as Harry Brockman
TV★ 5.9
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
TV★ 6.0
Grindl
1963
TV★ 7.0
The Lieutenant
1963
MOVIE★ 7.5
The Birds
1963
as Sebastian Sholes
TV★ 7.8
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
as Simon Oliver
TV★ 6.5
The Virginian
1962
as Big John Beldon
MOVIE★ 5.2
The Horizontal Lieutenant
1962
as Col. Charles Korotny
TV★ 7.7
The New Breed
1961
as Dr. Cameron Hill
TV★ 5.9
Ben Casey
1961
as Joe Creely
TV★ 5.7
Dr. Kildare
1961
as Fred Rainey
TV★ 7.8
87th Precinct
1961
as Douglas King
TV★ 5.3
Cain's Hundred
1961
as Earl Klegg
MOVIE★ 6.2
Cimarron
1960
as Bob Yountis
MOVIE★ 7.5
Spartacus
1960
as Marcellus
TV★ 6.7
Route 66
1960
TV★ 6.7
Thriller
1960
as Sheriff Cliff Wrights
MOVIE★ 6.1
The Wonderful Country
1959
as Dr. Stovall
TV★ 6.7
The Detectives
1959
TV★ 8.0
The Untouchables
1959
as Johnny Torrio
TV★ 7.5
Bonanza
1959
as Sheriff Gains
TV★ 5.3
Johnny Staccato
1959
MOVIE★ 5.2
The Man in the Net
1959
as Sheriff Steve Ritter
TV★ 7.2
77 Sunset Strip
1958
MOVIE★ 7.1
The Defiant Ones
1958
as Capt. Frank Gibbons
MOVIE★ 4.7
Twilight for the Gods
1958
as Yancy
MOVIE★ 6.7
Saddle the Wind
1958
as Larry Venables
MOVIE★ 6.7
Joe Dakota
1957
as Cal Moore
MOVIE★ 5.8
Slaughter on 10th Avenue
1957
as Lt. Anthony Vosnick
MOVIE★ 6.5
Joe Butterfly
1957
as Sgt. Jim McNulty
MOVIE★ 4.9
The Cruel Tower
1956
as Harry 'Stretch' Clay
MOVIE★ 5.9
Toward the Unknown
1956
as Col. 'Mickey' McKee
MOVIE★ 5.4
Away All Boats
1956
as Lieut. Mike O'Bannion
TV★ 8.5
Casablanca
1955
TV★ 6.7
Gunsmoke
1955
as Calvin
TV★ 6.8
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Bridges at Toko-Ri
1954
as Cmdr. Wayne Lee
TV
The Whistler
1954
TV★ 6.0
Adventures Of The Falcon
1954
MOVIE★ 6.9
Loophole
1954
as Gus Slavin
MOVIE★ 5.6
Thunder Over the Plains
1953
as Ben Westman
MOVIE★ 5.6
War Paint
1953
as Sgt. Clarke
TV★ 6.8
General Electric Theater
1953
TV★ 5.0
Mr. & Mrs. North
1952
TV★ 4.6
Cavalcade of America
1952
as Wilkie Bowman
MOVIE★ 6.0
One Minute to Zero
1952
as Sfc. Baker
MOVIE★ 7.3
The Narrow Margin
1952
as Det. Sgt. Walter Brown
MOVIE★ 5.9
Roadblock
1951
as Joe Peters
MOVIE★ 6.8
His Kind of Woman
1951
as Thompson / Narrator
MOVIE★ 6.0
Double Crossbones
1951
as Capt. Ben Wickett
MOVIE★ 6.5
Armored Car Robbery
1950
as Lt. Jim Cordell
MOVIE★ 6.5
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
1950
as Shotgun Mike Munger
MOVIE★ 6.5
Side Street
1950
as Det. Stan Simon
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Threat
1949
as Arnold 'Red' Kluger
MOVIE★ 4.8
The Story of Molly X
1949
as Police Capt. Breen
MOVIE★ 7.0
Border Incident
1949
as Jeff Amboy
MOVIE★ 6.8
Reign of Terror
1949
as Sergeant
MOVIE★ 6.5
Once More, My Darling
1949
as Herman Schmelz
MOVIE★ 6.2
Blood on the Moon
1948
as Milo Sweet
MOVIE★ 8.0
Hazard
1948
as Chick
MOVIE★ 6.2
Berlin Express
1948
as USET Col. Johns (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 5.6
The Hunted
1948
as Detective
MOVIE★ 6.8
T-Men
1947
as Moxie
MOVIE★ 5.2
The Gangster
1947
as Dugas
MOVIE★ 5.7
Roses Are Red
1947
as Duke Arno
MOVIE★ 5.5
On the Old Spanish Trail
1947
as Harry Blaisdell
MOVIE★ 5.8
The Long Night
1947
as Policeman Stevens
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Big Fix
1947
as Armiston
MOVIE★ 7.1
The Farmer's Daughter
1947
as Fisher - Finley's Henchman (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 7.4
The Killers
1946
as Al
MOVIE★ 6.4
The Impostor
1944
as Menessier
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Mad Ghoul
1943
as Detective Garrity
MOVIE★ 6.2
Corvette K-225
1943
as Chief Engineer
MOVIE★ 6.8
Destroyer
1943
as Assistant Chief Engineer (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 7.5
Two Tickets to London
1943
as Hendrik (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.8
They Came to Blow Up America
1943
as Zellerbach
MOVIE★ 6.9
The Moon Is Down
1943
as Ole (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 5.8
The Undying Monster
1942
as Strud Strudwick (uncredited)