Charles McGraw

actor

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 man...

Born: May 10, 1914 in Des Moines, Iowa, USA

Died: July 29, 1980 (age 66)

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Known For

7.1

The Birds

Movies & TV Credits

125 total credits across film and television

Title	Rating	Job	Role(s)	Year
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid Movie	6.9	Actor	(in "The Killers") (archive footage)	1982
The Horror Show Movie	7.5	Actor	(archive footage)	1979
Twilight's Last Gleaming Movie	6.6	Actor	Air Force Gen. Peter Crane	1977
The Killer Inside Me Movie	5.7	Actor	Howard Hendricks	1976
A Boy and His Dog Movie	6.3	Actor	Preacher	1975
Perilous Voyage Movie	6.5	Actor	Capt. Humphreys	1975
Police Story TV Show	7.3	Actor	—(2 Episodes)	1973
Hawkins TV Show	7.2	Actor	Capt. Bates(1 Episode)	1973
Money to Burn Movie	7.1	Actor	Neil Davis	1973
Emergency! TV Show	7.8	Actor	—(1 Episode)	1972
The Night Stalker Movie	7.3	Actor	Police Chief Ed Masterson	1972
The Longest Night Movie	6.5	Actor	Father Chase	1972
Johnny Got His Gun Movie	7.9	Actor	Mike Burkeman	1971
Chandler Movie	4.2	Actor	Bernie Oakman	1971
O'Hara, United States Treasury: Operation Cobra Movie	7.9	Actor	Agent Joe Flagg	1971
Banyon TV Show	7.5	Actor	—(1 Episode)	1971
Nichols TV Show	7.4	Actor	Luke(1 Episode)	1971
The Smith Family TV Show	6.4	Actor	Captain Hughes(39 Episodes)	1971
Nichols TV Show	7.4	Actor	Hansen(1 Episode)	1971
Monty Nash TV Show	6.4	Actor	Jeffers(1 Episode)	1971
The Devil and Miss Sarah Movie	6.1	Actor	Marshal Duncan	1971
The Andersonville Trial Movie	7.6	Actor	Board of Military Judges	1970
Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here Movie	6.4	Actor	Wilson	1969
Pendulum Movie	6.1	Actor	Deputy Chief John P. Hildebrand	1969
Hang 'em High Movie	7.1	Actor	Sheriff Ray Calhoun	1968
Mod Squad TV Show	6.9	Actor	—(1 Episode)	1968
The Outcasts TV Show	7.2	Actor	—(1 Episode)	1968
Adam-12 TV Show	7.5	Actor	Rod Decker(1 Episode)	1968
Adam-12 TV Show	7.5	Actor	Lars Lowell(1 Episode)	1968
The Busy Body Movie	5.2	Actor	Fred Harwell	1967
In Cold Blood Movie	7.8	Actor	Tex Smith	1967
Judd for the Defense TV Show	7.4	Actor	Jim Larkin(1 Episode)	1967
Hondo TV Show	7.0	Actor	—(1 Episode)	1967
Ironside TV Show	6.8	Actor	—(1 Episode)	1967
Judd for the Defense TV Show	7.4	Actor	—(2 Episodes)	1967
Mission: Impossible TV Show	7.7	Actor	—(1 Episode)	1966
The Wild Wild West TV Show	7.9	Actor	—(1 Episode)	1965
Run for Your Life TV Show	7.4	Actor	Sam Bailey(1 Episode)	1965
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea TV Show	7.4	Actor	—(1 Episode)	1964
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. TV Show	7.5	Actor	Jules Cutter(1 Episode)	1964
Nightmare in Chicago Movie	6.1	Actor	Harry Brockman	1964
The Birds Movie	7.7	Actor	Sebastian Sholes	1963
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World Movie	7.4	Actor	Lt. Matthews	1963
Kraft Suspense Theatre TV Show	7.5	Actor	Nick Stacy(1 Episode)	1963
Grindl TV Show	7.8	Actor	—(1 Episode)	1963
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre TV Show	7.2	Actor	—(1 Episode)	1963
The Lieutenant TV Show	8.0	Actor	—(1 Episode)	1963
Kraft Suspense Theatre TV Show	7.5	Actor	Harry Brockman(1 Episode)	1963
The Horizontal Lieutenant Movie	5.6	Actor	Col. Charles Korotny	1962
The Virginian TV Show	7.4	Actor	Big John Beldon(1 Episode)	1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour TV Show	8.3	Actor	Simon Oliver(1 Episode)	1962
Ben Casey TV Show	6.9	Actor	—(1 Episode)	1961
Dr. Kildare TV Show	6.8	Actor	Dr. Kenneth Hasker(1 Episode)	1961
Cain's Hundred TV Show	7.5	Actor	Earl Klegg(1 Episode)	1961
87th Precinct TV Show	7.0	Actor	—(1 Episode)	1961
The New Breed TV Show	7.3	Actor	Dr. Cameron Hill(1 Episode)	1961
Dr. Kildare TV Show	6.8	Actor	Fred Rainey(1 Episode)	1961
87th Precinct TV Show	7.0	Actor	Douglas King(1 Episode)	1961
Spartacus Movie	7.8	Actor	Marcellus	1960
Cimarron Movie	6.2	Actor	Bob Yountis	1960
Route 66 TV Show	7.5	Actor	—(1 Episode)	1960
Thriller TV Show	8.0	Actor	Sheriff Cliff Wrights(1 Episode)	1960
The Wonderful Country Movie	6.0	Actor	Dr. Stovall	1959
The Man in the Net Movie	5.9	Actor	Sheriff Steve Ritter	1959
Johnny Staccato TV Show	7.7	Actor	—(1 Episode)	1959
The Detectives TV Show	7.2	Actor	—(1 Episode)	1959
Twilight for the Gods Movie	5.6	Actor	Yancy	1958
Saddle the Wind Movie	6.5	Actor	Larry Venables	1958
The Defiant Ones Movie	7.7	Actor	Capt. Frank Gibbons	1958
77 Sunset Strip TV Show	7.5	Actor	—(1 Episode)	1958
Slaughter on 10th Avenue Movie	6.4	Actor	Lt. Anthony Vosnick	1957
Joe Butterfly Movie	5.7	Actor	Sgt. Jim McNulty	1957
Joe Dakota Movie	6.4	Actor	Cal Moore	1957
Away All Boats Movie	6.4	Actor	Lieut. Mike O'Bannion	1956
The Cruel Tower Movie	5.3	Actor	Harry 'Stretch' Clay	1956
Toward the Unknown Movie	6.3	Actor	Col. 'Mickey' McKee	1956
Casablanca TV Show	6.5	Actor	—(10 Episodes)	1955
Gunsmoke TV Show	7.9	Actor	Squawman(1 Episode)	1955
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp TV Show	7.4	Actor	—(1 Episode)	1955
Gunsmoke TV Show	7.9	Actor	Dolen(1 Episode)	1955
Gunsmoke TV Show	7.9	Actor	Calvin(1 Episode)	1955
The Bridges at Toko-Ri Movie	6.5	Actor	Cmdr. Wayne Lee	1954
Loophole Movie	6.5	Actor	Gus Slavin	1954
The Whistler TV Show	7.9	Actor	—(2 Episodes)	1954
Adventures of the Falcon TV Show	7.2	Actor	—(39 Episodes)	1954
War Paint Movie	5.5	Actor	Sgt. Clarke	1953
Thunder Over the Plains Movie	6.2	Actor	Ben Westman	1953
General Electric Theater TV Show	6.5	Actor	Forel(1 Episode)	1953
General Electric Theater TV Show	6.5	Actor	—(1 Episode)	1953
The Narrow Margin Movie	7.7	Actor	Det. Sgt. Walter Brown	1952
One Minute to Zero Movie	5.6	Actor	Sfc. Baker	1952
Cavalcade of America TV Show	6.9	Actor	—(1 Episode)	1952
Mr. & Mrs. North TV Show	7.2	Actor	—(1 Episode)	1952
Cavalcade of America TV Show	6.9	Actor	Wilkie Bowman(1 Episode)	1952
His Kind of Woman Movie	6.8	Actor	Thompson / Narrator	1951
Roadblock Movie	6.4	Actor	Joe Peters	1951
Double Crossbones Movie	5.8	Actor	Capt. Ben Wickett	1951
Side Street Movie	6.9	Actor	Det. Stan Simon	1950
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town Movie	6.5	Actor	Shotgun Mike Munger	1950
Armored Car Robbery Movie	6.8	Actor	Lt. Jim Cordell	1950
Once More, My Darling Movie	6.4	Actor	Herman Schmelz	1949
The Threat Movie	6.5	Actor	Arnold 'Red' Kluger	1949
Reign of Terror Movie	6.7	Actor	Sergeant	1949
Border Incident Movie	6.8	Actor	Jeff Amboy	1949
The Story of Molly X Movie	6.4	Actor	Police Capt. Breen	1949
Blood on the Moon Movie	6.7	Actor	Milo Sweet	1948
Berlin Express Movie	6.6	Actor	Colonel Johns	1948
Hazard Movie	5.7	Actor	Chick	1948
The Hunted Movie	6.2	Actor	Detective	1948
The Gangster Movie	6.3	Actor	Dugas	1947
Roses Are Red Movie	5.8	Actor	Duke Arno	1947
The Farmer's Daughter Movie	7.3	Actor	Fisher - Finley's Henchman (uncredited)	1947
T-Men Movie	6.8	Actor	Moxie	1947
On the Old Spanish Trail Movie	5.7	Actor	Harry Blaisdell	1947
The Big Fix Movie	5.5	Actor	Armiston	1947
The Long Night Movie	6.3	Actor	Policeman Stevens	1947
The Killers Movie	7.8	Actor	Al	1946
The Impostor Movie	6.2	Actor	Menessier	1944
The Mad Ghoul Movie	6.0	Actor	Detective Garrity	1943
They Came to Blow Up America Movie	6.2	Actor	Zellerbach	1943
Corvette K-225 Movie	6.3	Actor	Chief Engineer	1943
Destroyer Movie	6.1	Actor	Assistant Chief Engineer (uncredited)	1943
The Moon Is Down Movie	6.8	Actor	Ole (uncredited)	1943
Two Tickets to London Movie	6.8	Actor	Hendrik (uncredited)	1943
The Undying Monster Movie	5.9	Actor	Strud Strudwick (uncredited)	1942

Charles McGraw

Known For

Hang 'em High

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

Spartacus

The Birds

Movies & TV Credits