Charles McGraw
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 10, 1914, Des Moines, Iowa, USA
- Died
- July 29, 1980
- Movies
- 73
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.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 1982 | Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid | (in "The Killers") (archive footage) |
| 1979 | The Horror Show | (archive footage) |
| 1977 | Twilight's Last Gleaming | Air Force Gen. Peter Crane |
| 1976 | The Killer Inside Me | Howard Hendricks |
| 1976 | Perilous Voyage | Capt. Humphreys |
| 1975 | A Boy and His Dog | Preacher |
| 1973 | Money to Burn | Neil Davis |
| 1972 | The Longest Night | Father Chase |
| 1972 | The Night Stalker | Police Chief Ed Masterson |
| 1971 | The Devil and Miss Sarah | Marshal Duncan |
| 1971 | Chandler | Bernie Oakman |
| 1971 | Johnny Got His Gun | Mike Burkeman |
| 1971 | O'Hara, United States Treasury: Operation Cobra | Agent Joe Flagg |
| 1970 | The Andersonville Trial | Board of Military Judges |
| 1969 | Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here | Wilson |
| 1969 | Pendulum | Deputy Chief John P. Hildebrand |
| 1968 | Hang 'em High | Sheriff Ray Calhoun |
| 1967 | In Cold Blood | Tex Smith |
| 1967 | The Busy Body | Fred Harwell |
| 1964 | Nightmare in Chicago | Harry Brockman |
| 1963 | It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World | Lt. Matthews |
| 1963 | The Birds | Sebastian Sholes |
| 1962 | The Horizontal Lieutenant | Col. Charles Korotny |
| 1960 | Cimarron | Bob Yountis |
| 1960 | Spartacus | Marcellus |
| 1959 | The Wonderful Country | Dr. Stovall |
| 1959 | The Man in the Net | Sheriff Steve Ritter |
| 1958 | The Defiant Ones | Capt. Frank Gibbons |
| 1958 | Twilight for the Gods | Yancy |
| 1958 | Saddle the Wind | Larry Venables |
| 1957 | Joe Dakota | Cal Moore |
| 1957 | Slaughter on 10th Avenue | Lt. Anthony Vosnick |
| 1957 | Joe Butterfly | Sgt. Jim McNulty |
| 1956 | The Cruel Tower | Harry 'Stretch' Clay |
| 1956 | Toward the Unknown | Col. 'Mickey' McKee |
| 1956 | Away All Boats | Lieut. Mike O'Bannion |
| 1954 | The Bridges at Toko-Ri | Cmdr. Wayne Lee |
| 1954 | Loophole | Gus Slavin |
| 1953 | Thunder Over the Plains | Ben Westman |
| 1953 | War Paint | Sgt. Clarke |
| 1952 | One Minute to Zero | Sfc. Baker |
| 1952 | The Narrow Margin | Det. Sgt. Walter Brown |
| 1951 | Roadblock | Joe Peters |
| 1951 | His Kind of Woman | Thompson / Narrator |
| 1951 | Double Crossbones | Capt. Ben Wickett |
| 1950 | Armored Car Robbery | Lt. Jim Cordell |
| 1950 | Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town | Shotgun Mike Munger |
| 1950 | Side Street | Det. Stan Simon |
| 1949 | The Threat | Arnold 'Red' Kluger |
| 1949 | The Story of Molly X | Police Capt. Breen |
| 1949 | Border Incident | Jeff Amboy |
| 1949 | Reign of Terror | Sergeant |
| 1949 | Once More, My Darling | Herman Schmelz |
| 1948 | Blood on the Moon | Milo Sweet |
| 1948 | Hazard | Chick |
| 1948 | Berlin Express | USET Col. Johns (uncredited) |
| 1948 | The Hunted | Detective |
| 1947 | T-Men | Moxie |
| 1947 | The Gangster | Dugas |
| 1947 | Roses Are Red | Duke Arno |
| 1947 | On the Old Spanish Trail | Harry Blaisdell |
| 1947 | The Long Night | Policeman Stevens |
| 1947 | The Big Fix | Armiston |
| 1947 | The Farmer's Daughter | Fisher - Finley's Henchman (uncredited) |
| 1946 | The Killers | Al |
| 1944 | The Impostor | Menessier |
| 1943 | The Mad Ghoul | Detective Garrity |
| 1943 | Corvette K-225 | Chief Engineer |
| 1943 | Destroyer | Assistant Chief Engineer (uncredited) |
| 1943 | Two Tickets to London | Hendrik (uncredited) |
| 1943 | They Came to Blow Up America | Zellerbach |
| 1943 | The Moon Is Down | Ole (uncredited) |
| 1942 | The Undying Monster | Strud Strudwick (uncredited) |
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