Charles McGraw

Charles McGraw

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.

Acting

1982

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

(in "The Killers") (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

1973

1973

Hawkins

Capt. Bates

1972

Banyon

Unknown

1972

The Longest Night

Father Chase

1972

Emergency!

Unknown

1972

The Night Stalker

Police Chief Ed Masterson

1971

1971

Monty Nash

Jeffers

1971

Nichols

Hansen

1971

1971

Johnny Got His Gun

Mike Burkeman

1971

The Smith Family

Captain Hughes

1970

The Andersonville Trial

Board of Military Judges

1969

1969

Pendulum

Deputy Chief John P. Hildebrand

1968

1968

1968

Adam-12

Rod Decker

1968

Adam-12

Lars Lowell

1968

Hang 'em High

Sheriff Ray Calhoun

1967

In Cold Blood

Tex Smith

1967

1967

1967

Hondo

Unknown

1967

Ironside

Unknown

1967

The Busy Body

Fred Harwell

1966

1965

1965

1964

1964

1963

1963

1963

1963

1963

Grindl

Unknown

1963

1963

The Birds

Sebastian Sholes

1962

1962

The Virginian

Big John Beldon

1962

The Horizontal Lieutenant

Col. Charles Korotny

1961

The New Breed

Dr. Cameron Hill

1961

Ben Casey

Joe Creely

1961

Dr. Kildare

Fred Rainey

1961

Dr. Kildare

Dr. Kenneth Hasker

1961

87th Precinct

Douglas King

1961

Cain's Hundred

Earl Klegg

1960

Cimarron

Bob Yountis

1960

Spartacus

Marcellus

1960

Route 66

Unknown

1960

Thriller

Sheriff Cliff Wrights

1959

1959

1959

The Untouchables

Johnny Torrio

1959

1959

The Man in the Net

Sheriff Steve Ritter

1958

1958

The Defiant Ones

Capt. Frank Gibbons

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

Toward the Unknown

Col. 'Mickey' McKee

1956

Away All Boats

Lieut. Mike O'Bannion

1955

Gunsmoke

Squawman

1955

Gunsmoke

Calvin

1955

1955

1954

The Bridges at Toko-Ri

Cmdr. Wayne Lee

1953

1953

War Paint

Sgt. Clarke

1953

1953

1952

1952

1952

1952

The Narrow Margin

Det. Sgt. Walter Brown

1951

Roadblock

Joe Peters

1951

His Kind of Woman

Thompson / Narrator

1950

Armored Car Robbery

Lt. Jim Cordell

1950

Side Street

Det. Stan Simon

1949

The Threat

Arnold 'Red' Kluger

1949

Border Incident

Jeff Amboy

1949

1949

Once More, My Darling

Herman Schmelz

1948

1948

Berlin Express

Colonel Johns

1948

The Hunted

Detective

1947

T-Men

Moxie

1947

1947

The Long Night

Policeman Stevens

1947

The Farmer's Daughter

Fisher - Finley's Henchman (uncredited)

1946

1944

The Impostor

Menessier

1943

The Mad Ghoul

Detective Garrity

1943

Destroyer

Assistant Chief Engineer (uncredited)

Infos

Full Name
Charles McGraw
Gender
Male
Date of Birth
5/10/1914
Date of Death
7/29/1980
Also Known As

Charles Butters

Charles Mc Graw

Чарльз Макгро

Charles Crisp Butters