Acting · Des Moines, Iowa, USA · Born May 10, 1914
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.
MovieDead Men Don't Wear Plaid
1982
as (in "The Killers") (archive footage)
MovieThe Horror Show
1979
as (archive footage)
MovieTwilight's Last Gleaming
1977
as Air Force Gen. Peter Crane
MovieThe Killer Inside Me
1976
as Howard Hendricks
MoviePerilous Voyage
1976
as Capt. Humphreys
MovieA Boy and His Dog
1975
as Preacher
MovieMoney to Burn
1973
as Neil Davis
TVPolice Story
1973
TVHawkins
1973
as Capt. Bates
TVBanyon
1972
MovieThe Longest Night
1972
as Father Chase
TVEmergency!
1972
MovieThe Night Stalker
1972
as Police Chief Ed Masterson
MovieThe Devil and Miss Sarah
1971
as Marshal Duncan
MovieChandler
1971
as Bernie Oakman
TVMonty Nash
1971
as Jeffers
TVNichols
1971
as Hansen
MovieJohnny Got His Gun
1971
as Mike Burkeman
MovieO'Hara, United States Treasury: Operation Cobra
1971
as Agent Joe Flagg
TVThe Smith Family
1971
as Captain Hughes
MovieThe Andersonville Trial
1970
as Board of Military Judges
MovieTell Them Willie Boy Is Here
1969
as Wilson
MoviePendulum
1969
as Deputy Chief John P. Hildebrand
TVThe Mod Squad
1968
TVThe Outcasts
1968
TVAdam-12
1968
as Lars Lowell
TVThe Name of the Game
1968
as Sheriff
MovieHang 'em High
1968
as Sheriff Ray Calhoun
MovieIn Cold Blood
1967
as Tex Smith
TVJudd, for the Defense
1967
TVHondo
1967
TVIronside
1967
MovieThe Busy Body
1967
as Fred Harwell
TVMission: Impossible
1966
TVThe Wild Wild West
1965
TVRun for Your Life
1965
as Sam Bailey
TVThe Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
as Jules Cutter
TVVoyage to the Bottom of the Sea
1964
MovieNightmare in Chicago
1964
as Harry Brockman
MovieIt's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963
as Lt. Matthews
TVKraft Suspense Theatre
1963
as Harry Brockman
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
Grindl
1963
TVThe Lieutenant
1963
MovieThe Birds
1963
as Sebastian Sholes
TVThe Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
as Simon Oliver
TVThe Virginian
1962
as Big John Beldon
MovieThe Horizontal Lieutenant
1962
as Col. Charles Korotny
TVThe New Breed
1961
as Dr. Cameron Hill
TVBen Casey
1961
as Joe Creely
TVDr. Kildare
1961
as Fred Rainey
TV87th Precinct
1961
as Douglas King
TVCain's Hundred
1961
as Earl Klegg
MovieCimarron
1960
as Bob Yountis
MovieSpartacus
1960
as Marcellus
TVRoute 66
1960
TVThriller
1960
as Sheriff Cliff Wrights
MovieThe Wonderful Country
1959
as Dr. Stovall
TVThe Detectives
1959
TVThe Untouchables
1959
as Johnny Torrio
TVBonanza
1959
as Sheriff Gains
TVJohnny Staccato
1959
MovieThe Man in the Net
1959
as Sheriff Steve Ritter
TV77 Sunset Strip
1958
MovieThe Defiant Ones
1958
as Capt. Frank Gibbons
MovieTwilight for the Gods
1958
as Yancy
MovieSaddle the Wind
1958
as Larry Venables
MovieJoe Dakota
1957
as Cal Moore
MovieSlaughter on 10th Avenue
1957
as Lt. Anthony Vosnick
MovieJoe Butterfly
1957
as Sgt. Jim McNulty
MovieThe Cruel Tower
1956
as Harry 'Stretch' Clay
MovieToward the Unknown
1956
as Col. 'Mickey' McKee
MovieAway All Boats
1956
as Lieut. Mike O'Bannion
TVCasablanca
1955
TVGunsmoke
1955
as Calvin
TVThe Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955
MovieThe Bridges at Toko-Ri
1954
as Cmdr. Wayne Lee
TVThe Whistler
1954
TVAdventures Of The Falcon
1954
MovieLoophole
1954
as Gus Slavin
MovieThunder Over the Plains
1953
as Ben Westman
MovieWar Paint
1953
as Sgt. Clarke
TVGeneral Electric Theater
1953
TVMr. & Mrs. North
1952
TVCavalcade of America
1952
as Wilkie Bowman
MovieOne Minute to Zero
1952
as Sfc. Baker
MovieThe Narrow Margin
1952
as Det. Sgt. Walter Brown
MovieRoadblock
1951
as Joe Peters
MovieHis Kind of Woman
1951
as Thompson / Narrator
MovieDouble Crossbones
1951
as Capt. Ben Wickett
MovieArmored Car Robbery
1950
as Lt. Jim Cordell
MovieMa and Pa Kettle Go to Town
1950
as Shotgun Mike Munger
MovieSide Street
1950
as Det. Stan Simon
MovieThe Threat
1949
as Arnold 'Red' Kluger
MovieThe Story of Molly X
1949
as Police Capt. Breen
MovieBorder Incident
1949
as Jeff Amboy
MovieReign of Terror
1949
as Sergeant
MovieOnce More, My Darling
1949
as Herman Schmelz
MovieBlood on the Moon
1948
as Milo Sweet
MovieHazard
1948
as Chick
MovieBerlin Express
1948
as USET Col. Johns (uncredited)
MovieThe Hunted
1948
as Detective
MovieT-Men
1947
as Moxie
MovieThe Gangster
1947
as Dugas
MovieRoses Are Red
1947
as Duke Arno
MovieOn the Old Spanish Trail
1947
as Harry Blaisdell
MovieThe Long Night
1947
as Policeman Stevens
MovieThe Big Fix
1947
as Armiston
MovieThe Farmer's Daughter
1947
as Fisher - Finley's Henchman (uncredited)
MovieThe Killers
1946
as Al
MovieThe Impostor
1944
as Menessier
MovieThe Mad Ghoul
1943
as Detective Garrity
MovieCorvette K-225
1943
as Chief Engineer
MovieDestroyer
1943
as Assistant Chief Engineer (uncredited)
MovieTwo Tickets to London
1943
as Hendrik (uncredited)
MovieThey Came to Blow Up America
1943
as Zellerbach
MovieThe Moon Is Down
1943
as Ole (uncredited)
MovieThe Undying Monster
1942
as Strud Strudwick (uncredited)
