
Charles McGraw
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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.
Known for
Credits

Spartacus (1960)
as Marcellus

Hang 'em High (1968)
as Sheriff Ray Calhoun

The Birds (1963)
as Sebastian Sholes

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
as Lt. Matthews

The Night Stalker (1972)
as Police Chief Ed Masterson

The Killers (1946)
as Al

Johnny Got His Gun (1971)
as Mike Burkeman

A Boy and His Dog (1975)
as Preacher

T-Men (1947)
as Moxie

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982)
as (in "The Killers") (archive footage)

In Cold Blood (1967)
as Tex Smith

The Narrow Margin (1952)
as Det. Sgt. Walter Brown

The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954)
as Cmdr. Wayne Lee

The Defiant Ones (1958)
as Capt. Frank Gibbons

Cimarron (1960)
as Bob Yountis

Away All Boats (1956)
as Lieut. Mike O'Bannion

Saddle the Wind (1958)
as Larry Venables

The Wonderful Country (1959)
as Dr. Stovall

His Kind of Woman (1951)
as Thompson / Narrator

Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here (1969)
as Wilson

Blood on the Moon (1948)
as Milo Sweet

Side Street (1950)
as Det. Stan Simon

Nightmare in Chicago (1964)
as Harry Brockman

Joe Dakota (1957)
as Cal Moore

Twilight's Last Gleaming (1977)
as Air Force Gen. Peter Crane

The Gangster (1947)
as Dugas

Thunder Over the Plains (1953)
as Ben Westman

Roadblock (1951)
as Joe Peters

The Horror Show (1979)
as (archive footage)

Berlin Express (1948)
as USET Col. Johns (uncredited)

Destroyer (1943)
as Assistant Chief Engineer (uncredited)

Reign of Terror (1949)
as Sergeant

The Long Night (1947)
as Policeman Stevens

Chandler (1971)
as Bernie Oakman

The Busy Body (1967)
as Fred Harwell

The Threat (1949)
as Arnold 'Red' Kluger

War Paint (1953)
as Sgt. Clarke

The Moon Is Down (1943)
as Ole (uncredited)

The Farmer's Daughter (1947)
as Fisher - Finley's Henchman (uncredited)

Border Incident (1949)
as Jeff Amboy

The Man in the Net (1959)
as Sheriff Steve Ritter

One Minute to Zero (1952)
as Sfc. Baker

The Mad Ghoul (1943)
as Detective Garrity

Hazard (1948)
as Chick

The Undying Monster (1942)
as Strud Strudwick (uncredited)

Slaughter on 10th Avenue (1957)
as Lt. Anthony Vosnick

Two Tickets to London (1943)
as Hendrik (uncredited)

The Andersonville Trial (1970)
as Board of Military Judges

Roses Are Red (1947)
as Duke Arno

Pendulum (1969)
as Deputy Chief John P. Hildebrand

The Story of Molly X (1949)
as Police Capt. Breen

The Horizontal Lieutenant (1962)
as Col. Charles Korotny

Joe Butterfly (1957)
as Sgt. Jim McNulty

Toward the Unknown (1956)
as Col. 'Mickey' McKee

The Big Fix (1947)
as Armiston

Armored Car Robbery (1950)
as Lt. Jim Cordell

Perilous Voyage (1976)
as Capt. Humphreys

They Came to Blow Up America (1943)
as Zellerbach

On the Old Spanish Trail (1947)
as Harry Blaisdell

The Impostor (1944)
as Menessier

The Hunted (1948)
as Detective

Once More, My Darling (1949)
as Herman Schmelz

Money to Burn (1973)
as Neil Davis

Corvette K-225 (1943)
as Chief Engineer

The Killer Inside Me (1976)
as Howard Hendricks

Double Crossbones (1951)
as Capt. Ben Wickett

Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town (1950)
as Shotgun Mike Munger

O'Hara, United States Treasury: Operation Cobra (1971)
as Agent Joe Flagg

The Devil and Miss Sarah (1971)
as Marshal Duncan

The Cruel Tower (1956)
as Harry 'Stretch' Clay

Loophole (1954)
as Gus Slavin

Twilight for the Gods (1958)
as Yancy

The Longest Night (1972)
as Father Chase





