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Charles McGraw (1914–1980)

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Gravel voiced, stoney faced & grizzled looking actor Charles McGraw notched up dozens of TV and film appearances often portraying law enforcement figures or military officers, plus the odd shifty gangster. Noted appearances include as dogged cop Det. Sgt. Walter Brown protecting a mob witness in the 1952 noir classic The Narrow Margin ... See full bio »

Born:

Charles Butters
in Des Moines, Iowa, USA

Died:

(age 66) in Studio City, California, USA
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1977 Twilight's Last Gleaming
Air Force Gen. Peter Crane
 
1976 The Killer Inside Me
Howard Hendricks
 
1976 Perilous Voyage (TV movie)
Capt. Humphreys
 
1975 A Boy and His Dog
Preacher
 
1974 Police Story (TV series)
Captain McKinnes / Lt. Mears
– Across the Line (1974) … Captain McKinnes
– Chain of Command (1974) … Lt. Mears (as Charles Mc Graw)
 
1973 Money to Burn (TV movie)
Neil Davis
 
1971-1973 Adam-12 (TV series)
Lars Lowell / Rod Decker
– Harbor Division (1973) … Rod Decker
– Log 56: Vice Versa (1971) … Lars Lowell
 
1973 Mission: Impossible (TV series)
Stevens
– Imitation (1973) … Stevens
 
1973 Hawkins (TV series)
Capt. Bates
– Hawkins on Murder (1973) … Capt. Bates
 
1973 Emergency! (TV series)
Police Sergeant
– Rip-Off (1973) … Police Sergeant
 
1973 Banyon (TV series)
Steve Kanderis
– Time Lapse (1973) … Steve Kanderis
 
1972 Ironside (TV series)
Marvin Greenleaf
– Who'll Cry for My Baby (1972) … Marvin Greenleaf
 
1972 The Longest Night (TV movie)
Father Chase
 
1971-1972 Nichols (TV series)
Hansen / Luke
– About Jesse James (1972) … Luke
– Gulley vs. Hansen (1971) … Hansen
 
1972 The Night Stalker (TV movie)
Chief Masterson
 
1971-1972 O'Hara, U.S. Treasury (TV series)
Agent Joe Flagg / Tom Kleyberg
– Operation: XW-1 (1972) … Tom Kleyberg
– O'Hara, U.S. Treasury (1971) … Agent Joe Flagg
 
1971-1972 The Smith Family (TV series)
Capt. Hughes
 
1971 Monty Nash (TV series)
Jeffers / Tom McGraw
– A Killer Among Us (1971) … Tom McGraw
– The Time of the Eagle (1971) … Jeffers
 
1971 The Devil and Miss Sarah (TV movie)
Marshal Duncan
 
1971 Chandler
Bernie Oakman
 
1964-1971 Gunsmoke (TV series)
Calvin / Dolen / Squawman
– My Brother's Keeper (1971) … Squawman
– Prairie Wolfers (1967) … Dolen
– Bently (1964) … Calvin
 
1971 The Man and the City (TV series)
Jerry Donato
– Reprisal (1971) … Jerry Donato
 
1971 Johnny Got His Gun
Mike Burkeman
 
1970 Matt Lincoln (TV series)
– Billy (1970)
 
1970 Mod Squad (TV series)
Castor
– A Time of Hyacinths (1970) … Castor
 
1970 The Name of the Game (TV series)
Carmody / Sheriff
– A Love to Remember (1970) … Carmody
– The King of Denmark (1970) … Sheriff
 
1970 The Andersonville Trial (TV movie)
The Board of Military Judges
 
1969 Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here
Sheriff Frank Wilson
 
1962-1969 Bonanza (TV series)
Luke Mansfield / Sheriff Gains
– The Unwanted (1969) … Luke Mansfield
– The Gamble (1962) … Sheriff Gains
 
1969 Pendulum
Deputy Chief John P. Hildebrand
 
1967-1968 Judd for the Defense (TV series)
Jim Larkin / Warden MacDonald
– Punishment, Cruel and Unusual (1968) … Jim Larkin
– Shadow of a Killer (1967) … Warden MacDonald
 
1968 The Wild Wild West (TV series)
Sheriff Baggs
– The Night of the Fugitives (1968) … Sheriff Baggs
 
1968 The Outcasts (TV series)
Mose Skinner
– A Ride to Vengeance (1968) … Mose Skinner
 
1968 Hang 'Em High
Sheriff Ray Calhoun
 
1967 In Cold Blood
Tex Smith
 
1967 The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (TV series)
Jules Cutter
– The Survival School Affair (1967) … Jules Cutter
 
1967 Hondo (TV series)
General Rutledge
– Hondo and the Savage (1967) … General Rutledge
 
1967 The Busy Body
Fred Harwell
 
1966 Run for Your Life (TV series)
Sam
– Time and a Half on Christmas Eve (1966) … Sam
 
1965 A Man Called Shenandoah (TV series)
Sheriff Hobbs
– The Debt (1965) … Sheriff Hobbs
 
1965 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (TV series)
Sgt. Goss
– March from Camp Tyler (1965) … Sgt. Goss
 
1964-1965 Kraft Suspense Theatre (TV series)
Harry Brockman / Nick Stacy
– Twixt the Cup and the Lip (1965) … Nick Stacy
– Once Upon a Savage Night (1964) … Harry Brockman
 
1965 Ben Casey (TV series)
Joe Creely
– Where Does the Boomerang Go? (1965) … Joe Creely
 
1964 Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (TV series)
Rear Admiral Tobin
– The Sky Is Falling (1964) … Rear Admiral Tobin
 
1964 Destry (TV series)
Hatch
– Ride to Rio Verde (1964) … Hatch
 
1964 Nightmare in Chicago (TV movie)
 
1964 Grindl (TV series)
Steve
– Grindl and the Boodle (1964) … Steve
 
1964 The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters (TV series)
Dan Carver
– The Day of the Search (1964) … Dan Carver
 
1964 77 Sunset Strip (TV series)
Lieutenant Jack Starkey
– Lover's Lane (1964) … Lieutenant Jack Starkey
 
1963 The Lieutenant (TV series)
Sgt. Ernie Tragg
– Alert (1963) … Sgt. Ernie Tragg
 
1963 It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World
Lt. Matthews
 
1961-1963 Dr. Kildare (TV series)
Dr. Kenneth Hasker / Fred Rainey
– The Heart Is an Imperfect Machine (1963) … Dr. Kenneth Hasker
– For the Living (1961) … Fred Rainey
 
1959-1963 The Untouchables (TV series)
Barney 'Bugs' Birch / Holly Kester / Johnny Torrio / …
– The Torpedo (1963) … Holly Kester
– Silent Partner (1962) … Pete Kalik
– Portrait of a Thief (1960) … Johnny Torrio
– The Jake Lingle Killing (1959) … Barney 'Bugs' Birch
 
1963 The Birds
Sebastian Sholes - Fisherman in Diner
 
1963 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (TV series)
Dr. Simon P. Oliver
– Diagnosis: Danger (1963) … Dr. Simon P. Oliver
 
1963 The Virginian (TV series)
Big John Beldon
– Say Goodbye to All That (1963) … Big John Beldon
 
1962 The Horizontal Lieutenant
Col. Charles Korotny
 
1962 Wagon Train (TV series)
Sgt. Kile
– The Lieutenant Burton Story (1962) … Sgt. Kile
 
1962 87th Precinct (TV series)
Douglas King
– King's Ransom (1962) … Douglas King
 
1962 Cain's Hundred (TV series)
Earl Klegg
– Murder by Proxy (1962) … Earl Klegg
 
1961 The New Breed (TV series)
Dr. Cameron Hill
– Blood Money (1961) … Dr. Cameron Hill
 
1961 Follow the Sun (TV series)
Rudy Driscoll
– Night Song (1961) … Rudy Driscoll
 
1953-1961 G.E. True Theater (TV series)
Forel
– The Great Alberti (1961) … Forel
– The Cat with the Crimson Eyes (1953)
 
1961 The Dick Powell Theatre (TV series)
Old Man
– Out of the Night (1961) … Old Man
 
1961 Dante (TV series)
Frank Maddern
– Hunter with a Badge (1961) … Frank Maddern
 
1961 Laramie (TV series)
Marshal Jim Craig
– The Mark of the Manhunters (1961) … Marshal Jim Craig
 
1961 Shirley Temple's Storybook (TV series)
Josh
– The Fawn (1961) … Josh
 
1960 Thriller (TV series)
Sheriff Cliff Wrights
– The Big Blackout (1960) … Sheriff Cliff Wrights
 
1960 Cimarron
Bob Yountis
 
1960 Route 66 (TV series)
Jeff Grady
– Layout at Glen Canyon (1960) … Jeff Grady
 
1960 Spartacus
Marcellus
 
1960 The Deputy (TV series)
Johnny Dean
– Last Gunfight (1960) … Johnny Dean
 
1960 The Detectives (TV series)
Mike Anders
– The Bodyguards (1960) … Mike Anders
 
1960 The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (TV series)
Tom Barrows
– The Scout (1960) … Tom Barrows
 
1960 The Man from Blackhawk (TV series)
Matt Clovis
– Death at Noon (1960) … Matt Clovis
 
1959 Troubleshooters (TV series)
Hageb
– Downrange (1959) … Hageb
 
1959 Hotel de Paree (TV series)
Martin Wood
– The Man Who Believed in Law (1959) … Martin Wood
 
1959 The Wonderful Country
Dr. Herbert J. Stovall
 
1959 Johnny Staccato (TV series)
Lester Prince
– Murder for Credit (1959) … Lester Prince
 
1959 The Man in the Net
Sheriff Steve Ritter
 
1958 Twilight for the Gods
Yancy
 
1958 The Defiant Ones
Capt. Frank Gibbons
 
1958 Saddle the Wind
Larry Venables
 
1957 Joe Dakota
Cal Moore
 
1957 Slaughter on Tenth Avenue
Lt. Anthony Vosnick
 
1957 Joe Butterfly
Sgt. Jim McNulty
 
1957 Crossroads (TV series)
Mouse Morrison
– The Light (1957) … Mouse Morrison
– Paratroop Padre (1957) … Mouse Morrison
 
1957 Conflict (TV series)
Korshak
– The Money (1957) … Korshak
 
1956 The Cruel Tower
Harry 'Stretch' Clay
 
1956 Toward the Unknown
Col. 'Mickey' McKee
 
1956 Away All Boats
Lieut. Mike O'Bannion
 
1954-1956 The Adventures of Falcon (TV series)
Mike Waring / Mike Waring - The Falcon
– Kiss Me Not (1956) … Mike Waring
– Buried Treasure (1955) … Mike Waring
– The Wheel of Fortune (1955) … Mike Waring
– Dawn's Early Light (1955) … Mike Waring
– Small Hotel (1955) … Mike Waring
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1955 Warner Brothers Presents (TV series)
Rick Jason
– Hand of Fate (1955) … Rick Jason
 
1955-1956 Casablanca (TV series)
Rick Blaine
– Who Holds Tomorrow? (1955) … Rick Blaine
 
1955 The Whistler (TV series)
Matt / Ted Lacarno
– Silent Partner (1955) … Matt
– Windfall (1955) … Ted Lacarno
 
1954 The Bridges at Toko-Ri
Cmdr. Wayne Lee
 
1953-1954 Cavalcade of America (TV series)
Wilkie Bowman
– Cat with the Crimson Eyes (1954)
– Breakfast at Nancy's (1953) … Wilkie Bowman
 
1954 Loophole
Gus Slavin
 
1953 Thunder Over the Plains
Ben Westman
 
1953 War Paint
Sgt. Clarke
 
1953 Lux Video Theatre (TV series)
– Some Call It Love (1953)
 
1953 Mr. & Mrs. North (TV series)
Kovack
– Stranger Than Fiction (1953) … Kovack
 
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 I Was a Shoplifter
Detective
 
1950 Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
Shotgun Mike Munger
 
1950 Side Street
Stanley Simon
 
1949 The Threat
Arnold 'Red' Kluger
 
1949 The Story of Molly X
Capt. Breen
 
1949 Border Incident
Jeff Amboy
 
1949 Reign of Terror
Sergeant
 
1949 Once More, My Darling
Herman Schmelz, Chauffeur
 
1948 Blood on the Moon
Milo Sweet
 
1948 Hazard
Chick
 
1948 Berlin Express
USFET 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 Brute Force
Andy (uncredited)
 
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 Seventh Cross
Allbright (uncredited)
 
1944 Strange Confession
Menessier
 
1943 The Mad Ghoul
Garrity
 
1943 Corvette K-225
Chief Engineer (uncredited)
 
1943 Destroyer
Assistant Chief Engineer (uncredited)
 
1943 Mechanized Patrolling (short)
Cpl. McGraw
 
1943 Two Tickets to London
Hendrik (uncredited)
 
1943 They Came to Blow Up America
Zellerbach
 
1943 Tonight We Raid Calais
German Corporal (uncredited)
 
1943 The Moon Is Down
Ole (uncredited)
 
1942 The Undying Monster
Strud Strudwick (uncredited)
 
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2000 All About 'The Birds' (video documentary)
Sebastian Sholes
 
1982 Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
in The Killers
 
1979 The Horror Show (documentary)
 

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Charles Mc Graw

Height:

5' 10" (1.78 m)
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In September of 1955, McGraw surfaced in the Humphrey Bogart role as Rick in the TV version of Casablanca for ABC. It lasted only one season. For some reason, however, Rick's last name here was Jason. NBC revived the series again ( Casablanca), this time with David Soul of Starsky and Hutch fame and with the lead character's name reverted back to the film's original -- Rick Blaine. See more »

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