Charles McGraw

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Charles McGraw

Acting May 10, 1914

Des Moines, Iowa, USA

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…

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The Birds

The Birds

7.5 1963 Movie
Spartacus

Spartacus

7.5 1960 Movie
Bonanza

Bonanza

7.5 1959 TV Show
Hang 'em High

Hang 'em High

6.9 1968 Movie
Mission: Impossible

Mission: Impossible

7.6 1966 TV Show
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

7.0 1963 Movie
Ironside

Ironside

6.8 1967 TV Show
Dr. Kildare

Dr. Kildare

5.7 1961 TV Show
Adam-12

Adam-12

7.1 1968 TV Show
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

7.9 1962 TV Show
In Cold Blood

In Cold Blood

7.5 1967 Movie
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

6.6 1982 Movie

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 1982
    Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

    Movie (in "The Killers") (archive footage)

  2. 1979
    The Horror Show

    Movie (archive footage)

  3. 1977
    Twilight's Last Gleaming

    Movie Air Force Gen. Peter Crane

  4. 1976
    The Killer Inside Me

    Movie Howard Hendricks

  5. 1976
    Perilous Voyage

    Movie Capt. Humphreys

  6. 1975
    A Boy and His Dog

    Movie Preacher

  7. 1973
    Money to Burn

    Movie Neil Davis

  8. 1973
    Police Story

    TV show

  9. 1973
    Hawkins

    TV show Capt. Bates

  10. 1972
    Banyon

    TV show

  11. 1972
    The Longest Night

    Movie Father Chase

  12. 1972
    Emergency!

    TV show Police Sergeant

  13. 1972
    The Night Stalker

    Movie Police Chief Ed Masterson

  14. 1971
    The Devil and Miss Sarah

    Movie Marshal Duncan

  15. 1971
    Chandler

    Movie Bernie Oakman

  16. 1971
    Monty Nash

    TV show Jeffers

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  1. 1971
    Nichols

    TV show Hansen

  2. 1971
    Johnny Got His Gun

    Movie Mike Burkeman

  3. 1971
    O'Hara, United States Treasury: Operation Cobra

    Movie Agent Joe Flagg

  4. 1971
    The Smith Family

    TV show Captain Hughes

  5. 1970
    The Andersonville Trial

    Movie Board of Military Judges

  6. 1969
    Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here

    Movie Wilson

  7. 1969
    Pendulum

    Movie Deputy Chief John P. Hildebrand

  8. 1968
    The Mod Squad

    TV show

  9. 1968
    The Outcasts

    TV show

  10. 1968
    Adam-12

    TV show Lars Lowell

  11. 1968
    The Name of the Game

    TV show Sheriff

  12. 1968
    Hang 'em High

    Movie Sheriff Ray Calhoun

  13. 1967
    In Cold Blood

    Movie Tex Smith

  14. 1967
    Judd, for the Defense

    TV show

  15. 1967
    Hondo

    TV show

  16. 1967
    Ironside

    TV show Marvin Greenleaf

  17. 1967
    The Busy Body

    Movie Fred Harwell

  18. 1966
    Mission: Impossible

    TV show

  19. 1965
    The Wild Wild West

    TV show

  20. 1965
    Run for Your Life

    TV show Sam Bailey

  21. 1964
    The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

    TV show Jules Cutter

  22. 1964
    Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

    TV show

  23. 1964
    Nightmare in Chicago

    Movie Harry Brockman

  24. 1963
    It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

    Movie Lt. Matthews