Charles McGraw
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 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.

Top 10 collaborators

Roles

Match
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982)
(in "The Killers") (archive footage)
Twilight's Last Gleaming (1977)
Air Force Gen. Peter Crane
The Killer Inside Me (1976)
Howard Hendricks
Perilous Voyage (1976)
Capt. Humphreys
A Boy and His Dog (1975)
Preacher
Money to Burn (1973)
Neil Davis
The Longest Night (1972)
Father Chase
The Night Stalker (1972)
Police Chief Ed Masterson
The Devil and Miss Sarah (1971)
Marshal Duncan
Chandler (1971)
Bernie Oakman
Johnny Got His Gun (1971)
Mike Burkeman
O'Hara, United States Treasury: Operation Cobra (1971)
Agent Joe Flagg
The Andersonville Trial (1970)
Board of Military Judges
Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here (1969)
Wilson
Pendulum (1969)
Deputy Chief John P. Hildebrand
Hang 'em High (1968)
Sheriff Ray Calhoun
In Cold Blood (1967)
Tex Smith
The Busy Body (1967)
Fred Harwell
Nightmare in Chicago (1964)
Harry Brockman
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
Lt. Matthews
The Birds (1963)
Sebastian Sholes
The Horizontal Lieutenant (1962)
Col. Charles Korotny
Cimarron (1960)
Bob Yountis
Spartacus (1960)
Marcellus
The Wonderful Country (1959)
Dr. Stovall
The Man in the Net (1959)
Sheriff Steve Ritter
The Defiant Ones (1958)
Capt. Frank Gibbons
Twilight for the Gods (1958)
Yancy
Saddle the Wind (1958)
Larry Venables
Joe Dakota (1957)
Cal Moore
Slaughter on 10th Avenue (1957)
Lt. Anthony Vosnick
Joe Butterfly (1957)
Sgt. Jim McNulty
The Cruel Tower (1956)
Harry 'Stretch' Clay
Toward the Unknown (1956)
Col. 'Mickey' McKee
Away All Boats (1956)
Lieut. Mike O'Bannion
The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954)
Cmdr. Wayne Lee
Loophole (1954)
Gus Slavin
Thunder Over the Plains (1953)
Ben Westman
War Paint (1953)
Sgt. Clarke
One Minute to Zero (1952)
Sfc. Baker
The Narrow Margin (1952)
Det. Sgt. Walter Brown
Roadblock (1951)
Joe Peters
His Kind of Woman (1951)
Thompson / Narrator
Double Crossbones (1951)
Capt. Ben Wickett
Armored Car Robbery (1950)
Lt. Jim Cordell
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town (1950)
Shotgun Mike Munger
Side Street (1950)
Det. Stan Simon
The Threat (1949)
Arnold 'Red' Kluger
The Story of Molly X (1949)
Police Capt. Breen
Border Incident (1949)
Jeff Amboy
Reign of Terror (1949)
Sergeant
Once More, My Darling (1949)
Herman Schmelz
Blood on the Moon (1948)
Milo Sweet
Hazard (1948)
Chick
Berlin Express (1948)
Colonel Johns
The Hunted (1948)
Detective
T-Men (1947)
Moxie
The Gangster (1947)
Dugas
Roses Are Red (1947)
Duke Arno
On the Old Spanish Trail (1947)
Harry Blaisdell
The Long Night (1947)
Policeman Stevens
The Big Fix (1947)
Armiston
The Farmer's Daughter (1947)
Fisher - Finley's Henchman (uncredited)
The Killers (1946)
Al
The Impostor (1944)
Menessier
The Mad Ghoul (1943)
Detective Garrity
Corvette K-225 (1943)
Chief Engineer
Destroyer (1943)
Assistant Chief Engineer (uncredited)
Two Tickets to London (1943)
Hendrik (uncredited)
They Came to Blow Up America (1943)
Zellerbach
The Moon Is Down (1943)
Ole (uncredited)
The Undying Monster (1942)
Strud Strudwick (uncredited)

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