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Charles McGraw

Acting · Born 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 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.

Movies with Charles McGraw

• The Birds (1963) — Sebastian Sholes
• Spartacus (1960) — Marcellus
• Hang 'em High (1968) — Sheriff Ray Calhoun
• It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963) — Lt. Matthews
• The Killers (1946) — Al
• A Boy and His Dog (1975) — Preacher
• In Cold Blood (1967) — Tex Smith
• The Defiant Ones (1958) — Capt. Frank Gibbons
• The Night Stalker (1972) — Police Chief Ed Masterson
• Johnny Got His Gun (1971) — Mike Burkeman
• Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982) — (in "The Killers") (archive footage)
• His Kind of Woman (1951) — Thompson / Narrator

TV shows with Charles McGraw

• The Smith Family (1971) — Captain Hughes
• Casablanca (1955)