
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.

Marcellus
Spartacus

Sebastian Sholes
The Birds

Preacher
A Boy and His Dog

Sheriff Ray Calhoun
Hang 'em High

Lt. Jim Cordell
Armored Car Robbery

Capt. Frank Gibbons
The Defiant Ones

Dr. Stovall
The Wonderful Country

Lt. Matthews
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

Det. Sgt. Walter Brown
The Narrow Margin

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

Dugas
The Gangster

Gus Slavin
Loophole

Thompson / Narrator
His Kind of Woman

Moxie
T-Men

Jeff Amboy
Border Incident

Sergeant
Reign of Terror

(archive footage)
The Horror Show

Joe Peters
Roadblock

Cmdr. Wayne Lee
The Bridges at Toko-Ri

Colonel Johns
Berlin Express

Fred Harwell
The Busy Body

Milo Sweet
Blood on the Moon

Al
The Killers

Wilson
Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here

Howard Hendricks
The Killer Inside Me

Police Chief Ed Masterson
The Night Stalker

Policeman Stevens
The Long Night

Mike Burkeman
Johnny Got His Gun

Harry 'Stretch' Clay
The Cruel Tower

Sheriff Steve Ritter
The Man in the Net

Detective
The Hunted

Bob Yountis
Cimarron

Det. Stan Simon
Side Street

Tex Smith
In Cold Blood

Lieut. Mike O'Bannion
Away All Boats

Shotgun Mike Munger
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town

Police Capt. Breen
The Story of Molly X

Arnold 'Red' Kluger
The Threat

Lt. Anthony Vosnick
Slaughter on 10th Avenue

Menessier
The Impostor

Capt. Ben Wickett
Double Crossbones

Detective Garrity
The Mad Ghoul

Air Force Gen. Peter Crane
Twilight's Last Gleaming

Hendrik (uncredited)
Two Tickets to London

Larry Venables
Saddle the Wind

Bernie Oakman
Chandler

Col. Charles Korotny
The Horizontal Lieutenant

Sgt. Clarke
War Paint

Duke Arno
Roses Are Red

Harry Brockman
Nightmare in Chicago

Col. 'Mickey' McKee
Toward the Unknown

Sfc. Baker
One Minute to Zero

Cal Moore
Joe Dakota

Herman Schmelz
Once More, My Darling

Marshal Duncan
The Devil and Miss Sarah

Neil Davis
Money to Burn

Sgt. Jim McNulty
Joe Butterfly

Ben Westman
Thunder Over the Plains

Deputy Chief John P. Hildebrand
Pendulum

Zellerbach
They Came to Blow Up America

Agent Joe Flagg
O'Hara, United States Treasury: Operation Cobra

Assistant Chief Engineer (uncredited)
Destroyer

Chick
Hazard

Ole (uncredited)
The Moon Is Down

Board of Military Judges
The Andersonville Trial

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

Harry Blaisdell
On the Old Spanish Trail

Chief Engineer
Corvette K-225

Father Chase
The Longest Night

Yancy
Twilight for the Gods

Capt. Humphreys
Perilous Voyage

Armiston
The Big Fix

Strud Strudwick (uncredited)
The Undying Monster
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
73
Gender
Male
Birthday
1914-05-10
Place of Birth
Des Moines, Iowa, USA
Also Known As
Charles Butters