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