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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.
The roles that explain the career.
61 credits across 1 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid | (in "The Killers") (archive footage) | Film |
| 1977 | Twilight's Last Gleaming | Air Force Gen. Peter Crane | Film |
| 1976 | The Killer Inside Me | Howard Hendricks | Film |
| 1975 | A Boy and His Dog | Preacher | Film |
| 1972 | The Longest Night | Father Chase | Film |
| 1972 | The Night Stalker | Police Chief Ed Masterson | Film |
| 1971 | Chandler | Bernie Oakman | Film |
| 1971 | Johnny Got His Gun | Mike Burkeman | Film |
| 1970 | The Andersonville Trial | Board of Military Judges | Film |
| 1969 | Pendulum | Deputy Chief John P. Hildebrand | Film |
| 1969 | Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here | Wilson | Film |
| 1968 | Hang 'em High | Sheriff Ray Calhoun | Film |
| 1967 | The Busy Body | Fred Harwell | Film |
| 1964 | Nightmare in Chicago | Harry Brockman | Film |
| 1963 | The Birds | Sebastian Sholes | Film |
| 1962 | The Horizontal Lieutenant | Col. Charles Korotny | Film |
| 1960 | Cimarron | Bob Yountis | Film |
| 1960 | Spartacus | Marcellus | Film |
| 1959 | The Man in the Net | Sheriff Steve Ritter | Film |
| 1959 | The Wonderful Country | Dr. Stovall | Film |
| 1958 | Saddle the Wind | Larry Venables | Film |
| 1958 | Twilight for the Gods | Yancy | Film |
| 1958 | The Defiant Ones | Capt. Frank Gibbons | Film |
| 1957 | Slaughter on 10th Avenue | Lt. Anthony Vosnick | Film |
| 1957 | Joe Dakota | Cal Moore | Film |
| 1956 | Toward the Unknown | Col. 'Mickey' McKee | Film |
| 1956 | The Cruel Tower | Harry 'Stretch' Clay | Film |
| 1956 | Away All Boats | Lieut. Mike O'Bannion | Film |
| 1954 | Loophole | Gus Slavin | Film |
| 1954 | The Bridges at Toko-Ri | Cmdr. Wayne Lee | Film |
| 1953 | War Paint | Sgt. Clarke | Film |
| 1953 | Thunder Over the Plains | Ben Westman | Film |
| 1952 | The Narrow Margin | Det. Sgt. Walter Brown | Film |
| 1952 | One Minute to Zero | Sfc. Baker | Film |
| 1951 | Roadblock | Joe Peters | Film |
| 1951 | Double Crossbones | Capt. Ben Wickett | Film |
| 1951 | His Kind of Woman | Thompson / Narrator | Film |
| 1950 | Side Street | Det. Stan Simon | Film |
| 1950 | Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town | Shotgun Mike Munger | Film |
| 1950 | Armored Car Robbery | Lt. Jim Cordell | Film |
| 1949 | Reign of Terror | Sergeant | Film |
| 1949 | The Story of Molly X | Police Capt. Breen | Film |
| 1949 | Border Incident | Jeff Amboy | Film |
| 1949 | The Threat | Arnold 'Red' Kluger | Film |
| 1949 | Once More, My Darling | Herman Schmelz | Film |
| 1948 | Blood on the Moon | Milo Sweet | Film |
| 1948 | Berlin Express | USET Col. Johns (uncredited) | Film |
| 1948 | The Hunted | Detective | Film |
| 1948 | Hazard | Chick | Film |
| 1947 | The Long Night | Policeman Stevens | Film |
| 1947 | The Gangster | Dugas | Film |
| 1947 | T-Men | Moxie | Film |
| 1947 | The Farmer's Daughter | Fisher - Finley's Henchman (uncredited) | Film |
| 1947 | Roses Are Red | Duke Arno | Film |
| 1947 | The Big Fix | Armiston | Film |
| 1946 | The Killers | Al | Film |
| 1944 | The Impostor | Menessier | Film |
| 1943 | The Mad Ghoul | Detective Garrity | Film |
| 1943 | Destroyer | Assistant Chief Engineer (uncredited) | Film |
| 1943 | Corvette K-225 | Chief Engineer | Film |
| 1942 | The Undying Monster | Strud Strudwick (uncredited) | Film |
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