Charles McGraw

Born: 1914-05-10

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.


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as Marcellus
Released: 1960-10-13

The rebellious Thracian Spartacus, born and raised a slave, is sold to Gladiator trainer...

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The Birds

as Sebastian Sholes
Released: 1963-03-28

Thousands of birds flock into a seaside town and terrorize the residents in a series of deadly...

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Hang 'em High

as Sheriff Ray Calhoun
Released: 1968-04-12

Marshall Jed Cooper survives a hanging, vowing revenge on the lynch mob that left him dangling....

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It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

as Lt. Matthews
Released: 1963-11-07

A group of strangers come across a man dying after a car crash who proceeds to tell them about...

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The Killers

as Al
Released: 1946-08-30

Two hit men walk into a diner asking for a man called "the Swede". When the killers find the...

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In Cold Blood

as Tex Smith
Released: 1967-12-15

After a botched robbery results in the brutal murder of a rural family, two drifters elude...

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The Narrow Margin

as Det. Sgt. Walter Brown
Released: 1952-05-03

A tough cop meets his match when he has to guard a gangster's widow on a tense train ride.

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The Night Stalker

as Police Chief Ed Masterson
Released: 1972-01-11

Wisecracking reporter Carl Kolchak investigates a string of murders in Las Vegas and suspects...

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A Boy and His Dog

as Preacher
Released: 1975-03-23

Set in the year 2024 in post-apocalyptic America, 18-year old Vic and his telepathic dog, Blood,...

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The Defiant Ones

as Capt. Frank Gibbons
Released: 1958-08-14

Two convicts—a white racist and an angry black man—escape while chained to each other.

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T-Men

as Moxie
Released: 1947-12-15

Two U.S. Treasury ("T-men") agents go undercover in Detroit, and then Los Angeles, in an attempt...

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Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

as (in "The Killers") (archive footage)
Released: 1982-05-21

Juliet Forrest is convinced that the reported death of her father in a mountain car crash was no...

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Saddle the Wind

as Larry Venables
Released: 1958-03-20

Steve Sinclair is a world-weary former gunslinger, now living as a peaceful farmer. Things go...

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Johnny Got His Gun

as Mike Burkeman
Released: 1971-08-04

A young American soldier, rendered in pseudocoma from an artillery shell from WWI, recalls his...

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His Kind of Woman

as Thompson / Narrator
Released: 1951-08-15

Career gambler Dan Milner agrees to a $50,000 deal to leave the USA for Mexico, only to find...

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Armored Car Robbery

as Lt. Jim Cordell
Released: 1950-06-08

While executing an armored car heist in Los Angeles, icy crook Dave Purvis shoots policeman Lt....

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Blood on the Moon

as Milo Sweet
Released: 1948-11-11

Down-and-out cowhand Jim Garry is asked by his old friend Tate Riling to help mediate a cattle...

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Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here

as Wilson
Released: 1969-10-31

While confronting the disapproving father of his girlfriend Lola, Native American man Willie Boy...

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Cimarron

as Bob Yountis
Released: 1960-12-01

The epic story of a family involved in the Oklahoma Land Rush of April 22, 1889.

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The Threat

as Arnold 'Red' Kluger
Released: 1949-12-01

A violent escaped con and his gang kidnap the police detective and DA who put him behind bars.

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The Farmer's Daughter

as Fisher - Finley's Henchman (uncredited)
Released: 1947-03-26

After leaving her family's farm to study nursing in the city, a young woman finds herself on an...

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Side Street

as Det. Stan Simon
Released: 1950-03-23

A struggling young father-to-be gives in to temptation and impulsively steals an envelope of...

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The Impostor

as Menessier
Released: 1944-02-10

The story concerns a condemned murderer named Clement (Jean Gabin), who is "liberated" when the...

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The Bridges at Toko-Ri

as Cmdr. Wayne Lee
Released: 1954-12-01

A naval aviator is assigned to bomb a group of heavily defended bridges during the Korean War.

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Away All Boats

as Lieut. Mike O'Bannion
Released: 1956-08-16

The story of USS 'Belinda', a U.S. naval ship, and its crew during the battle of the Pacific...

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Berlin Express

as Colonel Johns
Released: 1948-05-01

In post-war Europe, a diverse group of passengers aboard a U.S. Army train to bombed-out...

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Twilight's Last Gleaming

as Air Force Gen. Peter Crane
Released: 1977-02-09

A renegade USAF general, Lawrence Dell, escapes from a military prison and takes over an ICBM...

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War Paint

as Sgt. Clarke
Released: 1953-08-28

An Indian and his beautiful sister attempt to destroy a cavalry patrol trying to deliver a peace...

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Reign of Terror

as Sergeant
Released: 1949-10-15

The French Revolution, 1794. The Marquis de Lafayette asks Charles D'Aubigny to infiltrate the...

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Double Crossbones

as Capt. Ben Wickett
Released: 1951-04-26

Falsely accused by the corrupt Governor Elden of Charleston of fencing stolen pirate booty,...

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The Wonderful Country

as Dr. Stovall
Released: 1959-10-21

Having fled to Mexico from the U.S. many years ago for killing his father's murderer, Martin...

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The Long Night

as Policeman Stevens
Released: 1947-05-28

City police surround a building, attempting to capture a suspected murderer. The suspect knows...

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Chandler

as Bernie Oakman
Released: 1971-12-01

A private eye is hired to follow a mobster's former mistress.

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Pendulum

as Deputy Chief John P. Hildebrand
Released: 1969-02-14

On the evening of his decoration for bringing a murderer to justice, Washington DC Police...

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The Man in the Net

as Sheriff Steve Ritter
Released: 1959-06-10

An artist living in a quiet Connecticut town is the main suspect in the disappearance of his...

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Border Incident

as Jeff Amboy
Released: 1949-10-28

The story concerns two agents, one Mexican (PJF) and one American, who are tasked to stop the...

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Loophole

as Gus Slavin
Released: 1954-03-28

Bank teller Mike Donovan (Barry Sullivan) takes the first step on the road to Perdition when he...

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The Undying Monster

as Strud Strudwick (uncredited)
Released: 1942-11-27

A werewolf prowls around at night but only kills certain members of one family. It seems like...

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Two Tickets to London

as Hendrik (uncredited)
Released: 1943-06-14

Accused of helping an enemy submarine, a man escapes and joins a beautiful girl in trying to...

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One Minute to Zero

as Sfc. Baker
Released: 1952-09-19

An idealistic United Nations official learns the harrowing truth about war when she falls in...

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Joe Dakota

as Cal Moore
Released: 1957-10-27

A stranger rides into town and says he is looking for a local Indian. Told he left town, the...

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The Story of Molly X

as Police Capt. Breen
Released: 1949-11-01

Molly's husband Rick was a gang leader somewhere in the middle west. When he's shot, the tough...

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The Mad Ghoul

as Detective Garrity
Released: 1943-11-12

A university chemistry professor experiments with an ancient Mayan gas on a medical student,...

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Destroyer

as Assistant Chief Engineer (uncredited)
Released: 1943-08-19

Flagwaving story of a new American destroyer, the JOHN PAUL JONES, from the day her keel is...

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Thunder Over the Plains

as Ben Westman
Released: 1953-10-27

Set in 1869, after the Civil War, Texas had not yet been readmitted to the Union and...

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The Andersonville Trial

as Board of Military Judges
Released: 1970-05-17

A dramatization of the 1865 war-crimes trial of Henry Wirz, commandant of the notorious...

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The Moon Is Down

as Ole (uncredited)
Released: 1943-03-14

The story of a small town in Norway that resists German occupation during World War II. Based on...

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Twilight for the Gods

as Yancy
Released: 1958-08-04

An alcoholic captain sails a two-master through danger with a call girl and others on board.

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The Busy Body

as Fred Harwell
Released: 1967-03-12

Sid Caesar is a bumbling gopher to a mob boss who must recover a fortune in cash stowed in the...

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The Killer Inside Me

as Howard Hendricks
Released: 1976-10-01

Haunted by visions from his abusive childhood, Montana deputy sheriff Lou Ford gradually...

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Roadblock

as Joe Peters
Released: 1951-09-17

An insurance agent's greedy girlfriend with a taste for mink leads him to a life of crime.

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Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town

as Shotgun Mike Munger
Released: 1950-04-01

When Pa wins a jingle-writing contest, he and Ma head for New York City. They they get in...

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The Gangster

as Dugas
Released: 1947-11-25

Based on the novel Low Company. One of the most peculiar film noirs of the 1940s stars Barry...

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The Cruel Tower

as Harry 'Stretch' Clay
Released: 1956-10-28

The story of a bunch of hard-drinking steeplejacks.

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Toward the Unknown

as Col. 'Mickey' McKee
Released: 1956-09-27

Tortured into a false confession while a POW in Korea, Major Lincoln Bond returns to active...

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The Longest Night

as Father Chase
Released: 1972-09-12

The daughter of a wealthy family is kidnapped and imprisoned underground in a custom-built,...

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On the Old Spanish Trail

as Harry Blaisdell
Released: 1947-10-15

A cowboy turns bounty hunter to pay off his debts.

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The Devil and Miss Sarah

as Marshal Duncan
Released: 1971-12-04

A notorious outlaw being escorted to prison by a homesteader and his wife turns out to have...

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The Horizontal Lieutenant

as Col. Charles Korotny
Released: 1962-04-18

A luckless army intelligence lieutenant finds himself stationed on a remote island army outpost...

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They Came to Blow Up America

as Zellerbach
Released: 1943-05-07

Based on a true incident that occurred in 1942 when nine Nazi saboteurs were put ashore on the...

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The Hunted

as Detective
Released: 1948-04-07

A cop investigating a jewel robbery finds that all trails lead to his girlfriend - but she...

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Corvette K-225

as Chief Engineer
Released: 1943-09-29

The story of a Canadian WWII naval vessel, with a dramatic subplot concerning her first captain.

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O'Hara, United States Treasury: Operation Cobra

as Agent Joe Flagg
Released: 1971-04-02

Suddenly widowed by an accident, a deputy sheriff from the Midwest becomes a customs agent and...

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The Big Fix

as Armiston
Released: 1947-04-19

Ken Williams (James Brown), a star basketball player on a college team learns that a police...

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Money to Burn

as Neil Davis
Released: 1973-10-27

A convict who managed to print $1 million in counterfeit bills in the prison print shop hatches...

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Slaughter on 10th Avenue

as Lt. Anthony Vosnick
Released: 1957-09-01

A rookie assistant DA is assigned to investigate the murder of a longshoreman, killed for...

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The Horror Show

as (archive footage)
Released: 1979-02-06

A history of horror movies.

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Hazard

as Chick
Released: 1948-05-28

A compulsive gambler bets her freedom against a $16,000 debt to a crime boss…and loses. But...

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Roses Are Red

as Duke Arno
Released: 1947-11-10

A crooked crime boss tries to put a crony into office.

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Perilous Voyage

as Capt. Humphreys
Released: 1976-06-29

A South American guerrilla, whose revolution is faltering, hijacks a ship carrying arms and...

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Once More, My Darling

as Herman Schmelz
Released: 1949-09-10

An actor is recalled to active duty with the Army's C.I.D. to find the thief who stole...

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Joe Butterfly

as Sgt. Jim McNulty
Released: 1957-05-29

The staff of "Yank" magazine are among the first American troops into Tokyo after the Japanese...

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Nightmare in Chicago

as Harry Brockman
Released: 1964-04-02

The story of a serial killer known as "Georgie Porgie." The Chicago turnpike is threatened over...

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The Virginian

as Big John Beldon
First aired: 1962-09-19

The Shiloh Ranch in Wyoming Territory of the 1890s is owned in sequence by Judge Henry Garth,...

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Ironside

as uncredited
First aired: 1967-03-28

When an assassin's bullet confines him to a wheelchair for life ending his career as Chief of...

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The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

as uncredited
First aired: 1955-09-06

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp is a television western series loosely based on the life of...

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Mission: Impossible

as uncredited
First aired: 1966-09-17

Mission: Impossible is an American television series that was created and initially produced by...

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The Wild Wild West

as uncredited
First aired: 1965-09-17

The Wild Wild West is an American television series. Developed at a time when the television...

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Adam-12

as Lars Lowell
First aired: 1968-09-21

Adam-12 is a television police drama that followed two police officers of the Los Angeles Police...

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Adam-12

as Rod Decker
First aired: 1968-09-21

Adam-12 is a television police drama that followed two police officers of the Los Angeles Police...

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Emergency!

as uncredited
First aired: 1972-01-22

The crew of Los Angeles County Fire Department Station 51, particularly the paramedic team, and...

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Route 66

as uncredited
First aired: 1960-10-07

Route 66 is an American TV series in which two young men traveled across America in a Chevrolet...

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Run for Your Life

as Sam Bailey
First aired: 1965-09-13

Run for Your Life is an American television drama series starring Ben Gazzara as a man with only...

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Dr. Kildare

as Fred Rainey
First aired: 1961-09-27

The story of a young intern in a large metropolitan hospital trying to learn his profession,...

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Dr. Kildare

as Dr. Kenneth Hasker
First aired: 1961-09-27

The story of a young intern in a large metropolitan hospital trying to learn his profession,...

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Thriller

as Sheriff Cliff Wrights
First aired: 1960-09-13

Thriller is an American anthology television series that aired during the 1960–61 and 1961–62...

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Ben Casey

as uncredited
First aired: 1961-10-02

Ben Casey is an American medical drama series which ran on ABC from 1961 to 1966. The show was...

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Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

as uncredited
First aired: 1964-09-14

Join the crew of the Seaview aboard their super high-tech submarine, where no mission is too...

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Police Story

as uncredited
First aired: 1973-03-20

Police Story is an anthology television crime drama. The show was the brainchild of author and...

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The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

as Simon Oliver
First aired: 1962-09-20

A continuation of the anthology series “Alfred Hitchcock Presents”, hosted by the master of...

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Gunsmoke

as Calvin
First aired: 1955-09-10

Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman...

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Gunsmoke

as Dolen
First aired: 1955-09-10

Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman...

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Gunsmoke

as Squawman
First aired: 1955-09-10

Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman...

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The Detectives

as uncredited
First aired: 1959-10-16

The Detectives is an American crime drama series which ran on ABC during its first two seasons,...

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Kraft Suspense Theatre

as Harry Brockman
First aired: 1963-10-10

Kraft Suspense Theatre is an American anthology series that was telecast from 1963 to 1965 on...

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Kraft Suspense Theatre

as Nick Stacy
First aired: 1963-10-10

Kraft Suspense Theatre is an American anthology series that was telecast from 1963 to 1965 on...

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Nichols

as Hansen
First aired: 1971-09-16

Nichols is an American Western television series starring James Garner broadcast in the United...

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Nichols

as Luke
First aired: 1971-09-16

Nichols is an American Western television series starring James Garner broadcast in the United...

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The Mod Squad

as uncredited
First aired: 1968-09-24

The Mod Squad was the enormously successful groundbreaking "hippie" undercover cop show that ran...

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77 Sunset Strip

as uncredited
First aired: 1958-10-10

Stu Bailey and Jeff Spencer are the wisecracking, womanizing private-detective heroes of this...

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The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

as Jules Cutter
First aired: 1964-09-22

Agents Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin work for a secret intelligence service working under the...

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The Lieutenant

as uncredited
First aired: 1963-09-14

The Lieutenant is an American television series, the first created by Gene Roddenberry. It aired...

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The Outcasts

as uncredited
First aired: 1968-09-23

The Outcasts is an American Western genre television series, appearing on ABC in the 1968-69...

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The New Breed

as Dr. Cameron Hill
First aired: 1961-10-03

The New Breed is an American crime drama series that aired on ABC from October 3, 1961 to June...

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Cavalcade of America

as Wilkie Bowman
First aired: 1952-10-01

Cavalcade of America is an anthology drama series that was sponsored by the DuPont Company,...

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Cavalcade of America

as uncredited
First aired: 1952-10-01

Cavalcade of America is an anthology drama series that was sponsored by the DuPont Company,...

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Cain's Hundred

as Earl Klegg
First aired: 1961-09-19

A former underworld lawyer goes to work for the Federal Government, determined to bring 100 top...

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87th Precinct

as uncredited
First aired: 1961-09-25

87th Precinct is an American crime drama starring Robert Lansing, Gena Rowlands, and Ron Harper,...

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Judd for the Defense

as uncredited
First aired: 1967-09-08

High-priced Houston lawyer Clinton Judd and his assistant Ben Caldwell take difficult cases...

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Judd for the Defense

as Jim Larkin
First aired: 1967-09-08

High-priced Houston lawyer Clinton Judd and his assistant Ben Caldwell take difficult cases...

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Mr. & Mrs. North

as uncredited
First aired: 1952-10-03

Mr. & Mrs. North is an American comedy/mystery television series that aired on CBS from October...

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Hondo

as uncredited
First aired: 1967-09-08

Hondo is a 17-episode Western television series starring Ralph Taeger that aired in the United...

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Johnny Staccato

as uncredited
First aired: 1959-09-10

Johnny Staccato is an American private detective series which ran for 27 episodes on NBC from...

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The Smith Family

as Captain Hughes
First aired: 1971-01-20

The Smith Family is an American comedy-drama television series produced by Don Fedderson...

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Hawkins

as Capt. Bates
First aired: 1973-03-13

Hawkins is a television series which aired for one season on CBS between 1973 and 1974. The...

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Adventures Of The Falcon

as uncredited
First aired: 1954-06-24

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General Electric Theater

as uncredited
First aired: 1953-02-01

General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was...

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General Electric Theater

as Forel
First aired: 1953-02-01

General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was...

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Casablanca

as uncredited
First aired: 1955-09-27

This was the first attempt by Warner Brothers to make the movie classic into a series. It was...

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