Charles McGraw
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 rebellious Thracian Spartacus, born and raised a slave, is sold to Gladiator trainer...
Movie pageHang 'em High
as Sheriff Ray CalhounMarshall Jed Cooper survives a hanging, vowing revenge on the lynch mob that left him dangling....
Movie pageThe Birds
as Sebastian SholesThousands of birds flock into a seaside town and terrorize the residents in a series of deadly...
Movie pageIt's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
as Lt. MatthewsA group of strangers come across a man dying after a car crash who proceeds to tell them about...
Movie pageThe Killers
as AlTwo hit men walk into a diner asking for a man called "the Swede". When the killers find the...
Movie pageJohnny Got His Gun
as Mike BurkemanA young American soldier, rendered in pseudocoma from an artillery shell from WWI, recalls his...
Movie pageThe Night Stalker
as Police Chief Ed MastersonWisecracking reporter Carl Kolchak investigates a string of murders in Las Vegas and suspects...
Movie pageIn Cold Blood
as Tex SmithAfter a botched robbery results in the brutal murder of a rural family, two drifters elude...
Movie pageCimarron
as Bob YountisThe epic story of a family involved in the Oklahoma Land Rush of April 22, 1889.
Movie pageThe Defiant Ones
as Capt. Frank GibbonsTwo convicts—a white racist and an angry black man—escape while chained to each other.
Movie pageA Boy and His Dog
as PreacherSet in the year 2024 in post-apocalyptic America, 18-year old Vic and his telepathic dog, Blood,...
Movie pageHis Kind of Woman
as Thompson / NarratorCareer gambler Dan Milner agrees to a $50,000 deal to leave the USA for Mexico, only to find...
Movie pageDead Men Don't Wear Plaid
as (in "The Killers") (archive footage)Juliet Forrest is convinced that the reported death of her father in a mountain car crash was no...
Movie pageAway All Boats
as Lieut. Mike O'BannionThe story of USS 'Belinda', a U.S. naval ship, and its crew during the battle of the Pacific...
Movie pageThe Narrow Margin
as Det. Sgt. Walter BrownA tough cop meets his match when he has to guard a gangster's widow on a tense train ride.
Movie pageThe Bridges at Toko-Ri
as Cmdr. Wayne LeeA naval aviator is assigned to bomb a group of heavily defended bridges during the Korean War.
Movie pageTell Them Willie Boy Is Here
as WilsonWhile confronting the disapproving father of his girlfriend Lola, Native American man Willie Boy...
Movie pageBlood on the Moon
as Milo SweetDown-and-out cowhand Jim Garry is asked by his old friend Tate Riling to help mediate a cattle...
Movie pageThe Cruel Tower
as Harry 'Stretch' ClayThe story of a bunch of hard-drinking steeplejacks.
Movie pageSaddle the Wind
as Larry VenablesSteve Sinclair is a world-weary former gunslinger, now living as a peaceful farmer. Things go...
Movie pageT-Men
as MoxieTwo U.S. Treasury ("T-men") agents go undercover in Detroit, and then Los Angeles, in an attempt...
Movie pageArmored Car Robbery
as Lt. Jim CordellWhile executing an armored car heist in Los Angeles, icy crook Dave Purvis shoots policeman Lt....
Movie pageThunder Over the Plains
as Ben WestmanSet in 1869, after the Civil War, Texas had not yet been readmitted to the Union and...
Movie pageThe Mad Ghoul
as Detective GarrityA university chemistry professor experiments with an ancient Mayan gas on a medical student,...
Movie pageThe Gangster
as DugasBased on the novel Low Company. One of the most peculiar film noirs of the 1940s stars Barry...
Movie pageBerlin Express
as Colonel JohnsIn post-war Europe, a diverse group of passengers aboard a U.S. Army train to bombed-out...
Movie pageThe Undying Monster
as Strud Strudwick (uncredited)A werewolf prowls around at night but only kills certain members of one family. It seems like...
Movie pageTwilight's Last Gleaming
as Air Force Gen. Peter CraneA renegade USAF general, Lawrence Dell, escapes from a military prison and takes over an ICBM...
Movie pageReign of Terror
as SergeantThe French Revolution, 1794. The Marquis de Lafayette asks Charles D'Aubigny to infiltrate the...
Movie pageJoe Butterfly
as Sgt. Jim McNultyThe staff of "Yank" magazine are among the first American troops into Tokyo after the Japanese...
Movie pageThe Killer Inside Me
as Howard HendricksHaunted by visions from his abusive childhood, Montana deputy sheriff Lou Ford gradually...
Movie pageBorder Incident
as Jeff AmboyThe story concerns two agents, one Mexican (PJF) and one American, who are tasked to stop the...
Movie pageRoses Are Red
as Duke ArnoA crooked crime boss tries to put a crony into office.
Movie pageThe Farmer's Daughter
as Fisher - Finley's Henchman (uncredited)After leaving her family's farm to study nursing in the city, a young woman finds herself on an...
Movie pageRoadblock
as Joe PetersAn insurance agent's greedy girlfriend with a taste for mink leads him to a life of crime.
Movie pageThe Wonderful Country
as Dr. StovallHaving fled to Mexico from the U.S. many years ago for killing his father's murderer, Martin...
Movie pageDestroyer
as Assistant Chief Engineer (uncredited)Flagwaving story of a new American destroyer, the JOHN PAUL JONES, from the day her keel is...
Movie pageSide Street
as Det. Stan SimonA struggling young father-to-be gives in to temptation and impulsively steals an envelope of...
Movie pageThe Threat
as Arnold 'Red' KlugerA violent escaped con and his gang kidnap the police detective and DA who put him behind bars.
Movie pageOn the Old Spanish Trail
as Harry BlaisdellA cowboy turns bounty hunter to pay off his debts.
Movie pageThe Man in the Net
as Sheriff Steve RitterAn artist living in a quiet Connecticut town is the main suspect in the disappearance of his...
Movie pageThe Moon Is Down
as Ole (uncredited)The story of a small town in Norway that resists German occupation during World War II. Based on...
Movie pageDouble Crossbones
as Capt. Ben WickettFalsely accused by the corrupt Governor Elden of Charleston of fencing stolen pirate booty,...
Movie pageThe Longest Night
as Father ChaseThe daughter of a wealthy family is kidnapped and imprisoned underground in a custom-built,...
Movie pageCorvette K-225
as Chief EngineerThe story of a Canadian WWII naval vessel, with a dramatic subplot concerning her first captain.
Movie pageThe Long Night
as Policeman StevensCity police surround a building, attempting to capture a suspected murderer. The suspect knows...
Movie pageOne Minute to Zero
as Sfc. BakerAn idealistic United Nations official learns the harrowing truth about war when she falls in...
Movie pageJoe Dakota
as Cal MooreA stranger rides into town and says he is looking for a local Indian. Told he left town, the...
Movie pageMa and Pa Kettle Go to Town
as Shotgun Mike MungerWhen Pa wins a jingle-writing contest, he and Ma head for New York City. They they get in...
Movie pageThey Came to Blow Up America
as ZellerbachBased on a true incident that occurred in 1942 when nine Nazi saboteurs were put ashore on the...
Movie pageToward the Unknown
as Col. 'Mickey' McKeeTortured into a false confession while a POW in Korea, Major Lincoln Bond returns to active...
Movie pageThe Busy Body
as Fred HarwellSid Caesar is a bumbling gopher to a mob boss who must recover a fortune in cash stowed in the...
Movie pageWar Paint
as Sgt. ClarkeAn Indian and his beautiful sister attempt to destroy a cavalry patrol trying to deliver a peace...
Movie pagePendulum
as Deputy Chief John P. HildebrandOn the evening of his decoration for bringing a murderer to justice, Washington DC Police...
Movie pageThe Horizontal Lieutenant
as Col. Charles KorotnyA luckless army intelligence lieutenant finds himself stationed on a remote island army outpost...
Movie pageTwilight for the Gods
as YancyAn alcoholic captain sails a two-master through danger with a call girl and others on board.
Movie pageTwo Tickets to London
as Hendrik (uncredited)Accused of helping an enemy submarine, a man escapes and joins a beautiful girl in trying to...
Movie pageHazard
as ChickA compulsive gambler bets her freedom against a $16,000 debt to a crime boss…and loses. But...
Movie pageThe Devil and Miss Sarah
as Marshal DuncanA notorious outlaw being escorted to prison by a homesteader and his wife turns out to have...
Movie pageSlaughter on 10th Avenue
as Lt. Anthony VosnickA rookie assistant DA is assigned to investigate the murder of a longshoreman, killed for...
Movie pageLoophole
as Gus SlavinBank teller Mike Donovan (Barry Sullivan) takes the first step on the road to Perdition when he...
Movie pageMoney to Burn
as Neil DavisA convict who managed to print $1 million in counterfeit bills in the prison print shop hatches...
Movie pageThe Story of Molly X
as Police Capt. BreenMolly's husband Rick was a gang leader somewhere in the middle west. When he's shot, the tough...
Movie pagePerilous Voyage
as Capt. HumphreysA South American guerrilla, whose revolution is faltering, hijacks a ship carrying arms and...
Movie pageThe Andersonville Trial
as Board of Military JudgesA dramatization of the 1865 war-crimes trial of Henry Wirz, commandant of the notorious...
Movie pageThe Impostor
as MenessierThe story concerns a condemned murderer named Clement (Jean Gabin), who is "liberated" when the...
Movie pageThe Hunted
as DetectiveA cop investigating a jewel robbery finds that all trails lead to his girlfriend - but she...
Movie pageO'Hara, United States Treasury: Operation Cobra
as Agent Joe FlaggSuddenly widowed by an accident, a deputy sheriff from the Midwest becomes a customs agent and...
Movie pageThe Big Fix
as ArmistonKen Williams (James Brown), a star basketball player on a college team learns that a police...
Movie pageNightmare in Chicago
as Harry BrockmanThe story of a serial killer known as "Georgie Porgie." The Chicago turnpike is threatened over...
Movie pageChandler
as Bernie OakmanA private eye is hired to follow a mobster's former mistress.
Movie pageOnce More, My Darling
as Herman SchmelzAn actor is recalled to active duty with the Army's C.I.D. to find the thief who stole...
Movie pageThe Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Simon OliverA continuation of the anthology series “Alfred Hitchcock Presents”, hosted by the master of...
TV Show pageDr. Kildare
as Fred RaineyThe story of a young intern in a large metropolitan hospital trying to learn his profession,...
TV Show pageDr. Kildare
as Dr. Kenneth HaskerThe story of a young intern in a large metropolitan hospital trying to learn his profession,...
TV Show pageIronside
as uncreditedWhen an assassin's bullet confines him to a wheelchair for life ending his career as Chief of...
TV Show pageThe Detectives
as uncreditedThe Detectives is an American crime drama series which ran on ABC during its first two seasons,...
TV Show pageAdam-12
as Lars LowellAdam-12 is a television police drama that followed two police officers of the Los Angeles Police...
TV Show pageAdam-12
as Rod DeckerAdam-12 is a television police drama that followed two police officers of the Los Angeles Police...
TV Show pageMission: Impossible
as uncreditedMission: Impossible is an American television series that was created and initially produced by...
TV Show pageRoute 66
as uncreditedRoute 66 is an American TV series in which two young men traveled across America in a Chevrolet...
TV Show pageBen Casey
as uncreditedBen Casey is an American medical drama series which ran on ABC from 1961 to 1966. The show was...
TV Show pageThe Wild Wild West
as uncreditedThe Wild Wild West is an American television series. Developed at a time when the television...
TV Show pageEmergency!
as uncreditedThe crew of Los Angeles County Fire Department Station 51, particularly the paramedic team, and...
TV Show pageThe Virginian
as Big John BeldonThe Shiloh Ranch in Wyoming Territory of the 1890s is owned in sequence by Judge Henry Garth,...
TV Show pageKraft Suspense Theatre
as Harry BrockmanKraft Suspense Theatre is an American anthology series that was telecast from 1963 to 1965 on...
TV Show pageKraft Suspense Theatre
as Nick StacyKraft Suspense Theatre is an American anthology series that was telecast from 1963 to 1965 on...
TV Show pageRun for Your Life
as Sam BaileyRun for Your Life is an American television drama series starring Ben Gazzara as a man with only...
TV Show pageGunsmoke
as CalvinGunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman...
TV Show pageGunsmoke
as DolenGunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman...
TV Show pageGunsmoke
as SquawmanGunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman...
TV Show pageThe Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
as uncreditedThe Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp is a television western series loosely based on the life of...
TV Show pageVoyage to the Bottom of the Sea
as uncreditedJoin the crew of the Seaview aboard their super high-tech submarine, where no mission is too...
TV Show pageThe New Breed
as Dr. Cameron HillThe New Breed is an American crime drama series that aired on ABC from October 3, 1961 to June...
TV Show pageHondo
as uncreditedHondo is a 17-episode Western television series starring Ralph Taeger that aired in the United...
TV Show pageThriller
as Sheriff Cliff WrightsThriller is an American anthology television series that aired during the 1960–61 and 1961–62...
TV Show pageMr. & Mrs. North
as uncreditedMr. & Mrs. North is an American comedy/mystery television series that aired on CBS from October...
TV Show page77 Sunset Strip
as uncreditedStu Bailey and Jeff Spencer are the wisecracking, womanizing private-detective heroes of this...
TV Show pageJudd for the Defense
as uncreditedHigh-priced Houston lawyer Clinton Judd and his assistant Ben Caldwell take difficult cases...
TV Show pageJudd for the Defense
as Jim LarkinHigh-priced Houston lawyer Clinton Judd and his assistant Ben Caldwell take difficult cases...
TV Show pageCain's Hundred
as Earl KleggA former underworld lawyer goes to work for the Federal Government, determined to bring 100 top...
TV Show pageThe Man from U.N.C.L.E.
as Jules CutterAgents Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin work for a secret intelligence service working under the...
TV Show pagePolice Story
as uncreditedPolice Story is an anthology television crime drama. The show was the brainchild of author and...
TV Show pageCavalcade of America
as Wilkie BowmanCavalcade of America is an anthology drama series that was sponsored by the DuPont Company,...
TV Show pageCavalcade of America
as uncreditedCavalcade of America is an anthology drama series that was sponsored by the DuPont Company,...
TV Show pageNichols
as HansenNichols is an American Western television series starring James Garner broadcast in the United...
TV Show pageNichols
as LukeNichols is an American Western television series starring James Garner broadcast in the United...
TV Show pageThe Mod Squad
as uncreditedThe Mod Squad was the enormously successful groundbreaking "hippie" undercover cop show that ran...
TV Show pageThe Lieutenant
as uncreditedThe Lieutenant is an American television series, the first created by Gene Roddenberry. It aired...
TV Show pageHawkins
as Capt. BatesHawkins is a television series which aired for one season on CBS between 1973 and 1974. The...
TV Show pageJohnny Staccato
as uncreditedJohnny Staccato is an American private detective series which ran for 27 episodes on NBC from...
TV Show page87th Precinct
as uncredited87th Precinct is an American crime drama starring Robert Lansing, Gena Rowlands, and Ron Harper,...
TV Show pageThe Outcasts
as uncreditedThe Outcasts is an American Western genre television series, appearing on ABC in the 1968-69...
TV Show pageThe Smith Family
as Captain HughesThe Smith Family is an American comedy-drama television series produced by Don Fedderson...
TV Show pageCasablanca
as uncreditedThis was the first attempt by Warner Brothers to make the movie classic into a series. It was...
TV Show pageGeneral Electric Theater
as uncreditedGeneral Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was...
TV Show pageGeneral Electric Theater
as ForelGeneral Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was...
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