Charles McGraw

Gender: Male
Born: 10th May 1914
Died: 30th July 1980
Nationality: United States of America
TV programs: Casablanca (1955), Adventures Of The Falcon, The Smith Family
Movies: Armored Car Robbery, Loophole, Roadblock, T-Men, The Birds, The Narrow Margin, A Boy and His Dog, One Minute to Zero, The Defiant Ones, Hang 'Em High, Spartacus, It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, Side Street, His Kind of Woman, Blood on the Moon, The Killers, The Threat, Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid, The Night Stalker, Cimarron, Reign of Terror, In Cold Blood, Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here, The Busy Body, The Killer Inside Me, Saddle the Wind, The Bridges at Toko-Ri, Border Incident, The Man in the Net, The Cruel Tower, The Hunted, I Was a Shoplifter, Thunder Over the Plains, War Paint

Charles Butters (May 10, 1914 – July 30, 1980), best known by his stage name Charles McGraw, was an American actor, who made his first film in 1942, albeit in a small, uncredited role. He was born in Des Moines, Iowa.

McGraw developed into a leading man, especially in film noir classics during the late 1940s and 1950s. His gravelly voice and rugged looks enhanced his appeal in the noir stylistic genre, and provided him many roles as cop or gunman.

Introduced with fellow "heavy" William Conrad as the two hitmen terrorizing a small town diner in the start of the 1946 film The Killers, McGraw's notable roles include: "Honest Joe" insurance investigator turned thief by love interest in the noir classic Roadblock (1951); playing the grumpy cop hired to protect Marie Windsor in the noir B-movie The Narrow Margin (1952); Kirk Douglas' gladiator trainer in the epic Spartacus; righteous cop Lt. Jim Cordell in the Armored Car Robbery (1950); and "The Preacher" in the science fiction cult classic A Boy and His Dog (1975).

McGraw is recognized with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, located at 6927 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, Los Angeles, California.

McGraw starred as Mike Waring, the title

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