Charles McGraw Gruff voiced tough guy
Charles McGraw had a granite jaw and a deep gravel voice that allowed him to play a tough guy better than most actors. McGraw was born in 1914 in Iowa[1]. This gravel-voiced tough guy began acting in 1942. His first big role was in The Killers (1946). Some of his films include Brute Force (1947), Armored Car Robbery (1950), The Narrow Margin (1952), The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954), Towards the Unknown (1956), Kirk Douglas‘ gladiator trainer in Spartacus (1960), It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963), Hang ‘em High (1968), Tell Them Wille Boy is Here (1969), Johnny Got His Gun (1971), A Boy and His Dog (1975), and Twilight’s Last Gleaming (1977). Oddly and sadly Charles McGraw died in 1980 following a fall through a glass shower door[2].
[1] https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0569902/
[2] Charles McGraw: Biography of a Film-Noir Tough Guy by Alan K. Rode
Charles McGraw Movies
The Undying Monster (1942) – Strud Strudwick (uncredited)
Corvette K-225 (1943) – Chief Engineer (uncredited)
Destroyer (1943) – Assistant Chief Engineer (uncredited)
The Mad Ghoul (1943) – Garrity
The Moon Is Down (1943) – Ole (uncredited)
They Came to Blow Up America (1943) – Zellerbach
Tonight We Raid Calais (1943) – German Corporal (uncredited)
Two Tickets to London (1943) – Hendrik (uncredited)
Strange Confession (1944) – Menessier
The Seventh Cross (1944) – Allbright (uncredited)
The Killers (1946) – Al
Brute Force (1947) – Andy – Convict in Auto Shop (uncredited)
On the Old Spanish Trail (1947) – Harry Blaisdell
Roses Are Red (1947) – Duke Arno
The Big Fix (1947) – Armiston
The Farmer’s Daughter (1947) – Fisher – Finley’s Henchman (uncredited)
The Gangster (1947) – Dugas
The Long Night (1947) – Stevens – Policeman
T-Men (1947) – Moxie
Berlin Express (1948) – USFET Col. Johns (uncredited)
Blood on the Moon (1948) – Milo Sweet
Hazard (1948) – Chick
The Hunted (1948) – Detective
Border Incident (1949) – Jeff Amboy
Once More, My Darling (1949) – Herman Schmelz – Chauffeur
Reign of Terror (1949) – Sergeant
The Story of Molly X (1949) – Police Capt. Breen
The Threat (1949) – Arnold ‘Red’ Kluger
Armored Car Robbery (1950) – Lt. Jim Cordell
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town (1950) – Shotgun Mike Munger
Side Street (1950) – Stanley Simon
Double Crossbones (1951) – Capt. Ben Wickett
His Kind of Woman (1951) – Thompson / Narrator
Roadblock (1951) – Joe Peters
One Minute to Zero (1952) – Sfc. Baker
The Narrow Margin (1952) – Det. Sgt. Walter Brown
Thunder Over the Plains (1953) – Ben Westman
War Paint (1953) – Sgt. Clarke
Loophole (1954) – Gus Slavin
The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954) – Cmdr. Wayne Lee
Away All Boats (1956) – Lt. Mike O’Bannion
The Cruel Tower (1956) – Harry ‘Stretch’ Clay
Toward the Unknown (1956) – Col. ‘Mickey’ McKee
Joe Butterfly (1957) – Sergeant Jim McNulty
Joe Dakota (1957) – Cal Moore
Slaughter on 10th Avenue (1957) – Lt. Anthony Vosnick
Saddle the Wind (1958) – Larry Venables
The Defiant Ones (1958) – Capt. Frank Gibbons
Twilight for the Gods (1958) – Yancy
The Man in the Net (1959) – Sheriff Steve Ritter
The Wonderful Country (1959) – Dr. Herbert J. Stovall
Cimarron (1960) – Bob Yountis
Spartacus (1960) – Marcellus
The Horizontal Lieutenant (1962) – Col. Charles Korotny
It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963) – Lt. Matthews
The Birds (1963) – Sebastian Sholes
In Cold Blood (1967) – Tex Smith
The Busy Body (1967) – Fred Harwell
Hang ‘Em High (1968) – Sheriff Ray Calhoun
Pendulum (1969) – Deputy Chief John P. Hildebrand
Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here (1969) – Wilson
Johnny Got His Gun (1971) – Mike Burkeman
A Boy and His Dog (1975) – Preacher
The Killer Inside Me (1976) – Howard Hendricks
Twilight’s Last Gleaming (1977) – Air Force Gen. Peter Crane
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