Portrait of Walter McGrail

Acting

Walter McGrail

Career

Active from 1916 to 1942, busiest in 1930 with 9 main titles.

Leading roles
42
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score52/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Shadow Strikes
The Shadow Strikes
GoodWatch score63/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 15 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.7 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.6 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.0 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.0 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.9 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.2 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Walter McGrail Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.4, average 5.4
  • Family Dynamics
    3.4, average 4.8
  • Pathos
    4.0, average 5.3
  • Cringe Humor
    1.0, average 2.2

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Black and White 3
  • Historical Drama 3
  • Classic Western 3
  • Mystery 3
  • Melodramatic 2
  • Redemption 2
  • Simple Narrative 2
  • Silent Era Melodrama 2
  • Historical Setting 2
  • 1930s Cinema 2
  • Action & Adventure 2
  • Social Commentary 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

119
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

1 title
The Yosemite Trail
The Yosemite Trail

as Ned Thorpe

1950s

2 titles Β· average score 70
Death Valley Days
Death Valley Days (1952)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show Β· as Charlie

And Then There Were Four
And Then There Were Four (1950)

as Tom McCall

1940s

12 titles Β· average score 63
Billy the Kid Trapped
Billy the Kid Trapped (1942)
GoodWatch score 53

as Judge Jack McConnell

Riders of the West
Riders of the West (1942)

as Miller, the Banker

Bowery at Midnight
Bowery at Midnight (1942)
GoodWatch score 40

as Coroner (uncredited)

Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc.
Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc. (1941)
GoodWatch score 66

as Junction Heavy 1 / Marine Captain

Appointment for Love
Appointment for Love (1941)
GoodWatch score 58

as Stoddard (uncredited)

Along the Rio Grande
Along the Rio Grande (1941)
GoodWatch score 64

as Cattle Buyer (uncredited)

The Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
GoodWatch score 90

as Gang Leader (uncredited)

My Little Chickadee
My Little Chickadee (1940)
GoodWatch score 79

as Townsman (uncredited)

Marked Men
Marked Men (1940)
GoodWatch score 54

as Doctor

The Green Hornet
The Green Hornet (1940)
GoodWatch score 62

as Dean

Mysterious Doctor Satan
Mysterious Doctor Satan (1940)
GoodWatch score 65

as Stoner

Billy the Kid Outlawed
Billy the Kid Outlawed (1940)

as Judge Fitzgerald

1930s

38 titles Β· average score 59
Stagecoach
Stagecoach (1939)
GoodWatch score 87

as Capt. Sickel (uncredited)

West of Rainbow's End
West of Rainbow's End (1938)

as George Reynolds aka Johnson

The Shadow Strikes
The Shadow Strikes (1937)
GoodWatch score 63

as Winstead Comstock

Special Agent K-7
Special Agent K-7 (1936)

as Vincent 'Lanny' Landers

Sunset Range
Sunset Range (1935)

as Grant

McKenna of the Mounted
McKenna of the Mounted (1932)

as Inspector Oliver P. Logan

Robbers' Roost
Robbers' Roost (1932)

as Henchman Brad

Night Beat
Night Beat (1931)

as Martin Andrews

Murder by the Clock
Murder by the Clock (1931)
GoodWatch score 62

as Herbert Endicott

Seas Beneath
Seas Beneath (1931)
GoodWatch score 37

as Chief Joe Cobb

The Lone Star Ranger
The Lone Star Ranger (1930)

as Phil Lawson

Men Without Women
Men Without Women (1930)
GoodWatch score 51

as Cobb

1920s

52 titles Β· average score 50
Blockade
Blockade (1928)

as Hayden

American Beauty
American Beauty (1927)

as Claverhouse

Forbidden Waters
Forbidden Waters (1926)

as J. Austin Bell

Across the Pacific
Across the Pacific (1926)

as Capt. Grover

When the Door Opened
When the Door Opened (1925)

as Clive Grenfal

A Son of His Father
A Son of His Father (1925)

as Holdbrook

A Son of the Sahara
A Son of the Sahara (1924)

as Capt. Jean Duval

Gerald Cranston's Lady
Gerald Cranston's Lady (1924)

as Gordon Ibbotsleigh

Suzanna
Suzanna (1923)

as RamΓ³n

Where the North Begins
Where the North Begins (1923)

as Gabrielle Dupree

The Breaking Point
The Breaking Point (1921)

as Richard Janeway

Blind Youth
Blind Youth (1920)

as Maurie Monnier

1910s

14 titles
The Adventure Shop
The Adventure Shop (1919)

as Josephus Potts, Jr.

The Black Secret
The Black Secret (1919)

as Ray McKay

The Girl Problem
The Girl Problem (1919)

as Ernest Sanford

The Country Cousin
The Country Cousin (1919)

as George Tewksbury Reynolds III

Miss Ambition
Miss Ambition (1918)

as Larry Boyle

The Business of Life
The Business of Life (1918)

as James Desboro

Everybody's Girl
Everybody's Girl (1918)

as Blinker

The Triumph of the Weak
The Triumph of the Weak (1918)

as Jim Roberts

Brown of Harvard
Brown of Harvard (1918)

as Gerald Thorne

Indiscretion
Indiscretion (1917)

as Jimmy Travers

Womanhood, the Glory of the Nation
Womanhood, the Glory of the Nation (1917)

as Count Dario

Lights of New York
Lights of New York (1916)

as Hawk Chovinski