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Acting

Charles McGraw

Career: Active from 1947 to 1976, busiest in 1971 with 5 main titles.

Leading roles: 11
top three billing

Average score: 63/100

Highest rated: The Narrow Margin
89/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 83 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Charles McGraw Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
3.3, average 5.4
Coming of Age
1.5, average 3.0
Fantasy
0.5, average 1.7
Family Dynamics
3.7, average 4.8

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Western 4
Political Intrigue 3
Historical Drama 3
Tense Atmosphere 3
Social Commentary 3
Moral Ambiguity 3
Mystery 2
1950s 2
Psychological Tension 2
Classic Film Noir 2
Nostalgic 2
Psychological Drama 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

118

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

1980s

1 title · average score 69

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

69

as (in "The Killers") (archive footage)

1970s

20 titles · average score 68

The Killer Inside Me

52

as Howard Hendricks

A Boy and His Dog

68

as Preacher

Police Story

72

TV show

Money to Burn

as Neil Davis

The Night Stalker

80

as Police Chief Ed Masterson

Emergency!

78

TV show · as Police Sergeant

Johnny Got His Gun

73

as Mike Burkeman

The Smith Family

70

TV show · as Captain Hughes

Chandler

38

as Bernie Oakman

The Devil and Miss Sarah

as Marshal Duncan

O'Hara, United States Treasury: Operation Cobra

as Agent Joe Flagg

Nichols

70

TV show · as Hansen / Luke

1960s

36 titles · average score 67

Pendulum

62

as Deputy Chief John P. Hildebrand

Hang 'em High

73

as Sheriff Ray Calhoun

Adam-12

74

TV show · as Lars Lowell / Rod Decker

Ironside

45

TV show · as Marvin Greenleaf

Mission: Impossible

79

TV show

The Wild Wild West

64

TV show

Nightmare in Chicago

as Harry Brockman

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

49

TV show

The Birds

85

as Sebastian Sholes

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

54

TV show · as Simon Oliver

The Virginian

70

TV show · as Big John Beldon

Spartacus

84

as Marcellus

1950s

36 titles · average score 63

The Wonderful Country

53

as Dr. Stovall

The Defiant Ones

78

as Capt. Frank Gibbons

Joe Dakota

66

as Cal Moore

The Cruel Tower

as Harry 'Stretch' Clay

Casablanca

TV show

Loophole

57

as Gus Slavin

The Bridges at Toko-Ri

70

as Cmdr. Wayne Lee

War Paint

57

as Sgt. Clarke

The Narrow Margin

89

as Det. Sgt. Walter Brown

Roadblock

55

as Joe Peters

His Kind of Woman

69

as Thompson / Narrator

Armored Car Robbery

67

as Lt. Jim Cordell

1940s

25 titles · average score 64

The Threat

58

as Arnold 'Red' Kluger

Reign of Terror

66

as Sergeant

Once More, My Darling

65

as Herman Schmelz

Blood on the Moon

74

as Milo Sweet

Berlin Express

71

as USET Col. Johns (uncredited)

T-Men

85

as Moxie

On the Old Spanish Trail

57

as Harry Blaisdell

Roses Are Red

58

as Duke Arno

The Big Fix

as Armiston

The Farmer's Daughter

87

as Fisher - Finley's Henchman (uncredited)

The Long Night

57

as Policeman Stevens

The Killers

88

as Al