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Charles McGraw
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Biography
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.
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The Writer's Fight
From Spartacus to the shadows of the blacklist, a chain of films that honours the courage of Hollywood's silenced screenwriters.
8 films
Riding the Circuit
From theme park gunslingers to bounty hunters on Mars, a journey through the sci-fi Western and the cultures that remade it.
8 films
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A Boy and His Dog
1975 · Preacher
Johnny Got His Gun
1971 · Mike Burkeman
The Birds
1963 · Sebastian Sholes
Spartacus
1960 · Marcellus
The Man in the Net
1959 · Sheriff Steve Ritter
The Defiant Ones
1958 · Capt. Frank Gibbons
Blood on the Moon
1948 · Milo Sweet
T-Men
1947 · Moxie
The Long Night
1947 · Policeman Stevens