cigarjoe Posted November 6, 2021 Share Posted November 6, 2021 He's in The Killers Loophole The Narrow Margin Roadblock Blood on the Moon Armored Car Robbery Side Street Border Incident T-Men Spartacus The Killer Inside Me Boy and His Dog The Night Stalker (TV) Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here Johnny Got His Gun Hang 'Em High In Cold Blood 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianNH Posted November 6, 2021 Share Posted November 6, 2021 Wow! Now there's a list. I think I've seen a good many of these, and McGraw always is a standout. So how do we make this SUTS thing happen? Let's do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr6666 Posted November 6, 2021 Share Posted November 6, 2021 good choices, joe Have you been adding these to boards' separate section for SUTS ? (really don't know if it makes a difference.........as far as programmers attention) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Gorman Posted November 6, 2021 Share Posted November 6, 2021 Just a day or two ago someone started a Thread for KENT SMITH for a 'SUTS' Day. THE NIGHT STALKER (1971-Tvm) overlaps with Kent and Charles. A two-fer! ALSO: "The Killer Inside Me" is a rather unusual movie about a near-psychotic policeman played by Stacy Keach. He's slowly going nutso! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allhallowsday Posted November 6, 2021 Share Posted November 6, 2021 3 hours ago, cigarjoe said: The Narrow Margin The only way I could like THE NARROW MARGIN better is if MARIE WINDSOR is in it... 3 hours ago, cigarjoe said: Spartacus ...Awesome... that cold-hearted bastard... hope he enjoyed his long drink... 3 hours ago, cigarjoe said: The Night Stalker My favorite vampire movie, my favorite made-for-TV movie, my favorite DAN CURTIS production... CHARLES McGRAW. Awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allhallowsday Posted November 6, 2021 Share Posted November 6, 2021 2 hours ago, Mr. Gorman said: THE NIGHT STALKER (1971-Tvm) overlaps with Kent and Charles. A two-fer! Best acting job I've seen out of KENT SMITH ...playing a louse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomJH Posted November 6, 2021 Share Posted November 6, 2021 One of McGraw's most unexpected performances was in The Torpedo, an episode on television's The Untouchables. He played an old time gunman working for a mob boss who, after just getting released from prison, is trying to keep it a secret that he has lost his nerve. McGraw gets tears in his eyes from his fear and frustration, at one point confessing his secret to his girlfriend as he hugs her for emotional support. She, instead, becomes contemptuous towards him as an "old man" with no guts. Excellent performance, as always, from the tough guy character actor who, for once, was allowed to show vulnerability. It was an episode directed by Ida Lupino. I suspect the director/actress may have helped McGraw delve deeper than usual for his characterization. McGraw died under tragic circumstances, a bathroom accident as a result of his alcoholism. The actor would be a fine candidate as SUTS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cigarjoe Posted November 6, 2021 Author Share Posted November 6, 2021 9 hours ago, mr6666 said: good choices, joe Have you been adding these to boards' separate section for SUTS ? (really don't know if it makes a difference.........as far as programmers attention) I did for the first one Martin Balsam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted November 6, 2021 Share Posted November 6, 2021 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomJH Posted November 6, 2021 Share Posted November 6, 2021 From I AM SPARTACUS by Kirk Douglas: In the slave uprising scene, I found myself in a battle with my fellow actor Charles McGraw. The script called for me to drown him in a cauldron of soup. As I wrestled with McGraw he resisted being held facedown in the big bowl of liquid. As he got closer and closer to being submerged, he pushed away from me. I pushed harder, shoving him down into the iron bowl. I felt terrible when I accidentally broke his jaw. McGraw finished the scene but we couldn't use it. The shot in the film had to be done by his stunt double. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilypond Posted November 6, 2021 Share Posted November 6, 2021 Couldn't agree more--- love Charles McGraw! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sewhite2000 Posted November 6, 2021 Share Posted November 6, 2021 I haven't seen a ton of McGraw films but always enjoyed him. He's surprisingly good cast I think at least partially against type as the hero in Narrow Margin. You didn't mention The Defiant Ones, in which he's the relentless pursuer, alwasy pressing Theodore Bikel to go faster, do more. And isn't he in the diner scene in The Birds? Am I imagining that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElCid Posted November 6, 2021 Share Posted November 6, 2021 McGraw was in an episode of Route 66 and did it very well. He died when he fell through his glass shower door when he was intoxicated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sepiatone Posted November 6, 2021 Share Posted November 6, 2021 I'M 100% behind this idea! Sepiatone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesJazGuitar Posted November 6, 2021 Share Posted November 6, 2021 2 hours ago, sewhite2000 said: I haven't seen a ton of McGraw films but always enjoyed him. He's surprisingly good cast I think at least partially against type as the hero in Narrow Margin. You didn't mention The Defiant Ones, in which he's the relentless pursuer, alwasy pressing Theodore Bikel to go faster, do more. And isn't he in the diner scene in The Birds? Am I imagining that? Yes, McGraw is in The Birds as the cagy, weathered looking sea captain, that tells people in the diner that the gulls were acting oddly. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesJazGuitar Posted November 6, 2021 Share Posted November 6, 2021 McGraw has been featured in SUTS. He is in enough good films for two days, at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sewhite2000 Posted November 7, 2021 Share Posted November 7, 2021 Surprisingly WELL cast. Ooops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted November 7, 2021 Share Posted November 7, 2021 He does a great job in the small part of Perry Smith's father in In Cold Blood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NipkowDisc Posted November 8, 2021 Share Posted November 8, 2021 he woulda been a good choice to play archie bunker with that gravelly voice of his. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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