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Actor Born: May 10, 1914 in New York City, NY Death: July 30, 1980 in Studio City, CA Biography:Gravel-voiced, granite-faced stage actor "Charles McGraw" made his first film "The Moon is Down" in 1943. At first it seemed as though McGraw would spend his movie career languishing in villainy, but while working at RKO in the late 1940s-early 1950s, the actor developed into an unorthodox but fascinating leading man. His shining hour (actually 72 minutes) was the role of the embittered detective assigned to protect mob witness "Marie Windsor" in the 1952 noir classic "The Narrow Margin". McGraw continued being cast in the raffish-hero mold on television, essaying the lead in the 1954 syndicated series "Adventures of Falcon" and assuming the Bogartesque role of café owner Rick Blaine in the 1955 weekly TV adaptation of "Casablanca" (1955) (his last regular TV work was the supporting part of Captain Hughes on the 1971 "Henry Fonda" starrer "The Smith Family"). Active until the mid-1970s, Charles McGraw... Full Biography
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