Walter McGrail

Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Born
October 18, 1888 (81 years old)
Died
March 19, 1970
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Popular Genres
Drama Crime Action
Career Span
1916 – 1950

Walter McGrail

6 wins
15 nominations
6 Oscars
98 credits

Walter B. McGrail (October 19, 1888 – March 19, 1970) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 150 films between 1916 and 1951. Besides feature films, he appeared in The Scarlet Runner, a 12-chapter serial.

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Personal Info

Born
Oct 18, 1888
From
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Known For
Acting
Career
1916 – 1950

Award Recognition

6
Wins
15
Nominations
6
Oscars

Complete Filmography

1950

And Then There Were Four as Tom McCall

1947

A Double Life Award

1942

Billy the Kid Trapped as Judge Jack McConnell Award
Bowery at Midnight as Coroner (uncredited) Award
Riders of the West as Miller, the Banker

1941

Appointment for Love as Stoddard (uncredited) Award
Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc. as Junction Heavy 1 / Marine Captain Award
Along the Rio Grande as Cattle Buyer (uncredited)

1940

The Grapes of Wrath as Gang Leader (uncredited) Award
The Green Hornet as Dean Award
My Little Chickadee as Townsman (uncredited) Award
Mysterious Doctor Satan as Stoner
Marked Men as Doctor
Billy the Kid Outlawed as Judge Fitzgerald

1939

Stagecoach as Capt. Sickel (uncredited) Award
The Sun Never Sets as Henchman DaCosta Award
Code of the Fearless as Ranger Captain Rawlins
Calling All Marines as Capt. Chester
In Old Montana as Joe Allison

1938

Tell Your Children as The Boss (uncredited)
Held For Ransom as Donnelly
On the Great White Trail as Garou
West of Rainbow's End as George Reynolds aka Johnson

1937

The Shadow Strikes as Winstead Comstock Award

1936

Ten Laps to Go as Drake - DeSylva's Mechanic Award
The Accusing Finger as Guard Award
Special Agent K-7 as Vincent 'Lanny' Landers

1935

Sunset Range as Grant

1934

A Demon for Trouble as Dyer Award
David Harum as Townsman (uncredited) Award
The World Moves On as The Duallist (1825)
Men of the Night as Louie

1933

State Trooper as Burman
Police Call as Dr. James A. Gordon

1932

Union Depot as Pickpocket (uncredited) Award
Under Eighteen as Gregg (uncredited)
Vanity Street as Detective Hanson (uncredited)
The Red Shadow
Robbers' Roost as Henchman Brad
McKenna of the Mounted as Inspector Oliver P. Logan

1931

Night Nurse as The Drunk Award
Murder by the Clock as Herbert Endicott
Seas Beneath as Chief Joe Cobb
Night Beat as Martin Andrews

1930

The Pay-Off as Emory Award
The Last of the Duanes as Bland
Men Without Women as Cobb
River's End as Martin
Women Everywhere as Lieutenant of Legionnaires
Soldiers and Women as Capt. Arnold
The Lone Star Ranger as Phil Lawson
Anybody's War as Captain Davis
Part Time Wife as Johnny Spence

1929

The River of Romance as Major Patterson
The Veiled Woman as Diplomatic Attaché

1928

Midnight Madness as Childers
Blockade as Hayden
The Play Girl as David Courtney

1927

Old San Francisco as Vasquez's Grandson - in Prologue
American Beauty as Claverhouse

1926

Across the Pacific as Capt. Grover
The City as Jim Hannock
Marriage License? as Marcus Heriot
The Combat as Milton Symmons

1925

Havoc as Roddy Dunton
A Son of His Father as Holdbrook
The Dancers as The Argentine
The Teaser as Roderick Caswell
Adventure as Tudor
When the Door Opened as Clive Grenfal
The Scarlet West as Lt. Harper
The Mad Marriage

1924

A Son of the Sahara as Capt. Jean Duval
Unguarded Women as Larry Trent
Is Love Everything? as Boyd Carter

1923

Where the North Begins as Gabrielle Dupree
The Eleventh Hour as Dick Manley
Suzanna as Ramón
Nobody's Money as Frank Carey
Is Divorce a Failure? as Kelcey Barton
Lights Out as Sea Bass

1922

The Cradle as Courtney Webster
The Kentucky Derby as Ralph Gordon
The Top of New York as Emery Gray

1921

The Invisible Fear as Arthur Comstock
Pilgrims of the Night as Gilbert Hannaway
Her Mad Bargain as David Leighton
Playthings of Destiny as Hubert Randolph

1920

Life's Twist as Steven De Koven
Darling Mine as Roger Davis

1919

The Black Secret as Ray McKay
The Country Cousin as George Tewksbury Reynolds III
The Adventure Shop as Josephus Potts, Jr.

1918

Brown of Harvard as Gerald Thorne
The Song of the Soul as Dr. Evans

1917

Womanhood, the Glory of the Nation as Count Dario
Over There

1916

Lights of New York as Hawk Chovinski

Photos & Videos

Featured in Trailers

Stagecoach
The Grapes of Wrath
Bowery at Midnight
Tell Your Children
A Double Life

Career Statistics

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