- Films
- 42
- Avg rating
- 6.82
- Peak run
- 1958’67
- 7+ run
- 3 films
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes
Charles by the numbers
Average
6.82
26 rated films
Vote weighted
6.87
bigger films count more
Median
6.8
half are better
Consistency
±0.54
rating spread
Career
34y
1943 to 1976
Total votes
443K
across every film
Best
7.9
In Cold Blood
Worst
6.4
A Boy and His Dog
Newest first
Filmography
| 1976 | The Killer Inside Me | Howard Hendricks | · | 570 |
| 1975 |  A Boy and His Dog | Preacher | 6.4 | 21,079 |
| 1971 |  Johnny Got His Gun | Mike Burkeman | 7.8 | 20,125 |
| 1971 | Chandler | Bernie Oakman | · | 695 |
| 1969 | Pendulum | Deputy Chief John P. Hildebrand | 6.3 | 1,059 |
| 1969 | Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here | Wilson | 6.3 | 3,770 |
| 1968 |  Hang 'Em High | Sheriff Ray Calhoun | 7.0 | 49,089 |
| 1967 | The Busy Body | Fred Harwell | · | 419 |
| 1967 |  In Cold Blood | Tex Smith | 7.9 | 32,156 |
| 1963 |  The Birds | Sebastian Sholes | 7.6 | 223K |
| 1962 | The Horizontal Lieutenant | Col. Charles Korotny | · | 533 |
| 1960 | Cimarron | Bob Yountis | 6.4 | 3,920 |
| 1959 | The Man in the Net | Sheriff Steve Ritter | · | 936 |
| 1959 | The Wonderful Country | Dr. Herbert J. Stovall | 6.1 | 2,615 |
| 1958 | Saddle the Wind | Larry Venables | 6.6 | 1,913 |
| 1958 |  The Defiant Ones | Capt. Frank Gibbons | 7.5 | 20,438 |
| 1958 | Twilight for the Gods | Yancy | · | 319 |
| 1957 | Joe Butterfly | Sergeant Jim McNulty | · | 323 |
| 1957 | Joe Dakota | Cal Moore | · | 752 |
| 1957 | Slaughter on 10th Avenue | Lt. Anthony Vosnick | · | 507 |
Better together?
Charles McGraw's regulars
- Richard FleischerDirector and actor · 3 films · 7.20 avg▲+0.55
- Robert ParrishDirector and actor · 2 films · 6.35 avg▼−0.23
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
Takes
On Charles McGraw
Information courtesy of IMDb (https://www.imdb.com). Used with permission. Ratings and votes as of the latest nightly refresh.