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Walter McGrail

Personal Information

Known ForActing
GenderMale
Born / DiedOct 18, 1888 (Died at 82)
Zodiac Sign♎Libra
Place of BirthBrooklyn, New York, USA
Career Span1920 – 1970
Known Credits118 Titles
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ActingPopularity Score 0.7

Walter McGrail

Total Works

118

117 movies • 1 shows

Avg Rating

6.1 / 10

across rated releases

Box Office

—

worldwide gross

Global Reach

#1

TMDB star index

Biography

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.

Signature Roles & Milestones

Stagecoach
7.6
Stagecoach
1939•movie
as Capt. Sickel (uncredited)
The Grapes of Wrath
7.8
as Gang Leader (uncredited)
Night Nurse
6.8
Night Nurse
1931•movie
as The Drunk
A Double Life
6.3
A Double Life
1947•movie

Full Filmography & Credits

Showing 118 titles featuring Walter McGrail

Stagecoach
7.6
Stagecoach
1939•movie

as Capt. Sickel (uncredited)

The Grapes of Wrath
7.8

as Gang Leader (uncredited)

Tell Your Children
4.4
Tell Your Children
1938•movie

as The Boss (uncredited)

Night Nurse
6.8
Night Nurse
1931•movie

as The Drunk

A Double Life
6.3
A Double Life
1947•movie
My Little Chickadee
6.4

as Townsman (uncredited)

Bowery at Midnight
5.0
Bowery at Midnight
1942•movie

as Coroner (uncredited)

The Shadow Strikes
4.7
The Shadow Strikes
1937•movie

as Winstead Comstock

Union Depot
6.1
Union Depot
1932•movie

as Pickpocket (uncredited)

The World Moves On
5.9
The World Moves On
1934•movie

as The Duallist (1825)

Under Eighteen
6.3
Under Eighteen
1932•movie

as Gregg (uncredited)

Men Without Women
6.3
Men Without Women
1930•movie

as Cobb

The Green Hornet
6.0
The Green Hornet
1940•movie

as Dean

The Pay-Off
5.4
The Pay-Off
1930•movie

as Emory

Murder by the Clock
6.4

as Herbert Endicott

Death Valley Days
6.6
1 eps
Death Valley Days
1952•series

as Charlie

Old San Francisco
5.8
Old San Francisco
1927•movie

as Vasquez's Grandson - in Prologue

Seas Beneath
5.3
Seas Beneath
1931•movie

as Chief Joe Cobb

Appointment for Love
5.8

as Stoddard (uncredited)

Where the North Begins
5.2

as Gabrielle Dupree

Vanity Street
7.1
Vanity Street
1932•movie

as Detective Hanson (uncredited)

Marked Men
5.6
Marked Men
1940•movie

as Doctor

Billy the Kid Trapped
5.5

as Judge Jack McConnell

Sunset Range
6.0
Sunset Range
1935•movie

as Grant

Special Agent K-7
4.9
Special Agent K-7
1936•movie

as Vincent 'Lanny' Landers

River's End
6.4
River's End
1930•movie

as Martin

Held For Ransom
6.0
Held For Ransom
1938•movie

as Donnelly

Suzanna
5.8
Suzanna
1923•movie

as Ramón

Night Beat
6.2
Night Beat
1931•movie

as Martin Andrews

Mysterious Doctor Satan
6.0

as Stoner

Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc.
6.8

as Junction Heavy 1 / Marine Captain

Along the Rio Grande
7.0

as Cattle Buyer (uncredited)

The Accusing Finger
5.8

as Guard

Across the Pacific
5.0
Across the Pacific
1926•movie

as Capt. Grover

Flaming Youth
3.8
Flaming Youth
1923•movie

as Jamieson James

A Demon for Trouble
6.0

as Dyer

Soldiers and Women
3.0
Soldiers and Women
1930•movie

as Capt. Arnold

Women Everywhere
5.3
Women Everywhere
1930•movie

as Lieutenant of Legionnaires

The River of Romance
5.7

as Major Patterson

Code of the Fearless
4.7

as Ranger Captain Rawlins

The Sun Never Sets
5.5
The Sun Never Sets
1939•movie

as Henchman DaCosta

The Teaser
3.0
The Teaser
1925•movie

as Roderick Caswell

Robbers' Roost
6.0
Robbers' Roost
1932•movie

as Henchman Brad

When the Door Opened
3.3

as Clive Grenfal

American Beauty
3.0
American Beauty
1927•movie

as Claverhouse

Riders of the West
6.5
Riders of the West
1942•movie

as Miller, the Banker

The Kentucky Derby
7.5
The Kentucky Derby
1922•movie

as Ralph Gordon

Ten Laps to Go
5.5
Ten Laps to Go
1936•movie

as Drake - DeSylva's Mechanic

On the Great White Trail
6.5

as Garou

West of Rainbow's End
7.5

as George Reynolds aka Johnson

The Last of the Duanes
6.0

as Bland

In Old Montana
6.5
In Old Montana
1939•movie

as Joe Allison

The Dancers
7.5
The Dancers
1925•movie

as The Argentine

And Then There Were Four
5.0

as Tom McCall

Men of the Night
4.5
Men of the Night
1934•movie

as Louie

The Lone Star Ranger
7.0

as Phil Lawson

A Son of the Sahara
7.5

as Capt. Jean Duval

David Harum
7.5
David Harum
1934•movie

as Townsman (uncredited)

The Breaking Point
5.0
The Breaking Point
1921•movie

as Richard Janeway

Police Call
10.0
Police Call
1933•movie

as Dr. James A. Gordon

Her Mad Bargain
10.0
Her Mad Bargain
1921•movie

as David Leighton

Anybody's War
10.0
Anybody's War
1930•movie

as Captain Davis

Lights Out
8.0
Lights Out
1923•movie

as Sea Bass

Is Love Everything?
9.0

as Boyd Carter

The Veiled Woman
9.0
The Veiled Woman
1929•movie

as Diplomatic Attaché

Life's Twist
9.0
Life's Twist
1920•movie

as Steven De Koven

The Red Shadow
10.0
The Red Shadow
1932•movie
Lights of New York
9.0
Lights of New York
1916•movie

as Hawk Chovinski

Midnight Madness
9.0
Midnight Madness
1928•movie

as Childers

Playthings of Destiny
10.0

as Hubert Randolph

State Trooper
8.0
State Trooper
1933•movie

as Burman

Blockade
10.0
Blockade
1928•movie

as Hayden

Part Time Wife
8.0
Part Time Wife
1930•movie

as Johnny Spence

Adventure
9.0
Adventure
1925•movie

as Tudor

The City
10.0
The City
1926•movie

as Jim Hannock

The Eleventh Hour
7.0
The Eleventh Hour
1923•movie

as Dick Manley

Calling All Marines
10.0

as Capt. Chester

McKenna of the Mounted
10.0

as Inspector Oliver P. Logan

The Mad Marriage
10.0
The Mad Marriage
1925•movie
The Invisible Fear
9.0
The Invisible Fear
1921•movie

as Arthur Comstock

Is Divorce a Failure?
8.0

as Kelcey Barton

Nobody's Money
8.0
Nobody's Money
1923•movie

as Frank Carey

Havoc
7.0
Havoc
1925•movie

as Roddy Dunton

The Play Girl
9.0
The Play Girl
1928•movie

as David Courtney

Billy the Kid Outlawed
10.0

as Judge Fitzgerald

The Adventure Shop
2.0
The Adventure Shop
1919•movie

as Josephus Potts, Jr.

The Cradle
8.0
The Cradle
1922•movie

as Courtney Webster

Marriage License?
10.0
Marriage License?
1926•movie

as Marcus Heriot

A Son of His Father
9.0

as Holdbrook

Pilgrims of the Night
10.0

as Gilbert Hannaway

The Country Cousin
7.0
The Country Cousin
1919•movie

as George Tewksbury Reynolds III

Unguarded Women
7.0
Unguarded Women
1924•movie

as Larry Trent

The Scarlet West
9.0
The Scarlet West
1925•movie

as Lt. Harper

The Top of New York
10.0

as Emery Gray

Over There
9.0
Over There
1917•movie
Champion of Lost Causes
9.0

as Zanten / Dick Sterling

The Girl Problem
9.0
The Girl Problem
1919•movie

as Ernest Sanford

Forbidden Waters
10.0
Forbidden Waters
1926•movie

as J. Austin Bell

Habit
9.0
Habit
1921•movie

as Charles Munson

Gerald Cranston's Lady
9.0

as Gordon Ibbotsleigh

The Yosemite Trail
10.0

as Ned Thorpe

The Bad Man
7.0
The Bad Man
1923•movie

as Morgan Pell

Her Husband's Secret
10.0

as Leon Kent

Prisoners of the Storm
7.0

as Sergeant McClellan

Blind Youth
7.0
Blind Youth
1920•movie

as Maurie Monnier

Everybody's Girl
9.0
Everybody's Girl
1918•movie

as Blinker

The Business of Life
1.0

as James Desboro

The Invisible Divorce
10.0

as Jimmy Ryder

Indiscretion
10.0
Indiscretion
1917•movie

as Jimmy Travers

The Secret Studio
8.0
The Secret Studio
1927•movie

as Mr. Kyler

The Song of the Soul

as Dr. Evans

Brown of Harvard
Brown of Harvard
1918•movie

as Gerald Thorne

The Black Secret
The Black Secret
1919•movie

as Ray McKay

Womanhood, the Glory of the Nation

as Count Dario

Darling Mine
Darling Mine
1920•movie

as Roger Davis

Miss Ambition
Miss Ambition
1918•movie

as Larry Boyle

The Triumph of the Weak

as Jim Roberts

Within the Law
Within the Law
1917•movie

as Dick Gilder