Frank McGrath
Acting • Born 1903-02-02 – Died 1967-05-13
Biography
Benjamin Franklin McGrath (February 2, 1903 – May 13, 1967) was an American television and film actor and stunt performer who played the comical, optimistic cook with the white beard, Charlie B. Wooster, on the western series Wagon Train for five seasons on NBC and then three seasons on ABC. McGrath appeared in all 272 episodes in the eight seasons of the series, which had ended its run only two years before his death. McGrath's Wooster character hence provided the meals and companionship for both fictional trail masters, Ward Bond as Seth Adams and John McIntire as Christopher "Chris" Hale. McGrath was born in Mound City in Holt County in far northwestern Missouri. McGrath married Libby Quay Buschlen (1902–1978), a native of Ontario, Canada. He died May 13, 1967 at the age of sixty-four of a heart attack in Beverly Hills, California, and was interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale. CLR From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Filmography
39 credits
Hell Bound
Movie • 1957
Detective (uncredited)
The Shakiest Gun in the West
Movie • 1968
Mr. Remington
Hondo
Movie • 1953
Lowes Partner (uncredited)
The Reluctant Astronaut
Movie • 1967
Plank
Westward the Women
Movie • 1951
Outrider (uncredited)
The Milkman
Movie • 1950
Man (uncredited)
The First Texan
Movie • 1956
Mexican Horseman (uncredited)
Gunfight in Abilene
Movie • 1967
Ned Martin
The Rainbow Trail
Movie • 1932
Horseman
The Searchers
Movie • 1956
Texas Ranger (uncredited)
Tammy and the Millionaire
Movie • 1967
Uncle Lucius
The Colter Craven Story
Movie • 1960
The Ox-Bow Incident
Movie • 1943
Posse Member (uncredited)
Wagon Master
Movie • 1950
Posse Member (uncredited)
The Last Challenge
Movie • 1967
Ballard Weeks
The Tin Star
Movie • 1957
Jim Clark (uncredited)
Fort Apache
Movie • 1948
Cpl. Derice (uncredited)
The Red Badge of Courage
Movie • 1951
Captain (uncredited)
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
Movie • 1949
Bugler / Indian (uncredited)
Riders of the Purple Sage
Movie • 1941
Pete
Sundown Jim
Movie • 1942
Outlaw
The War Wagon
Movie • 1967
Bartender
Western Union
Movie • 1941
Posse Rider
High School
Movie • 1940
Student in Fight
Robbers' Roost
Movie • 1932
Mexican
The Sword of Ali Baba
Movie • 1965
Pindar
Ride, Vaquero!
Movie • 1953
Pete
Half Past Midnight
Movie • 1948
Taxi Driver
Slaughter Trail
Movie • 1951
Jamora (uncredited)
The Flame and the Arrow
Movie • 1950
Guard (uncredited)
They Were Expendable
Movie • 1945
'Slim' - Bearded CPO (uncredited)
Broken Arrow
Movie • 1950
Barfly (uncredited)
The Black Swan
Movie • 1942
Pirate (uncredited)
The Big Trail
Movie • 1930
Pioneer (uncredited)
Devil's Doorway
Movie • 1950
Posse Member (uncredited)
Tammy
TV • 1965
Lucius Tarleton
The Virginian
TV • 1962
Neddie Henshaw
Cheyenne
TV • 1955
John Pike
Wagon Train
TV • 1957
Charlie Wooster