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2 Feb 1903
13 May 1967 (64)
Mound City, Missouri, USA
Frank McGrath
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
| Year | Movie / TV show / Other | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | The Shakiest Gun in the West | Mr. Remington |
| 1967 | The War Wagon | Bartender |
| 1967 | The Reluctant Astronaut | Plank |
| 1967 | The Last Challenge | Ballard Weeks |
| 1967 | Gunfight in Abilene | Ned Martin |
| 1967 | Tammy and the Millionaire | Uncle Lucius |
| 1965 | The Sword of Ali Baba | Pindar |
| 1965 | Tammy | |
| 1962 | The Virginian | Neddie Henshaw |
| 1960 | The Colter Craven Story: | |
| 1957 | The Tin Star | Jim Clark (uncredited) |
| 1957 | Wagon Train | Charlie Wooster |
| 1957 | Hell Bound | Detective (uncredited) |
| 1956 | The Searchers | Texas Ranger (uncredited) |
| 1956 | The First Texan | Mexican Horseman (uncredited) |
| 1955 | Cheyenne | John Pike |
| 1953 | Hondo | Lowes Partner |
| 1953 | Ride, Vaquero! | Pete |
| 1951 | Westward the Women | Outrider (uncredited) |
| 1951 | The Red Badge of Courage | Captain (uncredited) |
| 1951 | Slaughter Trail | Jamora (uncredited) |
| 1950 | Broken Arrow | Barfly |
| 1950 | Wagon Master | Posse Member (uncredited) |
| 1950 | The Flame and the Arrow | Guard (uncredited) |
| 1950 | The Milkman | Man (uncredited) |
| 1949 | She Wore a Yellow Ribbon | Bugler / Indian (uncredited) |
| 1948 | Fort Apache | Cpl. Derice (uncredited) |
| 1948 | Half Past Midnight | Taxi Driver |
| 1945 | They Were Expendable | 'Slim' - Bearded CPO (uncredited) |
| 1942 | The Ox-Bow Incident | Posse Member (uncredited) |
| 1942 | The Black Swan | Pirate (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Sundown Jim | Outlaw |
| 1941 | Western Union | Posse Rider |
| 1941 | Riders of the Purple Sage | Pete |
| 1940 | High School | Student in Fight |
| 1932 | Robbers' Roost | Mexican |
| 1932 | The Rainbow Trail | Horseman |
| 1930 | The Big Trail | Pioneer (uncredited) |
| Year | Movie / TV show / Other | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1967 | The Last Challenge | Stunts |
| 1957 | The Tin Star | Stunts |
| 1956 | The Searchers | Stunts |
| 1956 | Santiago | Stunts |
| 1953 | The Naked Spur | Stunts |
| 1950 | Rio Grande | Stunts |
| 1950 | Broken Arrow | Stunts |
| 1950 | Wagon Master | Stunts |
| 1950 | The Flame and the Arrow | Stunts |
| 1949 | She Wore a Yellow Ribbon | Stunts |
| 1948 | Fort Apache | Stunts |
| 1948 | 3 Godfathers | Stunt Double |
| 1942 | The Ox-Bow Incident | Stunts |
| 1942 | The Black Swan | Stunts |
| 1941 | Western Union | Stunts |
| 1925 | Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ | Stunts |