Acting
Walter McGrail
Born 1888-10-18
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Department: Acting
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.
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Stagecoach
1939
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The Grapes of Wrath
1940
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Tell Your Children
1938
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Night Nurse
1931
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A Double Life
1947
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My Little Chickadee
1940
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Bowery at Midnight
1942
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Death Valley Days
1952
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The Shadow Strikes
1937
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Union Depot
1932
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Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (123 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Death Valley Days | Charlie | TV Series | 1952 |
 | And Then There Were Four | Tom McCall | Movie | 1950 |
 | A Double Life | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1947 |
 | Bowery at Midnight | Coroner (uncredited) | Movie | 1942 |
 | Riders of the West | Miller, the Banker | Movie | 1942 |
 | Billy the Kid Trapped | Judge Jack McConnell | Movie | 1942 |
 | Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc. | Junction Heavy 1 / Marine Captain | Movie | 1941 |
 | Appointment for Love | Stoddard (uncredited) | Movie | 1941 |
 | Along the Rio Grande | Cattle Buyer (uncredited) | Movie | 1941 |
 | Mysterious Doctor Satan | Stoner | Movie | 1940 |
 | Marked Men | Doctor | Movie | 1940 |
 | Billy the Kid Outlawed | Judge Fitzgerald | Movie | 1940 |
 | The Grapes of Wrath | Gang Leader (uncredited) | Movie | 1940 |
 | My Little Chickadee | Townsman (uncredited) | Movie | 1940 |
 | The Green Hornet | Dean | Movie | 1940 |
 | Calling All Marines | Capt. Chester | Movie | 1939 |
 | The Sun Never Sets | Henchman DaCosta | Movie | 1939 |
 | Stagecoach | Capt. Sickel (uncredited) | Movie | 1939 |
 | In Old Montana | Joe Allison | Movie | 1939 |
 | Code of the Fearless | Ranger Captain Rawlins | Movie | 1939 |
 | On the Great White Trail | Garou | Movie | 1938 |
 | Held For Ransom | Donnelly | Movie | 1938 |
 | Tell Your Children | The Boss (uncredited) | Movie | 1938 |
 | West of Rainbow's End | George Reynolds aka Johnson | Movie | 1938 |
 | The Shadow Strikes | Winstead Comstock | Movie | 1937 |
 | Ten Laps to Go | Drake - DeSylva's Mechanic | Movie | 1936 |
 | The Accusing Finger | Guard | Movie | 1936 |
 | Special Agent K-7 | Vincent 'Lanny' Landers | Movie | 1936 |
 | Sunset Range | Grant | Movie | 1935 |
 | Men of the Night | Louie | Movie | 1934 |
 | A Demon for Trouble | Dyer | Movie | 1934 |
 | The World Moves On | The Duallist (1825) | Movie | 1934 |
 | David Harum | Townsman (uncredited) | Movie | 1934 |
 | Police Call | Dr. James A. Gordon | Movie | 1933 |
 | State Trooper | Burman | Movie | 1933 |
 | Robbers' Roost | Henchman Brad | Movie | 1932 |
 | Vanity Street | Detective Hanson (uncredited) | Movie | 1932 |
 | McKenna of the Mounted | Inspector Oliver P. Logan | Movie | 1932 |
 | The Red Shadow | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1932 |
 | Union Depot | Pickpocket (uncredited) | Movie | 1932 |
 | Under Eighteen | Gregg (uncredited) | Movie | 1932 |
 | Night Beat | Martin Andrews | Movie | 1931 |
 | Murder by the Clock | Herbert Endicott | Movie | 1931 |
 | Night Nurse | The Drunk | Movie | 1931 |
 | Seas Beneath | Chief Joe Cobb | Movie | 1931 |
 | Part Time Wife | Johnny Spence | Movie | 1930 |
 | River's End | Martin | Movie | 1930 |
 | The Pay-Off | Emory | Movie | 1930 |
 | The Last of the Duanes | Bland | Movie | 1930 |
 | Anybody's War | Captain Davis | Movie | 1930 |
 | Women Everywhere | Lieutenant of Legionnaires | Movie | 1930 |
 | Soldiers and Women | Capt. Arnold | Movie | 1930 |
 | Men Without Women | Cobb | Movie | 1930 |
 | The Lone Star Ranger | Phil Lawson | Movie | 1930 |
 | The River of Romance | Major Patterson | Movie | 1929 |
 | The Veiled Woman | Diplomatic Attaché | Movie | 1929 |
| Hey Rube! | Duke | Movie | 1928 | |
 | Blockade | Hayden | Movie | 1928 |
| The Old Code | Pierre Belleu | Movie | 1928 | |
 | The Play Girl | David Courtney | Movie | 1928 |
 | Midnight Madness | Childers | Movie | 1928 |
| Stop That Man | ’Slippery Dick' Sylvaine | Movie | 1928 | |
| Man Crazy | Van Breamer | Movie | 1927 | |
 | American Beauty | Claverhouse | Movie | 1927 |
 | Old San Francisco | Vasquez's Grandson - in Prologue | Movie | 1927 |
 | The Secret Studio | Mr. Kyler | Movie | 1927 |
 | Prisoners of the Storm | Sergeant McClellan | Movie | 1926 |
 | The City | Jim Hannock | Movie | 1926 |
 | Across the Pacific | Capt. Grover | Movie | 1926 |
 | Marriage License? | Marcus Heriot | Movie | 1926 |
| The Combat | Milton Symmons | Movie | 1926 | |
 | Forbidden Waters | J. Austin Bell | Movie | 1926 |
 | When the Door Opened | Clive Grenfal | Movie | 1925 |
 | A Son of His Father | Holdbrook | Movie | 1925 |
 | Havoc | Roddy Dunton | Movie | 1925 |
 | The Teaser | Roderick Caswell | Movie | 1925 |
 | The Scarlet West | Lt. Harper | Movie | 1925 |
 | Adventure | Tudor | Movie | 1925 |
 | Her Husband's Secret | Leon Kent | Movie | 1925 |
 | The Mad Marriage | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1925 |
 | Champion of Lost Causes | Zanten / Dick Sterling | Movie | 1925 |
 | The Dancers | The Argentine | Movie | 1925 |
 | Is Love Everything? | Boyd Carter | Movie | 1924 |
 | Gerald Cranston's Lady | Gordon Ibbotsleigh | Movie | 1924 |
 | Unguarded Women | Larry Trent | Movie | 1924 |
 | A Son of the Sahara | Capt. Jean Duval | Movie | 1924 |
 | Lights Out | Sea Bass | Movie | 1923 |
 | Flaming Youth | Jamieson James | Movie | 1923 |
 | The Bad Man | Morgan Pell | Movie | 1923 |
 | The Eleventh Hour | Dick Manley | Movie | 1923 |
 | Where the North Begins | Gabrielle Dupree | Movie | 1923 |
 | Is Divorce a Failure? | Kelcey Barton | Movie | 1923 |
 | Suzanna | Ramón | Movie | 1923 |
 | Nobody's Money | Frank Carey | Movie | 1923 |
 | The Kentucky Derby | Ralph Gordon | Movie | 1922 |
 | The Top of New York | Emery Gray | Movie | 1922 |
 | The Cradle | Courtney Webster | Movie | 1922 |
 | Her Mad Bargain | David Leighton | Movie | 1921 |
 | The Invisible Fear | Arthur Comstock | Movie | 1921 |
 | Pilgrims of the Night | Gilbert Hannaway | Movie | 1921 |
 | Playthings of Destiny | Hubert Randolph | Movie | 1921 |
 | The Breaking Point | Richard Janeway | Movie | 1921 |
 | Habit | Charles Munson | Movie | 1921 |
 | Darling Mine | Roger Davis | Movie | 1920 |
 | Life's Twist | Steven De Koven | Movie | 1920 |
 | The Invisible Divorce | Jimmy Ryder | Movie | 1920 |
 | Blind Youth | Maurie Monnier | Movie | 1920 |
 | The Country Cousin | George Tewksbury Reynolds III | Movie | 1919 |
 | The Girl Problem | Ernest Sanford | Movie | 1919 |
 | The Adventure Shop | Josephus Potts, Jr. | Movie | 1919 |
 | The Black Secret | Ray McKay | Movie | 1919 |
 | Miss Ambition | Larry Boyle | Movie | 1918 |
 | Everybody's Girl | Blinker | Movie | 1918 |
 | The Triumph of the Weak | Jim Roberts | Movie | 1918 |
 | The Business of Life | James Desboro | Movie | 1918 |
 | The Song of the Soul | Dr. Evans | Movie | 1918 |
 | Brown of Harvard | Gerald Thorne | Movie | 1918 |
 | Over There | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1917 |
 | Within the Law | Dick Gilder | Movie | 1917 |
 | Womanhood, the Glory of the Nation | Count Dario | Movie | 1917 |
 | Indiscretion | Jimmy Travers | Movie | 1917 |
 | Lights of New York | Hawk Chovinski | Movie | 1916 |
 | The Yosemite Trail | Ned Thorpe | Movie | — |