An American actor who was born in Des Moines, Iowa, on May 10, 1914 and died in Studio City, California, on July 30, 1980. Charles McGraw received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960 for his television work. He is best known for his roles in: Spartacus (1960), The Birds (1963), It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963), and The Killers (1946). He has played 140 supporting roles in cinema and television and was often presented as a policeman, army officer or investigator. His movie debut was The Undying Monster (1942), and in the early fifties he joined the television that dominated his intermittent cinematic appearance, as his last series was Twilight's Last Gleaming (1977).