Frank McGrath
Acting
1903-02-02 · Mound City, Missouri, USA
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
The Shakiest Gun in the West
1968 · Movie
The Reluctant Astronaut
1967 · Movie
The Last Challenge
1967 · Movie
The War Wagon
1967 · Movie
Tammy and the Millionaire
1967 · Movie
Gunfight in Abilene
1967 · Movie
Tammy
1965 · Series
The Sword of Ali Baba
1965 · Movie
The Virginian
1962 · Series
The Colter Craven Story
1960 · Movie
The Tin Star
1957 · Movie
Hell Bound
1957 · Movie
Wagon Train
1957 · Series
The Wings of Eagles
1957 · Movie
Santiago
1956 · Movie
The First Texan
1956 · Movie
The Searchers
1956 · Movie
Cheyenne
1955 · Series
Hondo
1953 · Movie
Ride, Vaquero!
1953 · Movie
The Naked Spur
1953 · Movie
Westward the Women
1951 · Movie
Slaughter Trail
1951 · Movie
The Red Badge of Courage
1951 · Movie
Rio Grande
1950 · Movie
The Milkman
1950 · Movie
Devil's Doorway
1950 · Movie
Broken Arrow
1950 · Movie
The Flame and the Arrow
1950 · Movie
Wagon Master
1950 · Movie
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
1949 · Movie
3 Godfathers
1948 · Movie
Fort Apache
1948 · Movie
Half Past Midnight
1948 · Movie
They Were Expendable
1945 · Movie
The Ox-Bow Incident
1943 · Movie
The Black Swan
1942 · Movie
Sundown Jim
1942 · Movie
Riders of the Purple Sage
1941 · Movie
Western Union
1941 · Movie
High School
1940 · Movie
Robbers' Roost
1932 · Movie
The Rainbow Trail
1932 · Movie
The Big Trail
1930 · Movie
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925 · Movie