Frank McGrath
Known for: Acting
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
Series
Wagon Train
Charlie Wooster
1957
Series
The Virginian
Neddie Henshaw
1962
Series
Cheyenne
John Pike
1955
Film
The Searchers
Texas Ranger (uncredited)
1956
Film
Broken Arrow
Barfly (uncredited)
1950
Film
The Tin Star
Jim Clark (uncredited)
1957
Film
Fort Apache
Cpl. Derice (uncredited)
1948
Film
The Black Swan
Pirate (uncredited)
1942
Film
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
Bugler / Indian (uncredited)
1949
Film
The War Wagon
Bartender
1967
Film
Hondo
Lowes Partner (uncredited)
1953
Film
Western Union
Posse Rider
1941
Film
Westward the Women
Outrider (uncredited)
1951
Film
The Big Trail
Pioneer (uncredited)
1930
Film
They Were Expendable
'Slim' - Bearded CPO (uncredited)
1945
Film
Wagon Master
Posse Member (uncredited)
1950
Series
Tammy
Lucius Tarleton
1965
Film
The Ox-Bow Incident
Posse Member (uncredited)
1943
Film
The Red Badge of Courage
Captain (uncredited)
1951
Film
Ride, Vaquero!
Pete
1953
Film
The Flame and the Arrow
Guard (uncredited)
1950
Film
The Shakiest Gun in the West
Mr. Remington
1968
Film
The Last Challenge
Ballard Weeks
1967
Film
Devil's Doorway
Posse Member (uncredited)
1950
Film
Hell Bound
Detective (uncredited)
1957
Film
Sundown Jim
Outlaw
1942
Film
The Milkman
Man (uncredited)
1950
Film
Gunfight in Abilene
Ned Martin
1967
Film
The Rainbow Trail
Horseman
1932
Film
The First Texan
Mexican Horseman (uncredited)
1956
Film
The Reluctant Astronaut
Plank
1967
Film
Slaughter Trail
Jamora (uncredited)
1951
Film
High School
Student in Fight
1940
Film
Half Past Midnight
Taxi Driver
1948
Film
The Sword of Ali Baba
Pindar
1965
Film
Riders of the Purple Sage
Pete
1941
Film
Tammy and the Millionaire
Uncle Lucius
1967
Film
Robbers' Roost
Mexican
1932
Film
The Colter Craven Story
1960