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Frank McGrath

Frank McGrath

Born: 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

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