Walter McGrail

Walter McGrail (born October 19, 1888 in Brooklyn , New York , † March 19, 1970 in San Francisco , California ) was an American film actor .

Life

Walter McGrail came to film early and acted in leading film roles after 1915 at the latest. In the early stages of his career, McGrail was mostly cast as a guy , he often embodied presumptuous prosperous offspring. In the 1920s he developed into a character actor . However, the dark-haired actor was still often used in the role subject and often portrayed the Latino , the Latin American or southern European - sometimes good, sometimes bad. In the sound film era , McGrail was mostly pushed back to the status of supporting role actor . As such, he acted, for example, in several classics of the film genre in 1936 and 1939/40: the western The Hero of the Prairie by Cecil B. DeMille and Ringo by John Ford as well as the drama Fruits of Wrath , also by John Ford, and the WC Fields comedy My little rooster .

Before he retired from the film, McGrail had several guest appearances on television series , most recently in 1953 in a Cisco Kid episode, a remake of the classic Western serial .

Filmography

• 1916: The Road of Many Turnings
• 1919: The Country Cousin
• 1924: Unguarded Women
• 1926: The Deserter ( Across the Pacific )
• 1930: U 13 / The Downfall of US 13 (Man Without Women)
• 1931: Night Nurse
• 1932: Gentleman for a day ( Union Depot )
• 1936: The Plainsman ( The Plainsman )
• 1939: Ringo ( stagecoach )
• 1940: The Grapes of Wrath ( The Grapes of Wrath )
• 1940: My Little Chickadee ( My Little Chickadee )
• 1940: Revenge of the Copper Serpent ( Mysterious Doctor Satan )
• 1942: Fuzzy Chases Herself ( Billy the Kid Trapped )
• 1951: Wedding Parade ( Here Comes the Groom )

Web links

• Walter McGrail in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Walter McGrail in the All Movie Guide (English)