Walter McGrail

Walter McGrail
McGrail in 1924
Born	Walter B. McGrail (1888-10-19)October 19, 1888 Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Died	March 19, 1970(1970-03-19) (aged 81) San Francisco, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1916–1951

Walter B. McGrail (October 19, 1888 – March 19, 1970) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 150 films between 1916 and 1951. Besides feature films, he appeared in The Scarlet Runner, a 12-chapter serial.

McGrail was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in San Francisco, California, at the age of 81.

Selected filmography

McGrail in Motion Picture News, 1919

• Thou Art the Man (1916) – Bearer
• The Ordeal of Elizabeth (1916) – Elizabeth's Father
• Lights of New York (1916) – Hawk Chovinski
• The Scarlet Runner (1916) – Morley Chester
• The Dollar and the Law (1916) – George Gray
• Indiscretion (1917) – Jimmy Travers
• The Courage of Silence (1917) – Saunders
• Womanhood, the Glory of the Nation (1917) – Count Dario
• Within the Law (1917) – Dick Gilder
• Over There (1917) – Minor Role
• The Song of the Soul (1918) – Dr. Evans
• The Business of Life (1918) –
• The Triumph of the Weak (1918) – Jim Roberts
• Find the Woman (1918) – Maurice Dumars
• To the Highest Bidder (1918) – David Whitcomb
• Everybody's Girl (1918) – Blinker
• Miss Ambition (1918) – Larry Boyle
• Brown of Harvard (1918) – Gerald Thorne
• The Adventure Shop (1919) – Josephus Potts, Jr
• The Girl, Glory (1919) – Ernest Sanford
• The Country Cousin (1919) – George Tewksbury Reynolds III
• The Black Secret (1919) – Ray McKay
• Greater Than Fame (1920) – Jack Martin
• Blind Youth (1920) – Maurie Monnier
• The Invisible Divorce (1920) – Jimmy Ryder
• Life's Twist (1920) – Steven De Koven
• Darling Mine (1920) – Roger Davis
• Beware of the Bride (1920) – Billy Emerson
• Habit (1921) – Charles Munson
• The Breaking Point (1921) – Richard Janeway
• Playthings of Destiny (1921) – Hubert Randolph
• Pilgrims of the Night (1921) – Gilbert Hannaway
• The Invisible Fear (1921) – Arthur Comstock
• Her Mad Bargain (1921) – David Leighton
• The Cradle (1922) – Courtney Webster
• The Top of New York (1922) – Emery Gray
• The Yosemite Trail (1922) – Ned Thorpe
• The Kentucky Derby (1922) – Ralph Gordon
• Nobody's Money (1923) – Frank Carey
• Suzanna (1923) – Ramón
• Is Divorce a Failure? (1923) – Kelcey Barton
• Where the North Begins (1923) – Gabrielle Dupree
• The Eleventh Hour (1923) – Dick Manley
• The Bad Man (1923) – Morgan Pell
• Lights Out (1923) – Sea Bass
• Flaming Youth (1923) – Jamieson James
• A Son of the Sahara (1924) – Captain Jean Duval
• Unguarded Women (1924) – Larry Trent
• Gerald Cranston's Lady (1924) – Gordon Ibbotsleigh
• Is Love Everything? (1924) – Boyd Carter
• The Dancers (1925) – The Argentine
• Adventure (1925) – Tudor
• Champion of Lost Causes (1925) – Zanten / Dick Sterling
• The Mad Marriage (1925)
• Her Husband's Secret (1925)
• The Teaser (1925) – Roderick Caswell
• The Scarlet West (1925) – Lt. Harper
• Havoc (1925) – Roddy Dunton
• A Son of His Father (1925) – Holdbrook
• When the Door Opened (1925) – Clive Grenfal
• Forbidden Waters (1926) – J. Austin Bell
• The Combat (1926) – Milton Symmons
• Marriage License? (1926) – Marcus Heriot
• Across the Pacific (1926) – Capt. Grover
• The City (1926) – Jim Hannock
• Prisoners of the Storm (1926) – Sergeant McClellan
• The Secret Studio (1927) – Mr. Kyler
• Old San Francisco (1927) – Vasquez's Grandson – in Prologue
• American Beauty (1927) – Claverhouse
• Man Crazy (1927) – Van Breamer
• Stop That Man! (1928) – 'Slippery Dick' Sylvaine
• Midnight Madness (1928) – Childers
• The Play Girl (1928) – David Courtney
• The Old Code (1928) – Pierre Belleu
• Confessions of a Wife (1928) – Henri Duval
• Blockade (1928) – Hayden
• Hey Rube! (1928) – Duke
• The Veiled Woman (1929) – Diplomatic Attaché
• River of Romance (1929) – Major Patterson
• The Lone Star Ranger (1930) – Phil Lawson
• Men Without Women (1930) – Joe Cobb
• Soldiers and Women (1930) – Capt. Arnold
• Women Everywhere (1930) – Lieutenant of Legionnaires
• Anybody's War (1930) – Captain Davis
• The Last of the Duanes (1930) – Bland
• The Pay-Off (1930) – Emory
• River's End (1930) – Sergeant Martin
• Part Time Wife (1930) – Johnny Spence
• Seas Beneath (1931) – Chief Joe Cobb
• Night Nurse (1931) – Mack, the Drunk
• Murder by the Clock (1931) – Herbert Endicott
• Under Eighteen (1931) – Gregg (uncredited)
• Night Beat (1931) – Martin Andrews
• Union Depot (1932) – Pickpocket (uncredited)
• The Last of the Mohicans (1932, Serial) – Dulac
• McKenna of the Mounted (1932) – Inspector Oliver P. Logan
• Exposed (1932) – Johnny Russo
• Vanity Street (1932) – Detective Hanson (uncredited)
• Robbers' Roost (1932) – Henchman Brad
• State Trooper (1933) – Burman
• Police Call (1933) – Dr. James A. Gordon
• Sing Sinner Sing (1933) – Louis
• David Harum (1934) – Townsman (uncredited)
• The World Moves On (1934) – The Duallist (1825)
• A Demon for Trouble (1934) – Dyer
• The Lemon Drop Kid (1934) – Racetrack Tout (uncredited)
• Men of the Night (1934) – Louie
• All the King's Horses (1935) – Baron Kurt Chizlinska (uncredited)
• Sunset Range (1935) – Grant
• The Glass Key (1935) – Fickle Madvig Supporter (uncredited)
• Hard Rock Harrigan (1935) – Worker (uncredited)
• Call of the Wild (1935) – Spectator (uncredited)
• Special Agent K-7 (1936) – Vincent 'Lanny' Landers
• The Plainsman (1936) – Gambler #1 (uncredited)
• The Accusing Finger (1936) – Guard (uncredited)
• Ten Laps to Go (1936) – Drake – DeSylva's Mechanic
• Reefer Madness (1936) – The Boss (uncredited)
• The Shadow Strikes (1937) – Winstead Comstock
• The Fighting Deputy (1937) – Townsman (uncredited)
• The Mysterious Pilot (1937) – Jordan (uncredited)
• West of Rainbow's End (1938) – George Reynolds aka Johnson
• Held for Ransom (1938) – Donnelly
• On the Great White Trail (1938) – Garou
• Code of the Fearless (1939) – Ranger Capt. Rawlins
• In Old Montana (1939) – Joe Allison
• Stagecoach (1939) – Capt. Sickel (uncredited)
• The Sun Never Sets (1939) – Henchman DaCosta (uncredited)
• Calling All Marines (1939) – Capt. Chester
• The Green Hornet (1940, Serial) – Dean
• The Grapes of Wrath (1940) – Gang Leader (uncredited)
• My Little Chickadee (1940) – Townsman (uncredited)
• Billy the Kid Outlawed (1940) – Judge Fitzgerald
• Marked Men (1940) – Doctor (uncredited)
• The Son of Monte Cristo (1940) – Minor Role (uncredited)
• Mysterious Doctor Satan (1940) – Stoner
• Back Street (1941) – Reporter (uncredited)
• Along the Rio Grande (1941) – Cattle Buyer (uncredited)
• Last of the Duanes (1941) – Texas Ranger (uncredited)
• Appointment for Love (1941) – Stoddard (uncredited)
• Holt of the Secret Service (1941, Serial) – Ship Captain (uncredited)
• Dick Tracy vs. Crime, Inc. (1941, Serial) – Junction Heavy 1 / Marine Captain (uncredited)
• Billy the Kid Trapped (1942) – Judge Jack McConnell
• Riders of the West (1942) – Miller, the Banker
• Bowery at Midnight (1942) – Coroner (uncredited)
• A Double Life (1947) – Steve (uncredited)
• A Life of Her Own (1950) – Party Guest (uncredited)
• Here Comes the Groom (1951) – Newsreel Director (uncredited)

External links

• Walter McGrail at IMDb