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