Frank McGrath
Acting
Born: 1903-02-02 in Mound City, Missouri, USA
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
Known For
Wagon Train
Charlie Wooster
The Virginian
Neddie Henshaw
Cheyenne
John Pike
The Searchers
Texas Ranger (uncredited)
The Black Swan
Pirate (uncredited)
Broken Arrow
Barfly (uncredited)
Fort Apache
Cpl. Derice (uncredited)
The War Wagon
Bartender
The Tin Star
Jim Clark (uncredited)
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
Bugler / Indian (uncredited)
Hondo
Lowes Partner (uncredited)
Tammy
Lucius Tarleton
The Ox-Bow Incident
Posse Member (uncredited)
Wagon Master
Posse Member (uncredited)
Westward the Women
Outrider (uncredited)
They Were Expendable
'Slim' - Bearded CPO (uncredited)
The Big Trail
Pioneer (uncredited)
Western Union
Posse Rider
The Red Badge of Courage
Captain (uncredited)
Ride, Vaquero!
Pete
The Last Challenge
Ballard Weeks
The Flame and the Arrow
Guard (uncredited)
Sundown Jim
Outlaw
Devil's Doorway
Posse Member (uncredited)
The Reluctant Astronaut
Plank
The Shakiest Gun in the West
Mr. Remington
High School
Student in Fight
Gunfight in Abilene
Ned Martin
The First Texan
Mexican Horseman (uncredited)
The Sword of Ali Baba
Pindar
Slaughter Trail
Jamora (uncredited)
Hell Bound
Detective (uncredited)
The Milkman
Man (uncredited)
Tammy and the Millionaire
Uncle Lucius
Half Past Midnight
Taxi Driver
Riders of the Purple Sage
Pete
Robbers' Roost
Mexican
The Rainbow Trail
Horseman
