Frank McGrath
Acting
Born February 2, 1903 · 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.…
Known For · 39 titles
Wagon Train
The Virginian
Cheyenne
The Searchers
Tammy
Broken Arrow
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
The War Wagon
Fort Apache
The Tin Star
Hondo
The Black Swan
They Were Expendable
Westward the Women
The Ox-Bow Incident
The Red Badge of Courage
The Flame and the Arrow
The Shakiest Gun in the West
Western Union
Wagon Master
The Big Trail
The Last Challenge
The Reluctant Astronaut
Sundown Jim
Gunfight in Abilene
Ride, Vaquero!
The First Texan
Tammy and the Millionaire
Devil's Doorway
Riders of the Purple Sage
Hell Bound
Slaughter Trail
Half Past Midnight
The Milkman
The Colter Craven Story
The Sword of Ali Baba
Robbers' Roost
The Rainbow Trail
High School