Walter McGrail

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



 * 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)