Actor
Frank McGrath
February 2, 1903 · Mound City, Missouri, USA
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.
Notable work
Often works with
John Wayne
7 titles together
The Searchers, Fort Apache, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
Ward Bond
6 titles together
The Searchers, Fort Apache, Hondo
Chief John Big Tree
4 titles together
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, The Big Trail, Western Union
Harry Carey Jr.
3 titles together
The Searchers, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, Wagon Master
Hank Worden
3 titles together
The Searchers, Fort Apache, Wagon Master
Henry Fonda
3 titles together
The Ox-Bow Incident, Fort Apache, The Tin Star
Full filmography · 39
The Shakiest Gun in the West
as Mr. Remington
19686.2
The Reluctant Astronaut
as Plank
19676
The Last Challenge
as Ballard Weeks
19676.3
The War Wagon
as Bartender
19676.8
Tammy and the Millionaire
as Uncle Lucius
1967
Gunfight in Abilene
as Ned Martin
1967
The Sword of Ali Baba
as Pindar
1965
The Colter Craven Story
cast
1960
The Tin Star
as Jim Clark (uncredited)
19577
Hell Bound
as Detective (uncredited)
1957
The First Texan
as Mexican Horseman (uncredited)
1956
The Searchers
as Texas Ranger (uncredited)
19567.7