Born on this day – Charles McGraw:

 

Charles McGraw

Actor

May 10, 1914 – July 29, 1980

On this day in movie history - The Narrow Margin (1952)

The Narrow Margin

directed by Richard Fleischer,

written by Earl Felton,

based on story by Martin Goldsmith and Jack Leonard,

was released in the United States on April 23, 1952.

Music by Gene Rose, Leith Stevens, Dave Torbett and Roy Webb.

Cast:

Charles McGraw, Marie Windsor, Jacqueline White, Queenie Leonard, David Clarke, Peter Virgo, Don Beddoe, Paul Maxey, Harry Harvey, Gordon Gebert, Peter Brocco, Ivan Browning, George Chandler, James Conaty, Don Dillaway, Franklyn Farnum, Bess Flowers, Don Haggerty, Clarence Hargrave, Art Howard, Bobby Johnson, Milton Kibbee, Mike Lally, Johnny Lee, William A. Lee, Walter Merrill, Harold Miller, Howard M. Mitchell, Edgar Murray, Franklin Parker, George Sawaya, Jeffrey Sayre, Ray Spiker, Jasper Weldon, Napoleon Whiting, Bob Whitney.

On this day in television history - Johnny Staccato (1959)

Johnny Staccato
Season 1. Episode 2.

Episode entitled: Murder for Credit.

Released September 17, 1959.

Directed by John Cassavetes.

Written by Richard Carr, Laurence E. Mascott.

Music by Elmer Bernstein.

Cast:

John Cassavetes, Eduardo Ciannelli, Charles McGraw, Martin Landau, Marilyn Clark, Mel Berger, Bara/Bobbi Byrnes, Jimmy Joyce, Pete Candoli, Red Mitchell, Robert/Bob Bain, John/Johnny Williams, Mel Lewis.

On this day in movie history - Roadblock (1951)

Roadblock

directed by Harold Daniels,

written by George Bricker and Steve Fisher,

based on a story by Richard H. Landau and Daniel Mainwaring,

was released in the United States on July 30, 1951.

Music by Paul Sawtell.

Cast:

Charles McGraw, Joan Dixon, Lowell Gilmore, Louis Jean Heydt, Milburn Stone.

On this day in movie history - Armored Car Robbery (1950)

Armored Car Robbery

directed by Richard Fleischer,

written by Gerald Drayson Adams and Earl Felton,

based on a story by Robert Leeds and Robert Angus,

was released in the United States on June 7, 1950.

Music by Roy Webb and Paul Sawtell.

Cast:

Charles McGraw, Adele Jergens, William Talman, Douglas Fowley, Steve Brodie, Don McGuire, Don Haggerty, James Flavin, Gene Evans.