Frank McGrath
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
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Acted in
The Shakiest Gun in the West
1968
as Mr. Remington
The Last Challenge
1967
as Ballard Weeks
The Reluctant Astronaut
1967
as Plank
The War Wagon
1967
as Bartender
Tammy and the Millionaire
1967
as Uncle Lucius
Gunfight in Abilene
1967
as Ned Martin
Tammy
1965
The Sword of Ali Baba
1965
as Pindar
The Virginian
1962
as Neddie Henshaw
The Colter Craven Story
1960
The Tin Star
1957
as Jim Clark (uncredited)
Hell Bound
1957
as Detective (uncredited)
Wagon Train
1957
as Charlie Wooster
The First Texan
1956
as Mexican Horseman (uncredited)
The Searchers
1956
as Texas Ranger (uncredited)
Cheyenne
1955
as John Pike
Hondo
1953
as Lowes Partner
Ride, Vaquero!
1953
as Pete
Westward the Women
1951
as Outrider (uncredited)
Slaughter Trail
1951
as Jamora (uncredited)
The Red Badge of Courage
1951
as Captain (uncredited)
The Milkman
1950
as Man (uncredited)
Broken Arrow
1950
as Barfly
The Flame and the Arrow
1950
as Guard (uncredited)
Wagon Master
1950
as Posse Member (uncredited)
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
1949
as Bugler / Indian (uncredited)
Fort Apache
1948
as Cpl. Derice (uncredited)
Half Past Midnight
1948
as Taxi Driver
They Were Expendable
1945
as 'Slim' - Bearded CPO (uncredited)
The Black Swan
1942
as Pirate (uncredited)
The Ox-Bow Incident
1942
as Posse Member (uncredited)
Sundown Jim
1942
as Outlaw
Riders of the Purple Sage
1941
as Pete
Western Union
1941
as Posse Rider
High School
1940
as Student in Fight
Robbers' Roost
1932
as Mexican
The Rainbow Trail
1932
as Horseman