Frank McGrath
ActingBenjamin 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 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Known For
Broken Arrow
Barfly (uncredited)
The Searchers
Texas Ranger (uncredited)
Fort Apache
Cpl. Derice (uncredited)
Hondo
Lowes Partner (uncredited)
The Black Swan
Pirate (uncredited)
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
Bugler / Indian (uncredited)
The War Wagon
Bartender
They Were Expendable
'Slim' - Bearded CPO (uncredited)
Wagon Master
Posse Member (uncredited)
The Ox-Bow Incident
Posse Member (uncredited)
Filmography — Acting
Broken Arrow
Barfly (uncredited)
The Searchers
Texas Ranger (uncredited)
Fort Apache
Cpl. Derice (uncredited)
Hondo
Lowes Partner (uncredited)
The Black Swan
Pirate (uncredited)
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
Bugler / Indian (uncredited)
The War Wagon
Bartender
They Were Expendable
'Slim' - Bearded CPO (uncredited)
Wagon Master
Posse Member (uncredited)
The Ox-Bow Incident
Posse Member (uncredited)
The Big Trail
Pioneer (uncredited)
Westward the Women
Outrider (uncredited)
The Tin Star
Jim Clark (uncredited)
The Flame and the Arrow
Guard (uncredited)
The Red Badge of Courage
Captain (uncredited)
The Last Challenge
Ballard Weeks
Ride, Vaquero!
Pete
Western Union
Posse Rider
Devil's Doorway
Posse Member (uncredited)
Hell Bound
Detective (uncredited)
The Shakiest Gun in the West
Mr. Remington
The First Texan
Mexican Horseman (uncredited)
The Reluctant Astronaut
Plank
High School
Student in Fight
Half Past Midnight
Taxi Driver
The Colter Craven Story
Gunfight in Abilene
Ned Martin
Tammy and the Millionaire
Uncle Lucius
The Sword of Ali Baba
Pindar
Slaughter Trail
Jamora (uncredited)
Robbers' Roost
Mexican
Sundown Jim
Outlaw
The Milkman
Man (uncredited)
The Rainbow Trail
Horseman
Riders of the Purple Sage
Pete