Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1903-02-02
Day of Death
1967-05-13
Place of Birth
Mound City, Missouri, USA
Frank McGrath
Biography
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 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Filmography (35)
The Shakiest Gun in the West
1968
The Reluctant Astronaut
1967
The Last Challenge
1967
The War Wagon
1967
Tammy and the Millionaire
1967
Gunfight in Abilene
1967
The Sword of Ali Baba
1965
The Colter Craven Story
1960
The Tin Star
1957
Hell Bound
1957
The First Texan
1956
The Searchers
1956
Hondo
1953
Ride, Vaquero!
1953
