Walter McGrail

Walter B. McGrail (October 19, 1888 – March 19, 1970) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 150 films between 1916 and 1951. Besides feature films, he appeared in The Scarlet Runner, a 12-chapter serial.

McGrail was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in San Francisco, California, at the age of 81.

Selected filmography

Thou Art the Man (1916) – Bearer The Ordeal of Elizabeth (1916) – Elizabeth's Father Lights of New York (1916) – Hawk Chovinski The Scarlet Runner (1916) – Morley Chester The Dollar and the Law (1916) – George Gray Indiscretion (1917) – Jimmy Travers The Courage of Silence (1917) – Saunders Womanhood, the Glory of the Nation (1917) – Count Dario Within the Law (1917) – Dick Gilder Over There (1917) – Minor Role The Song of the Soul (1918) – Dr. Evans The Business of Life (1918) – The Triumph of the Weak (1918) – Jim Roberts Find the Woman (1918) – Maurice Dumars To the Highest Bidder (1918) – David Whitcomb Everybody's Girl (1918) – Blinker Miss Ambition (1918) – Larry Boyle Brown of Harvard (1918) – Gerald Thorne The Adventure Shop (1919) – Josephus Potts, Jr The Girl, Glory (1919) – Ernest Sanford The Country Cousin (1919) – George Tewksbury Reynolds III The Black Secret (1919) – Ray McKay Greater Than Fame (1920) – Jack Martin Blind Youth (1920) – Maurie Monnier The Invisible Divorce (1920) – Jimmy Ryder Life's Twist (1920) – Steven De Koven Darling Mine (1920) – Roger Davis Beware of the Bride (1920) – Billy Emerson Habit (1921) – Charles Munson The Breaking Point (1921) – Richard Janeway Playthings of Destiny (1921) – Hubert Randolph Pilgrims of the Night (1921) – Gilbert Hannaway The Invisible Fear (1921) – Arthur Comstock Her Mad Bargain (1921) – David Leighton The Cradle (1922) – Courtney Webster The Top of New York (1922) – Emery Gray The Yosemite Trail (1922) – Ned Thorpe The Kentucky Derby (1922) – Ralph Gordon Nobody's Money (1923) – Frank Carey Suzanna (1923) – Ramón Is Divorce a Failure? (1923) – Kelcey Barton Where the North Begins (1923) – Gabrielle Dupree The Eleventh Hour (1923) – Dick Manley The Bad Man (1923) – Morgan Pell Lights Out (1923) – Sea Bass Flaming Youth (1923) – Jamieson James A Son of the Sahara (1924) – Captain Jean Duval Unguarded Women (1924) – Larry Trent Gerald Cranston's Lady (1924) – Gordon Ibbotsleigh Is Love Everything? (1924) – Boyd Carter The Dancers (1925) – The Argentine Adventure (1925) – Tudor Champion of Lost Causes (1925) – Zanten / Dick Sterling The Mad Marriage (1925) Her Husband's Secret (1925) The Teaser (1925) – Roderick Caswell The Scarlet West (1925) – Lt. Harper Havoc (1925) – Roddy Dunton A Son of His Father (1925) – Holdbrook When the Door Opened (1925) – Clive Grenfal Forbidden Waters (1926) – J. Austin Bell The Combat (1926) – Milton Symmons Marriage License? (1926) – Marcus Heriot Across the Pacific (1926) – Capt. Grover The City (1926) – Jim Hannock Prisoners of the Storm (1926) – Sergeant McClellan The Secret Studio (1927) – Mr. Kyler Old San Francisco (1927) – Vasquez's Grandson – in Prologue American Beauty (1927) – Claverhouse Man Crazy (1927) – Van Breamer Stop That Man! (1928) – 'Slippery Dick' Sylvaine Midnight Madness (1928) – Childers The Play Girl (1928) – David Courtney The Old Code (1928) – Pierre Belleu Confessions of a Wife (1928) – Henri Duval Blockade (1928) – Hayden Hey Rube! (1928) – Duke The Veiled Woman (1929) – Diplomatic Attaché River of Romance (1929) – Major Patterson The Lone Star Ranger (1930) – Phil Lawson Men Without Women (1930) – Joe Cobb Soldiers and Women (1930) – Capt. Arnold Women Everywhere (1930) – Lieutenant of Legionnaires Anybody's War (1930) – Captain Davis The Last of the Duanes (1930) – Bland The Pay-Off (1930) – Emory River's End (1930) – Sergeant Martin Part Time Wife (1930) – Johnny Spence Seas Beneath (1931) – Chief Joe Cobb Night Nurse (1931) – Mack, the Drunk Murder by the Clock (1931) – Herbert Endicott Under Eighteen (1931) – Gregg (uncredited) Night Beat (1931) – Martin Andrews Union Depot (1932) – Pickpocket (uncredited) The Last of the Mohicans (1932, Serial) – Dulac McKenna of the Mounted (1932) – Inspector Oliver P. Logan Exposed (1932) – Johnny Russo Vanity Street (1932) – Detective Hanson (uncredited) Robbers' Roost (1932) – Henchman Brad State Trooper (1933) – Burman Police Call (1933) – Dr. James A. Gordon Sing Sinner Sing (1933) – Louis David Harum (1934) – Townsman (uncredited) The World Moves On (1934) – The Duallist (1825) A Demon for Trouble (1934) – Dyer The Lemon Drop Kid (1934) – Racetrack Tout (uncredited) Men of the Night (1934) – Louie All the King's Horses (1935) – Baron Kurt Chizlinska (uncredited) Sunset Range (1935) – Grant The Glass Key (1935) – Fickle Madvig Supporter (uncredited) Hard Rock Harrigan (1935) – Worker (uncredited) Call of the Wild (1935) – Spectator (uncredited) Special Agent K-7 (1936) – Vincent 'Lanny' Landers The Plainsman (1936) – Gambler #1 (uncredited) The Accusing Finger (1936) – Guard (uncredited) Ten Laps to Go (1936) – Drake – DeSylva's Mechanic Reefer Madness (1936) – The Boss (uncredited) The Shadow Strikes (1937) – Winstead Comstock The Fighting Deputy (1937) – Townsman (uncredited) The Mysterious Pilot (1937) – Jordan (uncredited) West of Rainbow's End (1938) – George Reynolds aka Johnson Held for Ransom (1938) – Donnelly On the Great White Trail (1938) – Garou Code of the Fearless (1939) – Ranger Capt. Rawlins In Old Montana (1939) – Joe Allison Stagecoach (1939) – Capt. Sickel (uncredited) The Sun Never Sets (1939) – Henchman DaCosta (uncredited) Calling All Marines (1939) – Capt. Chester The Green Hornet (1940, Serial) – Dean The Grapes of Wrath (1940) – Gang Leader (uncredited) My Little Chickadee (1940) – Townsman (uncredited) Billy the Kid Outlawed (1940) – Judge Fitzgerald Marked Men (1940) – Doctor (uncredited) The Son of Monte Cristo (1940) – Minor Role (uncredited) Mysterious Doctor Satan (1940) – Stoner Back Street (1941) – Reporter (uncredited) Along the Rio Grande (1941) – Cattle Buyer (uncredited) Last of the Duanes (1941) – Texas Ranger (uncredited) Appointment for Love (1941) – Stoddard (uncredited) Holt of the Secret Service (1941, Serial) – Ship Captain (uncredited) Dick Tracy vs. Crime, Inc. (1941, Serial) – Junction Heavy 1 / Marine Captain (uncredited) Billy the Kid Trapped (1942) – Judge Jack McConnell Riders of the West (1942) – Miller, the Banker Bowery at Midnight (1942) – Coroner (uncredited) A Double Life (1947) – Steve (uncredited) A Life of Her Own (1950) – Party Guest (uncredited) Here Comes the Groom (1951) – Newsreel Director (uncredited)