Frank McGrath
Born: February 2, 1903 (as Benjamin Franklin McGrath) (in Mound City, MO)
Died: May 13, 1967 (in Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA)
Spouse(s): Libby Quay Buschlen McGrath (married ? - 1967, his death)
Height: 5'7"
Movies:
1925
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (stunt performer - uncredited)
1932
Robbers' Roost (uncredited)
The Rainbow Trail (stunt double, uncredited)
1934
Elinor Norton (stunts - uncredited)
1935
Under the Pampas Moon (uncredited)
1939
Hollywood Cavalcade (stunts - uncredited)
1940
High School (stunts, uncredited)
1941
Riders of the Purple Sage
Western Union (stunts, uncredited)
1942
The Man in the Trunk (uncredited)
It Happened in Flatbush (uncredited)
Sundown Jim (stunts)
1943
The Ox-Bow Incident (uncredited)
1945
They Were Expendable (stunts, uncredited)
1946
Heldorado (stunts, uncredited)
1948
A Southern Yankee (uncredited)
Fort Apache (stunts, uncredited)
Half Past Midnight (uncredited)
Alias a Gentleman (uncredited)
3 Godfathers (stunt double - uncredited)
The Three Musketeers (stunts - uncredited)
1949
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (stunts, uncredited)
Mighty Joe Young (uncredited)
Big Jack (uncredited)
Side Street (stunts - uncredited)
1950
The Milkman (uncredited)
Devil's Doorway (stunts, uncredited)
Broken Arrow (uncredited)
The Flame and the Arrow (uncredited)
Wagon Master (stunts, uncredited)
Rio Grande (stunts - uncredited)
1951
Westward the Women (stunts, uncredited)
Slaughter Trail (stunts, uncredited)
Across the Wide Missouri (uncredited)
Night Into Morning (uncredited)
The Red Badge of Courage (uncredited)
1952
Pony Soldier (stunts - uncredited)
Apache War Smoke (stunts - uncredited)
1953
Hondo (stunts, uncredited)
Ride, Vaquero!
The Naked Spur (stunts - uncredited)
1954
The Egyptian (uncredited)
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (stunts - uncredited)
1956
The Boss (uncredited)
The First Texan (uncredited)
The Searchers (stunts, uncredited)
1957
The Tin Star (stunts, uncredited)
Hell Bound (uncredited)
The Wings of Eagles (stunts - uncredited)
1965
The Sword of Ali Baba
1967
The Last Challenge (stunts)
The Reluctant Astronaut
The War Wagon (stunts)
Tammy and the Millionaire
Gunfight in Abilene
1968
The Shakiest Gun in the West
TV Shows:
The Big Valley
- Plunder! (1967)
Cheyenne
- Quicksand (1956)
Here's Hollywood
- Episode #2.130 (1962)
- Episode #2.151 (1962)
Tales of Wells Fargo
- The Most Dangerous Man Alive (1958)
Tammy, regular
The Virginian
- Linda (1966)
Wagon Train, regular
Regular Shows
Wagon Train (Sept. 1957 - May, 1965, 284 episodes)
Wagon Train, one of the most popular Western TV shows of all time, had considerable change the cast and show format over the years, but remained essentially the same throughout all eight seasons; the story would always center around the characters traveling (sometimes more, sometimes less on the series' regulars) on a wagon train, being forced to fight man and nature as they do so.
Frank McGrath and
Terry Wilson were the only ones who were with the show throughout its entire run.
Ward Bond played the wagon master for the first four seasons, then after his death on November 5, 1960,
John McIntire became the new wagon master.
Scouts were played by
Robert Horton (seasons one to five),
Denny Scott Miller (season five to seven), and
Robert Fuller (seasons seven and eight).
Young
Michael Burns played Barnaby West for seasons four to eight.
Wagon Train on DVD:
Season One
Season Two
Seson Three (currently unavailable)
Season Four
Season Five
Season Six
Season Seven
Season Eight
Tammy (Sept. 1965 - Mar. 1966, 26 episodes)
Tammy was a take-off of several "Tammy" movies made in the late fifties. The show centered on Tammy Tarleton (Debbie Watson), an eighteen year-old girl who moves back and forth between her hillbilly family living on a bayou houseboat, and the wealthy Brent family, who own a plantation and pancake business.
Co-stars were:
Denver Pyle
Frank McGrath
Donald Woods
Dorothy Green
The entire
Tammy series is availible from
Classic DVD World.
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Movie/TV credit information is taken from Internet Movie Database, unless otherwise noted, and is updated and corrected if needed.
