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Walter McGrail

Date of birth: 1888-10-18

Place of birth: Brooklyn, New York, USA

Known for: Acting

Also known as:

Walter McGrail

Biography

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.

Movie Credits

A Double Life
3.2

A Double Life

1947-12-25

A Shakespearian actor starring as Othello opposite his wife finds the character's jealous rage takin

Police Call
0

Police Call

1933-07-24

A professional fighter decides to quit the sport and go to college, but he finds out that his sister

Her Mad Bargain
0

Her Mad Bargain

1921-12-12

After the death of her benefactress, Mrs. Beresford, Alice Lambert is evicted by Ruth, Mrs. Beresfor

Anybody's War
0

Anybody's War

1930-07-09

A dog catcher is rejected by the army, but sneaks in with his dog.

Lights Out
0

Lights Out

1923-11-12

Notorious crooks "Hairpin" Annie and Sea Bass steal a suitcase on the train and discover that it is

Tell Your Children
2.2

Tell Your Children

1938-06-15

High-school principal Dr. Alfred Carroll relates to an audience of parents that marijuana can have d

Old San Francisco
2.6

Old San Francisco

1927-09-04

In San Francisco, a villainous landowner with underworld connections seeks to steal the property of

Is Love Everything?
0

Is Love Everything?

1924-11-30

Virginia Carter accedes to her family's pressures and marries Jordan Southwick, who comes from a wea

Under Eighteen
3.1

Under Eighteen

1932-01-02

Working girl Margie Evans has decided there are two kinds of opportunities for a slum kid during the

The Veiled Woman
0

The Veiled Woman

1929-04-14

A woman tells a girl who's just been rescued from a notorious rake, four stories of men from her own

Life's Twist
0

Life's Twist

1920-08-11

Socially prominent but penniless Stephen De Koven marries Muriel Chester, a woman whose loveliness h

Bowery at Midnight
2.5

Bowery at Midnight

1942-10-30

A seemingly charitable soup kitchen operator (who moonlights as a criminology professor) uses his Bo

The Shadow Strikes
2.2

The Shadow Strikes

1937-10-29

Lamont Cranston assumes his secret identity as "The Shadow", to break up an attempted robbery at an

The Song of the Soul
0

The Song of the Soul

1918-03-04

Young, innocent, confiding, it is a shock to Ann Fenton to learn that her supposed husband is not a

Riders of the West
2

Riders of the West

1942-08-21

Ma Turner of Red Bluff sends for U.S.Marshal Buck Roberts to investigate a series of wide-spread rus

Brown of Harvard
0

Brown of Harvard

1918-01-10

Tom Brown shows up at Harvard, confident and a bit arrogant. He becomes a rival of Bob McAndrew, not

Sunset Range
2.5

Sunset Range

1935-04-02

Grant hides stolen money in the luggage of Bonnie Shea who is moving west. Later when he and his men

Special Agent K-7
1.9

Special Agent K-7

1936-05-04

Police detective Lanny resents the ongoing interference of the local FBI branch. Hoping to show up t

The Red Shadow
0

The Red Shadow

1932-01-20

A Shadow Detective Story.

The Kentucky Derby
2.5

The Kentucky Derby

1922-12-04

Posing as relatives, Ralph and Helen Gordon visit Col. Moncrief Gordon's Kentucky mansion, hoping to

Ten Laps to Go
2

Ten Laps to Go

1936-12-05

Larry Evans, champion race car driver, is envied by his chief rival, Eddie DeSylva, who has more amb

Lights of New York
0

Lights of New York

1916-05-29

The story of two small-town barbers, Eddie and Gene, who are tricked into fronting a speakeasy for b

A Demon for Trouble
2.5

A Demon for Trouble

1934-08-10

Dyer is buying ranches and then retrieving his check by having his gang kill the owner. Bob Worth ar

On the Great White Trail
2.5

On the Great White Trail

1938-07-22

Death stalked Garou's Landing, in the Canadian frozen north, but who was the killer who murdered two

Midnight Madness
0

Midnight Madness

1928-03-25

In Midnight Madness millionaire diamond miner Michael Bream (Clive Brook) discovers that the woman h

River's End
3.1

River's End

1930-11-01

Sgt. Conniston and his alcoholic guide O'Toole are on the trail of an escaped murderer named Keith.

West of Rainbow's End
3

West of Rainbow's End

1938-01-12

Tim Hart (Tim McCoy), a former Texas Ranger, comes out of retirement to avenge the death of Lightnin

Night Nurse
3.3

Night Nurse

1931-07-16

Lora Hart manages to land a job in a hospital as a trainee nurse. Upon completion of her training sh

Soldiers and Women
0.5

Soldiers and Women

1930-04-30

Captain Clive Branch, United States Marine Corps, is stationed at a Marine base in Haiti, and is hav

Women Everywhere
1.5

Women Everywhere

1930-06-01

Charles Jackson, an American sea-captain and singing soldier-of-fortune, is arrested by the French F

Held For Ransom
2.4

Held For Ransom

1938-06-17

A female detective investigates the kidnapping of a wealthy businessman.

Playthings of Destiny
0

Playthings of Destiny

1921-05-01

Canadian schoolteacher Julie Leneau becomes the bride of Geoffrey Arnold but is soon confronted by C

State Trooper
0

State Trooper

1933-02-10

Mike Rolph quits his job, seemingly, as a highway patrolman and takes the position of the Police Chi

Suzanna
2.5

Suzanna

1923-02-16

Hoping to consolidate their adjoining ranches, Don Fernando and Don Diego betroth their children, Ra

Men Without Women
3.1

Men Without Women

1930-02-08

Made during the early days of sound cinema, this tense submarine adventure is an intriguing example

Blockade
0

Blockade

1928-12-16

Blockade was one of those curious 1929 hybrids known as a "part-talkie." The story of a dauntless fe

The Black Secret
0

The Black Secret

1919-01-02

Adventures of an American Secret Service-girl in search of an important German secret during the war

The Pay-Off
2.5

The Pay-Off

1930-10-14

A thug robs a young engaged couple of their last few dollars. When the thug's gang boss hears of the

Womanhood, the Glory of the Nation
0

Womanhood, the Glory of the Nation

1917-04-09

When the nation of Ruthania declares war on the United States, an army of enemy soldiers invades the

Where the North Begins
2.5

Where the North Begins

1923-07-01

A German Shepherd puppy is "adopted" by a wolf pack in the snowy and frozen Great North and raised b

The Last of the Duanes
1.5

The Last of the Duanes

1930-08-31

Buck Duane avenges his father's murder by gunning down the killer, but must flee from the law. He fi

Part Time Wife
0

Part Time Wife

1930-11-30

The story concentrates of neglectful husband Jim Murdock (Edmund Lowe) and his frustrated wife Betty

The River of Romance
2

The River of Romance

1929-06-28

Mississippi, 1830's. Tom Rumsford comes back to Magnolia Landing, his parents'estate. Having been br

Adventure
0

Adventure

1925-04-26

David Sheldon owns a plantation in the Solomon Islands. Many of his field hands die of blackwater fe

In Old Montana
2

In Old Montana

1939-02-05

The Colonel sends Fred Dawson and Doc Flanders to investigate a cattleman sheepman war. Posing as a

The City
0

The City

1926-11-14

The City is a lost 1926 silent film produced and released by the Fox Film Corporation. It was direct

Code of the Fearless
1.5

Code of the Fearless

1939-01-05

When it appears that Fred Jamison is a member of Red's gang, he is kicked out of the Rangers. But it

The Eleventh Hour
0

The Eleventh Hour

1923-07-19

An evil prince plans to use a super-explosive to take over the world.

Stagecoach
3.8

Stagecoach

1939-03-02

A group of people traveling on a stagecoach find their journey complicated by the threat of Geronimo

The Sun Never Sets
2.4

The Sun Never Sets

1939-05-31

The Randolph family have a tradition of working in the British colonial service. Clive comes home fr

Vanity Street
3.4

Vanity Street

1932-10-14

A New York policeman helps a hungry and penniless young woman start life anew by arranging to get he

Night Beat
2.8

Night Beat

1931-12-26

A young couple finds themselves mixed up with mobsters planning to rob a warehouse.

Mysterious Doctor Satan
2.5

Mysterious Doctor Satan

1940-12-13

A mad scientist named Dr. Satan plots to steal key pieces of technology to enable him to build an ar

Calling All Marines
0

Calling All Marines

1939-09-20

Gang members Blackie Cross and Snooker try to pick up Judy Fox and her friend Pat as they welcome ho

The Grapes of Wrath
3.9

The Grapes of Wrath

1940-03-15

Tom Joad returns to his home after a jail sentence to find his family kicked out of their farm due t

The Green Hornet
2.8

The Green Hornet

1940-01-08

A newspaper publisher and his Korean servant fight crime as vigilantes who pose as a notorious maske

McKenna of the Mounted
0

McKenna of the Mounted

1932-08-26

Jones played Tom McKenna, a disgraced Royal Canadian Mountie who turns highway robber to pay off his

The Invisible Fear
0

The Invisible Fear

1921-10-10

A young woman mistakenly believes she has killed a man in a struggle to repel his unwanted advances.

The Mad Marriage
0

The Mad Marriage

1925-01-30

Mary Jane is a girl born out of wedlock whose mother, Alice, attempts to offer her respectability by

Marked Men
2.5

Marked Men

1940-09-30

A man accused of planning a prison break turns the tables on escaped cons by leading the group into

My Little Chickadee
3.2

My Little Chickadee

1940-02-09

While on her way by stagecoach to visit relatives out west, Flower Belle Lee is held up by a masked

Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc.
2.9

Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc.

1941-12-27

Dick Tracy goes up against a villain known as The Ghost, who can turn himself invisible.

Nobody's Money
0

Nobody's Money

1923-01-28

Two newspapermen who wrote a successful book using a phony author have to come up with a real person

Is Divorce a Failure?
0

Is Divorce a Failure?

1923-03-16

Directed by Wallace Worsley.

Havoc
0

Havoc

1925-09-27

A war drama produced only 7 years after the end of World War I. Based on the play by Henry Wallace i

The Teaser
0.5

The Teaser

1925-09-06

Ann Barton, the daughter of a once-wealthy family, is forced to clerk at the cigar counter of a vill

The Play Girl
0

The Play Girl

1928-04-22

When Madge, a clerk in a flower shop, is sent to a bachelor's apartment to deliver and arrange a bou

Billy the Kid Outlawed
0

Billy the Kid Outlawed

1940-07-20

In the first of the six films Bob Steele made in PRC's "Billy the Kid" series, gun law rules in Linc

Billy the Kid Trapped
2.5

Billy the Kid Trapped

1942-02-27

Stanton breaks Billy and his two friends Fuzzy and Jeff out of jail. He wants them free so three of

Along the Rio Grande
3.1

Along the Rio Grande

1941-02-07

A trio of cowboys infiltrate a cattle rustler's gang to seek vengeance for one of their fathers' mur

The Dancers
2.5

The Dancers

1925-01-04

Young Tony, unable to make a living in crowded and fast-paced London, goes to South America in searc

And Then There Were Four
2.5

And Then There Were Four

1950-06-23

Driving safety film sponsored as a public service by oil companies. Of five drivers who leave home i

Men of the Night
1

Men of the Night

1934-11-18

"Stake-Out" Kelly, ace detective, meets Mary Higgins at a small Hollywood sandwich shop where he exp

Robbers' Roost
2.8

Robbers' Roost

1932-12-30

Running from the law, Jim Hall joins Hays’ gang. Hays is foreman on the Herrick ranch and plans to r

When the Door Opened
0.5

When the Door Opened

1925-12-06

"When the door opened" Clive Grenfel sees his wife in another man's arms. A tussle ensues leading Cl

American Beauty
0.5

American Beauty

1927-10-09

Millicent Howard, whose appearance and persona bring her a life of luxury. A millionaire named Clave

The World Moves On
2.8

The World Moves On

1934-06-27

Two families, cotton merchants in England and America, with branches in France and Prussia swear to

Murder by the Clock
3

Murder by the Clock

1931-07-21

A policeman investigates a woman's link to murders that are preceded by a shrilling horn inside a fa

The Lone Star Ranger
2.5

The Lone Star Ranger

1930-01-05

After shooting a man in self-defense, Buck Duane finds himself accused of many crimes, none of which

The Accusing Finger
2.4

The Accusing Finger

1936-11-17

A proud, pro-capital punishment district attorney with a 90% execution rate, finds himself wrongly c

The Adventure Shop
1

The Adventure Shop

1919-01-06

A society girl looking for thrills, poses as a tough "underworld" character. She is rescued by her w

Across the Pacific
2

Across the Pacific

1926-10-02

Following the Spanish-American War, a soldier is given the assignment of finding the leader of a ban

The Cradle
0

The Cradle

1922-03-04

A socialite couple thinks only of themselves. When they become bored with one another, they divorce

A Son of the Sahara
2.5

A Son of the Sahara

1924-04-13

As a boy, Raoul is reared by an Arab tribe in Algerian Sahara. Years later, as a refined Europeanize

Marriage License?
0

Marriage License?

1926-09-05

When English nobleman Marcus Heriot marries the young Canadian Wanda his family, especially his moth

A Son of His Father
0

A Son of His Father

1925-09-28

'Big Boy' Morgan and his friend, invalid Charlie Grey, must overcome the efforts of the villainous H

Pilgrims of the Night
0

Pilgrims of the Night

1921-09-26

The son of a British earl, Philip Champion is exiled to Paris after having served a prison term to s

The Combat
0

The Combat

1926-03-28

Blaze Burke, rough-and-ready lumberjack, is promised the job of camp boss if he eliminates a gang of

Appointment for Love
2.7

Appointment for Love

1941-10-31

Charming Andre Cassil woos physician Jane Alexander and the two impulsively get married. The honeymo

Seas Beneath
2.4

Seas Beneath

1931-01-30

In the waning days of WWI, a U.S. "Mystery Ship," sets sail for the coast of Spain towing a submarin

The Country Cousin
0

The Country Cousin

1919-11-02

The Country Cousin

Union Depot
2.9

Union Depot

1932-01-14

Among the travelers of varied backgrounds that meet and interact on one night at Union Depot, a metr

Unguarded Women
0

Unguarded Women

1924-06-22

Unguarded Women is a lost 1924 silent film drama. In a battle during the World War, Douglas Albrigh

The Scarlet West
0

The Scarlet West

1925-07-26

Cardelanche, the son of an Indian chief, returns from the East to find himself rejected by his own p

The Top of New York
0

The Top of New York

1922-06-18

Hilda lives in a tenement apartment with her aunt, Mrs. Brady, and her crippled younger brother Mick

Darling Mine
0

Darling Mine

1920-08-16

Persuaded by a letter from her Aunt Agnes in America, Kitty McCarthy ( Olive Thomas ) travels from I

Over There
0

Over There

1917-10-27

David Harum
3.5

David Harum

1934-03-02

Rogers plays a small town banker in the 1890s whose chief rival is the deacon (Middleton) with whom

Champion of Lost Causes
0

Champion of Lost Causes

1925-01-22

Loring, an author, in getting material for a book, goes to a gambling den. He sees Wilbur, who acts

The Girl Problem
0

The Girl Problem

1919-03-03

A model by day and a short-story writer by night, Erminie Foster is insulted when novelist Ernest Sa

Forbidden Waters
0

Forbidden Waters

1926-03-21

After divorcing her husband in Reno, Nancy Bell is arrested for speeding and thrown into jail. Unabl

Habit
0

Habit

1921-01-09

Irene Fletcher, the pampered daughter of a Long Island millionaire on the brink of bankruptcy, has t

The Breaking Point
0

The Breaking Point

1921-02-14

Ruth Marshall's dire financial situation forces her to marry Richard Janeway, a wealthy but drunken

Gerald Cranston's Lady
0

Gerald Cranston's Lady

1924-10-19

Gerald Cranston, a successful financier and industrialist who worked his way up through the ranks, e

The Yosemite Trail
0

The Yosemite Trail

Cousins Jim and Ned Thorpe are best friends, but that comes to an end when they both vie for the aff

The Bad Man
0

The Bad Man

1923-10-08

Infamous Mexican bandit Pancho López recognizes Gilbert Jones as the man who once saved his life; th

Her Husband's Secret
0

Her Husband's Secret

1925-02-22

A young couple's future is put in jeopardy by both the past and present actions of their parents.

Prisoners of the Storm
0

Prisoners of the Storm

1926-11-24

Miners Bucky Malone and Pierre Le Grande are closing their northern mine for the winter when Sergean

Miss Ambition
0

Miss Ambition

1918-11-25

A beautiful and ambitious young woman leaves her boyfriend for a famous sculptor, and later--after s

Blind Youth
0

Blind Youth

1920-03-15

Maurie Monnier, a poor young American sculptor in Paris, marries Clarice, a gold-digging model who l

Everybody's Girl
0

Everybody's Girl

1918-10-21

Florence is a little milliner who shares a room in "Brick Dust Row" with Ella, a fellow worker. It i

The Triumph of the Weak
0

The Triumph of the Weak

1918-05-13

The opening picture finds Edith in prison where she has been for the last three years. She is a wido

The Business of Life
0

The Business of Life

1918-04-18

Carrying on with the antique business of her deceased father, Jacqueline Nevers is asked to catalog