Walter McGrail
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Walter McGrail was an American film actor. He appeared in over 150 films between 1916 and 1951.
He was born in Brooklyn, New York and died in San Francisco, California
, at the age of 81.
He was born in Brooklyn, New York and died in San Francisco, California
San Francisco, California
San Francisco , officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the financial, cultural, and transportation center of the San Francisco Bay Area, a region of 7.15 million people which includes San Jose and Oakland...
, at the age of 81.
Selected filmography
- Lights of New YorkLights of New York (1916 film)Lights of New York is a silent drama film directed by Van Dyke Brooke.-Plot:Hoping to improve his financial lot, petty thief Hawk Chovinski hires a dancing instructor to teach him how to bear himself like a gentleman. His lessons completed, Hawk then poses as a European nobleman, intending to trap...
(1916) - The Scarlet RunnerThe Scarlet RunnerThe Scarlet Runner is a 1916 drama film serial directed by William P.S. Earle and Wally Van. The film is considered to be lost.-Plot summary:...
(1916) - The Triumph of the WeakThe Triumph of the WeakThe Triumph of the Weak is a 1918 Vitagraph drama, directed by Tom Terris, and written by Edith Ellis. It is the story of a woman who steals to provide food for her child and the consequence which follow her act, the narrow escapes she has of the many pitfalls, in her efforts to live in the...
(1918) - Brown of HarvardBrown of HarvardBrown of Harvard is the title of three silent films all based on the 1906 Broadway play of the same name by Rida Johnson Young. The 1926 version is notable for featuring John Wayne's screen debut.*Brown of Harvard...
(1918) - The Black SecretThe Black SecretThe Black Secret is a 1919 adventure film serial directed by George B. Seitz. It was shot in Fort Lee, New Jersey and the nearby Hudson Palisades when many early film studios in America's first motion picture industry were based there at the beginning of the 20th century...
(1919) - The TeaserThe Teaser (1925 film)The Teaser is a 1925 black-and-white silent film comedy/romance/drama film written by Lewis Milestone, Edward T. Lowe Jr. and Jack Wagner based upon the play of the same name by Adelaide Matthews and Martha M. Stanley. The film was directed by William A. Seiter for Universal Pictures, and stars...
(1925) - BlockadeBlockade (1928 film)-Cast:* Anna Q. Nilsson as Bess* Wallace MacDonald as Vincent* James Bradbury Sr. as Gwynn* Walter McGrail as Hayden...
(1928) - Hey Rube!Hey Rube!Hey Rube! is a 1928 silent drama film directed by George B. Seitz.-Cast:* Hugh Trevor as String* Gertrude Olmstead as Lutie* Ethlyne Clair as Zelda* Bert Moorhouse as Moffatt * Walter McGrail as Duke...
(1928) - Men Without WomenMen Without Women (film)Men Without Women is an American drama film directed and written by John Ford, from the script by James Kevin McGuinness. The film also starred Kenneth MacKenna, Frank Albertson, and J. Farrell MacDonald.-Cast:...
(1930) - Seas BeneathSeas Beneath-Cast:* George O'Brien - Cmdr. Robert 'Bob' Kingsley* Marion Lessing - Anna Marie Von Steuben* Mona Maris - Fraulein Lolita* Walter C. Kelly - Chief Mike 'Guns' Costello* Warren Hymer - 'Lug' Kaufman...
(1931) - Murder by the ClockMurder by the ClockMurder by the Clock is a murder mystery film starring William "Stage" Boyd and Lilyan Tashman. It is based on the novel of the same name by Rufus King and the play Dangerously Yours by Charles Beahan. After a wealthy woman dies, her heirs start to follow suit.-Cast:*William "Stage" Boyd as Lt...
(1931) - Night BeatNight Beat (1931 film)-Cast:* Jack Mulhall as Johnny* Patsy Ruth Miller as Eleanor* Walter McGrail as Martin* Harry Cording as Chill Scarpelli* Ernie Adams as Weissenkorn* Richard Cramer as Featherstone* Harry Semels as Italian...
(1931) - The Last of the MohicansThe Last of the Mohicans (serial)The Last of the Mohicans is a 1932 Mascot movie serial based on the novel The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper.-Cast:*Harry Carey as Natty Bumppo/Hawkeye*Hobart Bosworth as Chingachgook, 'the Sagamore'*Frank Coghlan Jr...
(1932) - The World Moves OnThe World Moves On-Plot:The story opens 185 years ago when two families, cotton merchants in England and America, with branches in France and Prussia swear to stand by each other in a belief that a great business firmly established in four countries will be able to withstand even such another calamity as the...
(1934) - Mysterious Doctor SatanMysterious Doctor SatanMysterious Doctor Satan is a 1940 film serial named after its chief villain. Doctor Satan's main opponent is The Copperhead, a masked mystery man secretly Bob Wayne....
(1940)