Discover
Benjamin Franklin McGrath 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.
Birth Name
Benjamin Franklin McGrath
Born
Monday, 02 February 1903
Died
Saturday, 13 May 1967
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
---|
TV's Western Heroes | Wooster | 2013 |
Pioneers of Television | Charlie Wooster in Wagon Train | 2008 |
The Shakiest Gun in the West | Mr. Remington | 1968 |
The Last Challenge | Ballard Weeks | 1967 |
The Reluctant Astronaut | Plank | 1967 |
The War Wagon | Bartender | 1967 |
Tammy and the Millionaire | Uncle Lucius | 1967 |
Gunfight in Abilene | Ned Martin | 1967 |
Tammy | Uncle Lucius | 1965 |
The Big Valley | Buster | 1965 |
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
---|
TV's Western Heroes | Wooster | 2013 |
Pioneers of Television | Charlie Wooster in Wagon Train | 2008 |
The Shakiest Gun in the West | Mr. Remington | 1968 |
The Last Challenge | Ballard Weeks | 1967 |
The Reluctant Astronaut | Plank | 1967 |
The War Wagon | Bartender | 1967 |
Tammy and the Millionaire | Uncle Lucius | 1967 |
Gunfight in Abilene | Ned Martin | 1967 |
Tammy | Uncle Lucius | 1965 |
The Big Valley | Buster | 1965 |
The Sword of Ali Baba | Pindar | 1965 |
The Virginian | Neddie Henshaw | 1962 |
Here's Hollywood | Self | 1960 |
The Tin Star | Jim Clark - Stagecoach Driver | 1957 |
Hell Bound | Detective | 1957 |
Wagon Train | Charlie Wooster | 1957 |
Tales of Wells Fargo | Jake Rivers | 1957 |
The Boss | Saloon Patron | 1956 |
The First Texan | Mexican Horseman | 1956 |
The Great Locomotive Chase | Soldier | 1956 |
The Searchers | Texas Ranger | 1956 |
Cheyenne | John Pike | 1955 |
The Egyptian | Minor Role | 1954 |
Hondo | Lowes Partner / Lowe's Partner | 1953 |
Ride, Vaquero! | Pete | 1953 |
Westward the Women | Outrider | 1951 |
Across the Wide Missouri | St. Leger | 1951 |
Slaughter Trail | Jamora | 1951 |
The Red Badge of Courage | Captain | 1951 |
Night Into Morning | Irate Driver | 1951 |
The Milkman | Man | 1950 |
Devil's Doorway | Posse Member | 1950 |
Broken Arrow | Barfly | 1950 |
The Flame and the Arrow | Guard | 1950 |
Wagon Master | Posse Member | 1950 |
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon | Bugler / Indian | 1949 |
Mighty Joe Young | Cowboy | 1949 |
Big Jack | Posse Member | 1949 |
A Southern Yankee | Dispatch Rider | 1948 |
Fort Apache | Cpl. Derice | 1948 |
Half Past Midnight | Taxi Driver | 1948 |
Alias a Gentleman | Murph | 1948 |
Heldorado | Bearded Man Next to Carnival Jail | 1946 |
They Were Expendable | 'Slim' - Bearded CPO | 1945 |
Her Highness and the Bellboy | Brawler | 1945 |
The Black Swan | Pirate | 1942 |
The Ox-Bow Incident | Posse Member | 1942 |
The Man in the Trunk | Photographer | 1942 |
It Happened in Flatbush | Baseball Game Spectator | 1942 |
Sundown Jim | Henchman / Outlaw | 1942 |
Riders of the Purple Sage | Pete | 1941 |
Bad Men of Missouri | Townsman | 1941 |
Western Union | Posse Rider | 1941 |
High School | Student in Fight | 1940 |
Under the Pampas Moon | Gaucho | 1935 |
Robbers' Roost | Mexican | 1933 |
The Rainbow Trail | Horseman | 1932 |
The Big Trail | Pioneer | 1930 |