About
Benjamin Franklin McGrath (February 2, 1903 – May 13, 1967) 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. McGrath was born in Mound City in Holt County in far northwestern Missouri. McGrath married Libby Quay Buschlen (1902–1978), a native of Ontario, Canada. He died May 13, 1967 at the age of sixty-four of a heart attack in Beverly Hills, California, and was interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in...
Known for
Wagon TrainSeries • 1957
The VirginianSeries • 1962
CheyenneSeries • 1955
The SearchersMovie • 1956
Broken ArrowMovie • 1950
Fort ApacheMovie • 1948
3 GodfathersMovie • 1948
HondoMovie • 1953
She Wore a Yellow RibbonMovie • 1949
The Black SwanMovie • 1942
The Ox-Bow IncidentMovie • 1943
The War WagonMovie • 1967
The Tin StarMovie • 1957
Western UnionMovie • 1941
The Red Badge of CourageMovie • 1951
The Big TrailMovie • 1930
They Were ExpendableMovie • 1945
Ride, Vaquero!Movie • 1953
The Wings of EaglesMovie • 1957
Westward the WomenMovie • 1951
The Naked SpurMovie • 1953
The Flame and the ArrowMovie • 1950
Rio GrandeMovie • 1950
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the ChristMovie • 1925