Frank McGrath

infobox actor

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birthplace=Mound City, Missouri
birthdate=birth date|1903|2|2
deathdate=death date and age|1967|5|13|1903|2|2
deathplace=Beverly Hills, California
occupation=Television actor
spouse=Libby Bushlen

Frank McGrath (February 2, 1903 – May 13, 1967) was an American television actor who played the cook "Charlie Wooster" on the Western television series "Wagon Train" on NBC and ABC. McGrath appeared during all eight seasons of the program, which had ended its run only two years before McGrath's death.

McGrath was born in Mound City in Holt County in far northwestern Missouri. He died of a heart attack in Beverly Hills, California. He was married to the former Libby Buschlen (1902-1978).

McGrath did three separate horse fall and drag stunts for the 1956 John Wayne film "The Searchers" not long after he had barely recovered from having broken his back.

McGrath's first role, uncredited, was in the 1932 film "The Rainbow Trail". His last role as Mr. Remington in "The Shakiest Gun in the West" was released in, 1968 -- after McGrath's. His former "Wagon Train" costar Terry Wilson also appeared in "Shakiest Gun", a Don Knotts comedy-western.

External links

* [http://www.fiftiesweb.com/wt/frank-mcgrath.htm Frank McGrath on FiftiesWeb]