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...
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Hell Bound
As Detective (uncredited)
The Shakiest Gun in the West
As Mr. Remington
Hondo
As Lowes Partner
The Reluctant Astronaut
As Plank
Westward the Women
As Outrider (uncredited)
The Milkman
As Man (uncredited)
The First Texan
As Mexican Horseman (uncredited)
Gunfight in Abilene
As Ned Martin
The Rainbow Trail
As Horseman
The Searchers
As Texas Ranger (uncredited)
Tammy and the Millionaire
As Uncle Lucius
The Colter Craven Story
The Ox-Bow Incident
As Posse Member (uncredited)
Wagon Master
As Posse Member (uncredited)
The Last Challenge
As Ballard Weeks
The Tin Star
As Jim Clark (uncredited)
Fort Apache
As Cpl. Derice (uncredited)
The Red Badge of Courage
As Captain (uncredited)
The Big Trail
As Pioneer (uncredited)
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
As Bugler / Indian (uncredited)
Riders of the Purple Sage
As Pete
Sundown Jim
As Outlaw
The War Wagon
As Bartender
Western Union
As Posse Rider
High School
As Student in Fight
Robbers' Roost
As Mexican
The Sword of Ali Baba
As Pindar
Ride, Vaquero!
As Pete
Half Past Midnight
As Taxi Driver
Slaughter Trail
As Jamora (uncredited)
The Flame and the Arrow
As Guard (uncredited)
They Were Expendable
As 'Slim' - Bearded CPO (uncredited)
Broken Arrow
As Barfly
The Black Swan
As Pirate (uncredited)
Tammy
The Virginian
As Neddie Henshaw
Cheyenne
As John Pike
Wagon Train
As Charlie Wooster