Frank McGrath
Biography: 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 Glendale. CLR From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Birthday: February 02, 1903
Deathday: May 13, 1967
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Hell Bound
1957-10-01
Hell Bound
Overview: After WW2, a Los Angeles crime ring uses a complex scheme, involving a freight ship, a junkie, and a corrupt health officer, to smuggle drugs into the USA.
Genres: Action Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-10-01
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The Shakiest Gun in the West
1968-07-10
The Shakiest Gun in the West
Overview: Jesse W. Haywood (Don Knotts) graduates from dental school in Philadelphia in 1870 and goes west to become a frontier dentist. Penelope "Bad Penny" Cushing (Barbara Rhoades) is offered a pardon if she will track down a ring of gun smugglers. She tricks Haywood into a sham marriage as a disguise. Haywood inadvertently becomes the legendary "Doc the Haywood" after he guns down "Arnold the Kid".
Genres: Comedy Family Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-07-10
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Hondo
1953-11-26
Hondo
Overview: Army despatch rider Hondo Lane discovers a woman and her son living in the midst of warring Apaches, and he becomes their protector.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-11-26
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The Reluctant Astronaut
1967-09-05
The Reluctant Astronaut
Overview: Roy Fleming is a small-town kiddie-ride operator who is deathly afraid of heights. After learning that his father has signed him up for the space program, Roy reluctantly heads for Houston, only to find out upon arriving that his job is as a janitor, not an astronaut. Anxious to live up to the expectations of his domineering father, Roy manages to keep up a facade of being an astronaut to his family and friends. When NASA decides to launch a layperson into space to prove the worthiness of a new automated spacecraft, Roy gets the chance to confront his fears.
Genres: Comedy Family Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-09-05
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Westward the Women
1951-12-16
Westward the Women
Overview: There's a deficit of good, honest women in the West, and Roy Whitman wants to change that. His solution is to bring a caravan of over 100 mail-order brides from Chicago to California. It will be a long, difficult and dangerous journey for the women. So Whitman hires hardened, cynical Buck Wyatt to be their guide across the inhospitable frontier. But as disaster strikes on the trail, Buck just might discover that these women are stronger than he thinks.
Genres: Adventure Drama Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-12-16
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The Milkman
1950-10-17
The Milkman
Overview: A dairy owner's son takes a job as milkman with a rival company.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-10-17
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The First Texan
1956-06-29
The First Texan
Overview: After arriving in Texas to escape a scandal back east, lawyer Sam Houston just wants to hang out his shingle, keep a low profile, and stay out of any political intrigue. However, when President Jackson personally orders him to lead the fight for Texan independence, he overcomes his reluctance to become involved and leads his compatriots to a string of victories over the Mexican army.
Genres: History Western War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-06-29
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Gunfight in Abilene
1967-02-03
Gunfight in Abilene
Overview: Fighting in the Civil War a man accidently kills his friend. Returning to Abilene after the war he finds his former sweetheart about to marry the brother of the man he killed. To pay his debt he not only refuses to win her back but takes the job of Sheriff, a job he doesn't want, when the brother asks him. Still haunted by the killing he refuses to carry a gun. But there is trouble between the ranchers and the farmers and when he finds the brother murdered he straps on a gun and heads after the killer.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-02-03
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The Rainbow Trail
1932-01-03
The Rainbow Trail
Overview: The wall to Surprise Valley has broken, and Jane Withersteen is forced to choose between Lassiter's life and Fay Larkin's marriage to a Mormon.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama Western Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-01-03
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The Searchers
1956-05-16
The Searchers
Overview: As a Civil War veteran spends years searching for a young niece captured by Indians, his motivation becomes increasingly questionable.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-05-16
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Tammy and the Millionaire
1967-05-01
Tammy and the Millionaire
Overview: A bayou girl (Debbie Watson) and her kin (Frank McGrath, Denver Pyle) have run-ins with some rich folks.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-05-01
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The Colter Craven Story
1960-11-23
The Colter Craven Story
Overview: Dr. Craven feels he can't perform surgery any longer. When he joins the wagon train and his services are desperately needed, he realizes he may be wrong after Major Adams gives him a history lesson.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-11-23
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The Ox-Bow Incident
1942-12-03
The Ox-Bow Incident
Overview: A posse discovers a trio of men they suspect of murder and cow theft and are split between handing them over to the law or lynching them on the spot.
Genres: Western Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-12-03
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Wagon Master
1950-04-22
Wagon Master
Overview: Two young horse traders guide a Mormon wagon train to the San Juan Valley and encounter rugged terrain, the cutthroat Clegg gang, hospitable Navajo, and moral challenges on the journey.
Genres: Adventure Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-04-22
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The Last Challenge
1967-12-22
The Last Challenge
Overview: An upstart outlaw baits a legendary gunslinger, now a marshal in love with a saloon keeper.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-12-22
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The Tin Star
1957-10-23
The Tin Star
Overview: An experienced bounty hunter helps a young sheriff learn the meaning of his badge.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-10-23
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Fort Apache
1948-06-14
Fort Apache
Overview: Owen Thursday sees his new posting to the desolate Fort Apache as a chance to claim the military honour which he believes is rightfully his. Arrogant, obsessed with military form and ultimately self-destructive, he attempts to destroy the Apache chief Cochise after luring him across the border from Mexico, against the advice of his subordinates.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-06-14
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The Red Badge of Courage
1951-09-27
The Red Badge of Courage
Overview: Henry Fleming is a young Union soldier in the American Civil War. During his unit's first engagement, Henry flees the battlefield in fear. When he learns that the Union actually won the battle, shame over his cowardice leads him to lie to his friend Tom and the other soldiers, saying that he had been injured in battle. However, when he learns that his unit will be leading a charge against the enemy, Henry takes the opportunity to face his fears and redeem himself.
Genres: War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-09-27
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The Big Trail
1930-11-01
The Big Trail
Overview: Young scout Breck Coleman leads a wagon train along the dangerous trail to Oregon as he tries to get the affection of the beautiful pioneer Ruth Cameron and plans his revenge on the harsh scoundrels who murdered a friend of his in the past.
Genres: Drama Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-11-01
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She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
1949-10-22
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
Overview: On the eve of retirement, Captain Nathan Brittles takes out a last patrol to stop an impending massive Indian attack. Encumbered by women who must be evacuated, Brittles finds his mission imperiled.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-10-22
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Riders of the Purple Sage
1941-10-09
Riders of the Purple Sage
Overview: Lassiter discovers the judge who cheated his neice of her inheritance leads a gang of bad guys posing as vigilantes. This 1941 Fox production stars a young George Kennedy as Lassiter.
Genres: Drama Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-10-09
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Sundown Jim
1942-03-27
Sundown Jim
Overview: US marshal Sundown Jim Majors main purpose in life is to bring a deadly frontier feud to a peaceful end. This requires him to clean out the local criminal element, which he does with determination.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-03-27
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The War Wagon
1967-05-26
The War Wagon
Overview: An ex-con seeks revenge on the man who put him in prison by planning a robbery of the latter's stagecoach, which is transporting gold. He enlists the help of a partner, who could be working for his nemesis.
Genres: Western Action Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-05-26
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Western Union
1941-02-21
Western Union
Overview: When Edward Creighton leads the construction of the Western Union to unite East with West, he hires a Western reformed outlaw and a tenderfoot Eastern surveyor. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation in 2000.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-02-21
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High School
1940-01-26
High School
Overview: A teenager who's been raised and home-schooled at her father's Texas ranch must adjust to her new surroundings and being with other students when she's sent to a San Antonio high-school.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-01-26
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Robbers' Roost
1932-12-30
Robbers' Roost
Overview: Running from the law, Jim Hall joins Hays’ gang. Hays is foreman on the Herrick ranch and plans to rustle Herrick’s cattle. Attracted to Herrick’s sister Helen, Jim decides to tell the Sheriff about the raid. But when his plan is overheard he is made a prisoner.
Genres: Action Adventure Romance Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-12-30
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The Sword of Ali Baba
1965-04-01
The Sword of Ali Baba
Overview: Supposedly up to 70 percent of this feature was taken from the 1944 Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves. Frank Puglia as Prince Cassim remains from the 21-year-old footage.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-04-01
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Ride, Vaquero!
1953-07-17
Ride, Vaquero!
Overview: Ranchers in New Mexico have to face Indians and bandits.
Genres: Western Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-07-17
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Half Past Midnight
1948-03-01
Half Past Midnight
Overview: A detective encounters a woman in a nightclub. He finds that she is being blackmailed by a dancer who is murdered that very night. Of course, the woman becomes the main suspect. She and the gumshoe team up and begin searching for the real killer.
Genres: Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-03-01
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Slaughter Trail
1951-10-15
Slaughter Trail
Overview: Three outlaws rob the stage and then flee. When their horses give out they murder some Indians to get fresh ones. But this puts the Indians on the war path and they have to take refuge in an Army fort to avoid them. The Indians then arrive offering peace if the three men are turned over to them. The fort's commanding Officer wants peace but the rules say the men must be tried in a white man's court leaving the Indians no choice but to attack.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-10-15
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The Flame and the Arrow
1950-07-07
The Flame and the Arrow
Overview: Dardo, a Robin Hood-like figure, and his loyal followers use a Roman ruin in Medieval Lombardy as their headquarters as they conduct an insurgency against their Hessian conquerors.
Genres: Adventure History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-07-07
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They Were Expendable
1945-12-07
They Were Expendable
Overview: After a demonstration of new PT boats, navy brass are still unconvinced of their viability in combat, leaving Lt. "Rusty" Ryan frustrated. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, however, Ryan and his buddy Lt. Brickley are told they can finally take their squadron into battle. The PT boats quickly prove their worth, successfully shooting down Japanese planes, relaying messages between islands, and picking off a multitude of enemy ships.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-12-07
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Broken Arrow
1950-08-01
Broken Arrow
Overview: Indian scout Tom Jeffords is sent out to stem the war between the Whites and Apaches in the late 1870s. He learns that the Indians kill only to protect themselves, or out of retaliation for white atrocities.
Genres: Western Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-08-01
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The Black Swan
1942-12-04
The Black Swan
Overview: When notorious pirate Henry Morgan is made governor of Jamaica, he enlists the help of some of his former partners in ridding the Caribbean of buccaneers. When one of them apparently abducts the previous governor's pretty daughter and joins up with the rebels, things are set for a fight.
Genres: Adventure Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-12-04
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