Fred Graham (actor)
Fred Graham was an American actor and stuntman who performed in films from the 1930s to the 1970s.
Early life
Graham was a semiprofessional baseball player. Graham entered the film business in 1928. He was a charter member of the Screen Actors Guild. He appeared in Mutiny on the Bounty.
Career
He broke his ankle while working as Basil Rathbone's stunt double on The Adventures of Robin Hood.
Graham coordinated stunts of John Wayne, with whom he made 26 films; Errol Flynn; and Ward Bond.
He played small roles in two Alfred Hitchcock films, notably Vertigo, as the Police Officer who falls to his death in its famous opening scene while trying to help James Stewart. He continued working in films until the 1970s.
Graham moved to Arizona in 1963. He was in charge of the Arizona Governor's Office for Motion Picture Development and was vice president and general manager of CineLogistics, part of Southwest Research and Development, which operated the Graham Studios of Carefree, Arizona.
He had a wife, son, and daughter. He is interred at Green Acres Memorial Park in Scottsdale.
Selected filmography
Death on the Diamond – Cardinal Player Murder in the Fleet – Crewman Mutiny on the Bounty – Able-Bodied Seaman Rose Marie – Corporal Romeo and Juliet – Capulet Guard-Escort Libeled Lady – Press Man After the Thin Man – Newspaper Distributor Maytime – Court Servant The Last Gangster – Newspaper Hopper on Truck The Shopworn Angel – Soldier Watching Wrestling Match Give Me a Sailor – Delivery Man The Storm – Sailor The Dawn Patrol – Running Man on Airfield Dodge City – Al Confessions of a Nazi Spy – American Legionnaire at Bund Meeting Each Dawn I Die – Guard in Cell Smashing the Money Ring – Convict Pushed into Brawl The Roaring Twenties – Henchman Eddie Pushes Over Railing Santa Fe Marshal – Henchman New Moon – Bondsman Winners of the West – Townsman The Golden Fleecing – Taxi Driver East of the River – Slugged Policeman Las Vegas Nights – Cowboy Affectionately Yours Caught in the Draft – Blue Army Soldier Slugged by Don Highway West – Bus Driver Manpower – Lineman at Cafe Counter Parachute Battalion – Cullins' Brother Navy Blues – Tough Sailor Shadow of the Thin Man – Waiter with Steak The Fleet's In – Sailor Reap the Wild Wind – Jake Larceny, Inc. – Cop My Favorite Spy – Jones, Undercover Marine Wake Island – First Civilian Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror – Meade's Henchman Panama Hattie – Patrolman Lady Bodyguard – Attendant They Got Me Covered – FBI Agent Arresting Nichimuro Don Winslow of the Coast Guard – Henchman Pilot#5 – Governor's Receptionist The Masked Marvel – Janson / Hart / Pete The Man from Down Under – Military Policeman The Lone Star Trail – Henchman A Lady Takes a Chance – Saloon Brawler Guadalcanal Diary – Marine Listening to Baseball Game on Radio In Old Oklahoma – Gardner's Man Captain America – Agent B-10 / Farm Thug Passage to Marseille – Thug Wrecking Newspaper Office See Here, Private Hargrove – Soldier Mojave Firebrand – Frank Brady, Miner Outlaws of Santa Fe – Saloon Brawler Buffalo Bill – Editor Tucson Raiders – Henchman The Tiger Woman – Goff, Thug with Dynamite / Cave Guard / Truck Driver in Cafe / Heavy with Travis / Heavy in Cafe Silent Partner – Harden The Yellow Rose of Texas – Henchman The Hairy Ape – Saloon Brawler Marshal of Reno – Drake, HenchmanLouisiana Hayride – Testing Director Silver City Kid – Henchman in Ballard's Office Abroad with Two Yanks – Soldier Who Gets Punched U-Boat Prisoner – American Lieutenant Haunted Harbor – Mine Thug / 2nd Bartender Stagecoach to Monterey – Mac – HenchmanThe Woman in the Window – Motorcycle Cop Zorro's Black Whip – Henchman Black Murder, My Sweet – Minor Role The Big Bonanza – Tom's Brother, Burly Barroom Brawler The Topeka Terror – Nick – Croupier Great Stagecoach Robbery – Bank Brawler Manhunt of Mystery Island – Blake, Thug B-6 in Winery Santa Fe Saddlemates – Burke's 1st Guard Nob Hill – Bouncer Federal Operator 99 – Hinds Within These Walls – GuardCode of the Lawless – Rancher The Purple Monster Strikes – Baker / Curry / Ed Fletcher / Logan / Lab Thug Phantom of the Plains – Chuck, HenchmanBandits of the Badlands – Duke Lee, HenchmanDakota – Bouncer Colorado Pioneers – Chicago Hoodlum Road to Utopia – Henchman with Ace at Bar The Cherokee Flash – Tom StantonThe Phantom Rider – Harry Passkey to Danger – BertDo You Love Me – Doorman Traffic in Crime – Henchman My Pal Trigger – Jenks Red River Renegades – Henchman Daughter of Don Q – Rollins, Killer The Inner Circle – Duke's HenchmanThe Strange Woman – Street Rowdy The Crimson Ghost – Snyder / Zane The Razor's Edge – Corsican Joining Fistfight Out California Way – Ace HanlonThe Falcon's Adventure – Joe, Police Driver Son of Zorro – Quirt, Henchman The Sea of Grass – Poker Game Spectator The Michigan Kid – Brawler Bells of San Angelo – Mine Henchman Guarding Lee Buffalo Bill Rides Again – Jackson, Rancher The Vigilantes Return – Stage Driver The Trespasser – DavisThey Won't Believe Me – Deputy Sheriff Jesse James Rides Again – Hawks, Henchman On the Old Spanish Trail – Marcos, HenchmanBrick Bradford – BlackSlippy McGee – Truck Driver The Miracle of the Bells – Man Fort Apache – Cavalryman The Bold Frontiersman – Smokey, HenchmanThe Timber Trail – Frank, HenchmanThe Street with No Name – Bank Clerk They Live by Night – Motorcycle Cop Son of God's Country – Hagen, HenchmanThe Untamed Breed – Cowhand Congo Bill – VillaboAdventures of Frank and Jesse James – Bank Robber Adventures of Don Juan – Pressgang Sergeant Wake of the Red Witch – Sailor in Fight The Man from Colorado – Parks Tulsa – Charlie – Cherokee's Foreman She Wore a Yellow Ribbon – Sergeant HenchThe Fighting Kentuckian – Carter WardTrapped – Patrol Car Cop Outside Nightclub The Woman on Pier 13 – Grip WilsonBorder Incident – Leathercoat with Motorcycle Port of New York – New York City Detective Sands of Iwo Jima – Officer Samson and Delilah – Priest When Willie Comes Marching Home – Male Nurse in Hospital Corridor Buccaneer's Girl – Barfly The Asphalt Jungle – Truck Driver The Great Jewel Robber – Brad Morrow, Bartender No Way Out – Wilson Convicted – Guard in Laundry The Fuller Brush Girl – Rocky MitchellMister 880 – Man Slugged by Steve in Prologue Montage Dallas – Tough in Saloon Valentino – Chef Heart of the Rockies – DeveryLorna Doone – Outrider Flying Leathernecks – Military Police Sergeant The Strip – Detective Angels in the Outfield – Chunk Across the Wide Missouri – Brown Close to My Heart – Prison Guard Overland Telegraph – Joe, HenchmanColorado Sundown – Daniel HurleyThis Woman Is Dangerous – Highway Patrolman Fort Osage – Henchman Logan Rancho Notorious – Ace Maguire The Pride of St. Louis – Tommy Alexander The San Francisco Story – Scud Denver and Rio Grande – Railroad Worker The Sellout – Police Desk Clerk Brave Warrior – Man in Canoe Fight Scarlet Angel – Cass Walters Dreamboat – Bartender Old Oklahoma Plains – Cameron, HenchmanThe Big Sky – Sam Eggelston The Silver Whip – Freighter Kansas Pacific – Corvin The War of the Worlds – Looter Trouble Along the Way – Bill Sackheim A Perilous Journey – WhiskersCode Two – Motor Squad Duty Sergeant PayneSplit Second – Air Force Captain in Helicopter The Farmer Takes a Wife – Brawling Railroader Affair with a Stranger – Mounted Policeman Canadian Mounties vs. Atomic Invaders – Mason, Henchman The Golden Blade – Sergeant Escape from Fort Bravo – Jones Trader Tom of the China Seas – Kurt DaleyOverland Pacific – Jenks, Stage DriverWitness to Murder – Plainclothes Man Demetrius and the Gladiators – The Decurion 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea – Casey Moore Rear Window – Detective Ricochet Romance – Policeman Panther Girl of the Kongo – Nick Burgass The Road to Denver – Constable The Vanishing American – Walker's Deputy Perils of the Wilderness – Henchman The Conqueror – Subuya, Mongol Warrior Backlash – Ned McCloudThe Steel Jungle – Second DetectiveThe Last Hunt – BartenderSeven Men from Now – Henchman #1Thunder Over Arizona – Chalky Accused of Murder – Policeman The Wings of Eagles – Officer in Brawl The Restless Breed – Henchman Jet Pilot – Sergeant Domino Kid – Haimes, killed in a gunfight with Domino Kid in the opening scene of the movie Man in the Shadow – Empire Ranch Guard Return to Warbow – Tom, Wagon Driving Guard Vertigo – Scottie's police partner Badman's Country – Blackjack Ketchum Rio Bravo – 2nd Burdette Man in Shootout These Thousand Hills – Brice Woman Obsessed – Officer Follette The Horse Soldiers – Union Soldier The Giant Gila Monster – Sheriff JeffSeven Ways from Sundown – Chief WaggonerThe Alamo – Bearded Volunteer North to Alaska – Ole A Fever in the Blood – State Police Sergeant Rawhide – Shannon in S3:E15, "Incident of the Fish Out of Water"Arizona Raiders – QuantrellMan and Boy – BlockersPocket Money – Uncle HerbGuns of a Stranger – Sheriff Stoner