# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/frank-mcgrath
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:27:09.826Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/frank-mcgrath"
name: "Frank McGrath"
slug: "frank-mcgrath"
description: "Benjamin Franklin McGrath 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."
tagline: "American actor and stunt performer (1903-1967)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Frank_McGrath%2C_Wagon_Train_cast_1962_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1903-02-02"
deathDate: "1967-05-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.83
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.8277
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0569795/"
    handle:    "nm0569795"
sources:
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    title: "فرینک میک گرا (اداکار)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_McGrath_(akteur)"
    title: "Frank McGrath (akteur)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "فرانك مكجراث"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%A9_%D9%85%DB%95%DA%A9%DA%AF%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AA"
    title: "فرانک مەکگرات"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_McGrath_(actor)"
    title: "Frank McGrath (actor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%A9_%D9%85%DA%A9%E2%80%8C%DA%AF%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AB_(%D9%87%D9%86%D8%B1%D9%BE%DB%8C%D8%B4%D9%87)"
    title: "فرانک مک‌گراث (هنرپیشه)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_McGrath"
    title: "Frank McGrath"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3082717"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/50308"
    title: "Frank McGrath"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump