Paul McGrath

Paul McGrath was an American actor who worked in radio, television, Broadway, and film, and was best known for his radio roles in the 1940s and 1950s. Born in Chicago in 1904 and raised in New York, he studied engineering at Carnegie Tech before turning to drama, leaving in 1924 to act. He began professionally touring in a production of The First Year. On radio he was a regular on Crime Doctor, Big Sister, and Young Doctor Malone, and hosted Inner Sanctum Mystery on radio and a syndicated TV version. His television work included dramas like Armstrong Circle Theatre and Hallmark Hall of Fame, along with The United States Steel Hour, and serials such as The Edge of Night, The Doctors, and Guiding Light. On Broadway he appeared in over 30 plays, from his 1925 debut in In the Near Future to Brightower in 1970, including Clifford Odets's The Big Knife. He died in 1978.