Wilton Graff
Biography
Wilton Graff was an American actor who began his working life in journalism, writing for papers including the Hartford Times, the Springfield Republican and the Paris Herald. Born Wilton Calvert Ratcliffe in St. Louis in 1903, he made his Broadway debut in Fantasia in 1933 and gave his final Broadway performance in Gabrielle in 1941. From the 1940s he appeared in dozens of movies, most often as a professional man or a figure of authority, such as a military officer. Bloodlust! (1961) was the one film in which he had the lead, playing against type as a deranged villain. Television occupied most of his last ten years; in 1956 he appeared in an episode of Gunsmoke as an aging lawman losing his eyesight and his confidence in the job. He died in 1969.
65years old at death
- Born St. Louis
- Died Pacific Palisades
- Star sign: LeoThe sign runs July 23 to August 22
- Wilton Calvert Ratcliffe (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 12
- Career span
- 16 years1945 to 1961
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Graff starred in only one film, Bloodlust!, and in that film he played against type as an obvious, deranged villain.
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Lon Chaney Jr. appears in three of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
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