He was married to Jeanette Nolan and they had two children, Tim McIntire and Holly Wright.
McIntire died in 1991 at the age of 83 from emphysema and lung cancer.
Filmography
Film Roles
- 1940: The Ramparts We Watch as Narrator (Uncredited Role)
- 1947: The Hucksters as Radio Announcer (uncredited)
- 1948: Call Northside 777 as Sam Faxon
- 1948: Black Bart as Clark
- 1948: River Lady as H.L. Morrison
- 1948: The Street With No Name as Cy Gordon
- 1948: An Act Of Murder as Judge Ogden
- 1948: Command Decision as Maj. Belding Davis
- 1949: Down In The Sea In Ships as Thatch
- 1949: Red Canyon as Floyd Cordt
- 1949: Johnny Stool Pigeon as Nick Avery
- 1949: Scene Of The Crime as Fred Piper
- 1949: Top O The Morning as Insp. Fallon
- 1950: Ambush as Frank Holly
- 1950: Francis as Lt. Gen. Stevens
- 1950: No Sad Songs For Me as Dr. Ralph Frene
- 1950: The Asphalt Jungle as Police Commissioner Hardy
- 1950: Shadow On The Wall as Pike Ludwell
- 1950: Winchester '73 as Joe Lamont
- 1950: Saddle Tramp as Jess Higgins
- 1950: Walk Softly Stranger as Morgan
- 1951: Under The Gun as Sheriff Bill Langley
- 1951: Youre In The Navy Now as Cmdr. W.R. Reynolds
- 1951: Thats My Boy as Dr. Benjamin Green
- 1951: The Raging Tide as Corky Mullins
- 1951: Westward the Women as Roy E. Whitman
- 1952: Glory Alley as Gabe Jordan
- 1952: The World In His Arms as Deacon Greathouse
- 1952: Sally And Saint Anne as Alderman Percival Xavier 'Goldtooth' McCarthy
- 1952: Horizons West as Ira Hammond
- 1952: The Lawless Breed as J.G. Hardin/John Clements
- 1953: The Mississippi Gambler as Kansas John Polly
- 1953: The Presidents Lady as John Overton
- 1953: A Lion Is In The Streets as Jeb Brown
- 1953: War Arrow as Col. Jackson Meade
- 1954: Apache as Al Sieber
- 1954: The Far Country as Gannon
- 1954: Four Guns To The Border as Dutch
- 1954: The Yellow Mountain as Bannon
- 1955: Stranger On Horseback as Josiah Bannerman
- 1955: The Phenix City Story as Albert L. 'Pat' Patterson
- 1955: The Kentuckian as Zack Wakefield
- 1955: The Scarlet Coat as Gen. Robert Howe
- 1955: To Hell and Back as Narrator (uncredited, voice)
- 1955: The Spoilers as Dextry
- 1956: World In My Corner as Dave Bernstein
- 1956: Backlash as Jim Bonniwell/William Slater
- 1956: Ive Lived Before as Dr. Thomas Bryant
- 1956: Away All Boats as Old Man/Film Intro Voice-Over
- 1957: The Tin Star as Dr. Joseph Jefferson 'Joe' McCord
- 1957: The Mark Of The Hawk as Bruce Craig
- 1958: Sing Boy Sing as Rev. Farley Walker
- 1958: The Light In The Forest as John Elder
- 1959: The Gunfight at Dodge City as Dr. Sam Tremaine
- 1960: Who Was That Lady as Bob Doyle
- 1960: Psycho as Sheriff Al Chambers
- 1960: Elmer Gantry as Rev. John Pengilly
- 1960: Seven Ways from Sundown as Sgt. Henessey
- 1960: Flaming Star as Sam 'Pa' Burton
- 1960: The Yank as Dr. Zebulion Barnes
- 1961: Two Rode Together as Maj. Frazer
- 1961: Summer And Smoke as Dr. Buchanan
- 1967: Rough Night In Jericho as Ben Hickman
- 1971: The Boy From Dead Mans Bayou as Boudreau
- 1973: Linda as Marshall Journeyman
- 1974: Herbie Rides Again as Mr. Judson
- 1974: The Healers as Dr. Ernest Wilson
- 1975: Rooster Cogburn as Judge Parker
- 1975: Challenge To Be Free as Narrator (voice)
- 1976: The New Daughters Of Joshua Cabe as Sheriff Joshua Cabe
- 1977: The Rescuers as Rufus
- 1978: Crisis In Sun Valley as Hubbard
- 1978: Lassie A New Beginning as Dr. Spreckles
- 1978: The Jordan Chance as Jasper Colton
- 1979: Mrs Rs Daughter as Paul Underwood
- 1981: The Fox and the Hound as Badger
- 1981: All The Way Home as John Henry
- 1982: Honkytonk Man Grandpa
- 1983: Lone Star as Luther McCollum
- 1984: Cloak And Dagger as George MacCready
- 1984: The Cowboy And The Ballerina as Doc
- 1986: As Summers Die as Judge Dudley [-Mc Cormack=]
- 1989: Dream Breakers as Cardinal Angelo
- 1989: Turner and Hooch as Amos Reed
Television Roles
- 1955-1956: Cavalcade Of America as John Chapman aka Johnny Appleseed/Newspaper Editor (2 episodes)
- 1955-1958: General Eletric Theatre as John Marshall/Ebeneezer Scrooge/Lane McKersher (3 episodes)
- 1956: Front Row Center as Joe Adams
- 1956: Star Stage as Judge Cardiff
- 1957: Lux Video Theatre as Joshua
- 1958: Studio 57 as Sheriff Sternweister
- 1958: Matinee Theatre as Father
- 1958: Goodyear Theatre as Dr. Edwards
- 1958-1959: Naked City as Lt. Daniel Muldoon (25 episodes)
- 1958-1960: Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Charles Underhill/John Leeds (2 episodes)
- 1959: Cimarron City as Capt. Adairam Judson
- 1959: Wanted: Dead or Alive as Bannister
- 1959: Zane Grey Theatre as Maj. Alex Samuels
- 1959: The Joseph Cotten Show On Trial as John Marshall
- 1959: Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse as Henry Downey
- 1959-1960: Wichita Town as Frank Matheson (2 episodes)
- 1959-1961: Laramie as Kuba Smith/Judge Barnaby Cade (2 episodes)
- 1959-1965: Wagon Train as Christopher Hale/Levi Hale/Cain Transfuga/Andrew Hale (152 episodes)
- 1960: Peter Gunn as Wilson Getty
- 1960: The Twilight Zone as Prof. A. Daemon
- 1960: Overland Trail as Gen. William Palmer
- 1960: The Untouchables as Loren Hall
- 1961: The Americans as Pa Canfield
- 1961-1966: Bonanza as Old Charlie Conners/Sheriff Mike Latimer (2 episodes)
- 1963: Arrest And Trial as Anthony Jackson
- 1964: Summer Playhouse as Mr. Duveen
- 1965: My Brother The Angel as Ben Harper
- 1965: Daniel Boone as Timothy Patrick Bryan
- 1965: Slatterys People as Andy Stevens
- 1965-1971: The F.B.I. as Michael 'Doc' Lacy/Tom Rule/Max Wood (3 episodes)
- 1966: The Fugitive as Lester Kelly
- 1966: A Man Called Shenandoah as Simon Hadley
- 1966-1971: The Magical World Of Disney as Whit White/Father Boudreau (8 episodes)
- 1967: Dundee And The Culhane as Sheriff Moss
- 1967-1970: The Virginian as Clay Grainger (65 episodes)
- 1971: Bearcats! as Cyrus Davenport
- 1971-1972: Longstreet as Dr. Dan Stockton (2 episodes)
- 1974: Dirty Sally as Orkie Sump
- 1977: Aspen as Owen Keating
- 1978-1985: The Love Boat as George Hastings/George Hancock (2 episodes)
- 1979: Charlie's Angels as Paul Danvers
- 1979: Fantasy Island as Victor Holly
- 1979: Dallas as Sen. Sam Culver
- 1979-1980: Young Maverick as Vernon Maywood (2 episodes)
- 1979-1980: Shirley as Dutch McHenry (8 episodes)
- 1980: The Incredible Hulk as Preston DeKalb
- 1981: American Dream as Sam Whittier
- 1981: Goliath Awaits as Sen. Oliver Bartholomew
- 1983: Quincy, M.E. as Roy Brackett
- 1983: Hotel as Donald Blackwell
- 1984: The Yellow Rose as Man
- 1984: Trapper John, M.D. as Diner Patron
- 1985: Night Court as Daddy Bob Elmore
- 1985: Diff'rent Strokes as Mr. Hunter
- 1986: St. Elsewhere as Harry Cragen
- 1988: The Slap Maxwell Story as Stan Maxwell
