Harry McGraw

Harry McGraw
Gender: Male
Professional Information
Occupation: Private Investigator Agency: Self Employed
Personal Information
Town of Residence: Boston, MA
Episode Chronology
First Appearance: Tough Guys Don't Die Last Appearance: The Skinny According to Nick Cullhane Episode Count: Six
Played By
Actor: Jerry Orbach

Harlan A. McGraw, better known as Harry McGraw is a hard-boiled private investigator based in Boston, Massachusetts. McGraw first meets Jessica Fletcher while investigating the murder of his partner Archie Miles. Though Harry is initially suspicious and combative in their first meeting (as Jessica was a client of Archie's, working a cold case) he soon warms to her and comes to respect her skills in investigation and deduction. Harry even goes so far as to suggest she stop "screwing around with all these stupid books and got to work," becoming his new partner. Jessica declines the offer, but they become close friends.

Personality

Harry is a very obstinate, arrogant, foolhardy, and private man. As a private investigator, he has found various ways to get what he is after. It shows his resourcefulness, but it reveals his willingness to bend the law to solve his cases as well. He tends to rush into situations without always thinking first, and while this sometimes results in a solved case, it more often results in him getting a black eye or bloody lip. He’s not stupid by any means, but his Ego gets him into a lot of trouble.

Harry has many vices such as gambling, chain-smoking, and doing almost anything for a quick buck, but these don’t reflect his true character. It is hinted that Harry is truly nice under his gruff exterior. He is watchful of Jessica and makes certain she has been taken care of. He cares deeply about justice, to the point that he has to be reminded to not take it entirely into his own hands. What’s more, he tries to stay true to his word when he makes a promise to anyone.

Murder, She Wrote: Season One
The Murder of Sherlock Holmes	Deadly Lady	Birds of a Feather	Hooray for Homicide	It's a Dog's Life	Lovers and Other Killers
Hit, Run and Homicide	We're Off to Kill the Wizard	Death Takes a Curtain Call	Death Casts a Spell	Capitol Offense	Broadway Malady
Murder to a Jazz Beat	My Johnny Lies Over the Ocean	Paint Me a Murder	Tough Guys Don't Die	Sudden Death	Footnote to Murder
	Murder Takes the Bus	Armed Response	Murder at the Oasis	Funeral at Fifty-Mile

Murder, She Wrote: Season Two
Widow, Weep for Me	Joshua Peabody Died Here... Possibly	Murder in the Afternoon	School for Scandal	Sing a Song of Murder	Reflections of the Mind
A Lady in the Lake	Dead Heat	Jessica Behind Bars	Sticks and Stones	Murder Digs Deep	Murder by Appointment Only
Trial by Error	Keep the Home Fries Burning	Powder Keg	Murder in the Electric Cathedral	One Good Bid Deserves a Murder	If a Body Meet a Body
	Christopher Bundy - Died On Sunday	Menace, Anyone?	The Perfect Foil	If the Frame Fits

Murder, She Wrote: Season Three
Death Stalks the Big Top (Part 1)	Death Stalks the Big Top (Part 2)	Unfinished Business	One White Rose for Death	Corned Beef & Carnage	Dead Man's Gold
Deadline for Murder	Magnum on Ice	Obituary for a Dead Anchor	Stage Struck	Night of the Headless Horseman	The Corpse Flew First Class
Crossed Up	Murder in a Minor Key	The Bottom Line Is Murder	Death Takes a Dive	Simon Says, Color Me Dead	No Laughing Murder
	No Accounting for Murder	The Cemetery Vote	The Days Dwindle Down	Murder, She Spoke

Murder, She Wrote: Season Five
J.B. As in Jailbird	A Little Night Work	Mr. Penroy's Vacation	Snow White, Blood Red	Coal Miner's Slaughter	Wearing of the Green
The Last Flight of the Dixie Damsel	Prediction: Murder	Something Borrowed, Someone Blue	Weave A Tangled Web	The Search for Peter Kerry	Smooth Operators
Fire Burn, Cauldron Bubble	From Russia With Blood	Alma Murder	Truck Stop	The Sins of Castle Cove	Trevor Hudson's Legacy
	Double Exposure	Three Strikes, You're Out	Mirror, Mirror on the Wall (Part 1)	Mirror, Mirror on the Wall (Part 2)

Murder, She Wrote: Season Seven
Trials & Tribulations	Deadly Misunderstanding	See You in Court, Baby	Hannigan's Wake	The Family Jewels	A Body to Die For
The Return of Preston Giles	The Great Twain Robbery	Ballad for a Blue Lady	Murder in F Sharp	Family Doctor	Suspicion of Murder
Moving Violation	Who Killed J.B. Fletcher?	The Taxman Cometh	From the Horse's Mouth	The Prodigal Father	Where Have You Gone, Billy Boy
	Thursday's Child	Murder, Plain & Simple	Tainted Lady	The Skinny According to Nick Cullhane

The Law & Harry McGraw
Dead Men Don't Make Phone Calls	Murder by a Landslide	Mr. Chapman, I Presume	The Fallen Arrow	Rappaport is Back in Town	She's Not Wild About Harry
Angela's Secret	Solve It Again, Harry	State of the Art	Yankee Boodle Dandy	Old Heroes Die Hard	Gilhooley's is History
	Beware the Ides of May	Waiting Game	Harry Does the Hustle	Maginnis for the People

See Also

• Murder, She Wrote
• Private Investigator