Sheriff Earl McGraw is a recurring character in the Tarantinoverse, appearing in both the 2003 film Kill Bill: Volume 1 and the 2007 film Death Proof. He is a Texas ranger.
He was portrayed by the late Michael Parks, who also played Esteban Vihaio in Kill Bill: Volume 2.
Biography[]
Kill Bill: Volume 1[]
Earl arrives at the scene of the Two Pines chapel massacre. His son Edgar, also a Texas ranger, described the scene to him. They discover all the bodies lying on the floor of the chapel. They approached the body of 'The Bride'. The Sheriff bends down and finally realises that she is still alive. During the scene, he scolds his son for taking the Lord's name in vain while inside the chapel.
Death Proof[]
Earl, accompanied by Edgar, visits a hospital after Stuntman Mike's first attack and interrogates his daughter. He is the only person aware of the fact that Mike was responsible for the deaths of five girls (including Arlene Butterfly Machiallie, Shanna Bannana and Jungle Julia Lucai), but Mike is cleared of all charges because the girls were intoxicated. Although he can't formally arrest him, Earl does however run Mike out of Texas.
Fun Quotes[]
- Sheriff Earl McGraw: "I been pukin up pigs in a blanket for an hour" - From Dusk Till Dawn
- Sheriff Earl McGraw: "Son Number One, this tall drink of cocksucker ain't dead" - Kill Bill
- Sheriff Earl McGraw: "Every damn one of them gals was swimmin' in alcohol and floatin on weed. Ol "Hooper" in there was clean as a whistle". - Death Proof
Trivia[]
- According to Quentin Tarantino, he is a character similar to The Wolf from Pulp Fiction, who can theoretically move between the universes.
- The character's son, Edgar McGraw is portrayed by Park's real life son James Parks.
- The character may be a reference to the 60's Hanna Barbera cartoon character Quick Draw McGraw who was a walking talking horse/sheriff in the Old West.