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Joel McCrea

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

05/11/1905

Day of Death

20/10/1990
(85) years old

Place of Birth

South Pasadena, California, USA

Joel McCrea

Biography

Joel Albert McCrea (November 5, 1905 – October 20, 1990) was an American actor whose career spanned a wide variety of genres over almost five decades, including comedy, drama, romance, thrillers, adventures, and Westerns, for which he became best known. He appeared in over one hundred films, starri... Read More

Known For

Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line

George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey

Night of 100 Stars

Mustang Country

The Great American Cowboy

Cry Blood Apache

Sioux Nation

The Young Rounders

Filmography

Cast

2008

Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship ...

as John Neville Jr. (archive footage)

2004

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollyw...

as Self (archive footage)

1997

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line

as Self (archive footage)

1985

George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey

as Self

1982

Night of 100 Stars

as Self

1976

Mustang Country

as Dan

1973

The Great American Cowboy

as Narrator

1970

Cry Blood Apache

as Pitcalin as an Older Man

1970

Sioux Nation

1966

The Young Rounders

1962

Ride the High Country

as Steve Judd

1961

Hollywood: The Selznick Years

as 'Bird of Paradise' (archive footage) (un...

1960

The Crowning Experience

as Prologue Narrator

1959

The Gunfight at Dodge City

as Bat Masterson

1958

Fort Massacre

as Vinson

1958

Cattle Empire

as John Cord

1957

The Tall Stranger

as Ned Bannon

1957

Gunsight Ridge

as Mike Ryan

1957

Trooper Hook

as Sgt. Clovis Hook

1957

The Oklahoman

as John

1956

The First Texan

as Sam Houston

1955

Wichita

as Wyatt Earp

1955

Stranger on Horseback

as Judge Richard 'Rick' Thorne

1954

Black Horse Canyon

as Del Rockwell

1954

Border River

as Clete Mattson

1953

The Lone Hand

as Zachary Hallock

1953

Rough Shoot

as Lt. Col. Robert Taine

1952

The San Francisco Story

as Rick Nelson

1951

Cattle Drive

as Dan Mathews

1951

Hollywood Story

as Joel McCrea

1950

Frenchie

as Sheriff Tom Banning

1950

Saddle Tramp

as Chuck Conner

1950

Stars in My Crown

as Josiah Doziah Gray

1950

The Outriders

as Will Owen

1949

Colorado Territory

as Wes McQueen

1949

South of St. Louis

as Kip Davis

1948

Four Faces West

as Ross McEwen

1947

Ramrod

as Dave Nash

1946

The Virginian

as The Virginian

1945

The Unseen

as David Fielding

1944

The Great Moment

as William Thomas Green Morton

1944

Buffalo Bill

as William Frederick 'Buffalo Bill' Cody

1943

The More the Merrier

as Joe Carter

1943

Stars on Horseback

1942

The Palm Beach Story

as Tom Jeffers

1941

Sullivan's Travels

as John Sullivan

1941

The Great Man's Lady

as Mr. Sempler

1941

Reaching for the Sun

as Russ Eliot

1940

Breakdowns of 1940

as Self

1940

Foreign Correspondent

as John Jones

1940

Primrose Path

as Ed Wallace

1940

He Married His Wife

as T.H. Randall

1939

Espionage Agent

as Barry Corvall

1939

They Shall Have Music

as Peter McCarthy

1939

Union Pacific

as Jeff Butler

1938

Youth Takes a Fling

as Joe Meadows

1938

Three Blind Mice

as Van Dam Smith

1937

Wells Fargo

as Ramsay MacKay

1937

Dead End

as Dave

1937

Woman Chases Man

as Kenneth Nolan

1937

Internes Can't Take Money

as Jimmie Kildare

1936

Banjo on My Knee

as Ernie Holley

1936

Come and Get It

as Richard Glasgow

1936

Adventure in Manhattan

as George Melville

1936

Two in a Crowd

as Larry Stevens

1936

These Three

as Dr. Joseph 'Joe' Cardin

1935

Splendor

as Brighton Lorrimore

1935

Barbary Coast

as Jim Carmichael

1935

Woman Wanted

as Tony

1935

Private Worlds

as Dr. Alex MacGregor

1935

Our Little Girl

as Donald Middleton

1934

The Richest Girl in the World

as Anthony Travers

1934

Half a Sinner

as John Adams

1934

Gambling Lady

as Garry Madison

1933

Chance at Heaven

as Blacky Gorman

1933

One Man's Journey

as Jimmy Watt

1933

Bed of Roses

as Dan

1933

The Silver Cord

as David Phelps

1933

Scarlet River

as Himself (uncredited)

1932

Rockabye

as Jacobs 'Jake' Van Riker Pell

1932

The Sport Parade

as Sandy Brown

1932

The Most Dangerous Game

as Robert Rainsford

1932

Bird of Paradise

as Johnny Baker

1932

The Lost Squadron

as Red

1932

Business and Pleasure

as Lawrence Ogle

1931

Girls About Town

as Jim Baker

1931

The Common Law

as John 'Jack' Neville

1931

Born to Love

as Barry Craig

1931

Kept Husbands

as Richard Brunton

1931

Once a Sinner

as Tommy Mason

1930

Lightnin'

as John Marvin

1930

The Silver Horde

as Boyd Emerson

1930

Framed

as Waiter (uncredited)

1929

Dynamite

as Marco

1929

So This Is College

as Bruce Nolan (uncredited)

1929

The Single Standard

as Party Guest (uncredited)

1928

The Divine Lady

as Extra (uncredited)

1928

Dead Man's Curve

as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

1927

The Enemy

as Extra (uncredited)

1927

The Fair Co-Ed

Crew

1926

Torrent

as Stunts

1924

A Self-Made Failure

as Stunts

1923

Penrod and Sam

as Stunts