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Joel McCrea

Joel McCrea

ActorCrew Nov 5 (died age 84) South Pasadena, California, USA 1923–2008 (85 year career)
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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, starring in over eighty, among them Alfred Hitchcock's espionage thriller Foreign Correspondent (1940), Preston Sturges' comedy classics Sullivan's Travels (1941), and The Palm Beach Story (1942), the roman…

Known For

Sullivan's Travels
Film

Sullivan's Travels

John Sullivan
Foreign Correspondent
Film

Foreign Correspondent

John Jones
The Most Dangerous Game
Film

The Most Dangerous Game

Robert Rainsford
Ride the High Country
Film

Ride the High Country

Steve Judd
The Palm Beach Story
Film

The Palm Beach Story

Tom Jeffers
Dead End
Film

Dead End

Dave
The More the Merrier
Film

The More the Merrier

Joe Carter
Colorado Territory
Film

Colorado Territory

Wes McQueen

Filmography

Acting (103)

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Movies (100)

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

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

2008

as John Neville Jr. (archive footage)

6.1
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

2004

as Self (archive footage)

7.8
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line

1997

as Self (archive footage)

7.5
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey

George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey

1985

as Self

5.6
Night of 100 Stars

Night of 100 Stars

1982

as Self

6.7
Mustang Country

Mustang Country

1976

as Dan

4.7
The Great American Cowboy

The Great American Cowboy

1973

as Narrator

6.0
Sioux Nation

Sioux Nation

1970
8.5
Cry Blood Apache

Cry Blood Apache

1970

as Pitcalin as an Older Man

2.2
The Young Rounders

The Young Rounders

1966
Ride the High Country

Ride the High Country

1962

as Steve Judd

7.0
The Crowning Experience

The Crowning Experience

1960

as Prologue Narrator

5.0
The Gunfight at Dodge City

The Gunfight at Dodge City

1959

as Bat Masterson

5.6
Cattle Empire

Cattle Empire

1958

as John Cord

6.0
Fort Massacre

Fort Massacre

1958

as Vinson

6.1
The Oklahoman

The Oklahoman

1957

as John

5.6
Trooper Hook

Trooper Hook

1957

as Sgt. Clovis Hook

6.8
The Tall Stranger

The Tall Stranger

1957

as Ned Bannon

6.5
Gunsight Ridge

Gunsight Ridge

1957

as Mike Ryan

5.7
The First Texan

The First Texan

1956

as Sam Houston

6.3
Stranger on Horseback

Stranger on Horseback

1955

as Judge Richard 'Rick' Thorne

5.5
Wichita

Wichita

1955

as Wyatt Earp

6.4
Black Horse Canyon

Black Horse Canyon

1954

as Del Rockwell

5.9
Border River

Border River

1954

as Clete Mattson

6.2
Rough Shoot

Rough Shoot

1953

as Lt. Col. Robert Taine

6.2
The Lone Hand

The Lone Hand

1953

as Zachary Hallock

5.6
The San Francisco Story

The San Francisco Story

1952

as Rick Nelson

4.6
Cattle Drive

Cattle Drive

1951

as Dan Mathews

6.4
Hollywood Story

Hollywood Story

1951

as Joel McCrea

6.6
The Outriders

The Outriders

1950

as Will Owen

7.0
Frenchie

Frenchie

1950

as Sheriff Tom Banning

5.7
Stars in My Crown

Stars in My Crown

1950

as Josiah Doziah Gray

6.9
Saddle Tramp

Saddle Tramp

1950

as Chuck Conner

6.3
Colorado Territory

Colorado Territory

1949

as Wes McQueen

7.0
South of St. Louis

South of St. Louis

1949

as Kip Davis

5.6
Four Faces West

Four Faces West

1948

as Ross McEwen

5.6
Ramrod

Ramrod

1947

as Dave Nash

6.5
The Virginian

The Virginian

1946

as The Virginian

6.0
The Unseen

The Unseen

1945

as David Fielding

4.6
The Great Moment

The Great Moment

1944

as William Thomas Green Morton

5.6
Buffalo Bill

Buffalo Bill

1944

as William Frederick 'Buffalo Bill' Cody

5.6
Stars on Horseback

Stars on Horseback

1943
4.0
The More the Merrier

The More the Merrier

1943

as Joe Carter

6.9
The Palm Beach Story

The Palm Beach Story

1942

as Tom Jeffers

7.0
Reaching for the Sun

Reaching for the Sun

1941

as Russ Eliot

6.0
Sullivan's Travels

Sullivan's Travels

1941

as John Sullivan

7.4
The Great Man's Lady

The Great Man's Lady

1941

as Mr. Sempler

6.3
Primrose Path

Primrose Path

1940

as Ed Wallace

6.6
Foreign Correspondent

Foreign Correspondent

1940

as John Jones

7.0
He Married His Wife

He Married His Wife

1940

as T.H. Randall

5.1
Breakdowns of 1940

Breakdowns of 1940

1940

as Self

4.0
Union Pacific

Union Pacific

1939

as Jeff Butler

6.6
They Shall Have Music

They Shall Have Music

1939

as Peter McCarthy

6.2
Espionage Agent

Espionage Agent

1939

as Barry Corvall

5.9
Three Blind Mice

Three Blind Mice

1938

as Van Dam Smith

6.0
Youth Takes a Fling

Youth Takes a Fling

1938

as Joe Meadows

1.0
Woman Chases Man

Woman Chases Man

1937

as Kenneth Nolan

5.6
Dead End

Dead End

1937

as Dave

7.0
Wells Fargo

Wells Fargo

1937

as Ramsay MacKay

5.2
Internes Can't Take Money

Internes Can't Take Money

1937

as Jimmie Kildare

6.3
Adventure in Manhattan

Adventure in Manhattan

1936

as George Melville

5.8
Two in a Crowd

Two in a Crowd

1936

as Larry Stevens

Banjo on My Knee

Banjo on My Knee

1936

as Ernie Holley

5.5
Come and Get It

Come and Get It

1936

as Richard Glasgow

6.8
These Three

These Three

1936

as Dr. Joseph 'Joe' Cardin

7.1
Splendor

Splendor

1935

as Brighton Lorrimore

6.3
Barbary Coast

Barbary Coast

1935

as Jim Carmichael

6.4
Woman Wanted

Woman Wanted

1935

as Tony

6.3
Our Little Girl

Our Little Girl

1935

as Donald Middleton

4.3
Private Worlds

Private Worlds

1935

as Dr. Alex MacGregor

6.0
Gambling Lady

Gambling Lady

1934

as Garry Madison

6.2
The Richest Girl in the World

The Richest Girl in the World

1934

as Anthony Travers

5.7
Half a Sinner

Half a Sinner

1934

as John Adams

Chance at Heaven

Chance at Heaven

1933

as Blacky Gorman

5.7
The Silver Cord

The Silver Cord

1933

as David Phelps

7.1
Bed of Roses

Bed of Roses

1933

as Dan

6.1
One Man's Journey

One Man's Journey

1933

as Jimmy Watt

6.5
Scarlet River

Scarlet River

1933

as Himself (uncredited)

4.5
The Lost Squadron

The Lost Squadron

1932

as Red

6.3
Rockabye

Rockabye

1932

as Jacobs 'Jake' Van Riker Pell

6.2
The Most Dangerous Game

The Most Dangerous Game

1932

as Robert Rainsford

6.9
Bird of Paradise

Bird of Paradise

1932

as Johnny Baker

4.8
The Sport Parade

The Sport Parade

1932

as Sandy Brown

4.8
Business and Pleasure

Business and Pleasure

1932

as Lawrence Ogle

4.5
Born to Love

Born to Love

1931

as Barry Craig

5.0
Kept Husbands

Kept Husbands

1931

as Richard 'Dick' Brunton

5.3
Girls About Town

Girls About Town

1931

as Jim Baker

6.3
Once a Sinner

Once a Sinner

1931

as Tommy Mason

The Common Law

The Common Law

1931

as John 'Jack' Neville

5.3
The Silver Horde

The Silver Horde

1930

as Boyd Emerson

5.3
Lightnin'

Lightnin'

1930

as John Marvin

3.7
Framed

Framed

1930

as Waiter (uncredited)

5.0
The Jazz Age

The Jazz Age

1929

as Todd Sayles

Dynamite

Dynamite

1929

as Marco

6.4
The Single Standard

The Single Standard

1929

as Party Guest (uncredited)

5.5
So This Is College

So This Is College

1929

as Bruce Nolan (uncredited)

4.2
The Divine Lady

The Divine Lady

1928

as Extra (uncredited)

5.2
Dead Man's Curve

Dead Man's Curve

1928

as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

The Fair Co-Ed

The Fair Co-Ed

1927
5.5
The Enemy

The Enemy

1927

as Extra (uncredited)

5.5