Joel McCrea
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 5, 1905
- Died
- October 20, 1990 (aged 84)
- Birthplace
- South Pasadena, California, USA
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 romance film Bird of Paradise (1932), the adventure classic The Most Dangerous Game (1932), Gregory La Cava's bawdy comedy Bed of Roses (1933), George Stevens' romantic comedy The More the Merrier (1943), William Wyler's These Three, Come and Get It (both 1936) and Dead End (1937), Howard Hawks' Barbary Coast (1935), and a number of western films, including Wichita (1955) as Wyatt Earp and Sam Peckinpah's Ride the High Country (1962), opposite Randolph Scott. Description above from the Wikipedia article Joel McCrea, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmography
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
Movie · as John Neville Jr. (archive footage)
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
Movie · as Self
Night of 100 Stars
Movie · as Self
Mustang Country
Movie · as Dan
The Great American Cowboy
Movie · as Narrator
Sioux Nation
Movie
Cry Blood Apache
Movie · as Pitcalin as an Older Man
The Young Rounders
Movie
Ride the High Country
Movie · as Steve Judd
The Merv Griffin Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Crowning Experience
Movie · as Prologue Narrator
The Gunfight at Dodge City
Movie · as Bat Masterson
Wichita Town
TV · as Marshal Mike Dunbar · 26 eps
Fort Massacre
Movie · as Vinson
Cattle Empire
Movie · as John Cord
The Oklahoman
Movie · as John
Trooper Hook
Movie · as Sgt. Clovis Hook
The Tall Stranger
Movie · as Ned Bannon
Gunsight Ridge
Movie · as Mike Ryan
The First Texan
Movie · as Sam Houston
Stranger on Horseback
Movie · as Judge Richard 'Rick' Thorne
Wichita
Movie · as Wyatt Earp
Border River
Movie · as Clete Mattson
Black Horse Canyon
Movie · as Del Rockwell
Rough Shoot
Movie · as Lt. Col. Robert Taine
The Lone Hand
Movie · as Zachary Hallock
The San Francisco Story
Movie · as Rick Nelson
Hollywood Story
Movie · as Joel McCrea
Cattle Drive
Movie · as Dan Mathews
Stars in My Crown
Movie · as Josiah Doziah Gray
Saddle Tramp
Movie · as Chuck Conner
The Outriders
Movie · as Will Owen
Frenchie
Movie · as Sheriff Tom Banning
Colorado Territory
Movie · as Wes McQueen
South of St. Louis
Movie · as Kip Davis
Four Faces West
Movie · as Ross McEwen
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Ramrod
Movie · as Dave Nash
The Virginian
Movie · as The Virginian
The Unseen
Movie · as David Fielding
The Great Moment
Movie · as William Thomas Green Morton
Buffalo Bill
Movie · as William Frederick 'Buffalo Bill' Cody
The More the Merrier
Movie · as Joe Carter
Stars on Horseback
Movie
The Palm Beach Story
Movie · as Tom Jeffers
Sullivan's Travels
Movie · as John Sullivan
The Great Man's Lady
Movie · as Mr. Sempler
Reaching for the Sun
Movie · as Russ Eliot
Foreign Correspondent
Movie · as John Jones
Primrose Path
Movie · as Ed Wallace
He Married His Wife
Movie · as T.H. Randall
Breakdowns of 1940
Movie · as Self
Union Pacific
Movie · as Jeff Butler
Espionage Agent
Movie · as Barry Corvall
They Shall Have Music
Movie · as Peter McCarthy
Three Blind Mice
Movie · as Van Dam Smith
Youth Takes a Fling
Movie · as Joe Meadows
Dead End
Movie · as Dave
Internes Can't Take Money
Movie · as Jimmie Kildare
Woman Chases Man
Movie · as Kenneth Nolan
Wells Fargo
Movie · as Ramsay MacKay
These Three
Movie · as Dr. Joseph 'Joe' Cardin
Come and Get It
Movie · as Richard Glasgow
Adventure in Manhattan
Movie · as George Melville
Banjo on My Knee
Movie · as Ernie Holley
Two in a Crowd
Movie · as Larry Stevens
Barbary Coast
Movie · as Jim Carmichael
Private Worlds
Movie · as Dr. Alex MacGregor
Splendor
Movie · as Brighton Lorrimore
Woman Wanted
Movie · as Tony
Our Little Girl
Movie · as Donald Middleton
The Richest Girl in the World
Movie · as Anthony Travers
Gambling Lady
Movie · as Garry Madison
Half a Sinner
Movie · as John Adams
The Silver Cord
Movie · as David Phelps
Chance at Heaven
Movie · as Blacky Gorman
Bed of Roses
Movie · as Dan
One Man's Journey
Movie · as Jimmy Watt
Scarlet River
Movie · as Himself (uncredited)
The Most Dangerous Game
Movie · as Robert Rainsford
Bird of Paradise
Movie · as Johnny Baker
The Lost Squadron
Movie · as Red
Rockabye
Movie · as Jacobs 'Jake' Van Riker Pell
The Sport Parade
Movie · as Sandy Brown
Business and Pleasure
Movie · as Lawrence Ogle
Girls About Town
Movie · as Jim Baker
Kept Husbands
Movie · as Richard 'Dick' Brunton
Born to Love
Movie · as Barry Craig
The Common Law
Movie · as John 'Jack' Neville
Once a Sinner
Movie · as Tommy Mason
The Silver Horde
Movie · as Boyd Emerson
Lightnin'
Movie · as John Marvin
Framed
Movie · as Waiter (uncredited)
Dynamite
Movie · as Marco
So This Is College
Movie · as Bruce Nolan (uncredited)
The Single Standard
Movie · as Party Guest (uncredited)
The Jazz Age
Movie · as Todd Sayles
Dead Man's Curve
Movie · as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
The Divine Lady
Movie · as Extra (uncredited)
The Fair Co-Ed
Movie
The Enemy
Movie · as Extra (uncredited)