
Joseph Crehan
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 14, 1883
- Died
- April 15, 1966 (aged 82)
- Birthplace
- Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Joseph Crehan (July 15, 1883 – April 15, 1966) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 300 films between 1916 and 1965, and notably played Ulysses S. Grant nine times between 1939 and 1958, most memorably in Union Pacific and They Died With Their Boots On. He was born in Baltimore, Maryland and died in Hollywood, California from a stroke. Crehan often played alongside Charles C. Wilson with whom he is sometimes confused.
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Filmography

The Great Race
Movie · as Observer at Start (uncredited)

Seven Days in May
Movie · as Bit Part (uncredited)

Judgment at Nuremberg
Movie · as Courtroom Spectator at Verdict (uncredited)

The Andy Griffith Show
TV · as Councilman, Council Member, Franklin, Townsman · 1 ep

The Untouchables
TV · as Passerby (uncredited) · 1 ep

Bat Masterson
TV · as Thomas Bolland · 1 ep

Leave It to Beaver
TV · as Train Conductor · 1 ep

26 Men
TV · 2 eps

The Twinkle In God's Eye
Movie · as Doctor

MGM Parade
TV · 1 ep

Crossroads
TV · as Father Devlin (uncredited), Warden James · 1 ep

Highway Dragnet
Movie · as Elderly Border Inspection Officer

The Whistler
TV · 1 ep

The Lone Wolf
TV · as Conductor · 1 ep

Crazylegs
Movie · as Hank Hatch

Deadline - U.S.A.
Movie · as The Standard City Editor (uncredited)

Four Star Playhouse
TV · as Mr. Kramer · 1 ep

The Family Secret
Movie

Roadblock
Movie · as Thompson (uncredited)

Pride of Maryland
Movie · as Mr. Herndon

I Love Lucy
TV · as Detective · 1 ep

Triple Trouble
Movie · as Warden Burnside

The Fuller Brush Girl
Movie · as Police Boat Captain (uncredited)

The Tougher They Come
Movie · as Thompson

The Flying Missile
Movie · as Rear Admiral

The Arizona Cowboy
Movie · as Colonel Jefferson

Gun Crazy
Movie · as Plant Foreman (uncredited)

Lux Video Theatre
TV · as Doctor · 2 eps

Alias the Champ
Movie · as Tim Murphy

Duke of Chicago
Movie · as 'Tex' Harman
Unto Thyself Be True
Movie · as Frank Hartwell

Red Desert
Movie · as President Ulysses S. Grant

Bad Men of Tombstone
Movie · as Mine Superintendent

The Last Bandit
Movie · as Local No. 44 Engineer

Ringside
Movie · as Oscar Brannigan

Dancing in the Dark
Movie · as Board Member

Amazon Quest
Movie · as De Ruyter

State Department: File 649
Movie · as Government Official

Prejudice
Movie · as J.P. Baker

The Lone Ranger
TV · as Tom Patrict · 1 ep

The Hunted
Movie · as Small Town Police Captain

Street Corner
Movie · as Dr. James Fenton

The Countess of Monte Cristo
Movie · as Joe

Homicide for Three
Movie · as Police Captain

Night Time in Nevada
Movie · as Engineer Casey

April Showers
Movie · as William Barnes

The Gallant Legion
Movie · as George Trent - State Official

Sundown in Santa Fe
Movie · as Major Larkin

Adventures in Silverado
Movie · as McHugh

Because of Eve
Movie · as Dr. West

Relentless
Movie · as Doctor (uncredited)

The Enchanted Valley
Movie · as Chief Scott

Silver River
Movie · as Ulysses S. Grant (uncredited)

The Story of Life
Movie

Blondie's Secret
Movie · as Police Sergeant (uncredited)

Louisiana
Movie · as Neilson

Philo Vance's Gamble
Movie · as Ellis Mason

Monsieur Verdoux
Movie · as Broker (uncredited)

The Sea of Grass
Movie · as Colorado Sen. Grew (uncredited)

Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome
Movie · as Chief Brandon

The Trespasser
Movie · as The Doctor

Deadline at Dawn
Movie · as Lt. Kane

Dangerous Money
Movie · as Captain Black

The Falcon's Adventure
Movie · as Inspector Cavanaugh

Dick Tracy vs. Cueball
Movie · as Chief Brandon

O.S.S.
Movie · as Gen. Donovan

The Phantom Thief
Movie · as 'Jumbo' Madigan - Pawnbroker

The Mysterious Mr. M
Movie · as Dan Blair

The Shadow Returns
Movie · as Police Insp. Cardona

Behind the Mask
Movie · as Police Inspector Cardonna

The Virginian
Movie

Night Train to Memphis
Movie · as John Stevenson

Bad Bascomb
Movie · as Gov. Clark (uncredited)

A Guy Could Change
Movie · as McCarthy

Strange Journey
Movie · as Thompson

Tars and Spars
Movie · as Admiral

The Big Sleep
Movie · as Medical Examiner (uncredited)

Magnificent Doll
Movie · as Williams (uncredited)

The Brute Man
Movie · as Police Commissioner Salisbury (uncredited)

Girl on the Spot
Movie · as Editor (uncredited)

I Love a Mystery
Movie · as Police Captain Quinn (Uncredited)

Dick Tracy
Movie · as Chief Brandon

The Chicago Kid
Movie · as Chief Rogers

Man Alive
Movie · as Dr. James P. Whitney

Captain Tugboat Annie
Movie · as Alec Severn

Lady on a Train
Movie · as Train passenger (uncredited)

The Royal Mounted Rides Again
Movie · as RCMP Sergeant Nelson

Adventure
Movie · as Ed - Maritime Office (uncredited)

The Missing Juror
Movie · as Willard Apple

Phantom Lady
Movie · as Detective

Black Magic
Movie · as Police Sgt. Matthews

One Mysterious Night
Movie · as Jumbo Madigan (Uncredited)

Hands Across the Border
Movie · as Jeff "Bet-A-Hundred" Adams

When the Lights Go On Again
Movie · as Bob

The Great Alaskan Mystery
Movie · as Bill Hudson

Christmas Holiday
Movie · as Steve (uncredited)

Gambler's Choice
Movie · as Toby (uncredited)

The Desert Song
Movie · as Steve, a Reporter

The Navy Way
Movie · as Chaplain Benson

The Adventures of Mark Twain
Movie · as Ulysses S. Grant

To the People of the United States
Movie · as Doctor at Hospital (uncredited)

The Thin Man Goes Home
Movie · as Clancy - Policeman at Railroad Station (uncredited)

Shine on Harvest Moon
Movie · as Harry Miller (uncredited)

The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
Movie

Mystery Broadcast
Movie · as Chief Daniels

Keep 'Em Slugging
Movie · as Detective Sergeant

The Woman of the Town
Movie · as New York Newspaper Editor

Adventures of the Flying Cadets
Movie · as Col. George Bolton [Chs. 1-2]

False Faces
Movie · as Police Capt. Alan O'Brien

City Without Men
Movie · as Father Burns

Crazy House
Movie · as Mogey (uncredited)

Mission to Moscow
Movie · as Reporter (uncredited)

Honeymoon Lodge
Movie · as Judge

Mr. Lucky
Movie · as Detective (uncredited)

Hit the Ice
Movie · as Train Conductor #1 (uncredited)

She Has What It Takes
Movie · as George Clarke

The Iron Major
Movie · as Judge

Sealed Lips
Movie · as Chief Charles R. Dugan

Larceny, Inc.
Movie · as Warden

Whistling in Dixie
Movie · as Deputy Police Commissioner (uncredited)

Eyes of the Underworld
Movie · as Kirby - Assistant Police Chief

Murder in the Big House
Movie · as Ainslee

The Courtship of Andy Hardy
Movie · as Peter Dugan
Treat 'Em Rough
Movie · as Roderick Wetherbee

Junior Army
Movie · as Mr. Jeffrey Ferguson

Girl Trouble
Movie · as Kohn

Gentleman Jim
Movie · as Duffy - Referee (uncredited)

Hello, Annapolis
Movie · as Evans Arden

Men of Texas
Movie · as Luther Crittenden

Gang Busters
Movie · as Police Chief Martin O'Brien

Wild Bill Hickok Rides
Movie · as Ray Trent (uncredited)

The Secret Code
Movie · as Police Chief Henry Burns

Obliging Young Lady
Movie · as Managing Editor (uncredited)

Cadets on Parade
Movie · as Jeff Shannon

You Can't Escape Forever
Movie · as Warden (uncredited)

The Gay Sisters
Movie · as City Editor (uncredited)

Love Crazy
Movie · as Judge

Manpower
Movie · as Sweeney

Scattergood Baines
Movie · as Keith

A Man Betrayed
Movie · as Bob - Globe Newspaper Editor (uncredited)

Three Girls About Town
Movie · as Labor leader

Back Street
Movie · as Postman

Know For Sure
Movie · as supporting role

The Case of the Black Parrot
Movie · as Inspector Grady

Nine Lives Are Not Enough
Movie · as Editor (uncredited), Yates

Washington Melodrama
Movie · as Phil Sampson

Texas
Movie · as Rancher Dusty King

Doctors Don't Tell
Movie · as Judge Hoskins

Here Comes Mr. Jordan
Movie · as Doctor (uncredited)

Andy Hardy's Private Secretary
Movie · as Peter Dugan

Flying Blind
Movie · as Nunnally

Nevada City
Movie · as Mark Benton

They Died with Their Boots On
Movie · as President Ulysses S. Grant (uncredited)

Here Comes Happiness
Movie · as Tom Burke

The Secret Seven
Movie · as Police Chief Hobbs

Brother Orchid
Movie · as Brother MacEwen

Music in My Heart
Movie · as Mark C. Gilman

Jack Pot
Movie · as Mayor Steven Andrews (uncredited)

Parole Fixer
Movie · as Warden (uncredited)

Broadway Melody of 1940
Movie · as Ballroom Manager (uncredited)

The Fighting 69th
Movie · as Inoculations Doctor (uncredited)

Emergency Squad
Movie · as H. Tyler Joyce, editor

The Green Hornet
Movie · as Judge Stanton

Colorado
Movie · as Gen. Ulysses S. Grant

Gaucho Serenade
Movie · as Edward Martin

The Texas Rangers Ride Again
Movie · as Johnson

Santa Fe Trail
Movie · as Officer at Washington Party (uncredited)

The House Across the Bay
Movie · as Federal Man

City for Conquest
Movie · as Doctor

Little Nellie Kelly
Movie · as Commissioner O'Brien (uncredited)

Public Deb No. 1
Movie · as Director

Whispering Enemies
Movie · as George Harley

The Roaring Twenties
Movie · as Michaels

Maisie
Movie · as Defense Attorney Wilcox

Full Confession
Movie · as Warden (uncredited)

Private Detective
Movie · as Capt. Murphy

Behind Prison Gates
Movie · as Prison Warden O'Neil

Society Lawyer
Movie · as City Editor

Star Reporter
Movie · as Gordon

Union Pacific
Movie · as Ulysses S. Grant

Tell No Tales
Movie · as Chalmers

Hollywood Cavalcade
Movie · as Attorney

Navy Secrets
Movie · as FBI Chief Herbert Daly

Wings of the Navy
Movie · as Second Doctor

Almost a Gentleman
Movie · as Prosecutor

Dodge City
Movie · as Hammond (uncredited)

We Are Not Alone
Movie · as American at Train Station

Stanley and Livingstone
Movie · as Morehead

The Return of Doctor X
Movie · as Editor

Blackmail
Movie · as Mr. Blaine (uncredited)

Babes in Arms
Movie · as Mr. Essex
Pride of the Navy
Movie · as Brad Foster

Geronimo
Movie · as President Ulysses S. Grant

The Star Maker
Movie · as Thomas Marlowe

They All Come Out
Movie · as Judge (uncredited)

You Can't Get Away with Murder
Movie · as Warden of Sing Sing

Invisible Stripes
Movie · as Garage Owner (uncredited)

Bluebeard's Eighth Wife
Movie · as American Tourist (uncredited)

Alexander's Ragtime Band
Movie · as Stage Manager

The Arkansas Traveler
Movie · as McSweeney

A Criminal Is Born
Movie · as Frank Wheeler

Girls on Probation
Movie · as Todd

Here's Flash Casey
Movie · as Blaine

Midnight Intruder
Movie · as Bill Harwood - Newspaper Editor

Billy The Kid Returns
Movie · as U.S. Marshal Dave Conway

Happy Landing
Movie · as Agent

Gang Bullets
Movie · as Wallace

Illegal Traffic
Movie · as Chief Daley

Night Spot
Movie · as Inspector Wayland

Woman Against Woman
Movie · as Sen. Kingsley

Gateway
Movie · as Inspector

The Kid Comes Back
Movie · as Danny Lockridge

State Police
Movie · as Mr. Owen, Mine Owner

Four's a Crowd
Movie · as Butler Pierce

Crime Takes a Holiday
Movie · as Gov. Bill Allen

Too Hot to Handle
Movie · as First Advertising Man (uncredited)

Kid Galahad
Movie · as Brady

Mama Runs Wild
Movie · as Tom Fowler

Smart Blonde
Movie · as Tiny Torgensen

God's Country and the Woman
Movie · as Jordan

The Case of the Stuttering Bishop
Movie · as Paul Drake

The Duke Comes Back
Movie · as Pat Doyle

Midnight Court
Movie · as Judge Frederick J. Thompson

Talent Scout
Movie · as A.J. Lambert

The Wrong Road
Movie · as District Attorney

The Go-Getter
Movie · as Karl Stone

There Goes My Girl
Movie · as Sgt. Wood

Outlaws of the Orient
Movie · as Snyder

Draegerman Courage
Movie · as Dr. Stuart Hunter

Beg, Borrow or Steal
Movie · as Mr. Parsons, Murillo Customer (uncredited)

Her Husband's Secretary
Movie · as Stevenson

The Cherokee Strip
Movie · as Army Officer

Once a Doctor
Movie · as Captain Andrews

Girls Can Play
Movie · as Editor Brophy

This Is My Affair
Movie · as Priest

Born Reckless
Movie · as District Attorney

A Day at Santa Anita
Movie · as Biff, Blackburn's Trainer (uncredited)

Midnight Madonna
Movie · as Moe Grinnell

Blossoms On Broadway
Movie · as Bartender (uncredited)

Bullets or Ballots
Movie · as Grand Jury Spokesman

Earthworm Tractors
Movie · as Mr. Henderson

The Murder of Dr. Harrigan
Movie · as Lieut. Lamb

Cain and Mabel
Movie · as Reed's Manager

Here Comes Carter
Movie · as Daniel Bronson

Road Gang
Movie · as Harry Shields

Guns of the Pecos
Movie · as Captain Norris

King of Hockey
Movie · as Mike Trotter

Murder by an Aristocrat
Movie · as Hilary Thatcher

Boulder Dam
Movie · as Ross

Trailin' West
Movie · as Colonel Douglas

Jailbreak
Movie · as Warden

Down the Stretch
Movie · as C.D. Burch

Brides Are Like That
Movie · as Tom Carter

The Singing Kid
Movie · as Agent Fulton (uncredited)

The Captain's Kid
Movie · as Deputy Coroner Frank Knickerbocker

Gold Diggers of 1937
Movie · as Chairman

Anthony Adverse
Movie · as Capt. Elisha Jorham

China Clipper
Movie · as Jim Horn

Bengal Tiger
Movie · as Bill Hinsdale

The Law in Her Hands
Movie · as Dist. Atty. Thomas Mallon

We're in the Money
Movie

Special Agent
Movie · as Commissioner of Police

Black Fury
Movie · as Johnny Farrell

The Case of the Lucky Legs
Movie · as Detective Johnson

Frisco Kid
Movie · as McClanahan

The Payoff
Movie · as Harvey Morris

Dinky
Movie · as Orphanage Director

Let 'em Have It
Movie · as Memory Test Instructor

Oil for the Lamps of China
Movie · as Clements

Page Miss Glory
Movie · as Detective Chief

While the Patient Slept
Movie · as Evening Bulletin Editor (uncredited)

Traveling Saleslady
Movie · as Murdock

Man of Iron
Movie · as Tom Martin

Front Page Woman
Movie · as Spike Kiley

Bright Lights
Movie · as Post Office Attendant

Shipmates Forever
Movie · as Spike (uncredited)

Stranded
Movie · as Johnny Quinn

Go Into Your Dance
Movie · as H.P. Jackson

Don't Bet on Blondes
Movie · as Doctor Delivering Quintuplets (Uncredited)

Voice in the Night
Movie · as John Robinson

Now I'll Tell
Movie · as Hospital Doctor (uncredited)

A Lost Lady
Movie · as Second Doctor (uncredited)

The Case of the Howling Dog
Movie · as Captain Kelly (uncredited)

Against the Law
Movie · as Capt. Elliott

Jimmy the Gent
Movie · as Murder Trial Judge (uncredited)

The Hell Cat
Movie · as Captain Barnett

Strange Wives
Movie · as Immigration Official

The Merry Frinks
Movie · as Mr. Baxter

Gentlemen Are Born
Movie · as Haskins

It Happened One Night
Movie · as Detective (uncredited)

Among the Missing
Movie · as Detective O'Malley

Beyond the Law
Movie · as Chief Anderson

Here Comes the Navy
Movie · as Recruiting Officer (uncredited)

Sleepers East
Movie · as Conductor (uncredited)

Big Hearted Herbert
Movie · as IRS Tax Investigator (uncredited)

The Line-Up
Movie · as Police Capt. Daniel McGrath

Before Midnight
Movie · as Capt. Frank Flynn

Havana Widows
Movie · as Ship Captain (uncredited)

Duck Soup
Movie · as Dignitary at Reception (uncredited)

Female
Movie · as Police Lieutenant (Uncredited)

Secrets of a Secretary
Movie · as Reporter

Stolen Heaven
Movie · as Henry - Steve's Butler

Under Two Flags
Movie · as Rake

