Joel McCrea
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Joel Albert McCrea (November 5, 1905 – October 20, 1990) was an American actor whose career spanned almost five decades and appearances in more than 90 films. These films include Alfred Hitchcock's spy film Foreign Correspondent (1940), Preston Sturges' comedy classics Sullivan's Travels (1940), and The Palm Beach Story (1941), 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' The More the Merrier (1941), and the Western classic The Virginian (1946). With the exception of the British thriller film Rough Shoot (1953), McCrea appeared in Western films exclusively from 1946 until his retirement in 1976. His most notable Western is Ride the High Country (1962), in which he starred with Randolph Scott.
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- Born:
- Nov 5, 1905 In South Pasadena, California, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 101
- First Appeared:
- In the movie The Fair Co-Ed 1927-10-22
- Latest Project:
- Movie Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood 2008-03-03
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood | John Neville Jr. (archive footage) | 2008-03-03 |
| Movie | Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade | Self (archive footage) | 2004-07-25 |
| Movie | Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line | Self (archive footage) | 1997-05-12 |
| Movie | George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey | Self | 1985-03-03 |
| Movie | Night of 100 Stars | Self | 1982-03-08 |
| Movie | Mustang Country | Dan | 1976-03-29 |
| Movie | The Great American Cowboy | Narrator | 1973-12-01 |
| Movie | Sioux Nation | 1970-01-01 | |
| Movie | Cry Blood Apache | Pitcalin as an Older Man | 1970-09-01 |
| Movie | The Young Rounders | 1966-01-01 | |
| Movie | Hollywood Without Make-Up | 1963-07-01 | |
| Movie | Ride the High Country | Steve Judd | 1962-06-20 |
| Movie | Hollywood: The Selznick Years | 'Bird of Paradise' (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1961-12-31 |
| Movie | The Crowning Experience | Prologue Narrator | 1960-10-22 |
| Movie | The Gunfight at Dodge City | Bat Masterson | 1959-05-01 |
| Series | Wichita Town | Marshal Mike Dunbar | 1959-09-30 |
| Movie | Cattle Empire | John Cord | 1958-04-01 |
| Movie | Fort Massacre | Vinson | 1958-05-14 |
| Movie | Trooper Hook | Sgt. Clovis Hook | 1957-07-12 |
| Movie | The Oklahoman | John | 1957-05-19 |
| Movie | Gunsight Ridge | Mike Ryan | 1957-09-01 |
| Movie | The Tall Stranger | Ned Bannon | 1957-11-17 |
| Movie | The First Texan | Sam Houston | 1956-06-29 |
| Movie | Stranger on Horseback | Judge Richard 'Rick' Thorne | 1955-03-22 |
| Movie | Wichita | Wyatt Earp | 1955-07-03 |
| Movie | Border River | Clete Mattson | 1954-01-06 |
| Movie | Black Horse Canyon | Del Rockwell | 1954-06-01 |
| Movie | The Lone Hand | Zachary Hallock | 1953-05-20 |
| Movie | Rough Shoot | Lt. Col. Robert Taine | 1953-03-30 |
| Movie | The San Francisco Story | Rick Nelson | 1952-05-11 |
| Movie | Hollywood Story | Joel McCrea | 1951-06-01 |
| Movie | Cattle Drive | Dan Mathews | 1951-08-01 |
| Movie | The Outriders | Will Owen | 1950-03-01 |
| Movie | Stars in My Crown | Josiah Doziah Gray | 1950-05-11 |
| Movie | Frenchie | Sheriff Tom Banning | 1950-12-25 |
| Movie | Saddle Tramp | Chuck Conner | 1950-09-21 |
| Movie | South of St. Louis | Kip Davis | 1949-03-06 |
| Movie | Colorado Territory | Wes McQueen | 1949-06-11 |
| Movie | Four Faces West | Ross McEwen | 1948-08-03 |
| Movie | Ramrod | Dave Nash | 1947-05-02 |
| Movie | The Virginian | The Virginian | 1946-05-05 |
| Movie | The Unseen | David Fielding | 1945-05-12 |
| Movie | Buffalo Bill | William Frederick 'Buffalo Bill' Cody | 1944-04-02 |
| Movie | The Great Moment | William Thomas Green Morton | 1944-07-18 |
| Movie | Stars on Horseback | 1943-04-23 | |
| Movie | The More the Merrier | Joe Carter | 1943-05-13 |
| Movie | The Great Man's Lady | Mr. Sempler | 1942-04-15 |
| Movie | The Palm Beach Story | Tom Jeffers | 1942-08-28 |
| Movie | Reaching for the Sun | Russ Eliot | 1941-05-01 |
| Movie | Sullivan's Travels | John Sullivan | 1941-11-30 |
| Movie | He Married His Wife | T.H. Randall | 1940-01-19 |
| Movie | Primrose Path | Ed Wallace | 1940-03-22 |
| Movie | Breakdowns of 1940 | Self | 1940-12-31 |
| Movie | Foreign Correspondent | John Jones | 1940-08-16 |
| Movie | Union Pacific | Jeff Butler | 1939-05-05 |
| Movie | Espionage Agent | Barry Corvall | 1939-09-30 |
| Movie | They Shall Have Music | Peter McCarthy | 1939-08-18 |
| Movie | Three Blind Mice | Van Dam Smith | 1938-06-18 |
| Movie | Youth Takes a Fling | Joe Meadows | 1938-09-22 |
| Movie | Internes Can't Take Money | Jimmie Kildare | 1937-04-16 |
| Movie | Woman Chases Man | Kenneth Nolan | 1937-05-07 |
| Movie | Wells Fargo | Ramsay MacKay | 1937-12-31 |
| Movie | Dead End | Dave | 1937-08-27 |
| Movie | These Three | Dr. Joseph 'Joe' Cardin | 1936-03-18 |
| Movie | Two in a Crowd | Larry Stevens | 1936-10-03 |
| Movie | Adventure in Manhattan | George Melville | 1936-10-08 |
| Movie | Banjo on My Knee | Ernie Holley | 1936-12-11 |
| Movie | Come and Get It | Richard Glasgow | 1936-11-06 |
| Movie | Our Little Girl | Donald Middleton | 1935-01-01 |
| Movie | Woman Wanted | Tony | 1935-08-02 |
| Movie | Private Worlds | Dr. Alex MacGregor | 1935-04-19 |
| Movie | Splendor | Brighton Lorrimore | 1935-11-22 |
| Movie | Barbary Coast | Jim Carmichael | 1935-10-13 |
| Movie | Gambling Lady | Garry Madison | 1934-03-08 |
| Movie | Half a Sinner | John Adams | 1934-06-01 |
| Movie | The Richest Girl in the World | Anthony Travers | 1934-09-21 |
| Movie | Scarlet River | Himself (uncredited) | 1933-03-10 |
| Movie | The Silver Cord | David Phelps | 1933-05-05 |
| Movie | Chance at Heaven | Blacky Gorman | 1933-10-27 |
| Movie | Bed of Roses | Dan | 1933-06-29 |
| Movie | One Man's Journey | Jimmy Watt | 1933-08-31 |
| Movie | The Lost Squadron | Red | 1932-03-12 |
| Movie | Business and Pleasure | Lawrence Ogle | 1932-02-24 |
| Movie | Bird of Paradise | Johnny Baker | 1932-08-12 |
| Movie | The Most Dangerous Game | Robert Rainsford | 1932-09-16 |
| Movie | The Sport Parade | Sandy Brown | 1932-11-11 |
| Movie | Rockabye | Jacobs 'Jake' Van Riker Pell | 1932-11-25 |
| Movie | Kept Husbands | Richard Brunton | 1931-02-22 |
| Movie | Once a Sinner | Tommy Mason | 1931-01-25 |
| Movie | Born to Love | Barry Craig | 1931-04-17 |
| Movie | The Common Law | John 'Jack' Neville | 1931-07-17 |
| Movie | Girls About Town | Jim Baker | 1931-11-07 |
| Movie | The Silver Horde | Boyd Emerson | 1930-10-24 |
| Movie | Lightnin' | John Marvin | 1930-11-28 |
| Movie | The Single Standard | Party Guest (uncredited) | 1929-07-27 |
| Movie | So This Is College | Bruce Nolan (uncredited) | 1929-11-08 |
| Movie | Dynamite | Marco | 1929-12-13 |
| Movie | Dead Man's Curve | Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited) | 1928-01-15 |
| Movie | The Divine Lady | Extra (uncredited) | 1928-12-26 |
| Movie | The Fair Co-Ed | 1927-10-22 | |
| Movie | The Enemy | Extra (uncredited) | 1927-12-08 |