Joel McCrea
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 5, 1905
- Died
- October 20, 1990
- Birthplace
- South Pasadena, California, USA
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.
Filmography
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood 2008
as John Neville Jr. (archive footage)
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade 2004
as Self (archive footage)
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line 1997
as Self (archive footage)
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey 1985
as Self
Night of 100 Stars 1982
as Self
Mustang Country 1976
as Dan
The Great American Cowboy 1973
as Narrator
Cry Blood Apache 1970
as Pitcalin as an Older Man
Sioux Nation 1970
Actor
The Young Rounders 1966
Actor
Ride the High Country 1962
as Steve Judd
The Crowning Experience 1960
as Prologue Narrator
The Gunfight at Dodge City 1959
as Bat Masterson
Fort Massacre 1958
as Vinson
Cattle Empire 1958
as John Cord
The Tall Stranger 1957
as Ned Bannon
Gunsight Ridge 1957
as Mike Ryan
Trooper Hook 1957
as Sgt. Clovis Hook
The Oklahoman 1957
as John
The First Texan 1956
as Sam Houston
Wichita 1955
as Wyatt Earp
Stranger on Horseback 1955
as Judge Richard 'Rick' Thorne
Black Horse Canyon 1954
as Del Rockwell
Border River 1954
as Clete Mattson
The Lone Hand 1953
as Zachary Hallock
Rough Shoot 1953
as Lt. Col. Robert Taine
The San Francisco Story 1952
as Rick Nelson
Cattle Drive 1951
as Dan Mathews
Hollywood Story 1951
as Joel McCrea
Frenchie 1950
as Sheriff Tom Banning
Saddle Tramp 1950
as Chuck Conner
Stars in My Crown 1950
as Josiah Doziah Gray
The Outriders 1950
as Will Owen
Colorado Territory 1949
as Wes McQueen
South of St. Louis 1949
as Kip Davis
Four Faces West 1948
as Ross McEwen
Ramrod 1947
as Dave Nash
The Virginian 1946
as The Virginian
The Unseen 1945
as David Fielding
The Great Moment 1944
as William Thomas Green Morton
Buffalo Bill 1944
as William Frederick 'Buffalo Bill' Cody
The More the Merrier 1943
as Joe Carter
Stars on Horseback 1943
Actor
The Palm Beach Story 1942
as Tom Jeffers
Sullivan's Travels 1941
as John Sullivan
The Great Man's Lady 1941
as Mr. Sempler
Reaching for the Sun 1941
as Russ Eliot
Breakdowns of 1940 1940
as Self
Foreign Correspondent 1940
as John Jones
Primrose Path 1940
as Ed Wallace
He Married His Wife 1940
as T.H. Randall
Espionage Agent 1939
as Barry Corvall
They Shall Have Music 1939
as Peter McCarthy
Union Pacific 1939
as Jeff Butler
Youth Takes a Fling 1938
as Joe Meadows
Three Blind Mice 1938
as Van Dam Smith
Wells Fargo 1937
as Ramsay MacKay
Dead End 1937
as Dave
Woman Chases Man 1937
as Kenneth Nolan
Internes Can't Take Money 1937
as Jimmie Kildare
Banjo on My Knee 1936
as Ernie Holley
Come and Get It 1936
as Richard Glasgow
Adventure in Manhattan 1936
as George Melville
Two in a Crowd 1936
as Larry Stevens
These Three 1936
as Dr. Joseph 'Joe' Cardin
Splendor 1935
as Brighton Lorrimore
Barbary Coast 1935
as Jim Carmichael
Woman Wanted 1935
as Tony
Our Little Girl 1935
as Donald Middleton
Private Worlds 1935
as Dr. Alex MacGregor
The Richest Girl in the World 1934
as Anthony Travers
Half a Sinner 1934
as John Adams
Gambling Lady 1934
as Garry Madison
Chance at Heaven 1933
as Blacky Gorman
One Man's Journey 1933
as Jimmy Watt
Bed of Roses 1933
as Dan
The Silver Cord 1933
as David Phelps
Scarlet River 1933
as Himself (uncredited)
Rockabye 1932
as Jacobs 'Jake' Van Riker Pell
The Sport Parade 1932
as Sandy Brown
The Most Dangerous Game 1932
as Robert Rainsford
Bird of Paradise 1932
as Johnny Baker
The Lost Squadron 1932
as Red
Business and Pleasure 1932
as Lawrence Ogle
Girls About Town 1931
as Jim Baker
The Common Law 1931
as John 'Jack' Neville
Born to Love 1931
as Barry Craig
Kept Husbands 1931
as Richard 'Dick' Brunton
Once a Sinner 1931
as Tommy Mason
Lightnin' 1930
as John Marvin
The Silver Horde 1930
as Boyd Emerson
Framed 1930
as Waiter (uncredited)
Dynamite 1929
as Marco
So This Is College 1929
as Bruce Nolan (uncredited)
The Single Standard 1929
as Party Guest (uncredited)
The Jazz Age 1929
as Todd Sayles
The Divine Lady 1928
as Extra (uncredited)
Dead Man's Curve 1928
as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
The Enemy 1927
as Extra (uncredited)
The Fair Co-Ed 1927
Actor
Torrent 1926
Stunts
- A Self-Made Failure
A Self-Made Failure 1924
Stunts
Penrod and Sam 1923
Stunts
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