Acting
Joel McCrea
Born 1905-11-05
South Pasadena, California, USA
Department: Acting
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.
Known For
Prominent works featuring Joel McCrea
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The Merv Griffin Show
1962
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Sullivan's Travels
1941
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Foreign Correspondent
1940
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The Most Dangerous Game
1932
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Ride the High Country
1962
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The Palm Beach Story
1942
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The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
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Dead End
1937
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The More the Merrier
1943
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Union Pacific
1939
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Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (106 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood | John Neville Jr. (archive footage) | Movie | 2008 |
 | Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 2004 |
 | Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 1997 |
 | George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey | Self | Movie | 1985 |
 | Night of 100 Stars | Self | Movie | 1982 |
 | Mustang Country | Dan | Movie | 1976 |
 | The Great American Cowboy | Narrator | Movie | 1973 |
 | Cry Blood Apache | Pitcalin as an Older Man | Movie | 1970 |
 | Sioux Nation | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1970 |
 | The Young Rounders | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1966 |
 | The Merv Griffin Show | Self | TV Series | 1962 |
 | Ride the High Country | Steve Judd | Movie | 1962 |
 | The Crowning Experience | Prologue Narrator | Movie | 1960 |
 | Wichita Town | Marshal Mike Dunbar | TV Series | 1959 |
 | The Gunfight at Dodge City | Bat Masterson | Movie | 1959 |
 | Fort Massacre | Vinson | Movie | 1958 |
 | Cattle Empire | John Cord | Movie | 1958 |
 | The Tall Stranger | Ned Bannon | Movie | 1957 |
 | Gunsight Ridge | Mike Ryan | Movie | 1957 |
 | Trooper Hook | Sgt. Clovis Hook | Movie | 1957 |
 | The Oklahoman | John | Movie | 1957 |
 | The First Texan | Sam Houston | Movie | 1956 |
 | Wichita | Wyatt Earp | Movie | 1955 |
 | Stranger on Horseback | Judge Richard 'Rick' Thorne | Movie | 1955 |
 | Black Horse Canyon | Del Rockwell | Movie | 1954 |
 | Border River | Clete Mattson | Movie | 1954 |
 | The Lone Hand | Zachary Hallock | Movie | 1953 |
 | Rough Shoot | Lt. Col. Robert Taine | Movie | 1953 |
 | The San Francisco Story | Rick Nelson | Movie | 1952 |
 | Cattle Drive | Dan Mathews | Movie | 1951 |
 | Hollywood Story | Joel McCrea | Movie | 1951 |
 | Frenchie | Sheriff Tom Banning | Movie | 1950 |
 | Saddle Tramp | Chuck Conner | Movie | 1950 |
 | Stars in My Crown | Josiah Doziah Gray | Movie | 1950 |
 | The Outriders | Will Owen | Movie | 1950 |
 | Colorado Territory | Wes McQueen | Movie | 1949 |
 | South of St. Louis | Kip Davis | Movie | 1949 |
 | Four Faces West | Ross McEwen | Movie | 1948 |
 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self | TV Series | 1948 |
 | Ramrod | Dave Nash | Movie | 1947 |
 | The Virginian | The Virginian | Movie | 1946 |
 | The Unseen | David Fielding | Movie | 1945 |
 | The Great Moment | William Thomas Green Morton | Movie | 1944 |
 | Buffalo Bill | William Frederick 'Buffalo Bill' Cody | Movie | 1944 |
 | The More the Merrier | Joe Carter | Movie | 1943 |
 | Stars on Horseback | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1943 |
 | The Palm Beach Story | Tom Jeffers | Movie | 1942 |
 | Sullivan's Travels | John Sullivan | Movie | 1941 |
 | The Great Man's Lady | Mr. Sempler | Movie | 1941 |
 | Reaching for the Sun | Russ Eliot | Movie | 1941 |
 | Breakdowns of 1940 | Self | Movie | 1940 |
 | Foreign Correspondent | John Jones | Movie | 1940 |
 | Primrose Path | Ed Wallace | Movie | 1940 |
 | He Married His Wife | T.H. Randall | Movie | 1940 |
 | Espionage Agent | Barry Corvall | Movie | 1939 |
 | They Shall Have Music | Peter McCarthy | Movie | 1939 |
 | Union Pacific | Jeff Butler | Movie | 1939 |
 | Youth Takes a Fling | Joe Meadows | Movie | 1938 |
 | Three Blind Mice | Van Dam Smith | Movie | 1938 |
 | Wells Fargo | Ramsay MacKay | Movie | 1937 |
 | Dead End | Dave | Movie | 1937 |
 | Woman Chases Man | Kenneth Nolan | Movie | 1937 |
 | Internes Can't Take Money | Jimmie Kildare | Movie | 1937 |
 | Banjo on My Knee | Ernie Holley | Movie | 1936 |
 | Come and Get It | Richard Glasgow | Movie | 1936 |
 | Adventure in Manhattan | George Melville | Movie | 1936 |
 | Two in a Crowd | Larry Stevens | Movie | 1936 |
 | These Three | Dr. Joseph 'Joe' Cardin | Movie | 1936 |
 | Splendor | Brighton Lorrimore | Movie | 1935 |
 | Barbary Coast | Jim Carmichael | Movie | 1935 |
 | Woman Wanted | Tony | Movie | 1935 |
 | Our Little Girl | Donald Middleton | Movie | 1935 |
 | Private Worlds | Dr. Alex MacGregor | Movie | 1935 |
 | The Richest Girl in the World | Anthony Travers | Movie | 1934 |
 | Half a Sinner | John Adams | Movie | 1934 |
 | Gambling Lady | Garry Madison | Movie | 1934 |
 | Chance at Heaven | Blacky Gorman | Movie | 1933 |
 | One Man's Journey | Jimmy Watt | Movie | 1933 |
 | Bed of Roses | Dan | Movie | 1933 |
 | The Silver Cord | David Phelps | Movie | 1933 |
 | Scarlet River | Himself (uncredited) | Movie | 1933 |
 | Rockabye | Jacobs 'Jake' Van Riker Pell | Movie | 1932 |
 | The Sport Parade | Sandy Brown | Movie | 1932 |
 | The Most Dangerous Game | Robert Rainsford | Movie | 1932 |
 | Bird of Paradise | Johnny Baker | Movie | 1932 |
 | The Lost Squadron | Red | Movie | 1932 |
 | Business and Pleasure | Lawrence Ogle | Movie | 1932 |
 | Girls About Town | Jim Baker | Movie | 1931 |
 | The Common Law | John 'Jack' Neville | Movie | 1931 |
 | Born to Love | Barry Craig | Movie | 1931 |
 | Kept Husbands | Richard 'Dick' Brunton | Movie | 1931 |
 | Once a Sinner | Tommy Mason | Movie | 1931 |
 | Lightnin' | John Marvin | Movie | 1930 |
 | The Silver Horde | Boyd Emerson | Movie | 1930 |
 | Framed | Waiter (uncredited) | Movie | 1930 |
 | Dynamite | Marco | Movie | 1929 |
 | So This Is College | Bruce Nolan (uncredited) | Movie | 1929 |
 | The Single Standard | Party Guest (uncredited) | Movie | 1929 |
 | The Jazz Age | Todd Sayles | Movie | 1929 |
 | The Divine Lady | Extra (uncredited) | Movie | 1928 |
 | Dead Man's Curve | Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited) | Movie | 1928 |
 | The Enemy | Extra (uncredited) | Movie | 1927 |
 | The Fair Co-Ed | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1927 |
 | Torrent | Stunts | Movie | 1926 |
| A Self-Made Failure | Stunts | Movie | 1924 | |
 | Penrod and Sam | Stunts | Movie | 1923 |