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Joel McCrea

Joel McCrea

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 rom

Born

Nov 05, 1905

South Pasadena, California, USA

Died

Oct 20, 1990

Known For

Acting

Movies

100 acting

3 crew

Popularity

1.3

Known For

Ride the High Country
Ride the High Country
1962 • as Steve Judd
★ 7.1
The Most Dangerous Game
The Most Dangerous Game
1932 • as Robert Rainsford
★ 6.9
Foreign Correspondent
Foreign Correspondent
1940 • as John Jones
★ 7.0
Sullivan's Travels
Sullivan's Travels
1941 • as John Sullivan
★ 7.4
Union Pacific
Union Pacific
1939 • as Jeff Butler
★ 6.7
Stars in My Crown
Stars in My Crown
1950 • as Josiah Doziah Gray
★ 7.1
The More the Merrier
The More the Merrier
1943 • as Joe Carter
★ 6.9
The Virginian
The Virginian
1946 • as The Virginian
★ 6.0
Wichita
Wichita
1955 • as Wyatt Earp
★ 6.4
They Shall Have Music
They Shall Have Music
1939 • as Peter McCarthy
★ 6.4
The Palm Beach Story
The Palm Beach Story
1942 • as Tom Jeffers
★ 7.0
Dead End
Dead End
1937 • as Dave
★ 7.1
The Outriders
The Outriders
1950 • as Will Owen
★ 7.2
Come and Get It
Come and Get It
1936 • as Richard Glasgow
★ 6.7
The Gunfight at Dodge City
The Gunfight at Dodge City
1959 • as Bat Masterson
★ 5.7
So This Is College
So This Is College
1929 • as Bruce Nolan (uncredited)
★ 4.7
Night of 100 Stars
Night of 100 Stars
1982 • as Self
★ 5.8
Colorado Territory
Colorado Territory
1949 • as Wes McQueen
★ 7.0
Ramrod
Ramrod
1947 • as Dave Nash
★ 6.5
The Great Man's Lady
The Great Man's Lady
1941 • as Mr. Sempler
★ 6.3
Stranger on Horseback
Stranger on Horseback
1955 • as Judge Richard 'Rick' Thorne
★ 5.8
Two in a Crowd
Two in a Crowd
1936 • as Larry Stevens
★ 8.0
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
2008 • as John Neville Jr. (archive footage)
★ 6.1
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
★ 8.0
Internes Can't Take Money
Internes Can't Take Money
1937 • as Jimmie Kildare
★ 6.5
The Oklahoman
The Oklahoman
1957 • as John
★ 5.8
Bird of Paradise
Bird of Paradise
1932 • as Johnny Baker
★ 5.1
Four Faces West
Four Faces West
1948 • as Ross McEwen
★ 5.8
Trooper Hook
Trooper Hook
1957 • as Sgt. Clovis Hook
★ 6.7
The Tall Stranger
The Tall Stranger
1957 • as Ned Bannon
★ 6.5
Dynamite
Dynamite
1929 • as Marco
★ 6.4
Fort Massacre
Fort Massacre
1958 • as Vinson
★ 6.2
Saddle Tramp
Saddle Tramp
1950 • as Chuck Conner
★ 6.5
Wells Fargo
Wells Fargo
1937 • as Ramsay MacKay
★ 5.5
Banjo on My Knee
Banjo on My Knee
1936 • as Ernie Holley
★ 5.8
Hollywood Story
Hollywood Story
1951 • as Joel McCrea
★ 6.7
The Lone Hand
The Lone Hand
1953 • as Zachary Hallock
★ 5.7
Half a Sinner
Half a Sinner
1934 • as John Adams
★ 8.0
Cattle Drive
Cattle Drive
1951 • as Dan Mathews
★ 6.5
Rockabye
Rockabye
1932 • as Jacobs 'Jake' Van Riker Pell
★ 6.5
South of St. Louis
South of St. Louis
1949 • as Kip Davis
★ 5.8
The Richest Girl in the World
The Richest Girl in the World
1934 • as Anthony Travers
★ 5.8
Barbary Coast
Barbary Coast
1935 • as Jim Carmichael
★ 6.4
Rough Shoot
Rough Shoot
1953 • as Lt. Col. Robert Taine
★ 6.7
Reaching for the Sun
Reaching for the Sun
1941 • as Russ Eliot
★ 7.3
Girls About Town
Girls About Town
1931 • as Jim Baker
★ 6.6
These Three
These Three
1936 • as Dr. Joseph 'Joe' Cardin
★ 7.1
Frenchie
Frenchie
1950 • as Sheriff Tom Banning
★ 6.0
Espionage Agent
Espionage Agent
1939 • as Barry Corvall
★ 6.3
Chance at Heaven
Chance at Heaven
1933 • as Blacky Gorman
★ 5.8
He Married His Wife
He Married His Wife
1940 • as T.H. Randall
★ 5.6
Youth Takes a Fling
Youth Takes a Fling
1938 • as Joe Meadows
★ 5.5
Border River
Border River
1954 • as Clete Mattson
★ 6.2
Our Little Girl
Our Little Girl
1935 • as Donald Middleton
★ 5.3
The San Francisco Story
The San Francisco Story
1952 • as Rick Nelson
★ 4.9
Kept Husbands
Kept Husbands
1931 • as Richard 'Dick' Brunton
★ 5.3
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
1997 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 7.7
Gunsight Ridge
Gunsight Ridge
1957 • as Mike Ryan
★ 6.0
One Man's Journey
One Man's Journey
1933 • as Jimmy Watt
★ 6.6
Gambling Lady
Gambling Lady
1934 • as Garry Madison
★ 6.2
Bed of Roses
Bed of Roses
1933 • as Dan
★ 6.1
Buffalo Bill
Buffalo Bill
1944 • as William Frederick 'Buffalo Bill' Cody
★ 5.8
Business and Pleasure
Business and Pleasure
1932 • as Lawrence Ogle
★ 6.3
The Fair Co-Ed
★ 6.7
Black Horse Canyon
Black Horse Canyon
1954 • as Del Rockwell
★ 5.8
Primrose Path
Primrose Path
1940 • as Ed Wallace
★ 6.7
The First Texan
The First Texan
1956 • as Sam Houston
★ 7.0
The Single Standard
The Single Standard
1929 • as Party Guest (uncredited)
★ 5.8
Cry Blood Apache
Cry Blood Apache
1970 • as Pitcalin as an Older Man
★ 2.5
The Silver Cord
The Silver Cord
1933 • as David Phelps
★ 7.2
Private Worlds
Private Worlds
1935 • as Dr. Alex MacGregor
★ 6.4
Mustang Country
Mustang Country
1976 • as Dan
★ 5.5
Lightnin'
Lightnin'
1930 • as John Marvin
★ 5.2
The Unseen
The Unseen
1945 • as David Fielding
★ 4.7
Woman Wanted
Woman Wanted
1935 • as Tony
★ 6.8
Cattle Empire
Cattle Empire
1958 • as John Cord
★ 6.2
The Lost Squadron
The Lost Squadron
1932 • as Red
★ 6.5
Scarlet River
Scarlet River
1933 • as Himself (uncredited)
★ 5.6
The Enemy
The Enemy
1927 • as Extra (uncredited)
★ 6.3
Adventure in Manhattan
Adventure in Manhattan
1936 • as George Melville
★ 6.1
The Sport Parade
The Sport Parade
1932 • as Sandy Brown
★ 5.4
Splendor
Splendor
1935 • as Brighton Lorrimore
★ 6.7
Born to Love
Born to Love
1931 • as Barry Craig
★ 5.3
The Great Moment
The Great Moment
1944 • as William Thomas Green Morton
★ 5.9
Once a Sinner
Once a Sinner
1931 • as Tommy Mason
★ 8.0
The Common Law
The Common Law
1931 • as John 'Jack' Neville
★ 5.4
Framed
Framed
1930 • as Waiter (uncredited)
★ 5.3
Three Blind Mice
Three Blind Mice
1938 • as Van Dam Smith
★ 6.1
The Divine Lady
The Divine Lady
1928 • as Extra (uncredited)
★ 5.3
The Great American Cowboy
The Great American Cowboy
1973 • as Narrator
★ 6.6
Dead Man's Curve
Dead Man's Curve
1928 • as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
★ 9.0
The Silver Horde
The Silver Horde
1930 • as Boyd Emerson
★ 5.6
The Jazz Age
The Jazz Age
1929 • as Todd Sayles
★ 8.0
Woman Chases Man
Woman Chases Man
1937 • as Kenneth Nolan
★ 5.9
Breakdowns of 1940
Breakdowns of 1940
1940 • as Self
★ 4.0
The Crowning Experience
The Crowning Experience
1960 • as Prologue Narrator
★ 6.5
Sioux Nation
★ 7.8