Joel McCrea

Joel McCrea

🎂 5th November 1905 (120 yrs) 📍 South Pasadena, California, USA

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.

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Joel McCrea

🎬 Movies Featuring Joel McCrea

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)
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade (2004)

as Self (archive footage)
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line (1997)

as Self (archive footage)
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey

George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey (1985)

as Self
Night of 100 Stars

Night of 100 Stars (1982)

as Self
Mustang Country

Mustang Country (1976)

as Dan
The Great American Cowboy

The Great American Cowboy (1973)

as Narrator
Cry Blood Apache

Cry Blood Apache (1970)

as Pitcalin as an Older Man
Sioux Nation

Sioux Nation (1970)

The Young Rounders

The Young Rounders (1966)

Ride the High Country

Ride the High Country (1962)

as Steve Judd
The Crowning Experience

The Crowning Experience (1960)

as Prologue Narrator
The Gunfight at Dodge City

The Gunfight at Dodge City (1959)

as Bat Masterson
Fort Massacre

Fort Massacre (1958)

as Vinson
Cattle Empire

Cattle Empire (1958)

as John Cord
The Tall Stranger

The Tall Stranger (1957)

as Ned Bannon
Gunsight Ridge

Gunsight Ridge (1957)

as Mike Ryan
Trooper Hook

Trooper Hook (1957)

as Sgt. Clovis Hook
The Oklahoman

The Oklahoman (1957)

as John
The First Texan

The First Texan (1956)

as Sam Houston
Wichita

Wichita (1955)

as Wyatt Earp
Stranger on Horseback

Stranger on Horseback (1955)

as Judge Richard 'Rick' Thorne
Black Horse Canyon

Black Horse Canyon (1954)

as Del Rockwell
Border River

Border River (1954)

as Clete Mattson
The Lone Hand

The Lone Hand (1953)

as Zachary Hallock
Rough Shoot

Rough Shoot (1953)

as Lt. Col. Robert Taine
The San Francisco Story

The San Francisco Story (1952)

as Rick Nelson
Cattle Drive

Cattle Drive (1951)

as Dan Mathews
Hollywood Story

Hollywood Story (1951)

as Joel McCrea
Frenchie

Frenchie (1950)

as Sheriff Tom Banning
Saddle Tramp

Saddle Tramp (1950)

as Chuck Conner
Stars in My Crown

Stars in My Crown (1950)

as Josiah Doziah Gray
The Outriders

The Outriders (1950)

as Will Owen
Colorado Territory

Colorado Territory (1949)

as Wes McQueen
South of St. Louis

South of St. Louis (1949)

as Kip Davis
Four Faces West

Four Faces West (1948)

as Ross McEwen
Ramrod

Ramrod (1947)

as Dave Nash
The Virginian

The Virginian (1946)

as The Virginian
The Unseen

The Unseen (1945)

as David Fielding
The Great Moment

The Great Moment (1944)

as William Thomas Green Morton
Buffalo Bill

Buffalo Bill (1944)

as William Frederick 'Buffalo Bill' Cody
The More the Merrier

The More the Merrier (1943)

as Joe Carter
Stars on Horseback

Stars on Horseback (1943)

The Palm Beach Story

The Palm Beach Story (1942)

as Tom Jeffers
Sullivan's Travels

Sullivan's Travels (1941)

as John Sullivan
The Great Man's Lady

The Great Man's Lady (1941)

as Mr. Sempler
Reaching for the Sun

Reaching for the Sun (1941)

as Russ Eliot
Breakdowns of 1940

Breakdowns of 1940 (1940)

as Self
Foreign Correspondent

Foreign Correspondent (1940)

as John Jones
Primrose Path

Primrose Path (1940)

as Ed Wallace
He Married His Wife

He Married His Wife (1940)

as T.H. Randall
Espionage Agent

Espionage Agent (1939)

as Barry Corvall
They Shall Have Music

They Shall Have Music (1939)

as Peter McCarthy
Union Pacific

Union Pacific (1939)

as Jeff Butler
Youth Takes a Fling

Youth Takes a Fling (1938)

as Joe Meadows
Three Blind Mice

Three Blind Mice (1938)

as Van Dam Smith
Wells Fargo

Wells Fargo (1937)

as Ramsay MacKay
Dead End

Dead End (1937)

as Dave
Woman Chases Man

Woman Chases Man (1937)

as Kenneth Nolan
Internes Can't Take Money

Internes Can't Take Money (1937)

as Jimmie Kildare
Banjo on My Knee

Banjo on My Knee (1936)

as Ernie Holley
Come and Get It

Come and Get It (1936)

as Richard Glasgow
Adventure in Manhattan

Adventure in Manhattan (1936)

as George Melville
Two in a Crowd

Two in a Crowd (1936)

as Larry Stevens
These Three

These Three (1936)

as Dr. Joseph 'Joe' Cardin
Splendor

Splendor (1935)

as Brighton Lorrimore
Barbary Coast

Barbary Coast (1935)

as Jim Carmichael
Woman Wanted

Woman Wanted (1935)

as Tony
Private Worlds

Private Worlds (1935)

as Dr. Alex MacGregor
Our Little Girl

Our Little Girl (1935)

as Donald Middleton
The Richest Girl in the World

The Richest Girl in the World (1934)

as Anthony Travers
Half a Sinner

Half a Sinner (1934)

as John Adams
Gambling Lady

Gambling Lady (1934)

as Garry Madison
Chance at Heaven

Chance at Heaven (1933)

as Blacky Gorman
One Man's Journey

One Man's Journey (1933)

as Jimmy Watt
Bed of Roses

Bed of Roses (1933)

as Dan
The Silver Cord

The Silver Cord (1933)

as David Phelps
Scarlet River

Scarlet River (1933)

as Himself (uncredited)
Rockabye

Rockabye (1932)

as Jacobs 'Jake' Van Riker Pell
The Sport Parade

The Sport Parade (1932)

as Sandy Brown
The Most Dangerous Game

The Most Dangerous Game (1932)

as Robert Rainsford
Bird of Paradise

Bird of Paradise (1932)

as Johnny Baker
The Lost Squadron

The Lost Squadron (1932)

as Red
Business and Pleasure

Business and Pleasure (1932)

as Lawrence Ogle
Girls About Town

Girls About Town (1931)

as Jim Baker
The Common Law

The Common Law (1931)

as John 'Jack' Neville
Born to Love

Born to Love (1931)

as Barry Craig
Kept Husbands

Kept Husbands (1931)

as Richard 'Dick' Brunton
Once a Sinner

Once a Sinner (1931)

as Tommy Mason
Lightnin'

Lightnin' (1930)

as John Marvin
The Silver Horde

The Silver Horde (1930)

as Boyd Emerson
Framed

Framed (1930)

as Waiter (uncredited)
Dynamite

Dynamite (1929)

as Marco
So This Is College

So This Is College (1929)

as Bruce Nolan (uncredited)
The Single Standard

The Single Standard (1929)

as Party Guest (uncredited)
The Jazz Age

The Jazz Age (1929)

as Todd Sayles
The Divine Lady

The Divine Lady (1928)

as Extra (uncredited)
Dead Man's Curve

Dead Man's Curve (1928)

as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
The Enemy

The Enemy (1927)

as Extra (uncredited)
The Fair Co-Ed

The Fair Co-Ed (1927)