Joel McCrea
Acting
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Acting Credits
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 roman...
Known For
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
Sioux Nation
1970
Cry Blood Apache
1970
as Pitcalin as an Older Man
The Young Rounders
1966
Ride the High Country
1962
as Steve Judd
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
The Crowning Experience
1960
as Prologue Narrator
The Gunfight at Dodge City
1959
as Bat Masterson
Wichita Town
1959
as Marshal Mike Dunbar
Fort Massacre
1958
as Vinson
Cattle Empire
1958
as John Cord
The Oklahoman
1957
as John
Trooper Hook
1957
as Sgt. Clovis Hook
The Tall Stranger
1957
as Ned Bannon
Gunsight Ridge
1957
as Mike Ryan
The First Texan
1956
as Sam Houston
Stranger on Horseback
1955
as Judge Richard 'Rick' Thorne
Wichita
1955
as Wyatt Earp
Border River
1954
as Clete Mattson
Black Horse Canyon
1954
as Del Rockwell
Rough Shoot
1953
as Lt. Col. Robert Taine
The Lone Hand
1953
as Zachary Hallock
The San Francisco Story
1952
as Rick Nelson
Hollywood Story
1951
as Joel McCrea
Cattle Drive
1951
as Dan Mathews
Stars in My Crown
1950
as Josiah Doziah Gray
Saddle Tramp
1950
as Chuck Conner
The Outriders
1950
as Will Owen
Frenchie
1950
as Sheriff Tom Banning
Colorado Territory
1949
as Wes McQueen
South of St. Louis
1949
as Kip Davis
Four Faces West
1948
as Ross McEwen
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
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
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
Foreign Correspondent
1940
as John Jones
Primrose Path
1940
as Ed Wallace
He Married His Wife
1940
as T.H. Randall
Breakdowns of 1940
1940
as Self
Union Pacific
1939
as Jeff Butler
Espionage Agent
1939
as Barry Corvall
They Shall Have Music
1939
as Peter McCarthy
Three Blind Mice
1938
as Van Dam Smith
Youth Takes a Fling
1938
as Joe Meadows
Dead End
1937
as Dave
Internes Can't Take Money
1937
as Jimmie Kildare
Woman Chases Man
1937
as Kenneth Nolan
Wells Fargo
1937
as Ramsay MacKay
These Three
1936
as Dr. Joseph 'Joe' Cardin
Come and Get It
1936
as Richard Glasgow
Adventure in Manhattan
1936
as George Melville
Banjo on My Knee
1936
as Ernie Holley
Two in a Crowd
1936
as Larry Stevens
Barbary Coast
1935
as Jim Carmichael
Private Worlds
1935
as Dr. Alex MacGregor
Splendor
1935
as Brighton Lorrimore
Woman Wanted
1935
as Tony
Our Little Girl
1935
as Donald Middleton
The Richest Girl in the World
1934
as Anthony Travers
Gambling Lady
1934
as Garry Madison
Half a Sinner
1934
as John Adams
The Silver Cord
1933
as David Phelps
Chance at Heaven
1933
as Blacky Gorman
Bed of Roses
1933
as Dan
One Man's Journey
1933
as Jimmy Watt
Scarlet River
1933
as Himself (uncredited)
The Most Dangerous Game
1932
as Robert Rainsford
Bird of Paradise
1932
as Johnny Baker
The Lost Squadron
1932
as Red
Rockabye
1932
as Jacobs 'Jake' Van Riker Pell
The Sport Parade
1932
as Sandy Brown
Business and Pleasure
1932
as Lawrence Ogle
Girls About Town
1931
as Jim Baker
Kept Husbands
1931
as Richard 'Dick' Brunton
Born to Love
1931
as Barry Craig
The Common Law
1931
as John 'Jack' Neville
Once a Sinner
1931
as Tommy Mason
The Silver Horde
1930
as Boyd Emerson
Lightnin'
1930
as John Marvin
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
Dead Man's Curve
1928
as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
The Divine Lady
1928
as Extra (uncredited)
The Fair Co-Ed
1927
The Enemy
1927
as Extra (uncredited)