Joel McCrea
Known for Acting · 103 credits
- Born
- 1905-11-05
- Died
- 1990-10-20
- Place of birth
- South Pasadena, California, USA
- Also known as
- Joel Albert McCrea · Джоэл Маккри
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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Known For
TV Shows (3)
Movies (100)
Foreign Correspondent
1940
as John Jones
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
2004
as Self (archive footage)
Dead End
1937
as Dave
The Outriders
1950
as Will Owen
Colorado Territory
1949
as Wes McQueen
Ride the High Country
1962
as Steve Judd
Barbary Coast
1935
as Jim Carmichael
Buffalo Bill
1944
as William Frederick 'Buffalo Bill' Cody
The Oklahoman
1957
as John
Fort Massacre
1958
as Vinson
Wichita
1955
as Wyatt Earp
Primrose Path
1940
as Ed Wallace
The Virginian
1946
as The Virginian
Sullivan's Travels
1941
as John Sullivan
The Most Dangerous Game
1932
as Robert Rainsford
Wells Fargo
1937
as Ramsay MacKay
Kept Husbands
1931
as Richard 'Dick' Brunton
Lightnin'
1930
as John Marvin
Cattle Drive
1951
as Dan Mathews
Night of 100 Stars
1982
as Self
Gunsight Ridge
1957
as Mike Ryan
The Unseen
1945
as David Fielding
Woman Wanted
1935
as Tony
Cattle Empire
1958
as John Cord
Trooper Hook
1957
as Sgt. Clovis Hook
The More the Merrier
1943
as Joe Carter
Union Pacific
1939
as Jeff Butler
Dynamite
1929
as Marco
Ramrod
1947
as Dave Nash
The Palm Beach Story
1942
as Tom Jeffers
Frenchie
1950
as Sheriff Tom Banning
Chance at Heaven
1933
as Blacky Gorman
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
1997
as Self (archive footage)
One Man's Journey
1933
as Jimmy Watt
Framed
1930
as Waiter (uncredited)
The Gunfight at Dodge City
1959
as Bat Masterson
Espionage Agent
1939
as Barry Corvall
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
1985
as Self
Come and Get It
1936
as Richard Glasgow
Stranger on Horseback
1955
as Judge Richard 'Rick' Thorne
Hollywood Story
1951
as Joel McCrea
The Tall Stranger
1957
as Ned Bannon
Rockabye
1932
as Jacobs 'Jake' Van Riker Pell
Stars in My Crown
1950
as Josiah Doziah Gray
Splendor
1935
as Brighton Lorrimore
The Lone Hand
1953
as Zachary Hallock
Our Little Girl
1935
as Donald Middleton
South of St. Louis
1949
as Kip Davis
These Three
1936
as Dr. Joseph 'Joe' Cardin
Four Faces West
1948
as Ross McEwen
Border River
1954
as Clete Mattson
Reaching for the Sun
1941
as Russ Eliot
Bird of Paradise
1932
as Johnny Baker
The First Texan
1956
as Sam Houston
The Single Standard
1929
as Party Guest (uncredited)
The Great Man's Lady
1941
as Mr. Sempler
The Silver Cord
1933
as David Phelps
The Lost Squadron
1932
as Red
The Common Law
1931
as John 'Jack' Neville
Adventure in Manhattan
1936
as George Melville
Banjo on My Knee
1936
as Ernie Holley
Girls About Town
1931
as Jim Baker
The Enemy
1927
as Extra (uncredited)
Gambling Lady
1934
as Garry Madison
Breakdowns of 1940
1940
as Self
The Silver Horde
1930
as Boyd Emerson
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
2008
as John Neville Jr. (archive footage)
The Great Moment
1944
as William Thomas Green Morton
So This Is College
1929
as Bruce Nolan (uncredited)
They Shall Have Music
1939
as Peter McCarthy
Cry Blood Apache
1970
as Pitcalin as an Older Man
Woman Chases Man
1937
as Kenneth Nolan
The Divine Lady
1928
as Extra (uncredited)
The Fair Co-Ed
1927
Three Blind Mice
1938
as Van Dam Smith
Bed of Roses
1933
as Dan
Born to Love
1931
as Barry Craig
Saddle Tramp
1950
as Chuck Conner
Internes Can't Take Money
1937
as Jimmie Kildare
Youth Takes a Fling
1938
as Joe Meadows
Private Worlds
1935
as Dr. Alex MacGregor
Scarlet River
1933
as Himself (uncredited)
The San Francisco Story
1952
as Rick Nelson
The Richest Girl in the World
1934
as Anthony Travers
Half a Sinner
1934
as John Adams
Two in a Crowd
1936
as Larry Stevens
Business and Pleasure
1932
as Lawrence Ogle
Black Horse Canyon
1954
as Del Rockwell
The Jazz Age
1929
as Todd Sayles
Mustang Country
1976
as Dan
The Sport Parade
1932
as Sandy Brown
Rough Shoot
1953
as Lt. Col. Robert Taine
Dead Man's Curve
1928
as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
He Married His Wife
1940
as T.H. Randall
Stars on Horseback
1943
The Young Rounders
1966
Once a Sinner
1931
as Tommy Mason
Sioux Nation
1970
The Crowning Experience
1960
as Prologue Narrator
The Great American Cowboy
1973
as Narrator
About 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 romance film Bird of Paradise (1932), the adventure cla… With 103 credits spanning from 1927 to 2008, Joel McCrea has appeared in 100 films and 3 TV shows.
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- Foreign Correspondent (1940) — as John Jones
- Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade (2004) — as Self (archive footage)
- Dead End (1937) — as Dave
- The Outriders (1950) — as Will Owen
- Colorado Territory (1949) — as Wes McQueen
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