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Joel McCrea

Joel McCrea

Born: 1905-11-05 • South Pasadena, California, USA

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