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Actor
Joel McCrea
- Born November 5, 1905 in South Pasadena, California, USA
- Died October 20, 1990
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 Ca
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va'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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Joel McCrea, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Sullivan's Travels1941
Foreign Correspondent1940
The Most Dangerous Game1932
Ride the High Country1962
The Palm Beach Story1942
Dead End1937
The More the Merrier1943
Union Pacific1939
Filmography
- 2008Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code HollywoodFilmJohn Neville Jr. (archive footage)
- 2004Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood RenegadeFilmSelf (archive footage)
- 1997Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the LineFilmSelf (archive footage)
- 1985George Stevens: A Filmmaker's JourneyFilmSelf
- 1982Night of 100 StarsFilmSelf
- 1976Mustang CountryFilmDan
- 1973The Great American CowboyFilmNarrator
- 1970Cry Blood ApacheFilmPitcalin as an Older Man
- 1970Sioux NationFilm
- 1966The Young RoundersFilm
- 1962Ride the High CountryFilmSteve Judd
- 1962The Merv Griffin ShowSeriesSelf
- 1960The Crowning ExperienceFilmPrologue Narrator
- 1959The Gunfight at Dodge CityFilmBat Masterson
- 1959Wichita TownSeriesMarshal Mike Dunbar
- 1958Fort MassacreFilmVinson
- 1958Cattle EmpireFilmJohn Cord
- 1957The Tall StrangerFilmNed Bannon
- 1957Trooper HookFilmSgt. Clovis Hook
- 1957The OklahomanFilmJohn
- 1957Gunsight RidgeFilmMike Ryan
- 1956The First TexanFilmSam Houston
- 1955WichitaFilmWyatt Earp
- 1955Stranger on HorsebackFilmJudge Richard 'Rick' Thorne
- 1954Border RiverFilmClete Mattson
- 1954Black Horse CanyonFilmDel Rockwell
- 1953The Lone HandFilmZachary Hallock
- 1953Rough ShootFilmLt. Col. Robert Taine
- 1952The San Francisco StoryFilmRick Nelson
- 1951Hollywood StoryFilmJoel McCrea
- 1951Cattle DriveFilmDan Mathews
- 1950Stars in My CrownFilmJosiah Doziah Gray
- 1950The OutridersFilmWill Owen
- 1950FrenchieFilmSheriff Tom Banning
- 1950Saddle TrampFilmChuck Conner
- 1949Colorado TerritoryFilmWes McQueen
- 1949South of St. LouisFilmKip Davis
- 1948Four Faces WestFilmRoss McEwen
- 1948The Ed Sullivan ShowSeriesSelf
- 1947RamrodFilmDave Nash
- 1946The VirginianFilmThe Virginian
- 1945The UnseenFilmDavid Fielding
- 1944Buffalo BillFilmWilliam Frederick 'Buffalo Bill' Cody
- 1944The Great MomentFilmWilliam Thomas Green Morton
- 1943The More the MerrierFilmJoe Carter
- 1943Stars on HorsebackFilm
- 1942The Palm Beach StoryFilmTom Jeffers
- 1941Sullivan's TravelsFilmJohn Sullivan
- 1941The Great Man's LadyFilmMr. Sempler
- 1941Reaching for the SunFilmRuss Eliot
- 1940Foreign CorrespondentFilmJohn Jones
- 1940Primrose PathFilmEd Wallace
- 1940He Married His WifeFilmT.H. Randall
- 1940Breakdowns of 1940FilmSelf
- 1939Union PacificFilmJeff Butler
- 1939They Shall Have MusicFilmPeter McCarthy
- 1939Espionage AgentFilmBarry Corvall
- 1938Three Blind MiceFilmVan Dam Smith
- 1938Youth Takes a FlingFilmJoe Meadows
- 1937Dead EndFilmDave
- 1937Internes Can't Take MoneyFilmJimmie Kildare
- 1937Wells FargoFilmRamsay MacKay
- 1937Woman Chases ManFilmKenneth Nolan
- 1936These ThreeFilmDr. Joseph 'Joe' Cardin
- 1936Come and Get ItFilmRichard Glasgow
- 1936Adventure in ManhattanFilmGeorge Melville
- 1936Banjo on My KneeFilmErnie Holley
- 1936Two in a CrowdFilmLarry Stevens
- 1935Barbary CoastFilmJim Carmichael
- 1935Our Little GirlFilmDonald Middleton
- 1935Private WorldsFilmDr. Alex MacGregor
- 1935Woman WantedFilmTony
- 1935SplendorFilmBrighton Lorrimore
- 1934Gambling LadyFilmGarry Madison
- 1934The Richest Girl in the WorldFilmAnthony Travers
- 1934Half a SinnerFilmJohn Adams
- 1933Bed of RosesFilmDan
- 1933One Man's JourneyFilmJimmy Watt
- 1933Chance at HeavenFilmBlacky Gorman
- 1933The Silver CordFilmDavid Phelps