Joel McCrea

Joel McCrea

Profile info

Known forActing
GenderMale
Birthday5 November 1905
Died20 October 1990 (age 84)
Place of birthSouth Pasadena, California, USA
Known credits106

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 Ca…

Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
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
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
2004 · Self (archive footage)
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
1997 · Self (archive footage)
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
1985 · Self
Night of 100 Stars
Night of 100 Stars
1982 · Self
Mustang Country
Mustang Country
1976 · Dan
The Great American Cowboy
The Great American Cowboy
1973 · Narrator
Cry Blood Apache
Cry Blood Apache
1970 · Pitcalin as an Older Man
Sioux Nation
Sioux Nation
1970
The Young Rounders
The Young Rounders
1966
The Merv Griffin Show
The Merv Griffin Show
1962 · Self
Ride the High Country
Ride the High Country
1962 · Steve Judd
The Crowning Experience
The Crowning Experience
1960 · Prologue Narrator
Wichita Town
Wichita Town
1959 · Marshal Mike Dunbar
The Gunfight at Dodge City
The Gunfight at Dodge City
1959 · Bat Masterson
Fort Massacre
Fort Massacre
1958 · Vinson
Cattle Empire
Cattle Empire
1958 · John Cord
The Tall Stranger
The Tall Stranger
1957 · Ned Bannon
Gunsight Ridge
Gunsight Ridge
1957 · Mike Ryan
Trooper Hook
Trooper Hook
1957 · Sgt. Clovis Hook
The Oklahoman
The Oklahoman
1957 · John
The First Texan
The First Texan
1956 · Sam Houston
Wichita
Wichita
1955 · Wyatt Earp
Stranger on Horseback
Stranger on Horseback
1955 · Judge Richard 'Rick' Thorne
Black Horse Canyon
Black Horse Canyon
1954 · Del Rockwell
Border River
Border River
1954 · Clete Mattson
The Lone Hand
The Lone Hand
1953 · Zachary Hallock
Rough Shoot
Rough Shoot
1953 · Lt. Col. Robert Taine
The San Francisco Story
The San Francisco Story
1952 · Rick Nelson
Cattle Drive
Cattle Drive
1951 · Dan Mathews
Hollywood Story
Hollywood Story
1951 · Joel McCrea
Frenchie
Frenchie
1950 · Sheriff Tom Banning
Saddle Tramp
Saddle Tramp
1950 · Chuck Conner
Stars in My Crown
Stars in My Crown
1950 · Josiah Doziah Gray
The Outriders
The Outriders
1950 · Will Owen
Colorado Territory
Colorado Territory
1949 · Wes McQueen
South of St. Louis
South of St. Louis
1949 · Kip Davis
Four Faces West
Four Faces West
1948 · Ross McEwen
The Ed Sullivan Show
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Self
Ramrod
Ramrod
1947 · Dave Nash
The Virginian
The Virginian
1946 · The Virginian
The Unseen
The Unseen
1945 · David Fielding
The Great Moment
The Great Moment
1944 · William Thomas Green Morton
Buffalo Bill
Buffalo Bill
1944 · William Frederick 'Buffalo Bill' Cody
The More the Merrier
The More the Merrier
1943 · Joe Carter
Stars on Horseback
Stars on Horseback
1943
The Palm Beach Story
The Palm Beach Story
1942 · Tom Jeffers
Sullivan's Travels
Sullivan's Travels
1941 · John Sullivan
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