7.4
Movie
Acting
Joel McCrea
- Born
- Died
- (aged 84)
- Birthplace
- South Pasadena, California, USA
- Credits
- 106 titles
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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Signature work
Known For
7.4
Movie
7.0
Movie
Foreign Correspondent
6.9
Movie
The Most Dangerous Game
7.1
Movie
Ride the High Country
7.0
Movie
The Palm Beach Story
7.0
Movie
Dead End
6.9
Movie
The More the Merrier
6.7
Movie
Union Pacific
7.0
Movie
Colorado Territory
6.4
Movie
Wichita
6.5
Movie
Ramrod
7.1
Movie
Stars in My Crown
7.1
Movie
These Three
6.8
Movie
Come and Get It
6.4
Movie
Barbary Coast
5.8
Movie
Buffalo Bill
5.0
Movie
Bird of Paradise
6.0
Movie
The Virginian
Acting credits 103
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood Film | John Neville Jr. (archive footage) |
| 2004 | Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade Film | Self (archive footage) |
| 1997 | Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line Film | Self (archive footage) |
| 1985 | George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey Film | Self |
| 1982 | Night of 100 Stars Film | Self |
| 1976 | Mustang Country Film | Dan |
| 1973 | The Great American Cowboy Film | Narrator |
| 1970 | Cry Blood Apache Film | Pitcalin as an Older Man |
| 1970 | Sioux Nation Film | |
| 1966 | The Young Rounders Film | |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show TV | Self (1 ep) |
| 1962 | Ride the High Country Film | Steve Judd |
| 1960 | The Crowning Experience Film | Prologue Narrator |
| 1959 | Wichita Town TV | Marshal Mike Dunbar (26 ep) |
| 1959 | The Gunfight at Dodge City Film | Bat Masterson |
| 1958 | Fort Massacre Film | Vinson |
| 1958 | Cattle Empire Film | John Cord |
| 1957 | The Tall Stranger Film | Ned Bannon |
| 1957 | Gunsight Ridge Film | Mike Ryan |
| 1957 | Trooper Hook Film | Sgt. Clovis Hook |
| 1957 | The Oklahoman Film | John |
| 1956 | The First Texan Film | Sam Houston |
| 1955 | Wichita Film | Wyatt Earp |
| 1955 | Stranger on Horseback Film | Judge Richard 'Rick' Thorne |
| 1954 | Black Horse Canyon Film | Del Rockwell |
| 1954 | Border River Film | Clete Mattson |
| 1953 | The Lone Hand Film | Zachary Hallock |
| 1953 | Rough Shoot Film | Lt. Col. Robert Taine |
| 1952 | The San Francisco Story Film | Rick Nelson |
| 1951 | Cattle Drive Film | Dan Mathews |
| 1951 | Hollywood Story Film | Joel McCrea |
| 1950 | Frenchie Film | Sheriff Tom Banning |
| 1950 | Saddle Tramp Film | Chuck Conner |
| 1950 | Stars in My Crown Film | Josiah Doziah Gray |
| 1950 | The Outriders Film | Will Owen |
| 1949 | Colorado Territory Film | Wes McQueen |
| 1949 | South of St. Louis Film | Kip Davis |
| 1948 | Four Faces West Film | Ross McEwen |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show TV | Self (1 ep) |
| 1947 | Ramrod Film | Dave Nash |
| 1946 | The Virginian Film | The Virginian |
| 1945 | The Unseen Film | David Fielding |
| 1944 | The Great Moment Film | William Thomas Green Morton |
| 1944 | Buffalo Bill Film | William Frederick 'Buffalo Bill' Cody |
| 1943 | The More the Merrier Film | Joe Carter |
| 1943 | Stars on Horseback Film | |
| 1942 | The Palm Beach Story Film | Tom Jeffers |
| 1941 | Sullivan's Travels Film | John Sullivan |
| 1941 | The Great Man's Lady Film | Mr. Sempler |
| 1941 | Reaching for the Sun Film | Russ Eliot |
| 1940 | Breakdowns of 1940 Film | Self |
| 1940 | Foreign Correspondent Film | John Jones |
| 1940 | Primrose Path Film | Ed Wallace |
| 1940 | He Married His Wife Film | T.H. Randall |
| 1939 | Espionage Agent Film | Barry Corvall |
| 1939 | They Shall Have Music Film | Peter McCarthy |
| 1939 | Union Pacific Film | Jeff Butler |
| 1938 | Youth Takes a Fling Film | Joe Meadows |
| 1938 | Three Blind Mice Film | Van Dam Smith |
| 1937 | Wells Fargo Film | Ramsay MacKay |
Crew credits 3
| Year | Title | Job |
|---|---|---|
| 1926 | Torrent Film | Stunts |
| 1924 | A Self-Made Failure Film | Stunts |
| 1923 | Penrod and Sam Film | Stunts |