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Joel McCrea

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Joel McCrea

Born November 5, 1905 in South Pasadena, California, USADied October 20, 199091 films

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.

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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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Sullivan's Travels posterFirst watchSullivan's Travels19417.4as John SullivanSuccessful movie director John L. Sullivan, convinced he won't be able to film his ambitious masterpiece until he has suffered, dons a hobo disguise and sets off on a journey, aiming to…View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Foreign Correspondent poster7.0Foreign Correspondent1940The Most Dangerous Game poster6.9The Most Dangerous Game1932Ride the High Country poster7.1Ride the High Country1962The Palm Beach Story poster7.0The Palm Beach Story1942Dead End poster7.0Dead End1937The More the Merrier poster7.0The More the Merrier1943Colorado Territory poster7.0Colorado Territory1949Union Pacific poster6.7Union Pacific1939

Filmography

91 films as actor
  1. 1976Mustang CountryDan
  2. 1970Cry Blood ApachePitcalin as an Older Man
  3. 1970Sioux Nation
  4. 1966The Young Rounders
  5. 1962Ride the High CountrySteve Judd
  6. 1960The Crowning ExperiencePrologue Narrator
  7. 1959The Gunfight at Dodge CityBat Masterson
  8. 1958Fort MassacreVinson
  9. 1958Cattle EmpireJohn Cord
  10. 1957The Tall StrangerNed Bannon
  11. 1957Gunsight RidgeMike Ryan
  12. 1957Trooper HookSgt. Clovis Hook
  13. 1957The OklahomanJohn
  14. 1956The First TexanSam Houston
  15. 1955WichitaWyatt Earp
  16. 1955Stranger on HorsebackJudge Richard 'Rick' Thorne
  17. 1954Black Horse CanyonDel Rockwell
  18. 1954Border RiverClete Mattson
  19. 1953The Lone HandZachary Hallock
  20. 1953Rough ShootLt. Col. Robert Taine
  21. 1952The San Francisco StoryRick Nelson
  22. 1951Cattle DriveDan Mathews
  23. 1951Hollywood StoryJoel McCrea
  24. 1950FrenchieSheriff Tom Banning
  25. 1950Saddle TrampChuck Conner
  26. 1950Stars in My CrownJosiah Doziah Gray
  27. 1950The OutridersWill Owen
  28. 1949Colorado TerritoryWes McQueen
  29. 1949South of St. LouisKip Davis
  30. 1948Four Faces WestRoss McEwen
  31. 1947RamrodDave Nash
  32. 1946The VirginianThe Virginian
  33. 1945The UnseenDavid Fielding
  34. 1944The Great MomentWilliam Thomas Green Morton
  35. 1944Buffalo BillWilliam Frederick 'Buffalo Bill' Cody
  36. 1943The More the MerrierJoe Carter
  37. 1942The Palm Beach StoryTom Jeffers
  38. 1941Sullivan's TravelsJohn Sullivan
  39. 1941The Great Man's LadyMr. Sempler
  40. 1941Reaching for the SunRuss Eliot
  41. 1940Foreign CorrespondentJohn Jones
  42. 1940Primrose PathEd Wallace
  43. 1940He Married His WifeT.H. Randall
  44. 1939Espionage AgentBarry Corvall
  45. 1939They Shall Have MusicPeter McCarthy
  46. 1939Union PacificJeff Butler
  47. 1938Youth Takes a FlingJoe Meadows
  48. 1938Three Blind MiceVan Dam Smith
  49. 1937Wells FargoRamsay MacKay
  50. 1937Dead EndDave
  51. 1937Woman Chases ManKenneth Nolan
  52. 1937Internes Can't Take MoneyJimmie Kildare
  53. 1936Banjo on My KneeErnie Holley
  54. 1936Come and Get ItRichard Glasgow
  55. 1936Adventure in ManhattanGeorge Melville
  56. 1936Two in a CrowdLarry Stevens
  57. 1936These ThreeDr. Joseph 'Joe' Cardin
  58. 1935SplendorBrighton Lorrimore
  59. 1935Barbary CoastJim Carmichael
  60. 1935Woman WantedTony
  61. 1935Our Little GirlDonald Middleton
  62. 1935Private WorldsDr. Alex MacGregor
  63. 1934The Richest Girl in the WorldAnthony Travers
  64. 1934Half a SinnerJohn Adams
  65. 1934Gambling LadyGarry Madison
  66. 1933Chance at HeavenBlacky Gorman
  67. 1933One Man's JourneyJimmy Watt
  68. 1933Bed of RosesDan
  69. 1933The Silver CordDavid Phelps
  70. 1932RockabyeJacobs 'Jake' Van Riker Pell
  71. 1932The Sport ParadeSandy Brown
  72. 1932The Most Dangerous GameRobert Rainsford
  73. 1932Bird of ParadiseJohnny Baker
  74. 1932The Lost SquadronRed
  75. 1932Business and PleasureLawrence Ogle
  76. 1931Girls About TownJim Baker
  77. 1931The Common LawJohn 'Jack' Neville
  78. 1931Born to LoveBarry Craig
  79. 1931Kept HusbandsRichard 'Dick' Brunton
  80. 1931Once a SinnerTommy Mason
  81. 1930Lightnin'John Marvin
  82. 1930The Silver HordeBoyd Emerson
  83. 1930FramedWaiter (uncredited)
  84. 1929DynamiteMarco
  85. 1929So This Is CollegeBruce Nolan (uncredited)
  86. 1929The Single StandardParty Guest (uncredited)
  87. 1929The Jazz AgeTodd Sayles
  88. 1928The Divine LadyExtra (uncredited)
  89. 1928Dead Man's CurveUndetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
  90. 1927The EnemyExtra (uncredited)
  91. 1927The Fair Co-Ed