Joel McCrea

Joel McCrea

Acting

Birthday

1905/11/05

Day of death

1990/10/20 (85 years old)

Gender

Male

Place of Birth

South Pasadena, California, USA

Also know as

Joel Albert McCrea, Джоэл Маккри

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 roman...Read more

Acting
The Most Dangerous Game
6.9

(1932) The Most Dangerous Game

as Robert Rainsford

The Palm Beach Story
7.0

(1942) The Palm Beach Story

as Tom Jeffers

Foreign Correspondent
7.0

(1940) Foreign Correspondent

as John Jones

Dead End
7.0

(1937) Dead End

as Dave Connell

Colorado Territory
7.0

(1949) Colorado Territory

as Wes McQueen

The Great Moment
5.6

(1944) The Great Moment

as William Thomas Green Morton

Ride the High Country
7.0

(1962) Ride the High Country

as Steve Judd

Ramrod
6.5

(1947) Ramrod

as Dave Nash

Buffalo Bill
5.6

(1944) Buffalo Bill

as William Frederick 'Buffalo Bill' Cody

Union Pacific
6.6

(1939) Union Pacific

as Jeff Butler

The Unseen
4.6

(1945) The Unseen

as David Fielding

Sullivan's Travels
7.4

(1941) Sullivan's Travels

as John Sullivan

Four Faces West
5.6

(1948) Four Faces West

as Ross McEwen

Hollywood Story
6.6

(1951) Hollywood Story

as Joel McCrea

Primrose Path
6.6

(1940) Primrose Path

as Ed Wallace

The More the Merrier
6.9

(1943) The More the Merrier

as Joe Carter

These Three
7.1

(1936) These Three

as Dr. Joseph 'Joe' Cardin

Internes Can't Take Money
6.3

(1937) Internes Can't Take Money

as Jimmie Kildare

Bird of Paradise
4.8

(1932) Bird of Paradise

as Johnny Baker

Barbary Coast
6.5

(1935) Barbary Coast

as Jim Carmichael

Come and Get It
6.8

(1936) Come and Get It

as Richard Glasgow

Fort Massacre
6.1

(1958) Fort Massacre

as Vinson

The Gunfight at Dodge City
5.6

(1959) The Gunfight at Dodge City

as Bat Masterson

The Great Man's Lady
6.3

(1941) The Great Man's Lady

as Mr. Sempler

Adventure in Manhattan
5.8

(1936) Adventure in Manhattan

as George Melville

The Lost Squadron
6.3

(1932) The Lost Squadron

as Red

Girls About Town
6.3

(1931) Girls About Town

as Jim Baker

The Silver Cord
7.1

(1933) The Silver Cord

as David Phelps

The Virginian
6.1

(1946) The Virginian

as The Virginian

Woman Chases Man
5.6

(1937) Woman Chases Man

as Kenneth Nolan

Kept Husbands
5.1

(1931) Kept Husbands

as Richard Brunton

Private Worlds
6.0

(1935) Private Worlds

as Dr. Alex MacGregor

Born to Love
5.0

(1931) Born to Love

as Barry Craig

Rockabye
6.2

(1932) Rockabye

as Jacobs 'Jake' Van Riker Pell

The Oklahoman
5.6

(1957) The Oklahoman

as John

Espionage Agent
5.9

(1939) Espionage Agent

as Barry Corvall

Rough Shoot
6.2

(1953) Rough Shoot

as Lt. Col. Robert Taine

Trooper Hook
6.6

(1957) Trooper Hook

as Sgt. Clovis Hook

Stranger on Horseback
5.5

(1955) Stranger on Horseback

as Judge Richard 'Rick' Thorne

Stars in My Crown
6.9

(1950) Stars in My Crown

as Josiah Doziah Gray

The Sport Parade
4.8

(1932) The Sport Parade

as Sandy Brown

Splendor
6.3

(1935) Splendor

as Brighton Lorrimore

The Richest Girl in the World
5.7

(1934) The Richest Girl in the World

as Anthony Travers

Chance at Heaven
5.7

(1933) Chance at Heaven

as Blacky Gorman

Border River
6.2

(1954) Border River

as Clete Mattson

Wells Fargo
5.2

(1937) Wells Fargo

as Ramsay MacKay

Bed of Roses
6.1

(1933) Bed of Roses

as Dan

Cattle Drive
6.1

(1951) Cattle Drive

as Dan Mathews

Gambling Lady
6.2

(1934) Gambling Lady

as Garry Madison

The Great American Cowboy
6.0

(1973) The Great American Cowboy

as Narrator

The Common Law
5.3

(1931) The Common Law

as John 'Jack' Neville

The Tall Stranger
6.6

(1957) The Tall Stranger

as Ned Bannon

Wichita
6.4

(1955) Wichita

as Wyatt Earp

Saddle Tramp
6.3

(1950) Saddle Tramp

as Chuck Conner

They Shall Have Music
6.1

(1939) They Shall Have Music

as Peter McCarthy

The First Texan
6.3

(1956) The First Texan

as Sam Houston

The Outriders
6.9

(1950) The Outriders

as Will Owen

The Silver Horde
5.3

(1930) The Silver Horde

as Boyd Emerson

Banjo on My Knee
5.5

(1936) Banjo on My Knee

as Ernie Holley

South of St. Louis
5.6

(1949) South of St. Louis

as Kip Davis

The Fair Co-Ed
5.5

(1927) The Fair Co-Ed

as ---

Gunsight Ridge
5.7

(1957) Gunsight Ridge

as Mike Ryan

Dynamite
6.4

(1929) Dynamite

as Marco

The Lone Hand
5.6

(1953) The Lone Hand

as Zachary Hallock

The San Francisco Story
4.6

(1952) The San Francisco Story

as Rick Nelson

So This Is College
4.3

(1929) So This Is College

as Bruce Nolan (uncredited)

One Man's Journey
6.5

(1933) One Man's Journey

as Jimmy Watt

He Married His Wife
5.1

(1940) He Married His Wife

as T.H. Randall

Frenchie
5.7

(1950) Frenchie

as Sheriff Tom Banning

Mustang Country
4.7

(1976) Mustang Country

as Dan

Cattle Empire
6.0

(1958) Cattle Empire

as John Cord

Woman Wanted
6.3

(1935) Woman Wanted

as Tony

Business and Pleasure
4.5

(1932) Business and Pleasure

as Lawrence Ogle

Three Blind Mice
6.0

(1938) Three Blind Mice

as Van Dam Smith

Dead Man's Curve
0.0

(1928) Dead Man's Curve

as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

Reaching for the Sun
6.0

(1941) Reaching for the Sun

as Russ Eliot

Scarlet River
4.5

(1933) Scarlet River

as Himself (uncredited)

Our Little Girl
4.0

(1935) Our Little Girl

as Donald Middleton

Two in a Crowd
0.0

(1936) Two in a Crowd

as Larry Stevens

The Divine Lady
5.2

(1928) The Divine Lady

as Extra (uncredited)

Youth Takes a Fling
1.0

(1938) Youth Takes a Fling

as Joe Meadows

Once a Sinner
0.0

(1931) Once a Sinner

as Tommy Mason

The Single Standard
5.5

(1929) The Single Standard

as Party Guest (uncredited)

Black Horse Canyon
5.9

(1954) Black Horse Canyon

as Del Rockwell

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line
7.5

(1997) Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line

as Self (archive footage)

Lightnin'
3.7

(1930) Lightnin'

as John Marvin

The Young Rounders
0.0

(1966) The Young Rounders

as ---

Breakdowns of 1940
4.0

(1940) Breakdowns of 1940

as Self

Cry Blood Apache
2.2

(1970) Cry Blood Apache

as Pitcalin as an Older Man

The Crowning Experience
5.0

(1960) The Crowning Experience

as Prologue Narrator

Sioux Nation
8.5

(1970) Sioux Nation

as ---

The Enemy
5.5

(1927) The Enemy

as Extra (uncredited)

Half a Sinner
0.0

(1934) Half a Sinner

as John Adams

Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
6.1

(2008) Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood

as John Neville Jr. (archive footage)

George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
5.6

(1985) George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey

as Self

Stars on Horseback
4.0

(1943) Stars on Horseback

as ---

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
7.8

(2004) Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

as Self (archive footage)

Night of 100 Stars
6.7

(1982) Night of 100 Stars

as Self

Framed
5.0

(1930) Framed

as Waiter (uncredited)

The Jazz Age
0.0

(1929) The Jazz Age

as Todd Sayles

Wichita Town
4.2

(1959) Wichita Town

as Marshal Mike Dunbar

The Ed Sullivan Show
6.8

(1948) The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self

The Merv Griffin Show
6.2

(1962) The Merv Griffin Show

as Self