Birthday
1883/07/14
Day of death
1966/04/15 (82 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Also know as
Joseph A. Creaghan, Joseph Creehan, Joe Crehan, John Crehan, Joe Crenan, Joseph A. Crenan
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Joseph Crehan (July 15, 1883 – April 15, 1966) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 300 films between 1916 and 1965, and notably played Ulysses S. Grant nine times between 1939 and 1958, most memorably in Union Pacific and They Died With Their Boots On. He was born in Baltimore, Maryland and died in Hollywood, California from a stroke. Crehan often played alongside Charles C. Wilson with whom he is sometimes confused.
(1940) The Secret Seven
as Police Chief Hobbs
(1941) Love Crazy
as Judge
(1941) Manpower
as Sweeney
(1949) Alias the Champ
as Tim Murphy
(1941) Scattergood Baines
as Keith
(1938) Bluebeard's Eighth Wife
as American Tourist (uncredited)
(1940) Brother Orchid
as Brother MacEwen
(1934) Voice in the Night
as John Robinson
(1942) Sealed Lips
as Chief Charles R. Dugan
(1944) The Missing Juror
as Willard Apple / Falstaff
(1950) Triple Trouble
as Warden Burnside
(1939) Whispering Enemies
as George Harley
(1946) Deadline at Dawn
as Lt. Kane
(1936) Bullets or Ballots
as Grand Jury Spokesman
(1941) A Man Betrayed
as Bob - Globe Newspaper Editor (uncredited)
(1944) Phantom Lady
as Detective
(1938) Alexander's Ragtime Band
as Stage Manager
(1939) The Roaring Twenties
as Michaels
(1936) Earthworm Tractors
as Mr. Henderson
(1935) We're in the Money
as ---
(1944) Black Magic
as Police Sgt. Matthews
(1946) Dangerous Money
as Captain Black
(1954) Highway Dragnet
as Elderly Border Inspection Officer
(1948) The Hunted
as Small Town Police Captain
(1946) The Falcon's Adventure
as Inspector Cavanaugh
(1946) Dick Tracy vs. Cueball
as Chief Brandon
(1943) The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
as ---
(1944) One Mysterious Night
as Jumbo Madigan (Uncredited)
(1939) Maisie
as Defense Attorney Wilcox
(1942) Larceny, Inc.
as Warden
(1935) Special Agent
as Commissioner of Police
(1937) Kid Galahad
as Brady
(1944) Hands Across the Border
as Jeff "Bet-A-Hundred" Adams
(1942) Whistling in Dixie
as Deputy Police Commissioner (uncredited)
(1935) Black Fury
as Johnny Farrell
(1937) Mama Runs Wild
as Tom Fowler
(1948) Street Corner
as Dr. James Fenton
(1946) O.S.S.
as Gen. Donovan
(1931) Secrets of a Secretary
as Reporter
(1941) Three Girls About Town
as Labor leader
(1946) The Phantom Thief
as 'Jumbo' Madigan - Pawnbroker
(1936) The Murder of Dr. Harrigan
as Lieut. Lamb
(1937) Smart Blonde
as Tiny Torgensen
(1942) Eyes of the Underworld
as Kirby - Assistant Police Chief
(1945) I Love a Mystery
as Police Captain Quinn (Uncredited)
(1948) The Countess of Monte Cristo
as Joe
(1939) Full Confession
as Warden (uncredited)
(1938) The Arkansas Traveler
as McSweeney
(1941) Back Street
as Postman
(1946) The Mysterious Mr. M
as Dan Blair
(1948) Homicide for Three
as Police Captain
(1937) God's Country and the Woman
as Jordan
(1941) Know For Sure
as supporting role
(1945) Dick Tracy
as Chief Brandon
(1941) The Case of the Black Parrot
as Inspector Grady
(1940) Music in My Heart
as Mark C. Gilman
(1938) A Criminal Is Born
as Frank Wheeler
(1944) When the Lights Go On Again
as Bob
(1948) Night Time in Nevada
as Engineer Casey
(1935) The Case of the Lucky Legs
as Detective Johnson
(1943) Mystery Broadcast
as Chief Daniels
(1937) The Case of the Stuttering Bishop
as Paul Drake
(1934) Now I'll Tell
as Hospital Doctor (uncredited)
(1935) Frisco Kid
as McClanahan
(1946) The Shadow Returns
as Police Insp. Cardona
(1946) Behind the Mask
as Police Inspector Cardonna
(1942) Murder in the Big House
as Ainslee
(1955) The Twinkle In God's Eye
as Doctor
(1949) Duke of Chicago
as 'Tex' Harman
(1936) Cain and Mabel
as Reed's Manager
(1939) Private Detective
as Capt. Murphy
(1937) The Duke Comes Back
as Pat Doyle
(1939) Behind Prison Gates
as Prison Warden O'Neil
(1945) The Chicago Kid
as Chief Rogers
(1938) Girls on Probation
as Todd
(1939) Society Lawyer
as City Editor
(1937) Midnight Court
as Judge Frederick J. Thompson
(1937) Talent Scout
as A.J. Lambert
(1936) Here Comes Carter
as Daniel Bronson
(1939) Star Reporter
as Gordon
(1936) Road Gang
as Harry Shields
(1936) Guns of the Pecos
as Captain Norris
(1938) Here's Flash Casey
as Blaine
(1935) The Payoff
as Harvey Morris
(1937) The Wrong Road
as District Attorney
(1937) The Go-Getter
as Karl Stone
(1934) A Lost Lady
as Second Doctor (uncredited)
(1947) Louisiana
as Neilson
(1945) Man Alive
as Dr. James P. Whitney
(1944) The Great Alaskan Mystery
as Bill Hudson
(1936) King of Hockey
as Mike Trotter
(1935) Dinky
as Orphanage Director
(1938) Midnight Intruder
as Bill Harwood - Newspaper Editor
(1938) Billy The Kid Returns
as U.S. Marshal Dave Conway
(1939) Union Pacific
as Ulysses S. Grant
(1942) The Courtship of Andy Hardy
as Peter Dugan
(1938) Happy Landing
as Agent
(1934) The Case of the Howling Dog
as Captain Kelly (uncredited)
(1934) Against the Law
as Capt. Elliott
(1938) Gang Bullets
as Wallace
(1935) Let 'em Have It
as Memory Test Instructor
(1934) Jimmy the Gent
as Murder Trial Judge (uncredited)
(1931) Stolen Heaven
as Henry - Steve's Butler
(1941) Nine Lives Are Not Enough
as Editor (uncredited)
(1934) The Hell Cat
as Captain Barnett
(1938) Illegal Traffic
as Chief Daley
(1938) Night Spot
as Inspector Wayland
(1937) There Goes My Girl
as Sgt. Wood
(1936) Murder by an Aristocrat
as Hilary Thatcher
(1937) Outlaws of the Orient
as Snyder
(1941) Washington Melodrama
as Phil Sampson
(1945) Captain Tugboat Annie
as Alec Severn
(1933) Before Midnight
as Capt. Frank Flynn
(1947) Philo Vance's Gamble
as Ellis Mason
(1950) The Fuller Brush Girl
as Police Boat Captain (uncredited)
(1934) Strange Wives
as Immigration Official
(1951) The Family Secret
as ---
(1938) Woman Against Woman
as Sen. Kingsley
(1933) Havana Widows
as Ship Captain (uncredited)
(1939) Tell No Tales
as Chalmers
(1941) Texas
as Rancher Dusty King
(1939) Hollywood Cavalcade
as Attorney
(1937) Draegerman Courage
as Dr. Stuart Hunter
(1937) Beg, Borrow or Steal
as Mr. Parsons, Murillo Customer (uncredited)
(1934) The Merry Frinks
as Mr. Baxter
(1934) Gentlemen Are Born
as Haskins
(1946) The Virginian
as ---
(1935) Oil for the Lamps of China
as Clements
(1935) Page Miss Glory
as Detective Chief
(1939) Navy Secrets
as FBI Chief Herbert Daly
(1937) Her Husband's Secretary
as Stevenson
(1939) Wings of the Navy
as Second Doctor
(1939) Almost a Gentleman
as Prosecutor
(1939) Dodge City
as Hammond (uncredited)
(1936) Boulder Dam
as Ross
(1939) We Are Not Alone
as American at Train Station
(1950) The Tougher They Come
as Thompson
(1939) Stanley and Livingstone
as Morehead
(1944) Christmas Holiday
as Steve, the bartender
(1939) The Return of Doctor X
as Editor
(1939) Blackmail
as Mr. Blaine (uncredited)
(1939) Babes in Arms
as Mr. Essex
(1940) Jack Pot
as Mayor Steven Andrews (uncredited)
(1935) While the Patient Slept
as Evening Bulletin Editor (uncredited)
(1934) It Happened One Night
as Detective (uncredited)
(1953) Crazylegs
as Hank Hatch
(1937) The Cherokee Strip
as Army Officer
(1949) Unto Thyself Be True
as Frank Hartwell
(1941) Doctors Don't Tell
as Judge Hoskins
(1935) Traveling Saleslady
as Murdock
(1935) Man of Iron
as Tom Martin
(1946) Night Train to Memphis
as John Stevenson
(1940) Parole Fixer
as Warden (uncredited)
(1945) Lady on a Train
as Train passenger (uncredited)
(1961) Judgment at Nuremberg
as Courtroom Spectator at Verdict (uncredited)
(1934) Among the Missing
as Detective O'Malley
(1944) Gambler's Choice
as Toby (uncredited)
(1941) Here Comes Mr. Jordan
as Doctor (uncredited)
(1934) Beyond the Law
as Chief Anderson
(1942) Treat 'Em Rough
as Roderick Wetherbee (as Joe Crehan)
(1940) Broadway Melody of 1940
as Ballroom Manager (uncredited)
(1947) Monsieur Verdoux
as Broker (uncredited)
(1940) The Fighting 69th
as Inoculations Doctor (uncredited)
(1936) Trailin' West
as Colonel Douglas
(1948) April Showers
as William Barnes
(1937) Once a Doctor
as Captain Andrews
(1936) Jailbreak
as Warden
(1933) Duck Soup
as Dignitary at Reception (uncredited)
(1940) Emergency Squad
as H. Tyler Joyce, editor
(1940) The Green Hornet
as Judge Stanton
(1942) Junior Army
as Mr. Jeffrey Ferguson
(1937) Girls Can Play
as Editor Brophy
(1935) Front Page Woman
as Spike Kiley
(1939) Pride of the Navy
as Brad Foster
(1949) Red Desert
as President Ulysses S. Grant
(1947) The Sea of Grass
as Colorado Sen. Grew (uncredited)
(1934) Here Comes the Navy
as Recruiting Officer (uncredited)
(1936) Down the Stretch
as C.D. Burch
(1940) Colorado
as Gen. Ulysses S. Grant
(1940) Gaucho Serenade
as Edward Martin
(1937) This Is My Affair
as Priest
(1940) The Texas Rangers Ride Again
as Johnson
(1940) Santa Fe Trail
as Officer at Washington Party (uncredited)
(1946) Bad Bascomb
as Gov. Clark (uncredited)
(1942) Girl Trouble
as Kohn
(1941) Andy Hardy's Private Secretary
as Peter Dugan
(1947) Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome
as Chief Brandon
(1938) Gateway
as Inspector
(1940) The House Across the Bay
as Federal Man
(1940) City for Conquest
as Doctor
(1936) Brides Are Like That
as Tom Carter
(1936) The Singing Kid
as Agent Fulton (uncredited)
(1940) Little Nellie Kelly
as Commissioner O'Brien (uncredited)
(1942) Gentleman Jim
as Duffy - Referee (uncredited)
(1935) Bright Lights
as Post Office Attendant
(1939) Geronimo
as President Ulysses S. Grant
(1936) The Captain's Kid
as Deputy Coroner Frank Knickerbocker
(1941) Flying Blind
as Nunnally
(1948) The Gallant Legion
as George Trent - State Official
(1947) The Trespasser
as The Doctor
(1946) A Guy Could Change
as McCarthy
(1950) The Flying Missile
as Rear Admiral
(1942) Hello, Annapolis
as Evans Arden
(1950) The Arizona Cowboy
as Colonel Jefferson
(1942) Men of Texas
as Luther Crittenden
(1943) Keep 'Em Slugging
as Detective Sergeant
(1942) Gang Busters
as Police Chief Martin O'Brien
(1937) Born Reckless
as District Attorney
(1945) The Royal Mounted Rides Again
as RCMP Sergeant Nelson
(1948) Sundown in Santa Fe
as Major Larkin
(1948) Adventures in Silverado
as McHugh
(1941) Nevada City
as Mark Benton
(1949) Bad Men of Tombstone
as Mine Superintendent
(1942) Wild Bill Hickok Rides
as Ray Trent (uncredited)
(1949) The Last Bandit
as Local No. 44 Engineer
(1948) Because of Eve
as Dr. West
(1943) The Woman of the Town
as New York Newspaper Editor
(1941) They Died with Their Boots On
as President Ulysses S. Grant (uncredited)
(1943) Adventures of the Flying Cadets
as Col. George Bolton [Chs. 1-2]
(1934) Sleepers East
as Conductor (uncredited)
(1939) The Star Maker
as Thomas Marlowe
(1936) Gold Diggers of 1937
as Chairman
(1946) Strange Journey
as Thompson
(1951) Roadblock
as Thompson (uncredited)
(1937) A Day at Santa Anita
as Biff--Blackburn's Trainer
(1942) The Secret Code
as Police Chief Henry Burns
(1938) The Kid Comes Back
as Danny Lockridge
(1942) Obliging Young Lady
as Managing Editor (uncredited)
(1933) Female
as Police Lieutenant (Uncredited)
(1949) Ringside
as Oscar Brannigan
(1934) Big Hearted Herbert
as IRS Tax Investigator (uncredited)
(1935) Shipmates Forever
as Spike (uncredited)
(1943) False Faces
as Police Capt. Alan O'Brien
(1952) Deadline - U.S.A.
as City Editor of The Standard (uncredited)
(1937) Midnight Madonna
as Moe Grinnell
(1936) Anthony Adverse
as Capt. Elisha Jorham
(1948) Relentless
as Doctor (uncredited)
(1935) Stranded
as Johnny Quinn
(1946) Tars and Spars
as Admiral
(1943) City Without Men
as Father Burns
(1939) They All Come Out
as Judge (uncredited)
(1943) The Desert Song
as Steve, a Reporter
(1940) Public Deb No. 1
as Director
(1943) Crazy House
as Mogey
(1943) Mission to Moscow
as Reporter (uncredited)
(1943) Honeymoon Lodge
as Judge
(1943) Mr. Lucky
as Detective (uncredited)
(1942) Cadets on Parade
as Jeff Shannon
(1944) The Navy Way
as Chaplain Benson
(1935) Go Into Your Dance
as H.P. Jackson
(1938) State Police
as Mr. Owen, Mine Owner
(1941) Here Comes Happiness
as Tom Burke
(1944) The Adventures of Mark Twain
as Ulysses S. Grant
(1949) Dancing in the Dark
as Board Member
(1948) The Enchanted Valley
as Chief Scott
(1946) The Big Sleep
as Medical Examiner (uncredited)
(1943) Hit the Ice
as Train Conductor #1 (uncredited)
(1936) China Clipper
as Jim Horn
(1916) Under Two Flags
as Rake
(1937) Blossoms On Broadway
as Bartender (uncredited)
(1949) Amazon Quest
as De Ruyter
(1949) State Department: File 649
as Government Official
(1945) Adventure
as Ed - Maritime Office (uncredited)
(1950) Gun Crazy
as Plant Foreman (uncredited)
(1946) Magnificent Doll
as Williams
(1936) Bengal Tiger
as Bill Hinsdale
(1939) You Can't Get Away with Murder
as Warden of Sing Sing
(1941) A Man Betrayed
as ---
(1939) Invisible Stripes
as Garage Owner (uncredited)
(1941) Nine Lives Are Not Enough
as Yates
(1949) Prejudice
as J.P. Baker
(1935) Don't Bet on Blondes
as Doctor Delivering Quintuplets (Uncredited)
(1943) She Has What It Takes
as George Clarke
(1942) You Can't Escape Forever
as Warden (uncredited)
(1948) Silver River
as Ulysses S. Grant (uncredited)
(1938) Four's a Crowd
as Butler Pierce
(1946) The Brute Man
as Police Commissioner Salisbury (uncredited)
(1938) Crime Takes a Holiday
as Gov. Bill Allen
(1944) To the People of the United States
as Doctor at Hospital (uncredited)
(1936) The Law in Her Hands
as Dist. Atty. Thomas Mallon
(1960) The Andy Griffith Show
as Councilman
(1949) The Lone Ranger
as Tom Patrict
(1957) Leave It to Beaver
as Train Conductor
(1951) I Love Lucy
as Detective
(1950) Lux Video Theatre
as Doctor
(1958) Bat Masterson
as Thomas Bolland
(1954) The Whistler
as ---
(1957) 26 Men
as ---
(1960) The Andy Griffith Show
as Council Member
(1960) The Andy Griffith Show
as Franklin
(1952) Four Star Playhouse
as Mr. Kramer
(1960) The Andy Griffith Show
as Townsman
(1954) The Lone Wolf
as Conductor