Known For
Acting
Known Credits
103
Gender
Male
Birthday
November 5, 1905 (120 years old)
Place of Birth
South Pasadena, California, USA
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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| 2008 | Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywoodas John Neville Jr. (archive footage) | |
| 2004 | Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegadeas Self (archive footage) | |
| 1997 | Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Lineas Self (archive footage) | |
| 1985 | George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journeyas Self | |
| 1982 | Night of 100 Starsas Self | |
| 1976 | Mustang Countryas Dan | |
| 1973 | The Great American Cowboyas Narrator | |
| 1970 | Cry Blood Apacheas Pitcalin as an Older Man | |
| 1970 | Sioux Nationas | |
| 1966 | The Young Roundersas | |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin Showas Self | |
| 1962 | Ride the High Countryas Steve Judd | |
| 1960 | The Crowning Experienceas Prologue Narrator | |
| 1959 | Wichita Townas Marshal Mike Dunbar | |
| 1959 | The Gunfight at Dodge Cityas Bat Masterson | |
| 1958 | Fort Massacreas Vinson | |
| 1958 | Cattle Empireas John Cord | |
| 1957 | The Tall Strangeras Ned Bannon | |
| 1957 | Gunsight Ridgeas Mike Ryan | |
| 1957 | Trooper Hookas Sgt. Clovis Hook | |
| 1957 | The Oklahomanas John | |
| 1956 | The First Texanas Sam Houston | |
| 1955 | Wichitaas Wyatt Earp | |
| 1955 | Stranger on Horsebackas Judge Richard 'Rick' Thorne | |
| 1954 | Black Horse Canyonas Del Rockwell | |
| 1954 | Border Riveras Clete Mattson | |
| 1953 | The Lone Handas Zachary Hallock | |
| 1953 | Rough Shootas Lt. Col. Robert Taine | |
| 1952 | The San Francisco Storyas Rick Nelson | |
| 1951 | Cattle Driveas Dan Mathews | |
| 1951 | Hollywood Storyas Joel McCrea | |
| 1950 | Frenchieas Sheriff Tom Banning | |
| 1950 | Saddle Trampas Chuck Conner | |
| 1950 | Stars in My Crownas Josiah Doziah Gray | |
| 1950 | The Outridersas Will Owen | |
| 1949 | Colorado Territoryas Wes McQueen | |
| 1949 | South of St. Louisas Kip Davis | |
| 1948 | Four Faces Westas Ross McEwen | |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Showas Self | |
| 1947 | Ramrodas Dave Nash | |
| 1946 | The Virginianas The Virginian | |
| 1945 | The Unseenas David Fielding | |
| 1944 | The Great Momentas William Thomas Green Morton | |
| 1944 | Buffalo Billas William Frederick 'Buffalo Bill' Cody | |
| 1943 | The More the Merrieras Joe Carter | |
| 1943 | Stars on Horsebackas | |
| 1942 | The Palm Beach Storyas Tom Jeffers | |
| 1941 | Sullivan's Travelsas John Sullivan | |
| 1941 | The Great Man's Ladyas Mr. Sempler | |
| 1941 | Reaching for the Sunas Russ Eliot | |
| 1940 | Breakdowns of 1940as Self | |
| 1940 | Foreign Correspondentas John Jones | |
| 1940 | Primrose Pathas Ed Wallace | |
| 1940 | He Married His Wifeas T.H. Randall | |
| 1939 | Espionage Agentas Barry Corvall | |
| 1939 | They Shall Have Musicas Peter McCarthy | |
| 1939 | Union Pacificas Jeff Butler | |
| 1938 | Youth Takes a Flingas Joe Meadows | |
| 1938 | Three Blind Miceas Van Dam Smith | |
| 1937 | Wells Fargoas Ramsay MacKay | |
| 1937 | Dead Endas Dave | |
| 1937 | Woman Chases Manas Kenneth Nolan | |
| 1937 | Internes Can't Take Moneyas Jimmie Kildare | |
| 1936 | Banjo on My Kneeas Ernie Holley | |
| 1936 | Come and Get Itas Richard Glasgow | |
| 1936 | Adventure in Manhattanas George Melville | |
| 1936 | Two in a Crowdas Larry Stevens | |
| 1936 | These Threeas Dr. Joseph 'Joe' Cardin | |
| 1935 | Splendoras Brighton Lorrimore | |
| 1935 | Barbary Coastas Jim Carmichael | |
| 1935 | Woman Wantedas Tony | |
| 1935 | Our Little Girlas Donald Middleton | |
| 1935 | Private Worldsas Dr. Alex MacGregor | |
| 1934 | The Richest Girl in the Worldas Anthony Travers | |
| 1934 | Half a Sinneras John Adams | |
| 1934 | Gambling Ladyas Garry Madison | |
| 1933 | Chance at Heavenas Blacky Gorman | |
| 1933 | One Man's Journeyas Jimmy Watt | |
| 1933 | Bed of Rosesas Dan | |
| 1933 | The Silver Cordas David Phelps | |
| 1933 | Scarlet Riveras Himself (uncredited) | |
| 1932 | Rockabyeas Jacobs 'Jake' Van Riker Pell | |
| 1932 | The Sport Paradeas Sandy Brown | |
| 1932 | The Most Dangerous Gameas Robert Rainsford | |
| 1932 | Bird of Paradiseas Johnny Baker | |
| 1932 | The Lost Squadronas Red | |
| 1932 | Business and Pleasureas Lawrence Ogle | |
| 1931 | Girls About Townas Jim Baker | |
| 1931 | The Common Lawas John 'Jack' Neville | |
| 1931 | Born to Loveas Barry Craig | |
| 1931 | Kept Husbandsas Richard 'Dick' Brunton | |
| 1931 | Once a Sinneras Tommy Mason | |
| 1930 | Lightnin'as John Marvin | |
| 1930 | The Silver Hordeas Boyd Emerson | |
| 1930 | Framedas Waiter (uncredited) | |
| 1929 | Dynamiteas Marco | |
| 1929 | So This Is Collegeas Bruce Nolan (uncredited) | |
| 1929 | The Single Standardas Party Guest (uncredited) | |
| 1929 | The Jazz Ageas Todd Sayles | |
| 1928 | The Divine Ladyas Extra (uncredited) | |
| 1928 | Dead Man's Curveas Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited) | |
| 1927 | The Enemyas Extra (uncredited) | |
| 1927 | The Fair Co-Edas |
| 1926 | Torrent...Stunts | |
| 1924 | A Self-Made Failure...Stunts | |
| 1923 | Penrod and Sam...Stunts |
