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Joel McCrea (1905–1990)

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One of the great stars of American Westerns, and a very popular leading man in non-Westerns as well. He was born and raised in the surroundings of Hollywood and as a boy became interested in the movies that were being made all around. He studied acting at Pomona College and got some stage experience at the Pasadena Community Playhouse... See full bio »

Born:

Joel Albert McCrea
in South Pasadena, California, USA

Died:

(age 84) in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
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1976 Mustang Country
Dan
 
1970 Cry Blood, Apache
Pitcalin as an Older Man
 
1970 Sioux Nation
 
1966 The Young Rounders
 
1962 Ride the High Country
Steve Judd
 
1960 The Crowning Experience
Prologue narrator
 
1959-1960 Wichita Town (TV series)
Marshal Mike Dunbar
– Sidekicks (1960) … Marshal Mike Dunbar
– The Legend of Tom Horn (1960) … Marshal Mike Dunbar
– Paid in Full (1960) … Marshal Mike Dunbar
– Second Chance (1960) … Marshal Mike Dunbar
– The Hanging Judge (1960) … Marshal Mike Dunbar
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1959 The Gunfight at Dodge City
Bat Masterson
 
1958 Fort Massacre
Sgt. Vinson
 
1958 Cattle Empire
John Cord
 
1957 The Tall Stranger
Ned Bannon
 
1957 Gunsight Ridge
Mike Ryan
 
1957 Trooper Hook
Sgt. Clovis Hook
 
1957 The Oklahoman
John
 
1956 The First Texan
Sam Houston
 
1955 Wichita
Michel (Wyatt) Earp
 
1955 Stranger on Horseback
Judge Richard 'Rick' Thorne
 
1954 Black Horse Canyon
Del Rockwell
 
1954 Border River
Clete Mattson
 
1953 The Lone Hand
Zachary Hallock
 
1953 Shoot First
Lt. Col. Robert Taine
 
1952 The San Francisco Story
Rick Nelson
 
1951 Cattle Drive
Dan Mathews
 
1951 Hollywood Story
Joel McCrea
 
1950 Frenchie
Sheriff Tom Banning
 
1950 Saddle Tramp
Chuck Conner
 
1950 Stars in My Crown
Josiah Doziah Gray
 
1950 The Outriders
Will Owen
 
1949 Colorado Territory
Wes McQueen
 
1949 South of St. Louis
Kip Davis
 
1948 Four Faces West
Ross McEwen
 
1947 Ramrod
Dave Nash
 
1946 The Virginian
The Virginian
 
1945 The Unseen
David Fielding
 
1944 The Great Moment
William Thomas Green Morton
 
1944 Buffalo Bill
William Frederick 'Buffalo Bill' Cody
 
1943 The More the Merrier
Joe Carter
 
1942 The Palm Beach Story
Tom Jeffers
 
1942 The Great Man's Lady
Ethan Hoyt
 
1941 Sullivan's Travels
John Lloyd Sullivan
 
1941 Reaching for the Sun
Russ Eliot
 
1940 Foreign Correspondent
John Jones
 
1940 Primrose Path
Ed Wallace
 
1940 He Married His Wife
T.H. Randall
 
1939 Espionage Agent
Barry Corvall
 
1939 They Shall Have Music
Peter McCarthy
 
1939 Union Pacific
Jeff Butler
 
1938 Youth Takes a Fling
Joe Meadows
 
1938 Three Blind Mice
Van Dam Smith
 
1937 Wells Fargo
Ramsay MacKay
 
1937 Dead End
Dave
 
1937 Woman Chases Man
Kenneth Nolan
 
1937 Internes Can't Take Money
James Kildare
 
1936 Banjo on My Knee
Ernie Holley
 
1936 Come and Get It
Richard Glasgow
 
1936 Adventure in Manhattan
George Melville
 
1936 Two in a Crowd
Larry Stevens
 
1936 These Three
Dr. Joseph Cardin
 
1935 Splendor
Brighton Lorrimore
 
1935 Barbary Coast
Jim Carmichael
 
1935 Woman Wanted
Tony
 
1935 Our Little Girl
Dr. Donald Middleton
 
1935 Private Worlds
Dr. Alex MacGregor
 
1934 The Richest Girl in the World
Tony
 
1934 Half a Sinner
John Adams
 
1934 Gambling Lady
Garry Madison
 
1933 Chance at Heaven
Blackstone 'Blacky' Gorman
 
1933 One Man's Journey
Jimmy Watt
 
1933 Bed of Roses
Dan
 
1933 The Silver Cord
David Phelps
 
1932 Rockabye
Jacobs Van Riker Pell
 
1932 The Sport Parade
Sandy Brown
 
1932 The Most Dangerous Game
Bob
 
1932 Bird of Paradise
Johnny Baker
 
1932 The Lost Squadron
Red
 
1932 Business and Pleasure
Lawrence Ogle
 
1931 Girls About Town
Jim Baker
 
1931 The Common Law
John Neville
 
1931 Born to Love
Barry Craig
 
1931 Kept Husbands
Richard 'Dick' Brunton
 
1931 Once a Sinner
Tommy Mason
 
1930 Lightnin'
John Marvin
 
1930 The Silver Horde
Boyd Emerson
 
1929 Dynamite
Marco - Her Boy Friend
 
1929 So This Is College
Bruce Nolan (uncredited)
 
1929 The Single Standard
Blythe - One of the Philandering Men (uncredited)
 
1929 The Divine Lady
Extra (uncredited)
 
1929 The Jazz Age
Todd Sayles
 
1928 Freedom of the Press
 
1928 Dead Man's Curve
 
1928 The Five O'Clock Girl
Oswald
 
1927 The Enemy
Extra (uncredited)
 
1927 The Fair Co-Ed
Student (uncredited)
 
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1937 Woman Chases Man (performer: "Trees" 1922 - uncredited)
 
1936 Banjo on My Knee (performer: "Where the Lazy River Goes By" 1936)
 
1933 Chance at Heaven (performer: "London Bridge is Falling Down" - uncredited)
 
1932 The Sport Parade ("The Stars and Stripes Forever" 1896 - uncredited)
 
1932 The Lost Squadron ("Auld Lang Syne" 1788 - uncredited)
 
1931 Kept Husbands ("Three Little Words" 1930 - uncredited)
 
Show ShowProducer (1 title)
1970 Cry Blood, Apache (co-producer)
 
Show ShowStunts (1 title)
1926 Torrent (stunts - uncredited)
 
Show ShowSelf (17 titles)
1985 All-Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan (TV movie)
Himself
 
1984 George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey (documentary)
Himself
 
1982 Night of 100 Stars (TV special)
Himself
 
1976 Dinah! (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 25 June 1976 (1976) … Himself
 
1974 The Merv Griffin Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 16 August 1974 (1974) … Himself
 
1973 The Great American Cowboy (documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
1972 This Is Your Life (TV series)
Himself
– Joel McCrea (1972) … Himself
 
1969 The Joey Bishop Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #4.57 (1969) … Himself
– Episode #4.54 (1969) … Himself
 
1962 Here's Hollywood (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 22 June 1962 (1962) … Himself
 
1955-1956 Lux Video Theatre (TV series)
Himself (guest) / Himself - Intermission guest
– A Yankee Cousin (1956) … Himself - Intermission guest
– Desperate Glory (1955) … Himself (guest)
 
1955 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #8.48 (1955) … Himself
 
1950 Screen Actors (documentary short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1943 Stars on Horseback (short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1940 Screen Snapshots: Seeing Hollywood (documentary short)
Himself - Rodeo Spectator
 
1936 Screen Snapshots Series 16, No. 2 (documentary short)
Himself
 
1935 Screen Snapshots Series 14, No. 9 (documentary short)
Himself
 
1933 Scarlet River
Himself (uncredited)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (8 titles)
2008 Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood (TV documentary)
John Neville Jr.
 
2005 I'm King Kong!: The Exploits of Merian C. Cooper (documentary)
Himself, from Most Dangerous Game (uncredited)
 
2004 Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1990 American Masters (TV series documentary)
 
1976 America at the Movies (documentary)
Steve Judd
 
1969 Hollywood: The Selznick Years (TV documentary)
Himself, film clip from 'Bird of Paradise' (uncredited)
 
1963 Hollywood Without Make-Up (documentary)
Himself
 
1939 Land of Liberty
 

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Height:

6' 3" (1.91 m)
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I liked doing comedies, but as I got older I was better suited to do Westerns. Because I think it becomes unattractive for an older fellow trying to look young, falling in love with attractive girls in those kinds of situations ... Anyway, I always felt so much more comfortable in the Western. The minute I got a horse and a hat and a pair of boots on... See more »

Trivia:

Katharine Hepburn was a friend of McCrea's and McCrea's wife Frances Dee. Hepburn also felt that McCrea was one of the best actors she had ever worked with and was always disappointed that his career wasn't more successful (she thought he should have been ranking alongside Spencer Tracy or Humphrey Bogart). See more »

Nickname:

McFee See more »

Star Sign:

Scorpio