Joel McCrea

Joel McCrea

Known for: Acting

Born: November 5, 1905

Died: October 20, 1990

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…

Known for

The Most Dangerous Game
The Most Dangerous Game
1932
Foreign Correspondent
Foreign Correspondent
1940
Colorado Territory
Colorado Territory
1949
The Great Moment
The Great Moment
1944
Ramrod
Ramrod
1947
Buffalo Bill
Buffalo Bill
1944
The Unseen
The Unseen
1945
Sullivan's Travels
Sullivan's Travels
1941
Four Faces West
Four Faces West
1948
Fort Massacre
Fort Massacre
1958
The Gunfight at Dodge City
The Gunfight at Dodge City
1959
The Virginian
The Virginian
1946
The Oklahoman
The Oklahoman
1957
Espionage Agent
Espionage Agent
1939
Rough Shoot
Rough Shoot
1953
Trooper Hook
Trooper Hook
1957
Stranger on Horseback
Stranger on Horseback
1955
Stars in My Crown
Stars in My Crown
1950
The Sport Parade
The Sport Parade
1932
Border River
Border River
1954
Wells Fargo
Wells Fargo
1937
Cattle Drive
Cattle Drive
1951
The Great American Cowboy
The Great American Cowboy
1973
The Tall Stranger
The Tall Stranger
1957
Wichita
Wichita
1955
Saddle Tramp
Saddle Tramp
1950
The First Texan
The First Texan
1956
The Outriders
The Outriders
1950
South of St. Louis
South of St. Louis
1949
Gunsight Ridge
Gunsight Ridge
1957
The Lone Hand
The Lone Hand
1953
The San Francisco Story
The San Francisco Story
1952
He Married His Wife
He Married His Wife
1940
Frenchie
Frenchie
1950
Mustang Country
Mustang Country
1976
Cattle Empire
Cattle Empire
1958
Reaching for the Sun
Reaching for the Sun
1941
Youth Takes a Fling
Youth Takes a Fling
1938
Black Horse Canyon
Black Horse Canyon
1954
The Young Rounders
The Young Rounders
1966
Sioux Nation
Sioux Nation
1970
The Palm Beach Story
The Palm Beach Story
1942
Dead End
Dead End
1937
Ride the High Country
Ride the High Country
1962
Union Pacific
Union Pacific
1939
Primrose Path
Primrose Path
1940
The More the Merrier
The More the Merrier
1943
Internes Can't Take Money
Internes Can't Take Money
1937
Bird of Paradise
Bird of Paradise
1932
Come and Get It
Come and Get It
1936
The Great Man's Lady
The Great Man's Lady
1941
Adventure in Manhattan
Adventure in Manhattan
1936
Girls About Town
Girls About Town
1931
The Silver Cord
The Silver Cord
1933
Woman Chases Man
Woman Chases Man
1937
Kept Husbands
Kept Husbands
1931
Born to Love
Born to Love
1931
Rockabye
Rockabye
1932
Splendor
Splendor
1935
The Richest Girl in the World
The Richest Girl in the World
1934
Chance at Heaven
Chance at Heaven
1933
Bed of Roses
Bed of Roses
1933
Gambling Lady
Gambling Lady
1934
The Common Law
The Common Law
1931
They Shall Have Music
They Shall Have Music
1939
Banjo on My Knee
Banjo on My Knee
1936
Woman Wanted
Woman Wanted
1935
Three Blind Mice
Three Blind Mice
1938
Two in a Crowd
Two in a Crowd
1936
Once a Sinner
Once a Sinner
1931
Half a Sinner
Half a Sinner
1934
These Three
These Three
1936
Barbary Coast
Barbary Coast
1935
Business and Pleasure
Business and Pleasure
1932
Our Little Girl
Our Little Girl
1935
Lightnin'
Lightnin'
1930
One Man's Journey
One Man's Journey
1933
The Lost Squadron
The Lost Squadron
1932
Private Worlds
Private Worlds
1935
Dynamite
Dynamite
1929
Breakdowns of 1940
Breakdowns of 1940
1940
The Jazz Age
The Jazz Age
1929
The Fair Co-Ed
The Fair Co-Ed
1927
Dead Man's Curve
Dead Man's Curve
1928
Cry Blood Apache
Cry Blood Apache
1970
Framed
Framed
1930
Stars on Horseback
Stars on Horseback
1943
The Silver Horde
The Silver Horde
1930
The Single Standard
The Single Standard
1929
The Crowning Experience
The Crowning Experience
1960
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
1985
The Enemy
The Enemy
1927
Hollywood Story
Hollywood Story
1951
The Divine Lady
The Divine Lady
1928
So This Is College
So This Is College
1929
Scarlet River
Scarlet River
1933
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
2008
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
2004
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
1997
Wichita Town
Wichita Town
1959
The Ed Sullivan Show
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
The Merv Griffin Show
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
Night of 100 Stars
Night of 100 Stars
1982