Joel McCrea

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

103

Gender

Male

Birthday

1905-11-05

Day of death

1990-10-20 (84 years old)

Place of Birth

South Pasadena, California, USA

Joel McCrea

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 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Joel McCrea, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

  • The Merv Griffin Show

    The Merv Griffin Show

  • The Ed Sullivan Show

    The Ed Sullivan Show

  • George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey

    George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey

  • Framed

    Framed

  • Dead End

    Dead End

  • The Oklahoman

    The Oklahoman

  • The Virginian

    The Virginian

  • Hollywood Story

    Hollywood Story

  • Cattle Drive

    Cattle Drive

  • Barbary Coast

    Barbary Coast

  • Border River

    Border River

  • Rockabye

    Rockabye

  • Cattle Empire

    Cattle Empire

  • Wichita

    Wichita

  • The Unseen

    The Unseen

  • Lightnin'

    Lightnin'

  • Buffalo Bill

    Buffalo Bill

  • Foreign Correspondent

    Foreign Correspondent

  • Frenchie

    Frenchie

  • Trooper Hook

    Trooper Hook

  • The Outriders

    The Outriders

  • Saddle Tramp

    Saddle Tramp

  • Woman Wanted

    Woman Wanted

  • Dynamite

    Dynamite

  • The Palm Beach Story

    The Palm Beach Story

  • Colorado Territory

    Colorado Territory

  • Ride the High Country

    Ride the High Country

  • Sullivan's Travels

    Sullivan's Travels

  • These Three

    These Three

  • Rough Shoot

    Rough Shoot

  • The More the Merrier

    The More the Merrier

  • Wichita Town

    Wichita Town

  • Wells Fargo

    Wells Fargo

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

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

  • The Richest Girl in the World

    The Richest Girl in the World

  • Mustang Country

    Mustang Country

  • The Great Man's Lady

    The Great Man's Lady

  • Four Faces West

    Four Faces West

  • Born to Love

    Born to Love

  • Splendor

    Splendor

  • Ramrod

    Ramrod

  • The Most Dangerous Game

    The Most Dangerous Game

  • The Single Standard

    The Single Standard

  • Stars in My Crown

    Stars in My Crown

  • The Common Law

    The Common Law

  • Primrose Path

    Primrose Path

  • The Gunfight at Dodge City

    The Gunfight at Dodge City

  • The San Francisco Story

    The San Francisco Story

  • The Lone Hand

    The Lone Hand

  • South of St. Louis

    South of St. Louis

  • The Tall Stranger

    The Tall Stranger

  • Night of 100 Stars

    Night of 100 Stars

  • The Divine Lady

    The Divine Lady

  • The First Texan

    The First Texan

  • Kept Husbands

    Kept Husbands

  • Three Blind Mice

    Three Blind Mice

  • Espionage Agent

    Espionage Agent

  • One Man's Journey

    One Man's Journey

  • They Shall Have Music

    They Shall Have Music

  • The Lost Squadron

    The Lost Squadron

  • Stranger on Horseback

    Stranger on Horseback

  • Bird of Paradise

    Bird of Paradise

  • Reaching for the Sun

    Reaching for the Sun

  • The Fair Co-Ed

    The Fair Co-Ed

  • The Silver Cord

    The Silver Cord

  • Youth Takes a Fling

    Youth Takes a Fling

  • Black Horse Canyon

    Black Horse Canyon

  • Banjo on My Knee

    Banjo on My Knee

  • The Silver Horde

    The Silver Horde

  • Woman Chases Man

    Woman Chases Man

  • Bed of Roses

    Bed of Roses

  • Half a Sinner

    Half a Sinner

  • The Great Moment

    The Great Moment

  • Union Pacific

    Union Pacific

  • Gambling Lady

    Gambling Lady

  • The Crowning Experience

    The Crowning Experience

  • Chance at Heaven

    Chance at Heaven

  • Our Little Girl

    Our Little Girl

  • Two in a Crowd

    Two in a Crowd

  • Come and Get It

    Come and Get It

  • So This Is College

    So This Is College

  • Internes Can't Take Money

    Internes Can't Take Money

  • Adventure in Manhattan

    Adventure in Manhattan

  • Fort Massacre

    Fort Massacre

  • The Sport Parade

    The Sport Parade

  • Girls About Town

    Girls About Town

  • Private Worlds

    Private Worlds

  • He Married His Wife

    He Married His Wife

  • Cry Blood Apache

    Cry Blood Apache

  • Stars on Horseback

    Stars on Horseback

  • Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line

    Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line

  • Breakdowns of 1940

    Breakdowns of 1940

  • Scarlet River

    Scarlet River

  • Gunsight Ridge

    Gunsight Ridge

  • The Jazz Age

    The Jazz Age

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

    Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

  • Business and Pleasure

    Business and Pleasure

  • The Enemy

    The Enemy

  • The Young Rounders

    The Young Rounders

  • Once a Sinner

    Once a Sinner

  • The Great American Cowboy

    The Great American Cowboy

  • Dead Man's Curve

    Dead Man's Curve

  • Sioux Nation

    Sioux Nation