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

  • The Jazz Age

    The Jazz Age

  • The Virginian

    The Virginian

  • Cattle Drive

    Cattle Drive

  • Private Worlds

    Private Worlds

  • Wichita

    Wichita

  • Sullivan's Travels

    Sullivan's Travels

  • Scarlet River

    Scarlet River

  • Chance at Heaven

    Chance at Heaven

  • The Lost Squadron

    The Lost Squadron

  • Foreign Correspondent

    Foreign Correspondent

  • George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey

    George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey

  • Cattle Empire

    Cattle Empire

  • Banjo on My Knee

    Banjo on My Knee

  • The Silver Cord

    The Silver Cord

  • Gunsight Ridge

    Gunsight Ridge

  • Union Pacific

    Union Pacific

  • Wichita Town

    Wichita Town

  • Framed

    Framed

  • Dead End

    Dead End

  • The Gunfight at Dodge City

    The Gunfight at Dodge City

  • Hollywood Story

    Hollywood Story

  • Primrose Path

    Primrose Path

  • The Divine Lady

    The Divine Lady

  • The San Francisco Story

    The San Francisco Story

  • Woman Chases Man

    Woman Chases Man

  • Fort Massacre

    Fort Massacre

  • Bird of Paradise

    Bird of Paradise

  • The Tall Stranger

    The Tall Stranger

  • Trooper Hook

    Trooper Hook

  • The Great Man's Lady

    The Great Man's Lady

  • The More the Merrier

    The More the Merrier

  • The Enemy

    The Enemy

  • Barbary Coast

    Barbary Coast

  • Lightnin'

    Lightnin'

  • Frenchie

    Frenchie

  • Black Horse Canyon

    Black Horse Canyon

  • Three Blind Mice

    Three Blind Mice

  • The Unseen

    The Unseen

  • Stranger on Horseback

    Stranger on Horseback

  • One Man's Journey

    One Man's Journey

  • South of St. Louis

    South of St. Louis

  • The Single Standard

    The Single Standard

  • Splendor

    Splendor

  • The Common Law

    The Common Law

  • Rockabye

    Rockabye

  • The First Texan

    The First Texan

  • The Lone Hand

    The Lone Hand

  • The Fair Co-Ed

    The Fair Co-Ed

  • Breakdowns of 1940

    Breakdowns of 1940

  • The Silver Horde

    The Silver Horde

  • Reaching for the Sun

    Reaching for the Sun

  • The Most Dangerous Game

    The Most Dangerous Game

  • Two in a Crowd

    Two in a Crowd

  • Born to Love

    Born to Love

  • Rough Shoot

    Rough Shoot

  • Adventure in Manhattan

    Adventure in Manhattan

  • Espionage Agent

    Espionage Agent

  • The Crowning Experience

    The Crowning Experience

  • Dynamite

    Dynamite

  • Ramrod

    Ramrod

  • Internes Can't Take Money

    Internes Can't Take Money

  • Colorado Territory

    Colorado Territory

  • They Shall Have Music

    They Shall Have Music

  • Ride the High Country

    Ride the High Country

  • Border River

    Border River

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

    Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

  • The Palm Beach Story

    The Palm Beach Story

  • Night of 100 Stars

    Night of 100 Stars

  • Stars in My Crown

    Stars in My Crown

  • Mustang Country

    Mustang Country

  • Buffalo Bill

    Buffalo Bill

  • Wells Fargo

    Wells Fargo

  • The Outriders

    The Outriders

  • So This Is College

    So This Is College

  • Bed of Roses

    Bed of Roses

  • The Oklahoman

    The Oklahoman

  • The Richest Girl in the World

    The Richest Girl in the World

  • Woman Wanted

    Woman Wanted

  • The Great Moment

    The Great Moment

  • These Three

    These Three

  • Saddle Tramp

    Saddle Tramp

  • Youth Takes a Fling

    Youth Takes a Fling

  • Our Little Girl

    Our Little Girl

  • Half a Sinner

    Half a Sinner

  • The Sport Parade

    The Sport Parade

  • Gambling Lady

    Gambling Lady

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

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

  • Kept Husbands

    Kept Husbands

  • Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line

    Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line

  • Come and Get It

    Come and Get It

  • Girls About Town

    Girls About Town

  • Stars on Horseback

    Stars on Horseback

  • Cry Blood Apache

    Cry Blood Apache

  • He Married His Wife

    He Married His Wife

  • Four Faces West

    Four Faces West

  • Once a Sinner

    Once a Sinner

  • The Young Rounders

    The Young Rounders

  • The Great American Cowboy

    The Great American Cowboy

  • Business and Pleasure

    Business and Pleasure

  • Dead Man's Curve

    Dead Man's Curve

  • Sioux Nation

    Sioux Nation