Quick Facts
Born:
1905-11-05
Birthplace:
South Pasadena, California, USA
Credits:
103 Total Roles
Joel McCrea
Acting
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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.
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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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Known For
Sullivan's Travels
John Sullivan
Foreign Correspondent
John Jones
The Most Dangerous Game
Robert Rainsford
Ride the High Country
Steve Judd
The Palm Beach Story
Tom Jeffers
Dead End
Dave
The More the Merrier
Joe Carter
Union Pacific
Jeff Butler
Full Filmography
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood MOVIE | John Neville Jr. (archive footage) |
| 2004 | Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade MOVIE | Self (archive footage) |
| 1997 | Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line MOVIE | Self (archive footage) |
| 1985 | George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey MOVIE | Self |
| 1982 | Night of 100 Stars MOVIE | Self |
| 1976 | Mustang Country MOVIE | Dan |
| 1973 | The Great American Cowboy MOVIE | Narrator |
| 1970 | Cry Blood Apache MOVIE | Pitcalin as an Older Man |
| 1970 | Sioux Nation MOVIE | Self |
| 1966 | The Young Rounders MOVIE | Self |