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Joel McCrea

Actor | * 11/05/1905 († 84, 10/20/1990) | South Pasadena, California (United States of America (USA))
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' six-time Academy Award nominated romantic comedy The Mor..."> ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Western | Romance / Love

Known for these Movies & Shows

The European war was only beginning to erupt across national borders. Johnny Jones, an American crime reporter dispatched by his New York publisher to put a fresh spin on the drowsy dispatches emanati ...

Foreign Correspondent

NR

1940 | 3.5/5 | 2h
Action, Mystery, Thriller, War
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Successful movie director John L. Sullivan, convinced he won't be able to film his ambitious masterpiece until he has suffered, dons a hobo disguise and sets off on a journey, aiming to "know trouble" ...

Sullivan's Travels

NR

1941 | 3.8/5 | 1h 31min
Adventure, Comedy, Romance / Love
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When legendary hunter Bob Rainsford is shipwrecked on the perilous reefs surrounding a mysterious island, he finds himself the guest of the reclusive and eccentric Count Zaroff. While he is very graci ...

The Most Dangerous Game

PG-13

1932 | 3.5/5 | 1h 3min
Action, Adventure, Thriller, Horror
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An ex-lawman is hired to transport gold from a mining community through dangerous territory. But what he doesn't realize is that his partner and old friend is plotting to double-cross him. ...

Ride the High Country

NR

1962 | 3.5/5 | 1h 34min
Action, Western
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Awards & Nominations for Joel McCrea

Star On Hollywood Walk of Fame
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Movies with Joel McCrea as Actor(98)

as John Neville Jr. (archive footage)2008 Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)2004 Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
as himself1985 George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
as Dan1976 Mustang Country
as Narrator1973 The Great American Cowboy
1970 Sioux Nation
as Pitcalin as an Older Man1970 Cry Blood Apache
1966 The Young Rounders
as himself1963 Hollywood Without Make-Up
as Steve Judd1962 Ride the High Country
as 'Bird of Paradise' (archive footage) (uncredited)1961 Hollywood: The Selznick Years
as Prologue Narrator1960 The Crowning Experience
as Bat Masterson1959 The Gunfight at Dodge City
as John Cord1958 Cattle Empire
as Vinson1958 Fort Massacre
as Mike Ryan1957 Gunsight Ridge
as Ned Bannon1957 The Tall Stranger
as John1957 The Oklahoman
as Sgt. Clovis Hook1957 Trooper Hook
as Sam Houston1956 The First Texan
as Wyatt Earp1955 Wichita
as Judge Richard 'Rick' Thorne1955 Stranger on Horseback
as Clete Mattson1954 Border River
as Del Rockwell1954 Black Horse Canyon
as Lt. Col. Robert Taine1953 Rough Shoot
as Zachary Hallock1953 The Lone Hand
as Rick Nelson1952 The San Francisco Story
as Dan Mathews1951 Cattle Drive
as himself1951 Hollywood Story
as Chuck Conner1950 Saddle Tramp
as Will Owen1950 The Outriders
as Sheriff Tom Banning1950 Frenchie
as Josiah Doziah Gray1950 Stars in My Crown
as Wes McQueen1949 Colorado Territory
as Kip Davis1949 South of St. Louis
as Ross McEwen1948 Four Faces West
as Dave Nash1947 Ramrod
as The Virginian1946 The Virginian
as David Fielding1945 The Unseen
as William Frederick 'Buffalo Bill' Cody1944 Buffalo Bill
as William Thomas Green Morton1944 The Great Moment
1943 Stars on Horseback
as Joe Carter1943 The More the Merrier
as Mr. Sempler1942 The Great Man's Lady
as Tom Jeffers1942 The Palm Beach Story
as John Sullivan1941 Sullivan's Travels
as Russ Eliot1941 Reaching for the Sun
as Ed Wallace1940 Primrose Path
as John Jones1940 Foreign Correspondent
as himself1940 Breakdowns of 1940
as T.H. Randall1940 He Married His Wife
as Barry Corvall1939 Espionage Agent
as Jeff Butler1939 Union Pacific
as Peter McCarthy1939 They Shall Have Music
as Van Dam Smith1938 Three Blind Mice
as Joe Meadows1938 Youth Takes a Fling
as Ramsay MacKay1937 Wells Fargo
as Jimmie Kildare1937 Internes Can't Take Money
as Kenneth Nolan1937 Woman Chases Man
as Dave1937 Dead End
as Larry Stevens1936 Two in a Crowd
as George Melville1936 Adventure in Manhattan
as Dr. Joseph 'Joe' Cardin1936 These Three
as Richard Glasgow1936 Come and Get It
as Ernie Holley1936 Banjo on My Knee
as Jim Carmichael1935 Barbary Coast
as Tony1935 Woman Wanted
as Brighton Lorrimore1935 Splendor
as Dr. Alex MacGregor1935 Private Worlds
as Donald Middleton1935 Our Little Girl
as John Adams1934 Half a Sinner
as Anthony Travers1934 The Richest Girl in the World
as Garry Madison1934 Gambling Lady
as Dan1933 Bed of Roses
as David Phelps1933 The Silver Cord
as Jimmy Watt1933 One Man's Journey
as Blacky Gorman1933 Chance at Heaven
as Himself (uncredited)1933 Scarlet River
as Red1932 The Lost Squadron
as Robert Rainsford1932 The Most Dangerous Game
as Johnny Baker1932 Bird of Paradise
as Jacobs 'Jake' Van Riker Pell1932 Rockabye
as Lawrence Ogle1932 Business and Pleasure
as Sandy Brown1932 The Sport Parade
as Richard Brunton1931 Kept Husbands
as Tommy Mason1931 Once a Sinner
as John 'Jack' Neville1931 The Common Law
as Jim Baker1931 Girls About Town
as Barry Craig1931 Born to Love
as Boyd Emerson1930 The Silver Horde
as John Marvin1930 Lightnin'
as Extra (uncredited)1929 The Divine Lady
as Marco1929 Dynamite
as Party Guest (uncredited)1929 The Single Standard
as Bruce Nolan (uncredited)1929 So This Is College
as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)1928 Dead Man's Curve
as Extra (uncredited)1927 The Enemy
1927 The Fair Co-Ed

TV Shows/Series with Joel McCrea as Actor(2)

as Marshal Mike Dunbar1959 Wichita Town
as himself1948 The Ed Sullivan Show

Movies with Joel McCrea as Crew(2)

Crew/Stunts1926 Torrent
Crew/Stunts1923 Penrod and Sam

Full Name: Joel McCrea
Born: Sunday, 11/05 1905 (November) in South Pasadena, California (United States of America (USA))
Died: Saturday, 10/20 1990 (October) in Woodland Hills (aged: 84)
Zodiac sign: Scorpio (Chinese zodiac sign: Snake)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: Pomona College
Spouses (current/former): Frances Dee
Children: Jody McCrea
Other names for Joel McCrea (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Joel Albert McCrea"
"Джоэл Маккри"
Joel McCrea frequently works together with these people:
Alfred Newman (11x, Crew)
Hans Dreier (9x, Crew)
Max Steiner (9x, Crew)
Daniel B. Ullman (8x, Crew)
Wade Boteler (8x, Actor)
Jackie Gleason (7x, Actor)
Cedric Gibbons (7x, Crew)
Wally Westmore (7x, Crew)
Gregory La Cava (7x, Crew)
Samuel Goldwyn (7x, Crew)
Walter Plunkett (7x, Crew)
Frank Maher (7x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:5520, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 04/20/2024