Joel McCrea
Known for
Acting
Born
November 5, 1905
Birthplace
South Pasadena, California, USA
Died
October 20, 1990 (aged 84)
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),...
Best known work
Sullivan's Travels
1941
Foreign Correspondent
1940
The Most Dangerous Game
1932
Ride the High Country
1962
The Palm Beach Story
1942
Dead End
1937
The More the Merrier
1943
Union Pacific
1939
Colorado Territory
1949
Wichita
1955Filmography
2008
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywoodas John Neville Jr. (archive footage)
2004
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegadeas Self (archive footage)
1997
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Lineas Self (archive footage)
1985
1982
Night of 100 Starsas Self
1976
Mustang Countryas Dan
1973
The Great American Cowboyas Narrator
1970
Cry Blood Apacheas Pitcalin as an Older Man
1970
1966
1962
1962
Ride the High Countryas Steve Judd
1960
The Crowning Experienceas Prologue Narrator
1959
1959
The Gunfight at Dodge Cityas Bat Masterson
1958
Fort Massacreas Vinson
1958
Cattle Empireas John Cord
1957
The Tall Strangeras Ned Bannon
1957
Gunsight Ridgeas Mike Ryan
1957
Trooper Hookas Sgt. Clovis Hook
1957
The Oklahomanas John
1956
The First Texanas Sam Houston
1955
Wichitaas Wyatt Earp
1955
Stranger on Horsebackas Judge Richard 'Rick' Thorne
1954
Black Horse Canyonas Del Rockwell