Joel McCrea

★ Acting #4,640

1905 - 1990 (age 84) • Acting

Born: 11/5/1905 in South Pasadena, California, USA

Died: 10/20/1990 (age 84)

Known for: Acting

Joel McCrea

★ Acting #4,640

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.

Known For

Sullivan's Travels

74%

John Sullivan

1941

Foreign Correspondent

70%

John Jones

1940

The Most Dangerous Game

69%

Robert Rainsford

1932

Ride the High Country

71%

Steve Judd

1962

The Palm Beach Story

70%

Tom Jeffers

1942

Dead End

70%

Dave

1937

The More the Merrier

70%

Joe Carter

1943

Union Pacific

67%

Jeff Butler

1939

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

61%

John Neville Jr. (archive footage)

2008

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

80%

Self (archive footage)

2004

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line

77%

Self (archive footage)

1997

George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey

58%

Self

1985

Night of 100 Stars

58%

Self

1982

Mustang Country

55%

Dan

1976

The Great American Cowboy

66%

Narrator

1973

Cry Blood Apache

25%

Pitcalin as an Older Man

1970

Sioux Nation

78%

1970

The Young Rounders

70%

1966

The Merv Griffin Show

68%

Self

1962

Ride the High Country

71%

Steve Judd

1962

The Crowning Experience

65%

Prologue Narrator

1960

Wichita Town

49%

Marshal Mike Dunbar

1959

The Gunfight at Dodge City

57%

Bat Masterson

1959

Fort Massacre

62%

Vinson

1958

Cattle Empire

62%

John Cord

1958

The Tall Stranger

65%

Ned Bannon

1957

Gunsight Ridge

60%

Mike Ryan

1957

Trooper Hook

67%

Sgt. Clovis Hook

1957

The Oklahoman

58%

John

1957

The First Texan

67%

Sam Houston

1956

Wichita

63%

Wyatt Earp

1955

Stranger on Horseback

58%

Judge Richard 'Rick' Thorne

1955

Black Horse Canyon

58%

Del Rockwell

1954

Border River

62%

Clete Mattson

1954

The Lone Hand

57%

Zachary Hallock

1953

Rough Shoot

67%

Lt. Col. Robert Taine

1953