Joel McCrea

Acting

November 5, 1905 – October 20, 1990 (died at 84)

South Pasadena, California, USA

Male

103 Movies

3 TV Shows

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.

Sullivan's Travels

1941 7.4

as John Sullivan

Age 36 (now 84)

Foreign Correspondent

1940 7.0

as John Jones

Age 34 (now 84)

The Most Dangerous Game

1932 6.9

as Robert Rainsford

Age 26 (now 84)

Ride the High Country

1962 7.1

as Steve Judd

Age 56 (now 84)

The Palm Beach Story

1942 7.0

as Tom Jeffers

Age 36 (now 84)

Dead End

1937 7.1

as Dave

Age 31 (now 84)

Colorado Territory

1949 7.0

as Wes McQueen

Age 43 (now 84)

The More the Merrier

1943 7.0

as Joe Carter

Age 37 (now 84)

Union Pacific

1939 6.7

as Jeff Butler

Age 33 (now 84)

Stars in My Crown

1950 7.0

as Josiah Doziah Gray

Age 44 (now 84)

Wichita

1955 6.3

as Wyatt Earp

Age 49 (now 84)

Ramrod

1947 6.5

as Dave Nash

Age 41 (now 84)

Buffalo Bill

1944 5.8

as William Frederick 'Buffalo Bill' Cody

Age 38 (now 84)

Come and Get It

1936 6.8

as Richard Glasgow

Age 31 (now 84)

These Three

1936 7.2

as Dr. Joseph 'Joe' Cardin

Age 30 (now 84)

Fort Massacre

1958 6.2

as Vinson

Age 52 (now 84)

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

2008 6.1

as John Neville Jr. (archive footage)

Age 102 (now 84)

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

2004 8.0

as Self (archive footage)

Age 98 (now 84)

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line

1997 7.7

as Self (archive footage)

Age 91 (now 84)

George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey

1985 5.8

as Self

Age 79 (now 84)

Night of 100 Stars

1982 6.8

as Self

Age 76 (now 84)

Mustang Country

1976 5.5

as Dan

Age 70 (now 84)

The Great American Cowboy

1973 6.6

as Narrator

Age 68 (now 84)

Cry Blood Apache

1970 2.6

as Pitcalin as an Older Man

Age 64 (now 84)

Sioux Nation

1970 7.8

Age 64 (now 84)

The Young Rounders

1966 7.0

Age 60 (now 84)

Ride the High Country

1962 7.1

as Steve Judd

Age 56 (now 84)

The Crowning Experience

1960 6.5

as Prologue Narrator

Age 54 (now 84)

The Gunfight at Dodge City

1959 5.7

as Bat Masterson

Age 53 (now 84)

Fort Massacre

1958 6.2

as Vinson

Age 52 (now 84)

Cattle Empire

1958 6.2

as John Cord

Age 52 (now 84)

The Tall Stranger

1957 6.6

as Ned Bannon

Age 52 (now 84)

Gunsight Ridge

1957 6.0

as Mike Ryan

Age 51 (now 84)

Trooper Hook

1957 6.8

as Sgt. Clovis Hook

Age 51 (now 84)

The Oklahoman

1957 5.8

as John

Age 51 (now 84)

The First Texan

1956 6.7

as Sam Houston

Age 50 (now 84)

Wichita

1955 6.3

as Wyatt Earp

Age 49 (now 84)

Stranger on Horseback

1955 5.8

as Judge Richard 'Rick' Thorne

Age 49 (now 84)

Black Horse Canyon

1954 5.8

as Del Rockwell

Age 48 (now 84)

Border River

1954 6.2

as Clete Mattson

Age 48 (now 84)

The Lone Hand

1953 5.7

as Zachary Hallock

Age 47 (now 84)

Rough Shoot

1953 6.7

as Lt. Col. Robert Taine

Age 47 (now 84)

The San Francisco Story

1952 4.9

as Rick Nelson

Age 46 (now 84)

Cattle Drive

1951 6.5

as Dan Mathews

Age 45 (now 84)

Hollywood Story

1951 6.7

as Joel McCrea

Age 45 (now 84)

Frenchie

1950 6.0

as Sheriff Tom Banning

Age 45 (now 84)

Saddle Tramp

1950 6.5

as Chuck Conner

Age 44 (now 84)

Stars in My Crown

1950 7.0

as Josiah Doziah Gray

Age 44 (now 84)

The Outriders

1950 7.3

as Will Owen

Age 44 (now 84)

Colorado Territory

1949 7.0

as Wes McQueen

Age 43 (now 84)

South of St. Louis

1949 5.8

as Kip Davis

Age 43 (now 84)

Four Faces West

1948 5.8

as Ross McEwen

Age 42 (now 84)

Ramrod

1947 6.5

as Dave Nash

Age 41 (now 84)

The Virginian

1946 6.2

as The Virginian

Age 40 (now 84)

The Unseen

1945 4.7

as David Fielding

Age 39 (now 84)

The Great Moment

1944 5.8

as William Thomas Green Morton

Age 38 (now 84)

Buffalo Bill

1944 5.8

as William Frederick 'Buffalo Bill' Cody

Age 38 (now 84)

The More the Merrier

1943 7.0

as Joe Carter

Age 37 (now 84)

Stars on Horseback

1943 4.0

Age 37 (now 84)

The Palm Beach Story

1942 7.0

as Tom Jeffers

Age 36 (now 84)

Sullivan's Travels

1941 7.4

as John Sullivan

Age 36 (now 84)

The Great Man's Lady

1941 6.3

as Mr. Sempler

Age 35 (now 84)

Reaching for the Sun

1941 7.3

as Russ Eliot

Age 35 (now 84)

Breakdowns of 1940

1940 4.0

as Self

Age 35 (now 84)

Foreign Correspondent

1940 7.0

as John Jones

Age 34 (now 84)

Primrose Path

1940 6.7

as Ed Wallace

Age 34 (now 84)

He Married His Wife

1940 5.6

as T.H. Randall

Age 34 (now 84)

Espionage Agent

1939 6.3

as Barry Corvall

Age 33 (now 84)

They Shall Have Music

1939 6.5

as Peter McCarthy

Age 33 (now 84)

Union Pacific

1939 6.7

as Jeff Butler

Age 33 (now 84)

Youth Takes a Fling

1938 5.5

as Joe Meadows

Age 32 (now 84)

Three Blind Mice

1938 6.1

as Van Dam Smith

Age 32 (now 84)

Wells Fargo

1937 5.5

as Ramsay MacKay

Age 32 (now 84)

Dead End

1937 7.1

as Dave

Age 31 (now 84)

Woman Chases Man

1937 5.9

as Kenneth Nolan

Age 31 (now 84)

Internes Can't Take Money

1937 6.5

as Jimmie Kildare

Age 31 (now 84)

Banjo on My Knee

1936 5.8

as Ernie Holley

Age 31 (now 84)

Come and Get It

1936 6.8

as Richard Glasgow

Age 31 (now 84)

Adventure in Manhattan

1936 6.1

as George Melville

Age 30 (now 84)

Two in a Crowd

1936 8.0

as Larry Stevens

Age 30 (now 84)

These Three

1936 7.2

as Dr. Joseph 'Joe' Cardin

Age 30 (now 84)

Splendor

1935 6.7

as Brighton Lorrimore

Age 30 (now 84)

Barbary Coast

1935 6.4

as Jim Carmichael

Age 29 (now 84)

Woman Wanted

1935 6.8

as Tony

Age 29 (now 84)

Private Worlds

1935 6.4

as Dr. Alex MacGregor

Age 29 (now 84)

Our Little Girl

1935 5.0

as Donald Middleton

Age 29 (now 84)

The Richest Girl in the World

1934 5.8

as Anthony Travers

Age 28 (now 84)

Half a Sinner

1934 8.0

as John Adams

Age 28 (now 84)

Gambling Lady

1934 6.2

as Garry Madison

Age 28 (now 84)

Chance at Heaven

1933 5.8

as Blacky Gorman

Age 27 (now 84)

One Man's Journey

1933 6.7

as Jimmy Watt

Age 27 (now 84)

Bed of Roses

1933 6.1

as Dan

Age 27 (now 84)

The Silver Cord

1933 7.3

as David Phelps

Age 27 (now 84)

Scarlet River

1933 5.6

as Himself (uncredited)

Age 27 (now 84)

Rockabye

1932 6.5

as Jacobs 'Jake' Van Riker Pell

Age 27 (now 84)

The Sport Parade

1932 5.3

as Sandy Brown

Age 27 (now 84)

The Most Dangerous Game

1932 6.9

as Robert Rainsford

Age 26 (now 84)

Bird of Paradise

1932 5.0

as Johnny Baker

Age 26 (now 84)

The Lost Squadron

1932 6.5

as Red

Age 26 (now 84)

Business and Pleasure

1932 6.3

as Lawrence Ogle

Age 26 (now 84)

Girls About Town

1931 6.6

as Jim Baker

Age 26 (now 84)

The Common Law

1931 5.4

as John 'Jack' Neville

Age 25 (now 84)

Born to Love

1931 5.3

as Barry Craig

Age 25 (now 84)

Kept Husbands

1931 5.3

as Richard 'Dick' Brunton

Age 25 (now 84)

Once a Sinner

1931 8.0

as Tommy Mason

Age 25 (now 84)

Lightnin'

1930 5.3

as John Marvin

Age 25 (now 84)

The Silver Horde

1930 5.5

as Boyd Emerson

Age 24 (now 84)

Framed

1930 5.3

as Waiter (uncredited)

Age 24 (now 84)

Dynamite

1929 6.4

as Marco

Age 24 (now 84)

So This Is College

1929 4.7

as Bruce Nolan (uncredited)

Age 24 (now 84)

The Single Standard

1929 5.9

as Party Guest (uncredited)

Age 23 (now 84)

The Jazz Age

1929 8.0

as Todd Sayles

Age 23 (now 84)

The Divine Lady

1928 5.3

as Extra (uncredited)

Age 23 (now 84)

Dead Man's Curve

1928 9.0

as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

Age 22 (now 84)

The Enemy

1927 6.3

as Extra (uncredited)

Age 22 (now 84)

The Fair Co-Ed

1927 6.7

Age 21 (now 84)

Torrent

1926 6.7

Stunts

Age 20 (now 84)

A Self-Made Failure

1924 10.0

Stunts

Age 18 (now 84)

Penrod and Sam

1923 7.5

Stunts

Age 17 (now 84)