Joel McCrea

Joel McCrea

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Joel McCrea, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Place of Birth: Not available

Birthday: November 05, 1905

Deathday: October 20, 1990

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Known For

The Most Dangerous Game
The Most Dangerous Game

1932-09-16

The Palm Beach Story
The Palm Beach Story

1942-08-28

Foreign Correspondent
Foreign Correspondent

1940-08-16

Dead End
Dead End

1937-08-27

Colorado Territory
Colorado Territory

1949-06-11

The Great Moment
The Great Moment

1944-07-18

Ride the High Country
Ride the High Country

1962-06-20

Ramrod
Ramrod

1947-05-02

Buffalo Bill
Buffalo Bill

1944-04-02

Union Pacific
Union Pacific

1939-05-05

The Unseen
The Unseen

1945-05-12

Sullivan's Travels
Sullivan's Travels

1941-11-30

Four Faces West
Four Faces West

1948-08-03

Hollywood Story
Hollywood Story

1951-06-01

Primrose Path
Primrose Path

1940-03-22

The More the Merrier
The More the Merrier

1943-05-13

These Three
These Three

1936-03-18

Internes Can't Take Money
Internes Can't Take Money

1937-04-16

Bird of Paradise
Bird of Paradise

1932-08-12

Barbary Coast
Barbary Coast

1935-10-13

Come and Get It
Come and Get It

1936-11-06

Fort Massacre
Fort Massacre

1958-05-14

The Gunfight at Dodge City
The Gunfight at Dodge City

1959-05-01

The Great Man's Lady
The Great Man's Lady

1941-10-31

Adventure in Manhattan
Adventure in Manhattan

1936-10-08

The Lost Squadron
The Lost Squadron

1932-03-12

Girls About Town
Girls About Town

1931-11-07

The Silver Cord
The Silver Cord

1933-05-05

The Virginian
The Virginian

1946-05-05

Woman Chases Man
Woman Chases Man

1937-05-07

Kept Husbands
Kept Husbands

1931-02-22

Private Worlds
Private Worlds

1935-04-19

Born to Love
Born to Love

1931-04-17

Rockabye
Rockabye

1932-11-25

The Oklahoman
The Oklahoman

1957-05-19

Espionage Agent
Espionage Agent

1939-09-30

Rough Shoot
Rough Shoot

1953-03-30

Trooper Hook
Trooper Hook

1957-07-12

Stranger on Horseback
Stranger on Horseback

1955-03-22

The Sport Parade
The Sport Parade

1932-11-11

Splendor
Splendor

1935-11-22

Stars in My Crown
Stars in My Crown

1950-05-11

The Richest Girl in the World
The Richest Girl in the World

1934-09-21

Chance at Heaven
Chance at Heaven

1933-10-27

Wells Fargo
Wells Fargo

1937-12-31

Border River
Border River

1954-01-06

Bed of Roses
Bed of Roses

1933-06-29

Cattle Drive
Cattle Drive

1951-08-01

Gambling Lady
Gambling Lady

1934-03-08

The Great American Cowboy
The Great American Cowboy

1973-12-01

The Common Law
The Common Law

1931-07-17

The Tall Stranger
The Tall Stranger

1957-11-17

Wichita
Wichita

1955-07-03

Saddle Tramp
Saddle Tramp

1950-09-21

They Shall Have Music
They Shall Have Music

1939-08-18

The First Texan
The First Texan

1956-06-29

The Outriders
The Outriders

1950-03-01

The Silver Horde
The Silver Horde

1930-10-24

Banjo on My Knee
Banjo on My Knee

1936-12-11

South of St. Louis
South of St. Louis

1949-03-06

The Fair Co-Ed
The Fair Co-Ed

1927-10-22

Gunsight Ridge
Gunsight Ridge

1957-09-01

Dynamite
Dynamite

1929-12-13

The Lone Hand
The Lone Hand

1953-05-20

So This Is College
So This Is College

1929-11-08

The San Francisco Story
The San Francisco Story

1952-05-11

One Man's Journey
One Man's Journey

1933-08-31

He Married His Wife
He Married His Wife

1940-01-19

Frenchie
Frenchie

1950-12-25

Mustang Country
Mustang Country

1976-03-29

Cattle Empire
Cattle Empire

1958-04-01

Woman Wanted
Woman Wanted

1935-08-02

Business and Pleasure
Business and Pleasure

1932-02-24

Three Blind Mice
Three Blind Mice

1938-06-18

Dead Man's Curve
Dead Man's Curve

1928-01-15

Hollywood: The Selznick Years
Hollywood: The Selznick Years

1961-12-31

Reaching for the Sun
Reaching for the Sun

1941-05-01

Scarlet River
Scarlet River

1933-03-10

Our Little Girl
Our Little Girl

1935-01-01

Two in a Crowd
Two in a Crowd

1936-10-03

The Divine Lady
The Divine Lady

1928-12-26

Youth Takes a Fling
Youth Takes a Fling

1938-09-22

Once a Sinner
Once a Sinner

1931-01-25

The Single Standard
The Single Standard

1929-07-27

Black Horse Canyon
Black Horse Canyon

1954-06-01

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line

1997-05-12

Lightnin'
Lightnin'

1930-11-28

The Young Rounders
The Young Rounders

1966-01-01

Breakdowns of 1940
Breakdowns of 1940

1940-12-31

Sioux Nation
Sioux Nation

1970-01-01

Cry Blood Apache
Cry Blood Apache

1970-09-01

The Crowning Experience
The Crowning Experience

1960-10-22

The Enemy
The Enemy

1927-12-08

Half a Sinner
Half a Sinner

1934-06-01

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

2008-03-03

Stars on Horseback
Stars on Horseback

1943-04-23

George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey

1985-03-03

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

2004-07-25

Night of 100 Stars
Night of 100 Stars

1982-03-08