Joel McCrea
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.
Foreign Correspondent
as John JonesAmerican crime reporter John Jones is reassigned to Europe as a foreign correspondent to cover...
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The Most Dangerous Game
as Robert RainsfordWhen legendary hunter Bob Rainsford is shipwrecked on the perilous reefs surrounding a...
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Dead End
as DaveMobster "Baby Face" Martin returns home to visit the New York neighborhood where he grew up,...
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Ramrod
as Dave NashA cattle-vs.-sheepman feud loses Connie Dickason her fiance, but gains her his ranch, which she...
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Colorado Territory
as Wes McQueenAfter escaping from jail, outlaw Wes McQueen is convinced by his old partner in crime to do one...
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Sullivan's Travels
as John SullivanSuccessful movie director John L. Sullivan, convinced he won't be able to film his ambitious...
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The More the Merrier
as Joe CarterIt's World War II and there is a severe housing shortage everywhere - especially in Washington,...
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Wichita
as Wyatt EarpFormer buffalo hunter and entrepreneur Wyatt Earp arrives in the lawless cattle town of Wichita...
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Ride the High Country
as Steve JuddAn ex-lawman is hired to transport gold from a mining community through dangerous territory. But...
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The Lone Hand
as Zachary HallockZachary Hallock and his son Joshua are farmers who live in a frontier town that suffers the...
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These Three
as Dr. Joseph 'Joe' CardinClose friends Martha and Karen build a private boarding school together with the aid of the...
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The Palm Beach Story
as Tom JeffersA New York inventor, Tom Jeffers, needs cash to develop his big idea, so his adoring wife,...
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Barbary Coast
as Jim CarmichaelMary Rutledge arrives from the east, finds her fiancé dead, and goes to work at the roulette...
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The Tall Stranger
as Ned BannonA Union soldier returns to his western home at the end of the Civil War and finds himself caught...
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Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
as Self (archive footage)An account of the life and work of American film director Sam Peckinpah (1925-84), a tortured...
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Stars in My Crown
as Josiah Doziah GrayCivil War veteran Josiah Grey comes to a small town to be a gospel minister. In time, he has a...
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The First Texan
as Sam HoustonAfter arriving in Texas to escape a scandal back east, lawyer Sam Houston just wants to hang out...
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Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
as John Neville Jr. (archive footage)A look at the forces that shaped Pre-Code Hollywood and brought about the strict enforcement of...
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South of St. Louis
as Kip DavisWith the advent of the American Civil War, three partners in a ranch see how this is destroyed....
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Fort Massacre
as VinsonNew Mexico Territory, August 1879. The few surviving members of a cavalry column, which has been...
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The Silver Horde
as Boyd EmersonA salmon fisherman has to choose between a bad girl and a society doll.
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Union Pacific
as Jeff ButlerOne of the last bills signed by President Lincoln authorizes pushing the Union Pacific Railroad...
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Buffalo Bill
as William Frederick 'Buffalo Bill' CodyScout William F. Cody (Joel McCrea) marries a U.S. senator's daughter (Maureen O'Hara), fights...
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They Shall Have Music
as Peter McCarthyThe future is bleak for a troubled boy from a broken home in the slums. He runs away when his...
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Four Faces West
as Ross McEwenCowboy Ross McEwen arrives in town. He asks the banker for a loan of $2000. When the banker asks...
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Adventure in Manhattan
as George MelvilleThe story of an egotistical crime writer who gets involved with the case of a notorious art...
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Kept Husbands
as Richard BruntonA former All-American football star, now working as a steel mill supervisor in New Jersey, falls...
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Woman Wanted
as TonyJust after a jury finds Ann Grey guilty of murder, the car carrying her to prison crashes into...
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Trooper Hook
as Sgt. Clovis HookWhen Apache chief Nanchez is captured by the cavalry, his white squaw and infant son are...
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Youth Takes a Fling
as Joe MeadowsMcCrea plays Joe Meadows, whose only ambition as a Kansas farm boy was a life at sea. He moves...
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Rockabye
as Jacobs 'Jake' Van Riker PellA Broadway actress with a problematic past falls hard for the author of her new play.
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The Great Man's Lady
as Mr. SemplerIn Hoyt City, a statue of founder Ethan Hoyt is dedicated, and 100 year old Hannah Sempler Hoyt...
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Three Blind Mice
as Van Dam SmithThree sisters take their small inheritance and move from Kansas to California in search of rich...
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One Man's Journey
as Jimmy WattDr. Eli Watt, a widower, comes to a small town, considering himself a failure in his attempt to...
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Lightnin'
as John MarvinLightnin' and Mary Jones are co-owners of a hotel built right on a state border, used by...
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Reaching for the Sun
as Russ EliotComedy of a North Woods clam-digger who journeys to Detroit to earn money for outboard motor by...
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The Oklahoman
as JohnAfter his wife dies in childbirth, a doctor settles down in the small Oklahoma town of Cherokee...
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Hollywood Story
as Joel McCreaA producer takes over a small film studio and - sensing that it'll be a good movie- begins...
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George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
as SelfBiography of the legendary filmmaker directed by his son.
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Night of 100 Stars
as SelfThe most glittering, expensive, and exhausting videotaping session in television history took...
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The Unseen
as David FieldingDavid Fielding, who has recently lost his wife, moves into a new neighborhood under a cloud of...
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Stranger on Horseback
as Judge Richard 'Rick' ThorneA circuit judge in the old west attempts to bring a suspected killer to justice. The judge runs...
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Bird of Paradise
as Johnny BakerWhen a young South Seas sailor falls overboard, the beautiful daughter of a Polynesian king...
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Mustang Country
as DanA rancher and former rodeo star comes across a runaway boy while he is hunting a wild stallion.
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Cattle Empire
as John CordAfter serving a five year prison sentence for allowing his men to destroy a town in a drunken...
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Chance at Heaven
as Blacky GormanA young woman's ambitious boyfriend falls for a ditzy socialite.
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The Gunfight at Dodge City
as Bat MastersonFleeing to Dodge City after killing a man in self defence Masterson finds his brother Ed (Harry...
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Internes Can't Take Money
as Jimmie KildareDr. Kildare treats and falls for impoverished ex-con Janet Healy, widow of a bank robber, who...
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Cry Blood Apache
as Pitcalin as an Older ManTelling the story of his early life in flashback, a former prospector (Joel McCrea, with...
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Scarlet River
as Himself (uncredited)Unable to find open range near Hollywood, western actor Tom Baxter and his troop head to Judy...
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Frenchie
as Sheriff Tom BanningFrenchie Fontaine sells her successful business in New Orleans to come West. Her reason? Find...
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Woman Chases Man
as Kenneth NolanA pretty architect devises a wild scheme to convince a handsome millionaire to fund a new...
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Business and Pleasure
as Lawrence OgleOn a Mediterranean cruise, Earl Tinker, a manufacturer of razor blades, is the target of a femme...
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Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line
as Self (archive footage)Born Ruby Stevens, she was orphaned when she was four. A chance audition led to a chorus job. By...
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Bed of Roses
as DanA girl from the wrong side of the tracks is torn between true love and a life of sin.
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The Common Law
as John 'Jack' NevilleWhen a woman models for an artist they fall in love. Can the artist overcome the beauty's recent...
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Primrose Path
as Ed WallaceEllie Mae lives on Primrose Hill with her good-hearted and fancy free mother, her drunken...
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The Virginian
as The VirginianArriving at Medicine Bow, eastern schoolteacher Molly Woods meets two cowboys, irresponsible...
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The Divine Lady
as Extra (uncredited)Lady Hamilton's love affair with Admiral Horatio Nelson rocks the British Empire.
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The Outriders
as Will OwenLate in the Civil War, three Confederate soldiers escape from a Union prison camp in Missouri....
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Come and Get It
as Richard GlasgowAn ambitious lumberjack abandons his saloon girl lover so that he can marry into wealth, but...
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Wells Fargo
as Ramsay MacKayIn the 1840s, Ramsey MacKay, the driver for the struggling Wells Fargo mail and freight company,...
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Dynamite
as MarcoWealthy Cynthia is in love with not-so-wealthy Roger, who is married to Marcia. The threesome is...
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Splendor
as Brighton LorrimoreWhen Brighton Lorrimore returns home with his new bride, Phyllis, his family makes their...
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Two in a Crowd
as Larry StevensWhen two halves of a thousand-dollar bill are discovered in the snow, the penniless pair that...
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The Lost Squadron
as RedWhen World War I comes to an end, three pilots find themselves on hard times. They wind up in...
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The Single Standard
as Party Guest (uncredited)A bored socialite finds fleeting romance with an artist.
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Espionage Agent
as Barry CorvallWhen Barry Corvall discovers that his new bride is a possible enemy agent, he resigns from the...
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Gunsight Ridge
as Mike RyanAn undercover agent takes the job of sheriff in order to find the men responsible for a series...
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Cattle Drive
as Dan MathewsThe spoilt young son of a wealthy railroad owner manages to get himself lost in the middle of...
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Border River
as Clete MattsonA Confederate officer travels to a wild Mexican border town to buy guns, aiming to keep up the...
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Saddle Tramp
as Chuck ConnerCarefree Chuck Connor is on his way west and stops off to see an old friend and his four lads....
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The Richest Girl in the World
as Anthony TraversMillionairess Dorothy Hunter is tired of finding out that her boyfriends love her for her money,...
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So This Is College
as Bruce Nolan (uncredited)Scheming coed Babs comes between college buddies Eddie and Biff.
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The Great Moment
as William Thomas Green MortonThe biography of Dr. W.T. Morgan, a 19th century Boston dentist, during his quest to have...
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Gambling Lady
as Garry MadisonA businesslike syndicate runs all the gambling joints in town; least profitable is honest Mike...
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Born to Love
as Barry CraigA pregnant American nurse living in London during WWI, believing her soldier-fiance has been...
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Half a Sinner
as John AdamsA con man poses as a hillbilly preacher.
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Banjo on My Knee
as Ernie HolleyA young husband leaves his river shantyboat community in Pecan Point, Tennessee and travels to...
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Breakdowns of 1940
as SelfFlubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1940.
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Private Worlds
as Dr. Alex MacGregorAt the Brentwood Asylum for the mentally ill, psychiatrist partners Jane Everest and Alex...
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He Married His Wife
as T.H. RandallRace horse owner pays so much attention to business he winds up divorced from his wife. His...
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Rough Shoot
as Lt. Col. Robert TaineAn American military officer and his wife move to a cottage in what they think is the peaceful...
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The Silver Cord
as David PhelpsA domineering matriarch is less than happy when her son brings home his new bride. She...
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The Sport Parade
as Sandy BrownTwo Dartmouth football players fall in love with the same girl following college graduation.
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Stars on Horseback
as uncreditedA profile of blacksmith George Garfield, among whose Hollywood clients were the horses of Joel...
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The San Francisco Story
as Rick NelsonAfter five years of being away, Rick Nelson (Joel McCrea) returns to San Francisco to find it...
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The Fair Co-Ed
as uncreditedMarion go off to college where she joins the basketball team to be near the coach, Bob. She...
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Black Horse Canyon
as Del RockwellThe story of a wild black stallion and the cowboys who set out to capture him.
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The Crowning Experience
as Prologue NarratorInspired by the accomplishments of Mary McCleod Bethune, who made and sold so many sweet potato...
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Hollywood: The Selznick Years
as 'Bird of Paradise' (archive footage) (uncredited)Henry Fonda hosts this retrospective on the career and films of iconic filmmaker David O....
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The Great American Cowboy
as NarratorThe battle between two rodeo stars for the world championship: veteran Larry Mahan and newcomer...
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Our Little Girl
as Donald MiddletonDon Middleton is so caught up with his work he neglects his wife Elsa. Lonely Elsa begins to...
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The Enemy
as Extra (uncredited)Carl Behrend, son of a wealthy businessman, marries Pauli Arndt, daughter of a pacifist...
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Once a Sinner
as Tommy MasonAs Diana Barry is preparing to leave New York to marry inventor Tommy Mason she is offered...
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Dead Man's Curve
as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)A grease monkey discovers a defect in an auto engine being turned out by his employer. But since...
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Girls About Town
as Jim BakerA dynamic duo in silk and ermine entertain hick businessmen looking for a good time while in...
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Sioux Nation
as uncreditedJoel McCrea stars in this unreleased Western from 1970.
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The Ed Sullivan Show
as SelfThe Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June...
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Wichita Town
as Marshal Mike DunbarWichita Town is a half-hour western television series starring Joel McCrea, Jody McCrea, Carlos...
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