Joel McCrea

Joel McCrea

Joel Albert McCrea (November 5, 1905 – October 20, 1990) was an American actor whose career spanned almost five decades and appearances in more than 90 films. These films include Alfred Hitchcock's spy film Foreign Correspondent (1940), Preston Sturges' comedy classics Sullivan's Travels (1940), and The Palm Beach Story (1941), 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' The More the Merrier (1941), and the Western classic The Virginian (1946). With the exception of the British thriller film Rough Shoot (1953), McCrea appeared in Western films exclusively from 1946 until his retirement in 1976. His most notable Western is Ride the High Country (1962), in which he starred with Randolph Scott.

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Movies starring Joel McCrea (99)

Cry Blood Apache (1970)

Pitcalin As An Older Man

Trooper Hook (1957)

Sgt. Clovis Hook

Wichita (1955)

Wyatt Earp

Stranger on Horseback (1955)

Judge Richard 'Rick' Thorne

Border River (1954)

Clete Mattson

The Lone Hand (1953)

Zachary Hallock

Rough Shoot (1953)

Lt. Col. Robert Taine

Frenchie (1950)

Sheriff Tom Banning

Stars in My Crown (1950)

Josiah Doziah Gray

Ramrod (1947)

Dave Nash

The Unseen (1945)

David Fielding

The Great Moment (1944)

William Thomas Green Morton

Buffalo Bill (1944)

William Frederick 'Buffalo Bill' Cody

Wells Fargo (1937)

Ramsay Mackay

Come and Get It (1936)

Richard Glasgow

These Three (1936)

Dr. Joseph 'Joe' Cardin

Splendor (1935)

Brighton Lorrimore

Barbary Coast (1935)

Jim Carmichael

Our Little Girl (1935)

Donald Middleton

Private Worlds (1935)

Dr. Alex Macgregor

Scarlet River (1933)

Himself (Uncredited)

Rockabye (1932)

Jacobs 'Jake' Van Riker Pell

The Common Law (1931)

John 'Jack' Neville

Kept Husbands (1931)

Richard 'Dick' Brunton

Lightnin' (1930)

John Marvin

Framed (1930)

Waiter (Uncredited)

So This Is College (1929)

Bruce Nolan (Uncredited)

The Single Standard (1929)

Party Guest (Uncredited)

The Divine Lady (1928)

Extra (Uncredited)

Dead Man's Curve (1928)

Undetermined Secondary Role (Uncredited)

The Enemy (1927)

Extra (Uncredited)

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