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.
Movies & TV Shows
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Sullivan's Travels (1941) — John Sullivan
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Foreign Correspondent (1940) — John Jones
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The Most Dangerous Game (1932) — Robert Rainsford
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Ride the High Country (1962) — Steve Judd
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The Palm Beach Story (1942) — Tom Jeffers
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Dead End (1937) — Dave
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The More the Merrier (1943) — Joe Carter
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Union Pacific (1939) — Jeff Butler
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Colorado Territory (1949) — Wes McQueen
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Wichita (1955) — Wyatt Earp
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Ramrod (1947) — Dave Nash
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Stars in My Crown (1950) — Josiah Doziah Gray
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These Three (1936) — Dr. Joseph 'Joe' Cardin
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Come and Get It (1936) — Richard Glasgow
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Buffalo Bill (1944) — William Frederick 'Buffalo Bill' Cody
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Barbary Coast (1935) — Jim Carmichael
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Bird of Paradise (1932) — Johnny Baker
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Primrose Path (1940) — Ed Wallace
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Kept Husbands (1931) — Richard 'Dick' Brunton
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Stranger on Horseback (1955) — Judge Richard 'Rick' Thorne
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The Divine Lady (1928) — Extra (uncredited)
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Fort Massacre (1958) — Vinson
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Hollywood Story (1951) — Joel McCrea
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The Gunfight at Dodge City (1959) — Bat Masterson
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The Virginian (1946) — The Virginian
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Four Faces West (1948) — Ross McEwen
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The Tall Stranger (1957) — Ned Bannon
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The Ed Sullivan Show (1948) — Self
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The Great Moment (1944) — William Thomas Green Morton
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The Unseen (1945) — David Fielding
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Border River (1954) — Clete Mattson
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Gambling Lady (1934) — Garry Madison
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South of St. Louis (1949) — Kip Davis
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Internes Can't Take Money (1937) — Jimmie Kildare
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The Lost Squadron (1932) — Red
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Trooper Hook (1957) — Sgt. Clovis Hook
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Cattle Empire (1958) — John Cord
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The Richest Girl in the World (1934) — Anthony Travers
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Cattle Drive (1951) — Dan Mathews
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Banjo on My Knee (1936) — Ernie Holley