Acting
Joel McCrea
Born Nov 5, 1905 · South Pasadena, California, USA · Died Oct 20, 1990
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.
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Acting
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
2008
Documentary · History
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
2004
Documentary · TV Movie
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
1997
Documentary
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
1985
Documentary
Night of 100 Stars
1982
Comedy · Music · TV Movie
Mustang Country
1976
Western
The Great American Cowboy
1973
Documentary
Cry Blood Apache
1970
Western · Action
Sioux Nation
1970
Western
The Young Rounders
1966
Western
Ride the High Country
1962
Western · Drama
The Crowning Experience
1960
Drama
Wichita Town
1959
Western
The Gunfight at Dodge City
1959
Western
Fort Massacre
1958
Western
Cattle Empire
1958
Western
The Tall Stranger
1957
Western
Gunsight Ridge
1957
Western · Action · Adventure
Trooper Hook
1957
Western
The Oklahoman
1957
Western
The First Texan
1956
History · Western
Wichita
1955
Western
Stranger on Horseback
1955
Western
Black Horse Canyon
1954
Western
Border River
1954
Western
The Lone Hand
1953
Western
Rough Shoot
1953
Crime · Thriller
The San Francisco Story
1952
Western
Cattle Drive
1951
Western
Hollywood Story
1951
Mystery
Frenchie
1950
Western
Saddle Tramp
1950
Western
Stars in My Crown
1950
Western
The Outriders
1950
Western
Colorado Territory
1949
Western · Crime · Romance
South of St. Louis
1949
Western
Four Faces West
1948
Western
Ramrod
1947
Western
The Virginian
1946
Western
The Unseen
1945
Mystery
The Great Moment
1944
Comedy · Drama
Buffalo Bill
1944
Drama · Western
The More the Merrier
1943
Comedy · Romance
Stars on Horseback
1943
Documentary
The Palm Beach Story
1942
Comedy · Romance
Sullivan's Travels
1941
Comedy · Romance · Adventure
The Great Man's Lady
1941
Western · Drama
Reaching for the Sun
1941
Comedy · Drama
Breakdowns of 1940
1940
Documentary · Comedy
Foreign Correspondent
1940
Thriller · Mystery · Action
Primrose Path
1940
Drama · Romance
He Married His Wife
1940
Espionage Agent
1939
Drama · Thriller · Romance
They Shall Have Music
1939
Family · Music · Drama
Union Pacific
1939
Drama · Western
Youth Takes a Fling
1938
Romance · Comedy
Three Blind Mice
1938
Comedy · Romance
Wells Fargo
1937
History · Western
Dead End
1937
Crime · Drama
Woman Chases Man
1937
Comedy · Romance
Internes Can't Take Money
1937
Crime · Drama · Romance
Banjo on My Knee
1936
Comedy · Romance
Come and Get It
1936
Drama · Romance
Adventure in Manhattan
1936
Mystery · Comedy · Crime
Two in a Crowd
1936
Romance · Comedy
These Three
1936
Drama · Romance
Splendor
1935
Comedy · Romance
Barbary Coast
1935
Romance · Western · Drama
Woman Wanted
1935
Comedy · Crime · Drama
Our Little Girl
1935
Comedy · Drama · Family
Private Worlds
1935
Drama
The Richest Girl in the World
1934
Comedy · Romance
Half a Sinner
1934
Drama
Gambling Lady
1934
Romance · Drama · Mystery
Chance at Heaven
1933
Drama · Romance
One Man's Journey
1933
Drama
Bed of Roses
1933
Comedy · Drama · Romance
The Silver Cord
1933
Romance · Drama
Scarlet River
1933
Comedy · Romance · Western
Rockabye
1932
Drama
The Sport Parade
1932
Drama · Romance
The Most Dangerous Game
1932
Thriller · Adventure · Horror
Bird of Paradise
1932
Adventure · Drama · Romance
The Lost Squadron
1932
Drama · Action · War
Business and Pleasure
1932
Comedy
Girls About Town
1931
Comedy
The Common Law
1931
Drama
Born to Love
1931
War · Drama
Kept Husbands
1931
Drama
Once a Sinner
1931
Romance
Lightnin'
1930
Comedy
The Silver Horde
1930
Drama
Framed
1930
Adventure · Crime
Dynamite
1929
Drama
So This Is College
1929
Comedy · Drama · Romance
The Single Standard
1929
Drama · Romance
The Jazz Age
1929
Romance · Drama
The Divine Lady
1928
Drama · History · Romance
Dead Man's Curve
1928
Action · Drama
The Enemy
1927
Drama · Romance · War
The Fair Co-Ed
1927
Comedy