Joel McCrea
- In full:
- Joel Albert McCrea
- Born:
- November 5, 1905, South Pasadena, California, U.S.
- Died:
- October 20, 1990, Woodland Hills, California (aged 84)
- Married To:
- Frances Dee (married 1933)
- Movies/Tv Shows (Acted In):
- "The Young Rounders" (1972)
- "Ride the High Country" (1962)
- "Cattle Drive" (1951)
- "Stranger on Horseback" (1955)
- "Wells Fargo" (1937)
- "The Unseen" (1945)
- "These Three" (1936)
- "The Crowning Experience" (1960)
- "Adventure in Manhattan" (1936)
- "Cattle Empire" (1958)
- "Wichita" (1955)
- "Dynamite" (1929)
- "The More the Merrier" (1943)
- "The Great Man's Lady" (1942)
- "Saddle Tramp" (1950)
- "Splendor" (1935)
- "Colorado Territory" (1949)
- "The Gunfight at Dodge City" (1959)
- "Sullivan's Travels" (1941)
- "Frenchie" (1950)
- "The Lone Hand" (1953)
- "The Lost Squadron" (1932)
- "Fort Massacre" (1958)
- "Black Horse Canyon" (1954)
- "The First Texan" (1956)
- "The Five O'Clock Girl" (1928)
- "Our Little Girl" (1935)
- "Half a Sinner" (1934)
- "Union Pacific" (1939)
- "They Shall Have Music" (1939)
- "Bird of Paradise" (1932)
- "Barbary Coast" (1935)
- "Four Faces West" (1948)
- "Mustang Country" (1976)
- "The Palm Beach Story" (1942)
- "Banjo on My Knee" (1936)
- "Reaching for the Sun" (1941)
- "Ramrod" (1947)
- "He Married His Wife" (1940)
- "Gambling Lady" (1934)
- "Girls About Town" (1931)
- "Chance at Heaven" (1933)
- "Espionage Agent" (1939)
- "Rough Shoot" (1953)
- "Youth Takes a Fling" (1938)
- "Private Worlds" (1935)
- "Lightnin'" (1930)
- "Primrose Path" (1940)
- "The Silver Cord" (1933)
- "Once a Sinner" (1931)
- "The Tall Stranger" (1957)
- "The Sport Parade" (1932)
- "Born to Love" (1931)
- "The Jazz Age" (1929)
- "The Richest Girl in the World" (1934)
- "Sioux Nation" (1970)
- "Hollywood Story" (1951)
- "Come and Get It" (1936)
- "Gunsight Ridge" (1957)
- "Foreign Correspondent" (1940)
- "Business and Pleasure" (1932)
- "The Most Dangerous Game" (1932)
- "Bed of Roses" (1933)
- "Buffalo Bill" (1944)
- "Kept Husbands" (1931)
- "The San Francisco Story" (1952)
- "Woman Chases Man" (1937)
- "The Great Moment" (1944)
- "South of St. Louis" (1949)
- "Two in a Crowd" (1936)
- "The Oklahoman" (1957)
- "Border River" (1954)
- "Rockabye" (1932)
- "The Virginian" (1946)
- "Dead End" (1937)
- "Cry Blood, Apache" (1970)
- "One Man's Journey" (1933)
- "The Silver Horde" (1930)
- "The Outriders" (1950)
- "Wichita Town" (1959–1960)
- "The Common Law" (1931)
- "Stars in My Crown" (1950)
- "Three Blind Mice" (1938)
- "Trooper Hook" (1957)
- "Woman Wanted" (1935)
- "Internes Can't Take Money" (1937)
Joel McCrea (born November 5, 1905, South Pasadena, California, U.S.—died October 20, 1990, Woodland Hills, California) was an American motion-picture actor of the 1930s and ’40s.
McCrea was the son of a utility company executive. He graduated from Pomona College in 1928 and worked as a stuntman and bit player in Hollywood before playing his first leading role in 1930, in The Silver Horde. He appeared in 38 more films during the 1930s, among which were The Most Dangerous Game (1932), Private Worlds (1935), These Three (1936), Dead End (1937), Wells Fargo (1937), and Union Pacific (1939). Among his most important roles were those in the comedies Primrose Path (1940), Sullivan’s Travels (1941), The Palm Beach Story (1942), and The More the Merrier (1943). Other notable performances were in Alfred Hitchcock’s Foreign Correspondent (1940) and Buffalo Bill (1944). After 1946 McCrea acted almost exclusively in westerns, chief among which were The Virginian (1946), Colorado Territory (1949), The Outriders (1950), and Stranger on Horseback (1955). His last major film appearance was in the classic western Ride the High Country (1962).
McCrea’s typical screen persona, that of a dependable, even-tempered man speaking in a resonant American twang, suited him to star in a great variety of films ranging from romantic comedies to serious dramas and action-adventure films.
