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Joel McCrea
Birthday: 5 November 1905

Below is a complete filmography (list of movies he's appeared in) for Joel McCrea. If you have any corrections or additions, please email us at corrections@CelebMart.com. We'd also be interested in any trivia or other information you have.

 

Biography

One of the great stars of American Westerns, and a very popular leading man in non-Westerns as well. He was born and raised in the surroundings of Hollywood and as a boy became interested in the movies that were being made all around. He studied acting at Pomona College and got some stage experience at the Pasadena Community Playhouse, where other future stars such as 'Randolph Scott' (qv), 'Robert Young' (qv), and 'Victor Mature' (qv) would also get their first experience. He worked as an extra after graduation from the University of Southern California in 1928 and did some stunt work. In a rare case of an extra being chosen from the crowd to play a major role, McCrea was given a part in The Jazz Age. A contract at MGM followed, and then a better contract at RKO. 'Will Rogers' (qv) took a liking to the young man (they shared a love of ranching and roping) and did much to elevate McCrea's career. His wholesome good looks and quiet manner were soon in demand, primarily in romantic dramas and comedies, and he became an increasingly popular leading man. He hoped to concentrate on Westerns, but several years passed before he could convince the studio heads to cast him in one. When he proved successful in that genre, more and more Westerns came his way. But he continued to make a mark in other kinds of pictures, and proved himself particularly adept at the light comedy of 'Preston Sturges' (qv), for whom he made several films. By the late Forties, his concentration focused on Westerns, and he made few non-Westerns thereafter. He was immensely popular in them, and most of them still hold up well today. He and 'Randolph Scott' (qv), whose career strongly resembles McCrea's, came out of retirement to make a classic of the genre, 'Sam Peckinpah' (qv)'s _Ride the High Country (1962)_ (qv). Scott stayed retired thereafter; McCrea made a couple of appearances in small films afterwards, but was primarily content to maintain his life as a gentleman rancher. He was married for fifty-seven years to actress 'Frances Dee' (qv), who survived him.

Biography courtesy of the Internet Movie Database (www.imdb.com).

Movie Credits
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George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey (1984)
Warren Beatty ] 
Mustang Country (1976)
Great American Cowboy, The (1973)
Cry Blood, Apache (1970)
Sioux Nation (1970)
Ride the High Country (1962)
Gunfight at Dodge City, The (1959)
Cattle Empire (1958)
Fort Massacre (1958)
Gunsight Ridge (1957)
Tall Stranger, The (1957)
Oklahoman, The (1957)
Trooper Hook (1957)
First Texan, The (1956)
Jeff Morrow ] 
Stranger on Horseback (1955)
Wichita (1955)
Black Horse Canyon (1954)
Border River (1954)
Lone Hand (1953)
Rough Shoot (1953)
San Francisco Story, The (1952)
Hollywood Story (1951)
Cattle Drive (1951)
Stars in My Crown (1950)
Outriders, The (1950)
Ramon Novarro ] 
Saddle Tramp (1950)
Frenchie (1950)
Screen Actors (1950)
Colorado Territory (1949)
South of St. Louis (1949)
Four Faces West (1948)
Ramrod (1947)
Virginian, The (1946)
Gary Cooper ] 
Unseen, The (1945)
Buffalo Bill (1944)
Anthony Quinn ] 
Great Moment, The (1944)
More the Merrier, The (1943)
Palm Beach Story, The (1942)
Great Man's Lady, The (1942)
Sullivan's Travels (1942)
Reaching for the Sun (1941)
Primrose Path, The (1940)
Foreign Correspondent (1940)
He Married His Wife (1940)
They Shall Have Music (1939)
Espionage Agent (1939)
Union Pacific (1939)
Anthony Quinn ] 
Youth Takes a Fling (1938)
Three Blind Mice (1938)
Internes Can't Take Money (1937)
Woman Chases Man (1937)
Wells Fargo (1937)
Dead End (1937)
Eric Roberts ] 
Adventure in Manhattan (1936)
Two in a Crowd (1936)
Come and Get It (1936)
These Three (1936)
Banjo on My Knee (1936)
Splendor (1935)
Eric Mabius ] [ Matt Keeslar ] 
Woman Wanted (1935)
Kiefer Sutherland ] 
Private Worlds (1935)
Our Little Girl (1935)
Barbary Coast (1935)
Richest Girl in the World, The (1934)
Gambling Lady (1934)
Half a Sinner (1934)
Silver Cord, The (1933)
Chance at Heaven (1933)
Scarlet River (1933)
One Man's Journey (1933)
Rockabye (1933)
Bed of Roses (1933)
Christian Slater ] [ Josh Brolin ] 
Sport Parade, The (1932)
Bird of Paradise (1932)
Most Dangerous Game, The (1932)
Lost Squadron, The (1932)
Business and Pleasure (1931)
Born to Love (1931)
Girls About Town (1931)
Kept Husbands (1931)
Common Law, The (1931)
Silver Horde, The (1930)
Lightnin' (1930)
Once a Sinner (1930)
Dynamite (1929)
Jazz Age, The (1929)
Single Standard, The (1929)
Thirteenth Chair, The (1929)
So This Is College (1929)
Five O'Clock Girl, The (1928)
Freedom of the Press (1928)
Dead Man's Curve (1928)
Enemy, The (1927)
Roger Moore ] [ Luke Perry ] 
Fair Co-Ed, The (1927)

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