Joel McCrea

Also Credited As:

Joel Albert McCrea
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Biography

McCrea gave one of his finest performances in Hitchcock's "Foreign Correspondent" (1940) and brought an amiable, relaxed charm to his comic roles, especially when directed by Preston Sturges in "Sullivan's Travels" (1941) and "The Palm Beach Story" (1942) and by George Stevens in "The More the Merrier" (1943). His offhand yet sincere style also kept him much in demand as a lead in "women's pictures" (as they were then called), and McCrea …
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Job Title

Actor, Physical Effects

Born

November 5, 1905

LATEST CREDITS

Foreign Correspondent

Actor

Cattle Empire

John Cord

Wichita

Wyatt Earp

Trooper Hook

Sergeant Hook

The Gunfight at Dodge City

Bat Masterson

Wells Fargo

Actor

Black Horse Canyon

Del Rockwell

The Virginian

Actor

Stranger on Horseback

Rick Thorne

Buffalo Bill

Actor

The Great Moment

Actor

Mustang Country

Dan Treego

The Tall Stranger

Ned Bannon

Gunsight Ridge

Mike

The Oklahoman

Dr John Brighton

Sullivan's Travels

John L 'Sully' Sullivan

Bed of Roses

Dan Walters

The Palm Beach Story

Actor

Dead End

Dave Connell

Ride the High Country

Steve Judd

Come and Get It

Richard Glasgow

Union Pacific

Actor

Banjo on My Knee

Actor

Great American Cowboy

Narration

They Shall Have Music

Actor