Joel McCrea

Also known as Joel Albert McCrea

American actor (1905–1990)

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Classic Radio's Greatest Westerns, Vol. 3 Lib/E

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Acting · South Pasadena, California, USA

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),…

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Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood — John Neville Jr. (archive footage)2008
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade — Self (archive footage)2004
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line — Self (archive footage)1997
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey — Self1985
Night of 100 Stars — Self1982
Mustang Country — Dan1976
The Great American Cowboy — Narrator1973
Cry Blood Apache — Pitcalin as an Older Man

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Joel Albert McCrea (November 5, 1905 – October 20, 1990) was an American actor whose career as a leading man spanned a wide variety of genres over almost five decades, including comedy, drama, romance, thrillers, adventures, and Westerns, for which he became best known.

McCrea appeared in over 100 films, starring in over 80, between 1927 and 1976. He starred in three Best Picture Oscar nominees: William Wyler's Dead End (1937), Alfred Hitchcock's espionage thriller Foreign Correspondent (1940), and George Stevens' romantic comedy The More the Merrier (1943).