About
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...
Known for
Foreign CorrespondentMovie • 1940
Ride the High CountryMovie • 1962
WichitaMovie • 1955
The Most Dangerous GameMovie • 1932
The Palm Beach StoryMovie • 1942
Dead EndMovie • 1937
Union PacificMovie • 1939
Sullivan's TravelsMovie • 1941
Stars in My CrownMovie • 1950
Four Faces WestMovie • 1948
The More the MerrierMovie • 1943
Stranger on HorsebackMovie • 1955
Hollywood StoryMovie • 1951
Come and Get ItMovie • 1936
These ThreeMovie • 1936
Kept HusbandsMovie • 1931
Bird of ParadiseMovie • 1932
The Gunfight at Dodge CityMovie • 1959
Fort MassacreMovie • 1958
Colorado TerritoryMovie • 1949
South of St. LouisMovie • 1949
The Tall StrangerMovie • 1957
The VirginianMovie • 1946
RamrodMovie • 1947