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Joseph Crehan

Actor
Died April 15, 1966 (82 years)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Joseph Crehan (July 15, 1883 – April 15, 1966) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 300 films between 1916 and 1965, and notably played Ulysses S. Grant nine times between 1939 and 1958, most memorably in Union Pacific and They Died With Their Boots On. He was born in Baltimore, Maryland and died in Hollywood, California from a stroke.

Crehan often played alongside Charles C. Wilson with whom he is sometimes confused.
Movies & Shows on Plex
  • Santa Fe Trail
  • The Lone Ranger
  • American Grindhouse
  • Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome
  • Dick Tracy
  • The Brute Man
  • Brewster's Millions
  • Dick Tracy vs. Cueball
  • Make Room for Daddy
  • The Case of the Lucky Legs
  • The Bounty Killer
  • Magnificent Doll
  • Billy the Kid Returns
  • Colorado
  • Swamp Fire
  • Four Star Playhouse
  • Gambler's Choice
  • City Without Men
  • Hands Across the Border
  • Gaucho Serenade
  • Nighttime in Nevada
  • 26 Men
Known For
  • Phantom Lady
  • Black Magic
  • Bullets or Ballots
  • Dick Tracy
  • Dangerous Money
  • Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome
  • Front Page Woman
  • Special Agent
  • Dick Tracy vs. Cueball
  • Texas
  • China Clipper
  • Black Fury
  • Music in My Heart
  • Alibi Ike
  • The Shadow Returns
  • The Green Hornet
  • Because of Eve
  • Earthworm Tractors
  • Street Corner
  • The Falcon's Adventure

Filmography

2010
2001
1989
Heavy Petting · as Cast
1987
Bloopermania · as Cast
1982
Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter · as Actor - 'crazy House'
1965
The Great Race · as Observer At Start
1965
1965
Requiem for a Gunfighter · as Trial Spectator
1964
Seven Days in May · as Bit Part
1961
Judgment at Nuremberg · as Courtroom Spectator At Verdict (uncredited)
1960
The Andy Griffith Show (TV Series) · as Townsman
1960
My Three Sons (TV Series) · as Pig Show Attendee
1959
Lock-Up (TV Series) · as Dean Trapnell
1959
Johnny Staccato (TV Series) · as Man In Police Station
1959
The Untouchables (TV Series) · as Board Member
1958
Bat Masterson (TV Series) · as Thomas Bolland
1957
Tombstone Territory (TV Series) · as Harry Dunbar
1957
26 Men (TV Series)
1957
Trackdown (TV Series) · as Judge
1957
Perry Mason (TV Series) · as Courtroom Spectator
1957
Leave It to Beaver (TV Series) · as Train Conductor
1955
1955
Crossroads (1955) (TV Series) · as Father Devlin
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV Series) · as Juror
1955
The Jane Wyman Show (TV Series) · as General Ulysses S. Grant
1955
Stage 7 (TV Series) · as Ames
1954
Shower of Stars (TV Series) · as Cast
1954
The Whistler (TV Series) · as Olson
1954
The Lone Wolf (TV Series)
1954
Highway Dragnet · as Elderly Border Inspection Officer
1953
Crazylegs · as Hank Hatch
1953
Make Room for Daddy (TV Series) · as Cast
1953
The Loretta Young Show (TV Series) · as Gallagher
1953
San Antone · as Gen. Grant
1953
I'm the Law (TV Series) · as Johnson
1952
I Married Joan (TV Series) · as Coach
1952
Ford Theatre: All Star Theatre (TV Series) · as Captain
1952
Cavalcade of America (TV Series) · as Northern Gentleman
1952
Four Star Playhouse (TV Series) · as Mr. Kramer
1952
Deadline - U.S.A. · as City Editor Of The Standard (uncredited)
1951
1951
I Love Lucy (TV Series) · as Detective
1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (TV Series) · as Harry Wisdom
1951
The Red Skelton Show (TV Series) · as Man Wearing 'harry' Campaign Button
1951
Roadblock · as Thompson (uncredited)
1951
Sky King (TV Series) · as Koster
1950
Racket Squad (TV Series) · as Aben Duncan
1950
Watch the Birdie · as Police Captain
1950
The Flying Missile · as Rear Admiral
1950
Southside 1-1000 · as Burns - Prison Guard
1950
The Trouble with Father (TV Series) · as Cast
1950
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (TV Series) · as Chief Rogers
1950
Ashley Banjo’s Big Town Dance (TV Series) · as Cast
1950
The Lux Video Theatre (TV Series) · as Doctor
1950
The Fuller Brush Girl · as Police Boat Captain (uncredited)
1950
Triple Trouble · as Warden Burnside
1950
Kill the Umpire · as Tom Dugan - Manager
1950
The Arizona Cowboy · as Colonel Jefferson
1950
Gun Crazy · as Plant Foreman (uncredited)
1949
Amazon Quest · as De Ruyter
1949
Malaya · as Businessman With Pipe
1949
Dancing in the Dark · as Board Member
1949
Red Desert · as President Ulysses S. Grant
1949
Alias the Champ · as Tim Murphy
1949
The Lone Ranger (TV Series) · as Tom Patrict
1949
Ringside · as Oscar Brannigan
1949
The Last Bandit · as Local No. 44 Engineer
1949
State Department: File 649 · as Government Official
1949
Badmen of Tombstone · as Mine Superintendent
1948
Street Corner · as Dr. James Fenton
1948
Blondie's Secret · as Police Sergeant
1948
Homicide for Three · as Police Captain
1948
Sundown in Santa Fe · as Major Larkin
1948
1948
The Babe Ruth Story · as Mr. Jackson - Johnny's Father
1948
Nighttime in Nevada · as Engineer Casey
1948
Silver River · as Ulysses S. Grant (uncredited)
1948
The Gallant Legion · as George Trent - State Official
1948
Homecoming · as Col. Morgan
1948
The Hunted · as Small Town Police Captain
1948
April Showers · as William Barnes
1948
1948
Relentless · as Doctor (uncredited)
1948
Because of Eve · as Dr. West
1948
1947
Killer McCoy · as George James
1947
Monsieur Verdoux · as Broker (uncredited)
1947
1947
The Foxes of Harrow · as Riverboat Captain
1947
The Trespasser · as The Doctor
1947
The Trouble with Women · as Prof. Manson
1947
Philo Vance's Gamble · as Ellis Mason
1947
The Sea of Grass · as Colorado Sen. Grew (uncredited)
1946
1946
The Falcon's Adventure · as Inspector Cavanaugh
1946
1946
Plainsman and the Lady · as Postmaster General
1946
Bad Bascomb · as Gov. Clark (uncredited)
1946
Dangerous Money · as Captain Black
1946
The Brute Man · as Police Commissioner Salisbury (uncredited)
1946
Swamp Fire · as Capt. Sorenson
1946
The Big Sleep · as Medical Examiner (uncredited)
1946
The Mysterious Mr. M · as Dan Blair
1946
O.S.S. · as Gen. Donovan
1946
Behind the Mask · as Police Inspector Cardonna
1946
Her Kind of Man · as Bob Fordham
1946
1946
The Phantom Thief · as 'jumbo' Madigan - Pawnbroker
1946
Deadline at Dawn · as Lt. Kane
1946
Cinderella Jones · as Prosecuting Attorney
1946
The Shadow Returns · as Police Insp. Cardona
1946
Tars and Spars · as Admiral
1946
One Way to Love · as Chief Dispatcher
1945
Man Alive · as Dr. James P. Whitney
1945
Ziegfeld Follies · as 1st Judge ('pay The Two Dollars')
1945
Adventure · as Ed - Maritime Office (uncredited)
1945
Dick Tracy · as Chief Brandon
1945
The Royal Mounted Rides Again · as Rcmp Sergeant Nelson
1945
Lady on a Train · as Train Passenger (uncredited)
1945
1945
I Love a Mystery · as Police Captain Quinn (uncredited)
1944
1944
The Thin Man Goes Home · as Clancy - Policeman At Railroad Station
1944
The Missing Juror · as Willard Apple / Falstaff
1944
1944
One Mysterious Night · as Jumbo Madigan (uncredited)
1944
The Navy Way · as Chaplain Benson
1944
Black Magic · as Police Sgt. Matthews
1944
Christmas Holiday · as Steve, The Bartender
1944
The Adventures of Mark Twain · as Ulysses S. Grant
1944
1944
Gambler's Choice · as Toby (uncredited)
1944
The Great Alaskan Mystery · as Bill Hudson
1944
Shine on Harvest Moon · as Harry Miller - Theatre Manager
1944
Phantom Lady · as Detective
1944
Hands Across the Border · as Jeff "bet-A-Hundred" Adams
1943
The Desert Song · as Steve, A Reporter
1943
The Iron Major · as Judge
1943
The Woman of the Town · as New York Newspaper Editor
1943
Mystery Broadcast · as Chief Daniels
1943
Flesh and Fantasy · as Detective
1943
Crazy House · as Mogey
1943
Adventures of the Flying Cadets · as Col. George Bolton [chs. 1-2]
1943
Johnny Come Lately · as Judge Flynn
1943
Mr. Lucky · as Detective (uncredited)
1943
Hit the Ice · as Train Conductor #1 (uncredited)
1943
Mission to Moscow · as Reporter (uncredited)
1943
Keep 'Em Slugging · as Detective Sergeant
1943
1943
City Without Men · as Father Burns
1942
Whistling in Dixie · as Deputy Police Commissioner (uncredited)
1942
Junior Army · as Mr. Jeffrey Ferguson
1942
Gentleman Jim · as Duffy - Referee (uncredited)
1942
You Can't Escape Forever · as Warden (uncredited)
1942
Girl Trouble · as Kohn
1942
Eyes of the Underworld · as Kirby - Assistant Police Chief
1942
The Secret Code · as Police Chief Henry Burns
1942
The Gay Sisters · as City Editor
1942
To the Shores of Tripoli · as Uncle Bob
1942
Larceny, Inc · as Warden
1942
Hello, Annapolis · as Evans Arden
1942
1942
Gang Busters · as Police Chief Martin O'brien
1942
The Courtship of Andy Hardy · as Peter Dugan
1942
Wild Bill Hickok Rides · as Ray Trent (uncredited)
1942
Obliging Young Lady · as Managing Editor (uncredited)
1942
Sealed Lips · as Chief Charles R. Dugan
1941
They Died with Their Boots On · as President Ulysses S. Grant (uncredited)
1941
Three Girls About Town · as Labor Leader
1941
Texas · as Rancher Dusty King
1941
Doctors Don't Tell · as Judge Hoskins
1941
1941
Flying Blind · as Nunnally
1941
Here Comes Mr. Jordan · as Doctor (uncredited)
1941
Life Begins for Andy Hardy · as Peter Dugan
1941
Blossoms in the Dust · as Council Chairman
1941
Manpower · as Sweeney
1941
Nevada City · as Mark Benton
1941
Love Crazy · as Judge
1941
Washington Melodrama · as Phil Sampson
1941
Here Comes Happiness · as Tom Burke
1941
1941
1941
Scattergood Baines · as Keith
1941
Back Street · as Postman
1941
The Case of the Black Parrot · as Inspector Grady
1940
Santa Fe Trail · as Officer At Washington Party (uncredited)
1940
1940
Little Nellie Kelly · as Commissioner O'brien (uncredited)
1940
City for Conquest · as Doctor
1940
Colorado · as Gen. Ulysses S. Grant
1940
Public Deb No. 1 · as Director
1940
South to Karanga · as Ridgley
1940
Four Sons · as American Editor
1940
Brother Orchid · as Brother Macewen
1940
Gaucho Serenade · as Edward Martin
1940
The House Across the Bay · as Federal Man
1940
Broadway Melody of 1940 · as Ballroom Manager (uncredited)
1940
Parole Fixer · as Warden (uncredited)
1940
The Fighting 69th · as Inoculations Doctor (uncredited)
1940
Music in My Heart · as Mark C. Gilman
1940
The Green Hornet · as Judge Stanton
1940
Emergency Squad · as H. Tyler Joyce, Editor
1939
Geronimo · as President Ulysses S. Grant
1939
Invisible Stripes · as Garage Owner (uncredited)
1939
Private Detective · as Capt. Murphy
1939
1939
We Are Not Alone · as American At Train Station
1939
The Roaring Twenties · as Michaels
1939
Babes in Arms · as Mr. Essex
1939
Hollywood Cavalcade · as Attorney
1939
Blackmail · as Mr. Blaine (uncredited)
1939
Full Confession · as Warden (uncredited)
1939
The Star Maker · as Thomas Marlowe
1939
1939
They All Come Out · as Judge (uncredited)
1939
Maisie · as Defense Attorney Wilcox
1939
You Can't Get Away with Murder · as Warden Of Sing Sing
1939
Tell No Tales · as Chalmers
1939
Union Pacific · as Ulysses S. Grant
1939
Dodge City · as Hammond (uncredited)
1939
Almost a Gentleman · as Prosecutor
1939
Society Lawyer · as City Editor
1939
Star Reporter · as Gordon
1939
Wings of the Navy · as Second Doctor
1939
Navy Secrets · as Fbi Chief Herbert Daly
1939
St. Louis Blues · as Simpson
1938
Ride a Crooked Mile · as Special Agent
1938
Gang Bullets · as Wallace
1938
1938
The Sisters · as Roosevelt Election Announcer
1938
The Arkansas Traveler · as Mcsweeney
1938
Too Hot to Handle · as First Advertising Man
1938
Billy the Kid Returns · as U.s. Marshal Dave Conway
1938
Four's a Crowd · as Butler Pierce
1938
Alexander's Ragtime Band · as Stage Manager
1938
Gateway · as Inspector
1938
Woman Against Woman · as Sen. Kingsley
1938
Bluebeard's Eighth Wife · as American Tourist (uncredited)
1938
Night Spot · as Inspector Wayland
1938
Midnight Intruder · as Bill Harwood - Newspaper Editor
1938
The Goldwyn Follies · as Theatre Manager
1938
Happy Landing · as Agent
1938
Here's Flash Casey · as Blaine
1937
The Kid Comes Back · as Danny Lockridge
1937
Beg, Borrow or Steal · as Mr. Parsons, Murillo Customer (uncredited)
1937
The Duke Comes Back · as Pat Doyle
1937
The Wrong Road · as District Attorney
1937
Big City · as Detective Curtis
1937
Talent Scout · as A.j. Lambert
1937
Born Reckless · as District Attorney
1937
Girls Can Play · as Editor Brophy
1937
1937
Riding on Air · as 'chicago Daily Blade' Editor
1937
1937
Kid Galahad · as Brady
1937
This Is My Affair · as Priest
1937
The Go Getter · as Karl Stone
1937
There Goes My Girl · as Sgt. Wood
1937
The Cherokee Strip · as Army Officer
1937
Draegerman Courage · as Dr. Stuart Hunter
1937
Midnight Court · as Judge Frederick J. Thompson
1937
Her Husband's Secretary · as Stevenson
1937
Black Legion · as Undetermined Secondary Role
1937
Once a Doctor · as Captain Andrews
1937
1936
Bengal Tiger · as Bill Hinsdale
1936
Smart Blonde · as Tiny Torgensen
1936
Gold Diggers of 1937 · as Chairman
1936
Guns of the Pecos · as Captain Norris
1936
King of Hockey · as Mike Trotter
1936
Earthworm Tractors · as Mr. Henderson
1936
Jailbreak · as Warden
1936
The Captain's Kid · as Deputy Coroner Frank Knickerbocker
1936
Here Comes Carter · as Daniel Bronson
1936
Cain and Mabel · as Reed's Manager
1936
Down the Stretch · as C.d. Burch
1936
Trailin' West · as Colonel Douglas
1936
Anthony Adverse · as Capt. Elisha Jorham
1936
China Clipper · as Jim Horn
1936
Murder by an Aristocrat · as Hilary Thatcher
1936
Bullets or Ballots · as Grand Jury Spokesman
1936
The Law in Her Hands · as Dist. Atty. Thomas Mallon
1936
Brides Are Like That · as Tom Carter
1936
The Singing Kid · as Agent Fulton (uncredited)
1936
Road Gang · as Harry Shields
1936
Boulder Dam · as Ross
1935
The Murder of Dr. Harrigan · as Lieut. Lamb
1935
Man of Iron · as Tom Martin
1935
Frisco Kid · as Mcclanahan
1935
The Payoff · as Harvey Morris
1935
Shipmates Forever · as Spike (uncredited)
1935
The Case of the Lucky Legs · as Detective Johnson
1935
Special Agent · as Commissioner Of Police
1935
Page Miss Glory · as Detective Chief
1935
1935
Bright Lights · as Post Office Attendant
1935
Front Page Woman · as Spike Kiley
1935
Don't Bet on Blondes · as Doctor Delivering Quintuplets (uncredited)
1935
Stranded · as Johnny Quinn
1935
Alibi Ike · as Conductor
1935
1935
Let 'em Have It · as Memory Test Instructor
1935
Dinky · as Orphanage Director
1935
Black Fury · as Johnny Farrell
1935
Go Into Your Dance · as H.p. Jackson
1935
Traveling Saleslady · as Murdock
1935
While the Patient Slept · as Evening Bulletin Editor (uncredited)
1935
Sweet Music · as Marty Edwards - Radio Columnist
1935
Devil Dogs of the Air · as Communications Officer
1934
The Secret Bride · as Senator
1934
Gentlemen Are Born · as Haskins
1934
6 Day Bike Rider · as Thompson
1934
Big Hearted Herbert · as Irs Tax Investigator (uncredited)
1934
A Lost Lady · as Second Doctor (uncredited)
1934
Among the Missing · as Detective O'malley
1934
The Case of the Howling Dog · as Captain Kelly (uncredited)
1934
1934
Here Comes the Navy · as Recruiting Officer (uncredited)
1934
Side Streets · as Seaman's Clerk
1934
Now I'll Tell · as Hospital Doctor (uncredited)
1934
The Merry Frinks · as Mr. Baxter
1934
Merry Wives of Reno · as Train Conductor
1934
Voice in the Night · as John Robinson
1934
Jimmy the Gent · as Murder Trial Judge (uncredited)
1934
I've Got Your Number · as Stock Trader
1934
It Happened One Night · as Detective (uncredited)
1933
Before Midnight · as Capt. Frank Flynn
1933
Havana Widows · as Ship Captain (uncredited)
1933
Duck Soup · as Dignitary At Reception (uncredited)
1933
Female · as Police Lieutenant (uncredited)
1933
Hold the Press · as Chief Of Detectives Patrick Brennan
1933
Paddy the Next Best Thing · as Auctioneer
1931
Secrets of a Secretary · as Reporter
1931
Stolen Heaven · as Henry - Steve's Butler

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