Joseph Crehan
288 movies · 13 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jul 14, 1883
- Died
- Apr 15, 1966 (age 82)
- Place of birth
- Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- Also known as
- Joseph A. Creaghan · Joseph Creehan · Joe Crehan · John Crehan
Biography
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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.
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Crehan often played alongside Charles C. Wilson with whom he is sometimes confused.
Profiles IMDb
Known for
Joseph Crehan: movies and TV shows
Acting (301)
- 1965 The Great Race
as Observer at Start (uncredited)
- 1964 Seven Days in May
as Bit Part (uncredited)
- 1961 Judgment at Nuremberg
as Courtroom Spectator at Verdict (uncredited)
- 1960
- 1959
- 1958
- 1957
- 1957
- 1955 The Twinkle In God's Eye
as Doctor
- 1955
- 1955
- 1954
- 1954
- 1954 Highway Dragnet
as Elderly Border Inspection Officer
- 1953 Crazylegs
as Hank Hatch
- 1952
- 1952 Deadline - U.S.A.
as The Standard City Editor (uncredited)
- 1951
- 1951
- 1951 Roadblock
as Thompson (uncredited)
- 1951 Pride of Maryland
as Mr. Herndon
- 1950 The Flying Missile
as Rear Admiral
- 1950 The Tougher They Come
as Thompson
- 1950
- 1950 The Fuller Brush Girl
as Police Boat Captain (uncredited)
- 1950 Triple Trouble
as Warden Burnside
- 1950 The Arizona Cowboy
as Colonel Jefferson
- 1950 Gun Crazy
as Plant Foreman (uncredited)
- 1949 Red Desert
as President Ulysses S. Grant
- 1949 Dancing in the Dark
as Board Member
- 1949 Prejudice
as J.P. Baker
- 1949 Alias the Champ
as Tim Murphy
- 1949
- 1949 Ringside
as Oscar Brannigan
- 1949 Amazon Quest
as De Ruyter
- 1949 Duke of Chicago
as 'Tex' Harman
- 1949 The Last Bandit
as Local No. 44 Engineer
- 1949 State Department: File 649
as Government Official
- 1949 Bad Men of Tombstone
as Mine Superintendent
- 1949 Unto Thyself Be True
as Frank Hartwell
- 1948 Homicide for Three
as Police Captain
- 1948 Street Corner
as Dr. James Fenton
- 1948 Sundown in Santa Fe
as Major Larkin
- 1948 The Countess of Monte Cristo
as Joe
- 1948 Night Time in Nevada
as Engineer Casey
- 1948 Relentless
as Doctor (uncredited)
- 1948 The Gallant Legion
as George Trent - State Official
- 1948 Silver River
as Ulysses S. Grant (uncredited)
- 1948 The Hunted
as Small Town Police Captain
- 1948 April Showers
as William Barnes
- 1948 Adventures in Silverado
as McHugh
- 1948 The Enchanted Valley
as Chief Scott
- 1948 Because of Eve
as Dr. West
- 1948
- 1947 Louisiana
as Neilson
- 1947 Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome
as Chief Brandon
- 1947 Monsieur Verdoux
as Broker (uncredited)
- 1947 The Trespasser
as The Doctor
- 1947 The Sea of Grass
as Colorado Sen. Grew (uncredited)
- 1947 Philo Vance's Gamble
as Ellis Mason
- 1946 The Falcon's Adventure
as Inspector Cavanaugh
- 1946 Magnificent Doll
as Williams (uncredited)
- 1946 Dick Tracy vs. Cueball
as Chief Brandon
- 1946 Dangerous Money
as Captain Black
- 1946 Strange Journey
as Thompson
- 1946 The Brute Man
as Police Commissioner Salisbury (uncredited)
- 1946 The Big Sleep
as Medical Examiner (uncredited)
- 1946 The Mysterious Mr. M
as Dan Blair
- 1946 Night Train to Memphis
as John Stevenson
- 1946 O.S.S.
as Gen. Donovan
- 1946 Bad Bascomb
as Gov. Clark (uncredited)
- 1946 Behind the Mask
as Police Inspector Cardonna
- 1946
- 1946 The Phantom Thief
as 'Jumbo' Madigan - Pawnbroker
- 1946 Deadline at Dawn
as Lt. Kane
- 1946 The Shadow Returns
as Police Insp. Cardona
- 1946 A Guy Could Change
as McCarthy
- 1946 Girl on the Spot
as Editor (uncredited)
- 1946 Tars and Spars
as Admiral
- 1945 Adventure
as Ed - Maritime Office (uncredited)
- 1945 Dick Tracy
as Chief Brandon
- 1945 Captain Tugboat Annie
as Alec Severn
- 1945 Man Alive
as Dr. James P. Whitney
- 1945 The Royal Mounted Rides Again
as RCMP Sergeant Nelson
- 1945 Lady on a Train
as Train passenger (uncredited)
- 1945 The Chicago Kid
as Chief Rogers
- 1945 I Love a Mystery
as Police Captain Quinn (Uncredited)
- 1944 The Thin Man Goes Home
as Clancy - Policeman at Railroad Station (uncredited)
- 1944 The Missing Juror
as Willard Apple
- 1944 When the Lights Go On Again
as Bob
- 1944 One Mysterious Night
as Jumbo Madigan (Uncredited)
- 1944 Black Magic
as Police Sgt. Matthews
- 1944 The Adventures of Mark Twain
as Ulysses S. Grant
- 1944 Christmas Holiday
as Steve (uncredited)
- 1944 Gambler's Choice
as Toby (uncredited)
- 1944 The Great Alaskan Mystery
as Bill Hudson
- 1944 To the People of the United States
as Doctor at Hospital (uncredited)
- 1944 Shine on Harvest Moon
as Harry Miller (uncredited)
- 1944 The Navy Way
as Chaplain Benson
- 1944 The Desert Song
as Steve, a Reporter
- 1944 Phantom Lady
as Detective
- 1944 Hands Across the Border
as Jeff "Bet-A-Hundred" Adams
- 1943 The Woman of the Town
as New York Newspaper Editor
- 1943 Mystery Broadcast
as Chief Daniels
- 1943 The Iron Major
as Judge
- 1943 Crazy House
as Mogey (uncredited)
- 1943 Adventures of the Flying Cadets
as Col. George Bolton [Chs. 1-2]
- 1943 Honeymoon Lodge
as Judge
- 1943 Mr. Lucky
as Detective (uncredited)
- 1943 Hit the Ice
as Train Conductor #1 (uncredited)
- 1943 False Faces
as Police Capt. Alan O'Brien
- 1943 Mission to Moscow
as Reporter (uncredited)
- 1943 She Has What It Takes
as George Clarke
- 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 Men of Texas
as Luther Crittenden
- 1942 Larceny, Inc.
as Warden
- 1942 Hello, Annapolis
as Evans Arden
- 1942 Murder in the Big House
as Ainslee
- 1942 Obliging Young Lady
as Managing Editor (uncredited)
- 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 Treat 'Em Rough
as Roderick Wetherbee
- 1942 Cadets on Parade
as Jeff Shannon
- 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 Know For Sure
as supporting role
- 1941 Texas
as Rancher Dusty King
- 1941 Doctors Don't Tell
as Judge Hoskins
- 1941 Nine Lives Are Not Enough
as Editor (uncredited) / Yates
- 1941 Flying Blind
as Nunnally
- 1941 Manpower
as Sweeney
- 1941 Here Comes Mr. Jordan
as Doctor (uncredited)
- 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 A Man Betrayed
as Bob - Globe Newspaper Editor (uncredited)
- 1941 Scattergood Baines
as Keith
- 1941 Andy Hardy's Private Secretary
as Peter Dugan
- 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 The Texas Rangers Ride Again
as Johnson
- 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 The Secret Seven
as Police Chief Hobbs
- 1940 Brother Orchid
as Brother MacEwen
- 1940 Gaucho Serenade
as Edward Martin
- 1940 Jack Pot
as Mayor Steven Andrews (uncredited)
- 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 The Green Hornet
as Judge Stanton
- 1940 Emergency Squad
as H. Tyler Joyce, editor
- 1940 Music in My Heart
as Mark C. Gilman
- 1939 Invisible Stripes
as Garage Owner (uncredited)
- 1939 Private Detective
as Capt. Murphy
- 1939 Geronimo
as President Ulysses S. Grant
- 1939 We Are Not Alone
as American at Train Station
- 1939 The Return of Doctor X
as Editor
- 1939 The Roaring Twenties
as Michaels
- 1939 Hollywood Cavalcade
as Attorney
- 1939 Babes in Arms
as Mr. Essex
- 1939 Full Confession
as Warden (uncredited)
- 1939 Blackmail
as Mr. Blaine (uncredited)
- 1939 The Star Maker
as Thomas Marlowe
- 1939 Stanley and Livingstone
as Morehead
- 1939 They All Come Out
as Judge (uncredited)
- 1939 Behind Prison Gates
as Prison Warden O'Neil
- 1939 Maisie
as Defense Attorney Wilcox
- 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 Whispering Enemies
as George Harley
- 1939 You Can't Get Away with Murder
as Warden of Sing Sing
- 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 Pride of the Navy
as Brad Foster
- 1938 Gang Bullets
as Wallace
- 1938 Illegal Traffic
as Chief Daley
- 1938 Girls on Probation
as Todd
- 1938 The Arkansas Traveler
as McSweeney
- 1938 Crime Takes a Holiday
as Gov. Bill Allen
+ 101 more credits