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Joel McCrea is a Actor and Stunts American born on 5 november 1905 at California (USA)

Joel McCrea

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Birth name Joel Albert McCrea
Nationality USA
Birth 5 november 1905 at California (USA)
Death 20 october 1990 (at 84 years) at Woodland Hills (USA)

Joel Albert McCrea (November 5, 1905 – October 20, 1990) was an American actor whose career spanned 50 years and appearances in over 90 films.

Biography

McCrea married actress Frances Dee in 1933, after they met while filming The Silver Cord. The couple had three children, David, who became a rancher; Peter, who became a real estate developer; and Jody, who became an actor. Joel and Frances remained married until his death — spending 57 years together.

According to David Ragan's Stars of the '30s, the McCreas were prodigious savers, accumulating a large estate, which included working-ranch properties. Joel McCrea's work ethic was in part attributed to his Scottish heritage and it also may have stemmed from his friendship in the 1930s with fellow personality and sometime actor, Will Rogers. McCrea recounted that "the Oklahoma Sage" gave him a profound piece of advice: "Save half of what you make, and live on just the other half."

McCrea – who was an outdoorsman who had once listed his occupation as "rancher" and his hobby as "acting" – had begun buying property as early as 1933, when he purchased his first 1,000 acres (4.0 km) in a then-unincorporated area of eastern Ventura County, California, which later became Thousand Oaks, California. This was the beginning of what became a 3,000-acre (12 km) spread on which McCrea and his wife Frances lived, raised their children, and rode their horses.

By the end of the 1940s, McCrea was a multi-millionaire, as much from his real-estate dealings as from his movie stardom. In the late 1960s, he sold 1,200 acres (4.9 km) of land to an oil company, on the condition that they would not drill within sight of his home.

The McCreas ultimately donated several hundred acres of their personal property to the newly formed Conejo Valley YMCA for the city of Thousand Oaks, California. Today, the Conejo Valley YMCA is located in "Joel McCrea Park".

Joel McCrea made his final public appearance on October 3, 1990, at a fundraiser for Republican gubernatorial candidate Pete Wilson in Beverly Hills. He died less than three weeks later, on October 20, in Woodland Hills, California from pneumonia, at the age of 84.

Best films

Come and Get It (1936)
(Actor)
The More the Merrier (1943)
(Actor)

Usually with

Gregg Toland
Gregg Toland
(6 films)
Max Steiner
Max Steiner
(11 films)
Hans Dreier
Hans Dreier
(10 films)
Alfred Newman
Alfred Newman
(8 films)
Wade Boteler
Wade Boteler
(9 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Joel McCrea (93 films)

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Actor

Mustang Country
Origin USA
Genres Western
Themes Films about animals, Films about horses
Actors Joel McCrea, Robert Fuller, Patrick Wayne
Roles Dan
Rating60% 3.0477753.0477753.0477753.0477753.047775
The film is about a rancher and former rodeo star named Dan (Joel McCrea) and his rottweiler Luke. While he is hunting a wild stallion, Dan comes across a runaway boy. A friendship soon grows and the two set out to catch the mustang together.
The Great American Cowboy, 1h29
Directed by Kieth Merrill
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Sports films, Documentary films about sports
Actors Joel McCrea
Roles Narrator
Rating68% 3.4418853.4418853.4418853.4418853.441885
Deux stars du rodéo s'affrontent pour le titre de champion du monde: le vétéran Larry Mahan et le nouveau venu Phil Lyne.
Cry Blood Apache
Directed by Jack Starrett
Genres Action, Western
Actors Joel McCrea, Jody McCrea, Daniel Richard Kemp, Robert Tessier, Jack Starrett
Roles Pitcalin as an Older Man
Rating34% 1.725391.725391.725391.725391.72539
Racontant l'histoire de sa jeunesse en flashback, un ancien prospecteur (Joel McCrea, avec des séquences de flashback mettant en vedette son fils Jody) explique son massacre brutal d'une tribu d'Indiens. La seule survivante (Marie Gahua) accepte de le conduire vers une mine d'or secrète.
Hollywood Without Make-Up
Directed by Ken Murray
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry, Documentary films about cities
Actors Kirk Douglas, Ken Murray, Cary Grant, June Allyson, George K. Arthur, Eddie Albert
Roles Self (archive footage)
Rating71% 3.578353.578353.578353.578353.57835
The film consists of archive footage of famous Hollywood stars, mostly home movies showing the stars as themselves instead of playing a role in front of the camera.
Ride the High Country, 1h34
Directed by Sam Peckinpah
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Actors Joel McCrea, Randolph Scott, Mariette Hartley, Edgar Buchanan, L. Q. Jones, John Davis Chandler
Roles Steve Judd
Rating73% 3.6966253.6966253.6966253.6966253.696625
In the early years of the twentieth century, an aging ex-lawman, Steve Judd (Joel McCrea), is hired to guard a shipment of gold from a high country mining camp to the town of Hornitos, California. Six miners were recently murdered trying to transport their gold on the one trail leading down from the crest of the Sierra Nevada. In his prime, Judd was a tough and respected lawman, but now his threadbare clothes and spectacles serve as reminders that he is long past his prime. Judd enlists the help of his old friend and partner Gil Westrum (Randolph Scott) to guard the gold shipment. Gil, who makes his living passing himself off as a legendary sharpshooter named The Oregon Kid, enlists the help of his young sidekick, Heck Longtree (Ron Starr).
The Gunfight at Dodge City, 1h21
Directed by Joseph M. Newman
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Actors Joel McCrea, Julie Adams, John McIntire, Richard Anderson, Nancy Gates, James Westerfield
Roles Bat Masterson
Rating60% 3.0462353.0462353.0462353.0462353.046235
Après avoir abattu un officier de la Cavalerie par légitime défense pour une histoire de femme, le chasseur Bat Masterson se rend dans la ville de Dodge City où il retrouve son frère Ed, devenu marshall. Avec le soutien de sa fiancée Pauline et de son beau-père, le révérend Howard, Ed présente sa candidature pour le poste de shérif, face au corrompu Jim Regan. Bat décide alors de s'installer dans la ville. Il se lie vite d'amitié avec le docteur Sam Tremain puis s'éprend de la jolie Lily, une veuve qui peine à gérer le Saloon Lady Gay. Pour l'aider à remonter ses finances, Bat devient joueur professionnel, s'associe avec elle et investit une forte somme d'argent. Le succès du Saloon cause des problèmes de jalousie puis, un soir, Ed est tué par Dave Rudabaugh, cousin de l'officier que Bat a jadis abattu. Lassés par la violence perpétrée par les hommes de Regan, les notables de la ville décident de nommer Bat au poste de shérif afin de faire régner la loi.
Fort Massacre, 1h20
Directed by Joseph M. Newman
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Actors Joel McCrea, Forrest Tucker, Susan Cabot, John Russell, George N. Neise, Anthony Caruso
Roles Vinson
Rating61% 3.0979053.0979053.0979053.0979053.097905
An embittered cavalry sergeant must take over his regiment after their commanding officer is killed during an ambush. Vinson is driven by his hatred of Apaches, who were responsible for the death of his wife and children. He and his remaining men, including Travis and McGurney, try to ride 100 miles to the safety of Fort Crane, a fictional analogue of Fort Craig in New Mexico territory. Along the way they attack an Indian band, despite being heavily outnumbered. Vinson's vengeance knows no bounds, until Travis is ultimately forced to take a stand and confront him.
Cattle Empire, 1h23
Directed by Charles Marquis Warren
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Joel McCrea, Gloria Talbott, Don Haggerty, Phyllis Coates, Bing Russell, Paul Brinegar
Roles John Cord
Rating61% 3.0972853.0972853.0972853.0972853.097285
John Cord (Joel McCrea) a brave cowboy/ex-con hits the dusty trail as the leader of a major cattle drive. He is offered the job by the very townspeople his gang terrorized a few years before. They are also the same people who put him in the slammer, and even though he accepts the task, he secretly plots his revenge. He gets it by proving himself courageous and honest.
Trooper Hook, 1h21
Directed by Charles Marquis Warren
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Joel McCrea, Barbara Stanwyck, Earl Holliman, Edward Andrews, John Dehner, Susan Kohner
Roles Sgt. Clovis Hook
Rating65% 3.29563.29563.29563.29563.2956
As the action opens, Chief Nanchez (Rudolfo Acosta) signals an order for the execution of a US cavalry troop that has been surrounded on a cliff by his Apache warriors, and the entrapped soldiers are summarily massacred. Arriving on the scene, cavalry reinforcements attack the Apaches, and Sgt. Clovis Hook (Joel McCrea) tackles Chief Nanchez, the two old adversaries falling off their horses and wrestling on the ground in fierce hand-to-hand combat. The army troop defeats the Apaches, and according to orders, take Nanchez alive, along with most of his braves, but a few manage to escape. The soldiers then torch the Apache village, rounding up the women and children for resettlement to the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation. Among the native women and children, a soldier spots a white woman and calls out to Sgt. Hook. The woman, dressed native style, except for a short haircut, appears emotionally detached, yet possessively clutches a small half-Indian child of perhaps five years. Although she remains silent and unresponsive, they subsequently learn that she is Cora Sutcliff (Barbara Stanwyck), who was taken captive in a raid some years before on a journey westward to join her rancher husband. Upon determining that the white woman is the mother of Chief Nanchez’s son, the soldiers express disgust that she is “an Indian’s leavings” and that she would let herself give birth to Nanchez’s “whelp.” Sgt. Hook tactfully suggests that they simply report ahead to the fort that a white woman who is the mother of Nanchez’s son has been recovered and will be returning with them.
The Tall Stranger, 1h20
Directed by Thomas Carr
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Joel McCrea, Virginia Mayo, Barry Kelley, Michael Ansara, Whit Bissell, George N. Neise
Roles Ned Bannon
Rating63% 3.198363.198363.198363.198363.19836
Ned Bannon est laissé pour mort par des brigands. Il est retrouvé à temps par un train qui appartient à son demi-frère ; bravant l'animosité de celui-ci, Bannon va essayer d'éviter un massacre.
Gunsight Ridge, 1h25
Directed by Francis D. Lyon
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure, Western
Actors Joel McCrea, Mark Stevens, Joan Weldon, Addison Richards, George Chandler, Carolyn Craig
Roles Mike Ryan
Rating62% 3.146163.146163.146163.146163.14616
This script must be run from the command line
The Oklahoman, 1h20
Directed by Francis D. Lyon
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Joel McCrea, Barbara Hale, Brad Dexter, Gloria Talbott, Michael Pate, Verna Felton
Roles John
Rating62% 3.143733.143733.143733.143733.14373
On his way to California a doctor, John Brighton, decides to stay in Oklahoma territory after his wife dies in childbirth. He takes a room at the home of elderly Mrs. Fitzgerald, who helps raise his new daughter Louise.
The First Texan, 1h22
Directed by Byron Haskin
Origin USA
Genres War, Historical, Western
Themes Political films
Actors Joel McCrea, Felicia Farr, Jeff Morrow, Wallace Ford, Jody McCrea, Abraham Sofaer
Roles Sam Houston
Rating60% 3.049623.049623.049623.049623.04962
Sam Houston, a lawyer and former Governor of Tennessee, travels to San Antonio, Texas to begin a new life. He encounters Jim Bowie, who is determined to free the territory from Mexico's rule.
Wichita
Wichita (1955)
, 1h21
Directed by Jacques Tourneur
Origin USA
Genres Action, Romance, Western
Actors Joel McCrea, Vera Miles, Lloyd Bridges, Wallace Ford, Edgar Buchanan, Peter Graves
Roles Wyatt Earp
Rating68% 3.4409653.4409653.4409653.4409653.440965
Former bison hunter and entrepreneur Wyatt Earp (Joel McCrea) arrives in the lawless cattle town of Wichita, Kansas. His skills as a gunfighter make him a perfect candidate for marshal but he refuses the job until he feels morally obligated to bring law and order to this wild town. As with the later film Warlock in 1959, the lawman comes in conflict with his sponsors. His least popular move is to take away the guns of everyone in town, no matter how important. Only when town banker Sam McCoy (Walter Coy) is hit with a personal tragedy does Earp's no-guns edict begin to make sense.
Stranger on Horseback, 1h6
Directed by Jacques Tourneur
Origin USA
Genres Action, Romance, Western
Actors Joel McCrea, Miroslava, John Carradine, Kevin McCarthy, John McIntire, Nancy Gates
Roles Judge Richard 'Rick' Thorne
Rating65% 3.288163.288163.288163.288163.28816
This script must be run from the command line