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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
July 14, 1883
Place of Birth:
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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Joseph 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.
Crehan often played alongside Charles C. Wilson with whom he is sometimes confused.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | Judgment at Nuremberg | Courtroom Spectator at Verdict (uncredited) |
| 1955 | The Twinkle In God's Eye | Doctor |
| 1954 | Highway Dragnet | Elderly Border Inspection Officer |
| 1953 | Crazylegs | Hank Hatch |
| 1952 | Deadline - U.S.A. | City Editor of The Standard (uncredited) |
| 1951 | The Family Secret | |
| 1951 | Roadblock | Thompson (uncredited) |
| 1950 | Triple Trouble | Warden Burnside |
| 1950 | The Fuller Brush Girl | Police Boat Captain (uncredited) |
| 1950 | The Tougher They Come | Thompson |
| 1950 | The Flying Missile | Rear Admiral |
| 1950 | The Arizona Cowboy | Colonel Jefferson |
| 1950 | Gun Crazy | Plant Foreman (uncredited) |
| 1949 | Alias the Champ | Tim Murphy |
| 1949 | Duke of Chicago | 'Tex' Harman |
| 1949 | Unto Thyself Be True | Frank Hartwell |
| 1949 | Red Desert | President Ulysses S. Grant |
| 1949 | Bad Men of Tombstone | Mine Superintendent |
| 1949 | The Last Bandit | Local No. 44 Engineer |
| 1949 | Ringside | Oscar Brannigan |
| 1949 | Dancing in the Dark | Board Member |
| 1949 | Amazon Quest | De Ruyter |
| 1949 | State Department: File 649 | Government Official |
| 1949 | Prejudice | J.P. Baker |
| 1948 | The Hunted | Small Town Police Captain |
| 1948 | Street Corner | Dr. James Fenton |
| 1948 | The Countess of Monte Cristo | Joe |
| 1948 | Homicide for Three | Police Captain |
| 1948 | Night Time in Nevada | Engineer Casey |
| 1948 | April Showers | William Barnes |
| 1948 | The Gallant Legion | George Trent - State Official |
| 1948 | Adventures in Silverado | McHugh |
| 1948 | Sundown in Santa Fe | Major Larkin |
| 1948 | Because of Eve | Dr. West |
| 1948 | Relentless | Doctor (uncredited) |
| 1948 | The Enchanted Valley | Chief Scott |
| 1948 | Silver River | Ulysses S. Grant (uncredited) |
| 1948 | The Story of Life | |
| 1947 | Louisiana | Neilson |
| 1947 | Philo Vance's Gamble | Ellis Mason |
| 1947 | Monsieur Verdoux | Broker (uncredited) |
| 1947 | The Sea of Grass | Colorado Sen. Grew (uncredited) |
| 1947 | Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome | Chief Brandon |
| 1947 | The Trespasser | The Doctor |
| 1946 | Deadline at Dawn | Lt. Kane |
| 1946 | Dangerous Money | Captain Black |
| 1946 | The Falcon's Adventure | Inspector Cavanaugh |
| 1946 | Dick Tracy vs. Cueball | Chief Brandon |
| 1946 | O.S.S. | Gen. Donovan |
| 1946 | The Phantom Thief | 'Jumbo' Madigan - Pawnbroker |
| 1946 | The Mysterious Mr. M | Dan Blair |
| 1946 | Behind the Mask | Police Inspector Cardonna |
| 1946 | The Shadow Returns | Police Insp. Cardona |
| 1946 | The Virginian | |
| 1946 | Night Train to Memphis | John Stevenson |
| 1946 | Bad Bascomb | Gov. Clark (uncredited) |
| 1946 | A Guy Could Change | McCarthy |
| 1946 | Strange Journey | Thompson |
| 1946 | Tars and Spars | Admiral |
| 1946 | The Big Sleep | Medical Examiner (uncredited) |
| 1946 | Magnificent Doll | Williams |
| 1946 | The Brute Man | Police Commissioner Salisbury (uncredited) |
| 1945 | I Love a Mystery | Police Captain Quinn (Uncredited) |
| 1945 | Dick Tracy | Chief Brandon |
| 1945 | The Chicago Kid | Chief Rogers |
| 1945 | Man Alive | Dr. James P. Whitney |
| 1945 | Captain Tugboat Annie | Alec Severn |
| 1945 | Lady on a Train | Train passenger (uncredited) |
| 1945 | The Royal Mounted Rides Again | RCMP Sergeant Nelson |
| 1945 | Adventure | Ed - Maritime Office (uncredited) |
| 1944 | The Missing Juror | Willard Apple / Falstaff |
| 1944 | Phantom Lady | Detective |
| 1944 | Black Magic | Police Sgt. Matthews |
| 1944 | One Mysterious Night | Jumbo Madigan (Uncredited) |
| 1944 | Hands Across the Border | Jeff "Bet-A-Hundred" Adams |
| 1944 | When the Lights Go On Again | Bob |
| 1944 | The Great Alaskan Mystery | Bill Hudson |
| 1944 | Christmas Holiday | Steve, the bartender |
| 1944 | Gambler's Choice | Toby (uncredited) |
| 1944 | The Navy Way | Chaplain Benson |
| 1944 | The Adventures of Mark Twain | Ulysses S. Grant |
| 1944 | To the People of the United States | Doctor at Hospital (uncredited) |
| 1943 | The Amazing Mrs. Holliday | |
| 1943 | Mystery Broadcast | Chief Daniels |
| 1943 | Keep 'Em Slugging | Detective Sergeant |
| 1943 | The Woman of the Town | New York Newspaper Editor |
| 1943 | Adventures of the Flying Cadets | Col. George Bolton [Chs. 1-2] |
| 1943 | False Faces | Police Capt. Alan O'Brien |
| 1943 | City Without Men | Father Burns |
| 1943 | The Desert Song | Steve, a Reporter |
| 1943 | Crazy House | Mogey |
| 1943 | Mission to Moscow | Reporter (uncredited) |
| 1943 | Honeymoon Lodge | Judge |
| 1943 | Mr. Lucky | Detective (uncredited) |
| 1943 | Hit the Ice | Train Conductor #1 (uncredited) |
| 1943 | She Has What It Takes | George Clarke |
| 1943 | The Iron Major | Judge |
| 1942 | Sealed Lips | Chief Charles R. Dugan |
| 1942 | Larceny, Inc. | Warden |
| 1942 | Whistling in Dixie | Deputy Police Commissioner (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Eyes of the Underworld | Kirby - Assistant Police Chief |
| 1942 | Murder in the Big House | Ainslee |
| 1942 | The Courtship of Andy Hardy | Peter Dugan |
| 1942 | Treat 'Em Rough | Roderick Wetherbee (as Joe Crehan) |
| 1942 | Junior Army | Mr. Jeffrey Ferguson |
| 1942 | Girl Trouble | Kohn |
| 1942 | Gentleman Jim | Duffy - Referee (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Hello, Annapolis | Evans Arden |
| 1942 | Men of Texas | Luther Crittenden |
| 1942 | Gang Busters | Police Chief Martin O'Brien |
| 1942 | Wild Bill Hickok Rides | Ray Trent (uncredited) |
| 1942 | The Secret Code | Police Chief Henry Burns |
| 1942 | Obliging Young Lady | Managing Editor (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Cadets on Parade | Jeff Shannon |
| 1942 | You Can't Escape Forever | Warden (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Love Crazy | Judge |
| 1941 | Manpower | Sweeney |
| 1941 | Scattergood Baines | Keith |
| 1941 | A Man Betrayed | Bob - Globe Newspaper Editor (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Three Girls About Town | Labor leader |
| 1941 | Back Street | Postman |
| 1941 | Know For Sure | supporting role |
| 1941 | The Case of the Black Parrot | Inspector Grady |
| 1941 | Nine Lives Are Not Enough | Editor (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Washington Melodrama | Phil Sampson |
| 1941 | Texas | Rancher Dusty King |
| 1941 | Doctors Don't Tell | Judge Hoskins |
| 1941 | Here Comes Mr. Jordan | Doctor (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Andy Hardy's Private Secretary | Peter Dugan |
| 1941 | Flying Blind | Nunnally |
| 1941 | Nevada City | Mark Benton |
| 1941 | They Died with Their Boots On | President Ulysses S. Grant (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Here Comes Happiness | Tom Burke |
| 1941 | A Man Betrayed | |
| 1941 | Nine Lives Are Not Enough | Yates |
| 1940 | The Secret Seven | Police Chief Hobbs |
| 1940 | Brother Orchid | Brother MacEwen |
| 1940 | Music in My Heart | Mark C. Gilman |
| 1940 | Jack Pot | Mayor Steven Andrews (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Parole Fixer | Warden (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Broadway Melody of 1940 | Ballroom Manager (uncredited) |
| 1940 | The Fighting 69th | Inoculations Doctor (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Emergency Squad | H. Tyler Joyce, editor |
| 1940 | The Green Hornet | Judge Stanton |
| 1940 | Colorado | Gen. Ulysses S. Grant |
| 1940 | Gaucho Serenade | Edward Martin |
| 1940 | The Texas Rangers Ride Again | Johnson |
| 1940 | Santa Fe Trail | Officer at Washington Party (uncredited) |
| 1940 | City for Conquest | Doctor |
| 1940 | The House Across the Bay | Federal Man |
| 1940 | Little Nellie Kelly | Commissioner O'Brien (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Public Deb No. 1 | Director |
| 1939 | Whispering Enemies | George Harley |
| 1939 | The Roaring Twenties | Michaels |
| 1939 | Maisie | Defense Attorney Wilcox |
| 1939 | Full Confession | Warden (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Private Detective | Capt. Murphy |
| 1939 | Behind Prison Gates | Prison Warden O'Neil |
| 1939 | Society Lawyer | City Editor |
| 1939 | Star Reporter | Gordon |
| 1939 | Union Pacific | Ulysses S. Grant |
| 1939 | Tell No Tales | Chalmers |
| 1939 | Hollywood Cavalcade | Attorney |
| 1939 | Navy Secrets | FBI Chief Herbert Daly |
| 1939 | Wings of the Navy | Second Doctor |
| 1939 | Almost a Gentleman | Prosecutor |
| 1939 | Dodge City | Hammond (uncredited) |
| 1939 | We Are Not Alone | American at Train Station |
| 1939 | Stanley and Livingstone | Morehead |
| 1939 | The Return of Doctor X | Editor |
| 1939 | Blackmail | Mr. Blaine (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Babes in Arms | Mr. Essex |
| 1939 | Pride of the Navy | Brad Foster |
| 1939 | Geronimo | President Ulysses S. Grant |
| 1939 | The Star Maker | Thomas Marlowe |
| 1939 | They All Come Out | Judge (uncredited) |
| 1939 | You Can't Get Away with Murder | Warden of Sing Sing |
| 1939 | Invisible Stripes | Garage Owner (uncredited) |
| 1938 | Bluebeard's Eighth Wife | American Tourist (uncredited) |
| 1938 | Alexander's Ragtime Band | Stage Manager |
| 1938 | The Arkansas Traveler | McSweeney |
| 1938 | A Criminal Is Born | Frank Wheeler |
| 1938 | Girls on Probation | Todd |
| 1938 | Here's Flash Casey | Blaine |
| 1938 | Midnight Intruder | Bill Harwood - Newspaper Editor |
| 1938 | Billy The Kid Returns | U.S. Marshal Dave Conway |
| 1938 | Happy Landing | Agent |
| 1938 | Gang Bullets | Wallace |
| 1938 | Illegal Traffic | Chief Daley |
| 1938 | Night Spot | Inspector Wayland |
| 1938 | Woman Against Woman | Sen. Kingsley |
| 1938 | Gateway | Inspector |
| 1938 | The Kid Comes Back | Danny Lockridge |
| 1938 | State Police | Mr. Owen, Mine Owner |
| 1938 | Four's a Crowd | Butler Pierce |
| 1938 | Crime Takes a Holiday | Gov. Bill Allen |
| 1937 | Kid Galahad | Brady |
| 1937 | Mama Runs Wild | Tom Fowler |
| 1937 | Smart Blonde | Tiny Torgensen |
| 1937 | God's Country and the Woman | Jordan |
| 1937 | The Case of the Stuttering Bishop | Paul Drake |
| 1937 | The Duke Comes Back | Pat Doyle |
| 1937 | Midnight Court | Judge Frederick J. Thompson |
| 1937 | Talent Scout | A.J. Lambert |
| 1937 | The Wrong Road | District Attorney |
| 1937 | The Go-Getter | Karl Stone |
| 1937 | There Goes My Girl | Sgt. Wood |
| 1937 | Outlaws of the Orient | Snyder |
| 1937 | Draegerman Courage | Dr. Stuart Hunter |
| 1937 | Beg, Borrow or Steal | Mr. Parsons, Murillo Customer (uncredited) |
| 1937 | Her Husband's Secretary | Stevenson |
| 1937 | The Cherokee Strip | Army Officer |
| 1937 | Once a Doctor | Captain Andrews |
| 1937 | Girls Can Play | Editor Brophy |
| 1937 | This Is My Affair | Priest |
| 1937 | Born Reckless | District Attorney |
| 1937 | A Day at Santa Anita | Biff, Blackburn's Trainer (uncredited) |
| 1937 | Midnight Madonna | Moe Grinnell |
| 1937 | Blossoms On Broadway | Bartender (uncredited) |
| 1936 | Bullets or Ballots | Grand Jury Spokesman |
| 1936 | Earthworm Tractors | Mr. Henderson |
| 1936 | The Murder of Dr. Harrigan | Lieut. Lamb |
| 1936 | Cain and Mabel | Reed's Manager |
| 1936 | Here Comes Carter | Daniel Bronson |
| 1936 | Road Gang | Harry Shields |
| 1936 | Guns of the Pecos | Captain Norris |
| 1936 | King of Hockey | Mike Trotter |
| 1936 | Murder by an Aristocrat | Hilary Thatcher |
| 1936 | Boulder Dam | Ross |
| 1936 | Trailin' West | Colonel Douglas |
| 1936 | Jailbreak | Warden |
| 1936 | Down the Stretch | C.D. Burch |
| 1936 | Brides Are Like That | Tom Carter |
| 1936 | The Singing Kid | Agent Fulton (uncredited) |
| 1936 | The Captain's Kid | Deputy Coroner Frank Knickerbocker |
| 1936 | Gold Diggers of 1937 | Chairman |
| 1936 | Anthony Adverse | Capt. Elisha Jorham |
| 1936 | China Clipper | Jim Horn |
| 1936 | Bengal Tiger | Bill Hinsdale |
| 1936 | The Law in Her Hands | Dist. Atty. Thomas Mallon |
| 1935 | We're in the Money | |
| 1935 | Special Agent | Commissioner of Police |
| 1935 | Black Fury | Johnny Farrell |
| 1935 | The Case of the Lucky Legs | Detective Johnson |
| 1935 | Frisco Kid | McClanahan |
| 1935 | The Payoff | Harvey Morris |
| 1935 | Dinky | Orphanage Director |
| 1935 | Let 'em Have It | Memory Test Instructor |
| 1935 | Oil for the Lamps of China | Clements |
| 1935 | Page Miss Glory | Detective Chief |
| 1935 | While the Patient Slept | Evening Bulletin Editor (uncredited) |
| 1935 | Traveling Saleslady | Murdock |
| 1935 | Man of Iron | Tom Martin |
| 1935 | Front Page Woman | Spike Kiley |
| 1935 | Bright Lights | Post Office Attendant |
| 1935 | Shipmates Forever | Spike (uncredited) |
| 1935 | Stranded | Johnny Quinn |
| 1935 | Go Into Your Dance | H.P. Jackson |
| 1935 | Don't Bet on Blondes | Doctor Delivering Quintuplets (Uncredited) |
| 1934 | Voice in the Night | John Robinson |
| 1934 | Now I'll Tell | Hospital Doctor (uncredited) |
| 1934 | A Lost Lady | Second Doctor (uncredited) |
| 1934 | The Case of the Howling Dog | Captain Kelly (uncredited) |
| 1934 | Against the Law | Capt. Elliott |
| 1934 | Jimmy the Gent | Murder Trial Judge (uncredited) |
| 1934 | The Hell Cat | Captain Barnett |
| 1934 | Strange Wives | Immigration Official |
| 1934 | The Merry Frinks | Mr. Baxter |
| 1934 | Gentlemen Are Born | Haskins |
| 1934 | It Happened One Night | Detective (uncredited) |
| 1934 | Among the Missing | Detective O'Malley |
| 1934 | Beyond the Law | Chief Anderson |
| 1934 | Here Comes the Navy | Recruiting Officer (uncredited) |
| 1934 | Sleepers East | Conductor (uncredited) |
| 1934 | Big Hearted Herbert | IRS Tax Investigator (uncredited) |
| 1933 | Before Midnight | Capt. Frank Flynn |
| 1933 | Havana Widows | Ship Captain (uncredited) |
| 1933 | Duck Soup | Dignitary at Reception (uncredited) |
| 1933 | Female | Police Lieutenant (Uncredited) |
| 1931 | Secrets of a Secretary | Reporter |
| 1931 | Stolen Heaven | Henry - Steve's Butler |
| 1916 | Under Two Flags | Rake |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | The Andy Griffith Show | Councilman |
| 1960 | The Andy Griffith Show | Franklin |
| 1960 | The Andy Griffith Show | Council Member |
| 1960 | The Andy Griffith Show | Townsman |
| 1958 | Bat Masterson | Thomas Bolland |
| 1957 | Leave It to Beaver | Train Conductor |
| 1957 | 26 Men | |
| 1954 | The Whistler | |
| 1954 | The Lone Wolf | Conductor |
| 1952 | Four Star Playhouse | Mr. Kramer |
| 1951 | I Love Lucy | Detective |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Doctor |
| 1949 | The Lone Ranger | Tom Patrict |