Joseph Crehan
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.
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- Born:
- Jul 15, 1883 In Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 274
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Under Two Flags 1916-07-31
- Latest Project:
- Movie Judgment at Nuremberg 1961-12-18
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Judgment at Nuremberg | Courtroom Spectator at Verdict (uncredited) | 1961-12-18 |
| Series | The Andy Griffith Show | Unknown | 1960-10-03 |
| Series | Bat Masterson | Unknown | 1958-10-08 |
| Series | Leave It to Beaver | Unknown | 1957-10-04 |
| Series | 26 Men | Unknown | 1957-11-01 |
| Movie | The Twinkle In God's Eye | Doctor | 1955-10-13 |
| Series | The Lone Wolf | Unknown | 1954-01-01 |
| Movie | Highway Dragnet | Elderly Border Inspection Officer | 1954-01-20 |
| Series | The Whistler | Unknown | 1954-07-13 |
| Movie | Crazylegs | Hank Hatch | 1953-11-15 |
| Movie | Deadline - U.S.A. | City Editor of The Standard (uncredited) | 1952-03-14 |
| Movie | Roadblock | Thompson (uncredited) | 1951-09-17 |
| Movie | The Family Secret | 1951-10-21 | |
| Movie | The Arizona Cowboy | Colonel Jefferson | 1950-04-01 |
| Movie | Gun Crazy | Plant Foreman (uncredited) | 1950-01-20 |
| Movie | The Fuller Brush Girl | Police Boat Captain (uncredited) | 1950-09-15 |
| Movie | Triple Trouble | Warden Burnside | 1950-08-13 |
| Movie | The Tougher They Come | Thompson | 1950-11-16 |
| Movie | The Flying Missile | Rear Admiral | 1950-12-24 |
| Series | Lux Video Theatre | Unknown | 1950-10-02 |
| Movie | State Department: File 649 | Government Official | 1949-02-11 |
| Movie | Bad Men of Tombstone | Mine Superintendent | 1949-01-21 |
| Movie | Unto Thyself Be True | Frank Hartwell | 1949-01-01 |
| Movie | Duke of Chicago | 'Tex' Harman | 1949-03-15 |
| Movie | The Last Bandit | Local No. 44 Engineer | 1949-02-25 |
| Movie | Dancing in the Dark | Board Member | 1949-12-02 |
| Movie | Amazon Quest | De Ruyter | 1949-05-13 |
| Movie | Alias the Champ | Tim Murphy | 1949-10-15 |
| Movie | Red Desert | President Ulysses S. Grant | 1949-12-17 |
| Movie | Ringside | Oscar Brannigan | 1949-07-14 |
| Movie | April Showers | William Barnes | 1948-03-27 |
| Movie | The Hunted | Small Town Police Captain | 1948-04-07 |
| Movie | Adventures in Silverado | McHugh | 1948-03-25 |
| Movie | The Enchanted Valley | Chief Scott | 1948-03-24 |
| Movie | Silver River | Ulysses S. Grant (uncredited) | 1948-05-20 |
| Movie | Because of Eve | Dr. West | 1948-01-01 |
| Movie | Night Time in Nevada | Engineer Casey | 1948-09-05 |
| Movie | Street Corner | Dr. James Fenton | 1948-12-03 |
| Movie | The Gallant Legion | George Trent - State Official | 1948-05-24 |
| Movie | Sundown in Santa Fe | Major Larkin | 1948-11-05 |
| Movie | The Countess of Monte Cristo | Joe | 1948-10-31 |
| Movie | Relentless | Doctor (uncredited) | 1948-06-15 |
| Movie | Homicide for Three | Police Captain | 1948-12-08 |
| Movie | Philo Vance's Gamble | Ellis Mason | 1947-04-12 |
| Movie | Monsieur Verdoux | Broker (uncredited) | 1947-09-26 |
| Movie | The Trespasser | The Doctor | 1947-07-03 |
| Movie | Louisiana | Neilson | 1947-11-15 |
| Movie | Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome | Chief Brandon | 1947-09-26 |
| Movie | The Phantom Thief | 'Jumbo' Madigan - Pawnbroker | 1946-05-02 |
| Movie | The Virginian | 1946-05-05 | |
| Movie | Bad Bascomb | Gov. Clark (uncredited) | 1946-05-26 |
| Movie | Behind the Mask | Police Inspector Cardonna | 1946-05-25 |
| Movie | Deadline at Dawn | Lt. Kane | 1946-03-18 |
| Movie | Tars and Spars | Admiral | 1946-01-10 |
| Movie | A Guy Could Change | McCarthy | 1946-01-27 |
| Movie | The Shadow Returns | Police Insp. Cardona | 1946-02-16 |
| Movie | O.S.S. | Gen. Donovan | 1946-05-26 |
| Movie | Strange Journey | Thompson | 1946-10-03 |
| Movie | Night Train to Memphis | John Stevenson | 1946-07-12 |
| Movie | Magnificent Doll | Williams | 1946-12-08 |
| Movie | The Falcon's Adventure | Inspector Cavanaugh | 1946-12-13 |
| Movie | Dangerous Money | Captain Black | 1946-10-12 |
| Movie | Dick Tracy vs. Cueball | Chief Brandon | 1946-11-22 |
| Movie | The Brute Man | Police Commissioner Salisbury (uncredited) | 1946-10-01 |
| Movie | The Mysterious Mr. M | Dan Blair | 1946-07-23 |
| Movie | The Big Sleep | Medical Examiner (uncredited) | 1946-08-23 |
| Movie | Lady on a Train | Train passenger (uncredited) | 1945-08-03 |
| Movie | The Royal Mounted Rides Again | RCMP Sergeant Nelson | 1945-10-23 |
| Movie | I Love a Mystery | Police Captain Quinn (Uncredited) | 1945-01-25 |
| Movie | The Chicago Kid | Chief Rogers | 1945-06-29 |
| Movie | Dick Tracy | Chief Brandon | 1945-12-01 |
| Movie | Man Alive | Dr. James P. Whitney | 1945-11-16 |
| Movie | Adventure | Ed - Maritime Office (uncredited) | 1945-12-28 |
| Movie | To the People of the United States | Doctor at Hospital (uncredited) | 1944-04-16 |
| Movie | The Navy Way | Chaplain Benson | 1944-02-26 |
| Movie | Hands Across the Border | Jeff "Bet-A-Hundred" Adams | 1944-01-05 |
| Movie | Gambler's Choice | Toby (uncredited) | 1944-04-27 |
| Movie | Phantom Lady | Detective | 1944-01-28 |
| Movie | The Great Alaskan Mystery | Bill Hudson | 1944-04-25 |
| Movie | When the Lights Go On Again | Bob | 1944-10-22 |
| Movie | The Adventures of Mark Twain | Ulysses S. Grant | 1944-07-20 |
| Movie | One Mysterious Night | Jumbo Madigan (Uncredited) | 1944-10-21 |
| Movie | The Missing Juror | Willard Apple / Falstaff | 1944-11-16 |
| Movie | Black Magic | Police Sgt. Matthews | 1944-08-19 |
| Movie | Christmas Holiday | Steve, the bartender | 1944-07-31 |
| Movie | Mission to Moscow | Reporter (uncredited) | 1943-04-29 |
| Movie | False Faces | Police Capt. Alan O'Brien | 1943-05-28 |
| Movie | She Has What It Takes | George Clarke | 1943-04-15 |
| Movie | The Amazing Mrs. Holliday | 1943-02-19 | |
| Movie | Hit the Ice | Train Conductor #1 (uncredited) | 1943-06-02 |
| Movie | City Without Men | Father Burns | 1943-01-14 |
| Movie | Keep 'Em Slugging | Detective Sergeant | 1943-03-01 |
| Movie | Crazy House | Mogey | 1943-10-08 |
| Movie | The Woman of the Town | New York Newspaper Editor | 1943-12-31 |
| Movie | Mr. Lucky | Detective (uncredited) | 1943-07-01 |
| Movie | The Desert Song | Steve, a Reporter | 1943-12-17 |
| Movie | Mystery Broadcast | Chief Daniels | 1943-11-23 |
| Movie | Honeymoon Lodge | Judge | 1943-07-23 |
| Movie | Adventures of the Flying Cadets | Col. George Bolton [Chs. 1-2] | 1943-09-07 |
| Movie | Gang Busters | Police Chief Martin O'Brien | 1942-03-31 |
| Movie | Obliging Young Lady | Managing Editor (uncredited) | 1942-04-01 |
| Movie | Murder in the Big House | Ainslee | 1942-04-11 |
| Movie | The Courtship of Andy Hardy | Peter Dugan | 1942-03-03 |
| Movie | Cadets on Parade | Jeff Shannon | 1942-01-22 |
| Movie | Hello, Annapolis | Evans Arden | 1942-04-23 |
| Movie | Sealed Lips | Chief Charles R. Dugan | 1942-01-02 |
| Movie | Treat 'Em Rough | Roderick Wetherbee (as Joe Crehan) | 1942-01-30 |
| Movie | Wild Bill Hickok Rides | Ray Trent (uncredited) | 1942-01-31 |
| Movie | Men of Texas | Luther Crittenden | 1942-07-03 |
| Movie | Junior Army | Mr. Jeffrey Ferguson | 1942-11-26 |
| Movie | Whistling in Dixie | Deputy Police Commissioner (uncredited) | 1942-12-31 |
| Movie | Larceny, Inc. | Warden | 1942-04-24 |
| Movie | You Can't Escape Forever | Warden (uncredited) | 1942-10-10 |
| Movie | Gentleman Jim | Duffy - Referee (uncredited) | 1942-11-14 |
| Movie | Eyes of the Underworld | Kirby - Assistant Police Chief | 1942-10-02 |
| Movie | The Secret Code | Police Chief Henry Burns | 1942-09-04 |
| Movie | Girl Trouble | Kohn | 1942-10-09 |
| Movie | A Man Betrayed | Bob - Globe Newspaper Editor (uncredited) | 1941-03-07 |
| Movie | Here Comes Happiness | Tom Burke | 1941-03-15 |
| Movie | Washington Melodrama | Phil Sampson | 1941-04-17 |
| Movie | Andy Hardy's Private Secretary | Peter Dugan | 1941-02-21 |
| Movie | Know For Sure | supporting role | 1941-01-01 |
| Movie | Love Crazy | Judge | 1941-05-23 |
| Movie | The Case of the Black Parrot | Inspector Grady | 1941-01-09 |
| Movie | Back Street | Postman | 1941-02-07 |
| Movie | Scattergood Baines | Keith | 1941-02-21 |
| Movie | Nevada City | Mark Benton | 1941-06-19 |
| Movie | Texas | Rancher Dusty King | 1941-10-09 |
| Movie | Three Girls About Town | Labor leader | 1941-10-23 |
| Movie | Here Comes Mr. Jordan | Doctor (uncredited) | 1941-08-07 |
| Movie | Doctors Don't Tell | Judge Hoskins | 1941-09-22 |
| Movie | They Died with Their Boots On | President Ulysses S. Grant (uncredited) | 1941-11-20 |
| Movie | Manpower | Sweeney | 1941-08-09 |
| Movie | Flying Blind | Nunnally | 1941-08-29 |
| Movie | Nine Lives Are Not Enough | Editor (uncredited) | 1941-09-20 |
| Movie | Parole Fixer | Warden (uncredited) | 1940-02-02 |
| Movie | The House Across the Bay | Federal Man | 1940-03-01 |
| Movie | The Fighting 69th | Inoculations Doctor (uncredited) | 1940-01-27 |
| Movie | Broadway Melody of 1940 | Ballroom Manager (uncredited) | 1940-02-09 |
| Movie | Emergency Squad | H. Tyler Joyce, editor | 1940-01-05 |
| Movie | Music in My Heart | Mark C. Gilman | 1940-01-04 |
| Movie | Jack Pot | Mayor Steven Andrews (uncredited) | 1940-03-09 |
| Movie | The Green Hornet | Judge Stanton | 1940-01-08 |
| Movie | The Texas Rangers Ride Again | Johnson | 1940-12-13 |
| Movie | Little Nellie Kelly | Police Commissioner O'Brien (uncredited) | 1940-11-22 |
| Movie | Gaucho Serenade | Edward Martin | 1940-05-09 |
| Movie | City for Conquest | Doctor | 1940-09-21 |
| Movie | Santa Fe Trail | Officer at Washington Party (uncredited) | 1940-12-20 |
| Movie | Brother Orchid | Brother MacEwen | 1940-06-07 |
| Movie | Public Deb No. 1 | Director | 1940-09-13 |
| Movie | Colorado | Gen. Ulysses S. Grant | 1940-09-15 |
| Movie | Union Pacific | Ulysses S. Grant | 1939-05-05 |
| Movie | Dodge City | Hammond (uncredited) | 1939-04-08 |
| Movie | Tell No Tales | Chalmers | 1939-06-12 |
| Movie | Behind Prison Gates | Prison Warden O'Neil | 1939-07-28 |
| Movie | Almost a Gentleman | Prosecutor | 1939-03-31 |
| Movie | Maisie | Defense Attorney Wilcox | 1939-06-22 |
| Movie | Navy Secrets | FBI Chief Herbert Daly | 1939-02-08 |
| Movie | Pride of the Navy | Brad Foster | 1939-01-23 |
| Movie | They All Come Out | Judge (uncredited) | 1939-08-04 |
| Movie | Star Reporter | Gordon | 1939-02-22 |
| Movie | Society Lawyer | City Editor | 1939-03-21 |
| Movie | You Can't Get Away with Murder | Warden of Sing Sing | 1939-03-23 |
| Movie | Wings of the Navy | Second Doctor | 1939-02-11 |
| Movie | We Are Not Alone | American at Train Station | 1939-11-25 |
| Movie | The Return of Doctor X | Editor | 1939-11-23 |
| Movie | Invisible Stripes | Garage Owner (uncredited) | 1939-12-30 |
| Movie | Private Detective | Capt. Murphy | 1939-12-09 |
| Movie | Stanley and Livingstone | Morehead | 1939-08-18 |
| Movie | The Roaring Twenties | Michaels | 1939-10-28 |
| Movie | Geronimo | President Ulysses S. Grant | 1939-11-26 |
| Movie | Hollywood Cavalcade | Attorney | 1939-10-13 |
| Movie | The Star Maker | Thomas Marlowe | 1939-08-25 |
| Movie | Full Confession | Warden (uncredited) | 1939-09-08 |
| Movie | Babes in Arms | Mr. Essex | 1939-10-10 |
| Movie | Blackmail | Mr. Blaine (uncredited) | 1939-09-08 |
| Movie | State Police | Mr. Owen, Mine Owner | 1938-03-18 |
| Movie | Bluebeard's Eighth Wife | American Tourist (uncredited) | 1938-03-25 |
| Movie | Night Spot | Inspector Wayland | 1938-02-25 |
| Movie | Alexander's Ragtime Band | Stage Manager | 1938-05-24 |
| Movie | Happy Landing | Agent | 1938-01-23 |
| Movie | A Criminal Is Born | Frank Wheeler | 1938-06-05 |
| Movie | Here's Flash Casey | Blaine | 1938-01-07 |
| Movie | Midnight Intruder | Bill Harwood - Newspaper Editor | 1938-02-06 |
| Movie | The Kid Comes Back | Danny Lockridge | 1938-02-12 |
| Movie | Four's a Crowd | Butler Pierce | 1938-08-04 |
| Movie | Girls on Probation | Todd | 1938-10-22 |
| Movie | Gang Bullets | Wallace | 1938-11-10 |
| Movie | Woman Against Woman | Sen. Kingsley | 1938-06-24 |
| Movie | The Arkansas Traveler | McSweeney | 1938-10-14 |
| Movie | Illegal Traffic | Chief Daley | 1938-11-02 |
| Movie | Too Hot to Handle | First Advertising Man (uncredited) | 1938-09-16 |
| Movie | Billy The Kid Returns | U.S. Marshal Dave Conway | 1938-09-04 |
| Movie | Gateway | Inspector | 1938-08-05 |
| Movie | Draegerman Courage | Dr. Stuart Hunter | 1937-05-15 |
| Movie | This Is My Affair | Priest | 1937-05-28 |
| Movie | A Day at Santa Anita | Biff--Blackburn's Trainer (uncredited) | 1937-05-22 |
| Movie | The Go-Getter | Karl Stone | 1937-05-22 |
| Movie | The Cherokee Strip | Army Officer | 1937-05-15 |
| Movie | Smart Blonde | Tiny Torgensen | 1937-01-02 |
| Movie | God's Country and the Woman | Jordan | 1937-01-16 |
| Movie | Once a Doctor | Captain Andrews | 1937-01-23 |
| Movie | Her Husband's Secretary | Stevenson | 1937-02-26 |
| Movie | Midnight Court | Judge Frederick J. Thompson | 1937-03-06 |
| Movie | There Goes My Girl | Sgt. Wood | 1937-05-21 |
| Movie | The Wrong Road | District Attorney | 1937-10-11 |
| Movie | Blossoms On Broadway | Bartender (uncredited) | 1937-11-19 |
| Movie | The Duke Comes Back | Pat Doyle | 1937-11-29 |
| Movie | Kid Galahad | Brady | 1937-05-29 |
| Movie | Outlaws of the Orient | Snyder | 1937-08-20 |
| Movie | Beg, Borrow or Steal | Mr. Parsons, Murillo Customer (uncredited) | 1937-12-03 |
| Movie | The Case of the Stuttering Bishop | Paul Drake | 1937-06-08 |
| Movie | Talent Scout | A.J. Lambert | 1937-07-24 |
| Movie | Girls Can Play | Editor Brophy | 1937-06-23 |
| Movie | Midnight Madonna | Moe Grinnell | 1937-07-01 |
| Movie | Born Reckless | District Attorney | 1937-06-25 |
| Movie | Murder by an Aristocrat | Hilary Thatcher | 1936-06-13 |
| Movie | Bullets or Ballots | Grand Jury Spokesman | 1936-06-06 |
| Movie | Bengal Tiger | Bill Hinsdale | 1936-07-29 |
| Movie | Brides Are Like That | Tom Carter | 1936-04-18 |
| Movie | Earthworm Tractors | Mr. Henderson | 1936-07-24 |
| Movie | Boulder Dam | Ross | 1936-03-07 |
| Movie | Jailbreak | Warden | 1936-08-05 |
| Movie | The Murder of Dr. Harrigan | Lieut. Lamb | 1936-01-11 |
| Movie | Road Gang | Harry Shields | 1936-03-28 |
| Movie | The Singing Kid | Agent Fulton (uncredited) | 1936-04-10 |
| Movie | China Clipper | Jim Horn | 1936-08-11 |
| Movie | King of Hockey | Mike Trotter | 1936-12-19 |
| Movie | Guns of the Pecos | Captain Norris | 1936-12-28 |
| Movie | Gold Diggers of 1937 | Chairman | 1936-12-28 |
| Movie | Here Comes Carter | Daniel Bronson | 1936-10-24 |
| Movie | The Captain's Kid | Deputy Coroner Frank Knickerbocker | 1936-11-14 |
| Movie | Cain and Mabel | Reed's Manager | 1936-09-26 |
| Movie | Anthony Adverse | Capt. Elisha Jorham | 1936-08-26 |
| Movie | Trailin' West | Colonel Douglas | 1936-09-04 |
| Movie | Down the Stretch | C.D. Burch | 1936-09-18 |
| Movie | Let 'em Have It | Memory Test Instructor | 1935-05-15 |
| Movie | Black Fury | Johnny Farrell | 1935-05-18 |
| Movie | Alibi Ike | Conductor (scenes deleted) | 1935-06-15 |
| Movie | Dinky | Orphanage Director | 1935-05-11 |
| Movie | Oil for the Lamps of China | Clements | 1935-06-08 |
| Movie | The Payoff | Harvey Morris | 1935-01-09 |
| Movie | Stranded | Johnny Quinn | 1935-06-29 |
| Movie | While the Patient Slept | Evening Bulletin Editor (uncredited) | 1935-03-09 |
| Movie | Traveling Saleslady | Murdock | 1935-03-28 |
| Movie | Go Into Your Dance | H.P. Jackson | 1935-04-20 |
| Movie | The Case of the Lucky Legs | Detective Johnson | 1935-10-05 |
| Movie | Frisco Kid | McClanahan | 1935-11-30 |
| Movie | Man of Iron | Tom Martin | 1935-12-21 |
| Movie | Front Page Woman | Spike Kiley | 1935-07-11 |
| Movie | Special Agent | Commissioner of Police | 1935-09-14 |
| Movie | Shipmates Forever | Spike (uncredited) | 1935-10-12 |
| Movie | Page Miss Glory | Detective Chief | 1935-09-07 |
| Movie | Bright Lights | Post Office Attendant | 1935-07-27 |
| Movie | We're in the Money | 1935-08-17 | |
| Movie | Don't Bet on Blondes | Doctor Delivering Quintuplets (Uncredited) | 1935-07-13 |
| Movie | The Merry Frinks | Mr. Baxter | 1934-05-26 |
| Movie | Jimmy the Gent | Murder Trial Judge (uncredited) | 1934-03-09 |
| Movie | Sleepers East | Conductor (uncredited) | 1934-01-01 |
| Movie | Now I'll Tell | Hospital Doctor (uncredited) | 1934-06-07 |
| Movie | It Happened One Night | Detective (uncredited) | 1934-02-22 |
| Movie | The Case of the Howling Dog | Captain Kelly (uncredited) | 1934-09-22 |
| Movie | The Hell Cat | Captain Barnett | 1934-06-16 |
| Movie | Gentlemen Are Born | Haskins | 1934-11-17 |
| Movie | Big Hearted Herbert | IRS Tax Investigator (uncredited) | 1934-10-06 |
| Movie | Among the Missing | Detective O'Malley | 1934-09-25 |
| Movie | A Lost Lady | Second Doctor (uncredited) | 1934-09-29 |
| Movie | Female | Police Lieutenant (Uncredited) | 1933-11-11 |
| Movie | Duck Soup | Dignitary at Reception (uncredited) | 1933-11-12 |
| Movie | Before Midnight | Capt. Frank Flynn | 1933-11-18 |
| Movie | Havana Widows | Ship Captain (uncredited) | 1933-11-18 |
| Movie | Stolen Heaven | Henry - Steve's Butler | 1931-02-20 |
| Movie | Secrets of a Secretary | Reporter | 1931-09-05 |
| Movie | Under Two Flags | Rake | 1916-07-31 |