Joseph Crehan

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1883-07-14 (83 years old)

Deathday

1966-04-15

Place of Birth

Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Joseph Crehan

Biography

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.

Acting

1940

The Secret Seven

as Police Chief Hobbs

1941

Love Crazy

as Judge

1941

Manpower

as Sweeney

1949

Alias the Champ

as Tim Murphy

1941

1938

Bluebeard's Eighth Wife

as American Tourist (uncredited)

1940

Brother Orchid

as Brother MacEwen

1934

Voice in the Night

as John Robinson

1942

Sealed Lips

as Chief Charles R. Dugan

1950

Triple Trouble

as Warden Burnside

1944

The Missing Juror

as Willard Apple / Falstaff

1939

Whispering Enemies

as George Harley

1936

Bullets or Ballots

as Grand Jury Spokesman

1946

Deadline at Dawn

as Lt. Kane

1941

A Man Betrayed

as Bob - Globe Newspaper Editor (uncredited)

1944

Phantom Lady

as Detective

1938

Alexander's Ragtime Band

as Stage Manager

1939

1936

Earthworm Tractors

as Mr. Henderson

1944

Black Magic

as Police Sgt. Matthews

1946

Dangerous Money

as Captain Black

1954

Highway Dragnet

as Elderly Border Inspection Officer

1948

The Hunted

as Small Town Police Captain

1946

The Falcon's Adventure

as Inspector Cavanaugh

1946

Dick Tracy vs. Cueball

as Chief Brandon

1944

One Mysterious Night

as Jumbo Madigan (Uncredited)

1939

Maisie

as Defense Attorney Wilcox

1942

Larceny, Inc.

as Warden

1935

Special Agent

as Commissioner of Police

1937

Kid Galahad

as Brady

1944

Hands Across the Border

as Jeff "Bet-A-Hundred" Adams

1942

Whistling in Dixie

as Deputy Police Commissioner (uncredited)

1935

Black Fury

as Johnny Farrell

1937

Mama Runs Wild

as Tom Fowler

1948

Street Corner

as Dr. James Fenton

1946

O.S.S.

as Gen. Donovan

1931

1941

Three Girls About Town

as Labor leader

1946

The Phantom Thief

as 'Jumbo' Madigan - Pawnbroker

1936

1937

Smart Blonde

as Tiny Torgensen

1942

Eyes of the Underworld

as Kirby - Assistant Police Chief

1945

I Love a Mystery

as Police Captain Quinn (Uncredited)

1939

Full Confession

as Warden (uncredited)

1938

1941

Back Street

as Postman

1946

1948

Homicide for Three

as Police Captain

1941

Know For Sure

as supporting role

1945

Dick Tracy

as Chief Brandon

1941

1940

Music in My Heart

as Mark C. Gilman

1938

A Criminal Is Born

as Frank Wheeler

1948

Night Time in Nevada

as Engineer Casey

1935

The Case of the Lucky Legs

as Detective Johnson

1943

Mystery Broadcast

as Chief Daniels

1934

Now I'll Tell

as Hospital Doctor (uncredited)

1935

Frisco Kid

as McClanahan

1946

Behind the Mask

as Police Inspector Cardonna

1946

The Shadow Returns

as Police Insp. Cardona

1949

Duke of Chicago

as 'Tex' Harman

1936

Cain and Mabel

as Reed's Manager

1939

Private Detective

as Capt. Murphy

1937

1939

Behind Prison Gates

as Prison Warden O'Neil

1945

The Chicago Kid

as Chief Rogers

1939

Society Lawyer

as City Editor

1937

Midnight Court

as Judge Frederick J. Thompson

1936

Here Comes Carter

as Daniel Bronson

1937

Talent Scout

as A.J. Lambert

1939

Star Reporter

as Gordon

1936

Road Gang

as Harry Shields

1936

Guns of the Pecos

as Captain Norris

1938

1935

The Payoff

as Harvey Morris

1937

The Wrong Road

as District Attorney

1937

The Go-Getter

as Karl Stone

1934

A Lost Lady

as Second Doctor (uncredited)

1947

Louisiana

as Neilson

1945

Man Alive

as Dr. James P. Whitney

1944

1936

King of Hockey

as Mike Trotter

1935

Dinky

as Orphanage Director

1938

Midnight Intruder

as Bill Harwood - Newspaper Editor

1938

Billy The Kid Returns

as U.S. Marshal Dave Conway

1939

Union Pacific

as Ulysses S. Grant

1942

1938

1934

The Case of the Howling Dog

as Captain Kelly (uncredited)

1934

Against the Law

as Capt. Elliott

1938

Gang Bullets

as Wallace

1935

Let 'em Have It

as Memory Test Instructor

1934

Jimmy the Gent

as Murder Trial Judge (uncredited)

1931

Stolen Heaven

as Henry - Steve's Butler

1941

Nine Lives Are Not Enough

as Editor (uncredited)

1934

The Hell Cat

as Captain Barnett

1938

Illegal Traffic

as Chief Daley

1938

Night Spot

as Inspector Wayland

1937

There Goes My Girl

as Sgt. Wood

1936

Murder by an Aristocrat

as Hilary Thatcher

1941

Washington Melodrama

as Phil Sampson

1945

Captain Tugboat Annie

as Alec Severn

1933

Before Midnight

as Capt. Frank Flynn

1947

Philo Vance's Gamble

as Ellis Mason

1950

The Fuller Brush Girl

as Police Boat Captain (uncredited)

1934

Strange Wives

as Immigration Official

1938

Woman Against Woman

as Sen. Kingsley

1933

Havana Widows

as Ship Captain (uncredited)

1939

Tell No Tales

as Chalmers

1941

Texas

as Rancher Dusty King

1939

1937

Draegerman Courage

as Dr. Stuart Hunter

1937

Beg, Borrow or Steal

as Mr. Parsons, Murillo Customer (uncredited)

1934

The Merry Frinks

as Mr. Baxter

1934

1935

Page Miss Glory

as Detective Chief

1939

Navy Secrets

as FBI Chief Herbert Daly

1937

1939

Wings of the Navy

as Second Doctor

1939

Almost a Gentleman

as Prosecutor

1939

Dodge City

as Hammond (uncredited)

1936

1939

We Are Not Alone

as American at Train Station

1950

1944

Christmas Holiday

as Steve, the bartender

1939

Blackmail

as Mr. Blaine (uncredited)

1939

Babes in Arms

as Mr. Essex

1940

Jack Pot

as Mayor Steven Andrews (uncredited)

1935

While the Patient Slept

as Evening Bulletin Editor (uncredited)

1934

It Happened One Night

as Detective (uncredited)

1953

Crazylegs

as Hank Hatch

1941

Doctors Don't Tell

as Judge Hoskins

1949

Unto Thyself Be True

as Frank Hartwell

1937

The Cherokee Strip

as Army Officer

1935

1935

Man of Iron

as Tom Martin

1946

Night Train to Memphis

as John Stevenson

1940

Parole Fixer

as Warden (uncredited)

1945

Lady on a Train

as Train passenger (uncredited)

1961

Judgment at Nuremberg

as Courtroom Spectator at Verdict (uncredited)

1934

Among the Missing

as Detective O'Malley

1944

Gambler's Choice

as Toby (uncredited)

1941

Here Comes Mr. Jordan

as Doctor (uncredited)

1934

Beyond the Law

as Chief Anderson

1942

Treat 'Em Rough

as Roderick Wetherbee (as Joe Crehan)

1940

Broadway Melody of 1940

as Ballroom Manager (uncredited)

1947

Monsieur Verdoux

as Broker (uncredited)

1940

The Fighting 69th

as Inoculations Doctor (uncredited)

1936

Trailin' West

as Colonel Douglas

1948

April Showers

as William Barnes

1937

Once a Doctor

as Captain Andrews

1936

Jailbreak

as Warden

1933

Duck Soup

as Dignitary at Reception (uncredited)

1940

Emergency Squad

as H. Tyler Joyce, editor

1940

The Green Hornet

as Judge Stanton

1942

Junior Army

as Mr. Jeffrey Ferguson

1937

Girls Can Play

as Editor Brophy

1935

Front Page Woman

as Spike Kiley

1939

Pride of the Navy

as Brad Foster

1949

Red Desert

as President Ulysses S. Grant

1947

The Sea of Grass

as Colorado Sen. Grew (uncredited)

1934

Here Comes the Navy

as Recruiting Officer (uncredited)

1936

Down the Stretch

as C.D. Burch

1940

Colorado

as Gen. Ulysses S. Grant

1940

Gaucho Serenade

as Edward Martin

1937

1940

Santa Fe Trail

as Officer at Washington Party (uncredited)

1946

Bad Bascomb

as Gov. Clark (uncredited)

1942

1947

1938

Gateway

as Inspector

1936

1940

1940

1936

The Singing Kid

as Agent Fulton (uncredited)

1940

Little Nellie Kelly

as Commissioner O'Brien (uncredited)

1942

Gentleman Jim

as Duffy - Referee (uncredited)

1935

Bright Lights

as Post Office Attendant

1939

Geronimo

as President Ulysses S. Grant

1936

The Captain's Kid

as Deputy Coroner Frank Knickerbocker

1941

Flying Blind

as Nunnally

1948

The Gallant Legion

as George Trent - State Official

1947

The Trespasser

as The Doctor

1946

1950

The Flying Missile

as Rear Admiral

1942

Hello, Annapolis

as Evans Arden

1950

The Arizona Cowboy

as Colonel Jefferson

1942

Men of Texas

as Luther Crittenden

1943

Keep 'Em Slugging

as Detective Sergeant

1942

Gang Busters

as Police Chief Martin O'Brien

1937

Born Reckless

as District Attorney

1945

The Royal Mounted Rides Again

as RCMP Sergeant Nelson

1948

Sundown in Santa Fe

as Major Larkin

1941

Nevada City

as Mark Benton

1949

Bad Men of Tombstone

as Mine Superintendent

1942

Wild Bill Hickok Rides

as Ray Trent (uncredited)

1949

The Last Bandit

as Local No. 44 Engineer

1948

Because of Eve

as Dr. West

1943

The Woman of the Town

as New York Newspaper Editor

1941

They Died with Their Boots On

as President Ulysses S. Grant (uncredited)

1943

Adventures of the Flying Cadets

as Col. George Bolton [Chs. 1-2]

1934

Sleepers East

as Conductor (uncredited)

1939

The Star Maker

as Thomas Marlowe

1936

1946

Strange Journey

as Thompson

1951

Roadblock

as Thompson (uncredited)

1937

A Day at Santa Anita

as Biff, Blackburn's Trainer (uncredited)

1942

The Secret Code

as Police Chief Henry Burns

1938

The Kid Comes Back

as Danny Lockridge

1942

Obliging Young Lady

as Managing Editor (uncredited)

1933

Female

as Police Lieutenant (Uncredited)

1949

Ringside

as Oscar Brannigan

1934

Big Hearted Herbert

as IRS Tax Investigator (uncredited)

1935

Shipmates Forever

as Spike (uncredited)

1943

False Faces

as Police Capt. Alan O'Brien

1952

Deadline - U.S.A.

as City Editor of The Standard (uncredited)

1937

Midnight Madonna

as Moe Grinnell

1936

Anthony Adverse

as Capt. Elisha Jorham

1948

Relentless

as Doctor (uncredited)

1935

Stranded

as Johnny Quinn

1946

Tars and Spars

as Admiral

1943

City Without Men

as Father Burns

1939

They All Come Out

as Judge (uncredited)

1943

The Desert Song

as Steve, a Reporter

1940

Public Deb No. 1

as Director

1943

Crazy House

as Mogey

1943

Mission to Moscow

as Reporter (uncredited)

1943

1943

Mr. Lucky

as Detective (uncredited)

1942

Cadets on Parade

as Jeff Shannon

1944

The Navy Way

as Chaplain Benson

1935

Go Into Your Dance

as H.P. Jackson

1938

State Police

as Mr. Owen, Mine Owner

1941

1944

The Adventures of Mark Twain

as Ulysses S. Grant

1949

Dancing in the Dark

as Board Member

1948

The Enchanted Valley

as Chief Scott

1946

The Big Sleep

as Medical Examiner (uncredited)

1943

Hit the Ice

as Train Conductor #1 (uncredited)

1936

China Clipper

as Jim Horn

1916

1937

Blossoms On Broadway

as Bartender (uncredited)

1949

Amazon Quest

as De Ruyter

1949

State Department: File 649

as Government Official

1945

Adventure

as Ed - Maritime Office (uncredited)

1950

Gun Crazy

as Plant Foreman (uncredited)

1946

Magnificent Doll

as Williams

1936

Bengal Tiger

as Bill Hinsdale

1939

You Can't Get Away with Murder

as Warden of Sing Sing

1939

Invisible Stripes

as Garage Owner (uncredited)

1949

Prejudice

as J.P. Baker

1935

Don't Bet on Blondes

as Doctor Delivering Quintuplets (Uncredited)

1943

She Has What It Takes

as George Clarke

1942

You Can't Escape Forever

as Warden (uncredited)

1948

Silver River

as Ulysses S. Grant (uncredited)

1938

Four's a Crowd

as Butler Pierce

1946

The Brute Man

as Police Commissioner Salisbury (uncredited)

1938

Crime Takes a Holiday

as Gov. Bill Allen

1944

To the People of the United States

as Doctor at Hospital (uncredited)

1936

The Law in Her Hands

as Dist. Atty. Thomas Mallon

1943

1944

The Thin Man Goes Home

as Clancy - Policeman at Railroad Station (uncredited)

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