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Joseph Crehan

Born
July 14, 1883
Died
April 15, 1966
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.
Known For
The Big Sleep
(1946)
Medical Examiner (uncredited)
Duck Soup
(1933)
Dignitary at Reception (uncredited)
Phantom Lady
(1944)
Detective
It Happened One Night
(1934)
Detective (uncredited)
Gun Crazy
(1950)
Plant Foreman (uncredited)
Union Pacific
(1939)
Ulysses S. Grant
Judgment at Nuremberg
(1961)
Courtroom Spectator at Verdict (uncredited)
Monsieur Verdoux
(1947)
Broker (uncredited)
They Died with Their Boots On
(1941)
President Ulysses S. Grant (uncredited)
Dodge City
(1939)
Hammond (uncredited)
Texas
(1941)
Rancher Dusty King
Frisco Kid
(1935)
McClanahan
Kid Galahad
(1937)
Brady
Christmas Holiday
(1944)
Steve, the bartender
Larceny, Inc.
(1942)
Warden
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
(1941)
Doctor (uncredited)
Full Filmography
Acting
Under Two Flags
(1916)
Rake
Stolen Heaven
(1931)
Henry - Steve's Butler
Secrets of a Secretary
(1931)
Reporter
Before Midnight
(1933)
Capt. Frank Flynn
Havana Widows
(1933)
Ship Captain (uncredited)
Duck Soup
(1933)
Dignitary at Reception (uncredited)
Female
(1933)
Police Lieutenant (Uncredited)
Now I'll Tell
(1934)
Hospital Doctor (uncredited)
A Lost Lady
(1934)
Second Doctor (uncredited)
The Case of the Howling Dog
(1934)
Captain Kelly (uncredited)
Jimmy the Gent
(1934)
Murder Trial Judge (uncredited)
The Hell Cat
(1934)
Captain Barnett
The Merry Frinks
(1934)
Mr. Baxter
Gentlemen Are Born
(1934)
Haskins
Among the Missing
(1934)
Detective O'Malley
Sleepers East
(1934)
Conductor (uncredited)
Big Hearted Herbert
(1934)
IRS Tax Investigator (uncredited)
Voice in the Night
(1934)
John Robinson
Against the Law
(1934)
Capt. Elliott
It Happened One Night
(1934)
Detective (uncredited)
Strange Wives
(1934)
Immigration Official
Beyond the Law
(1934)
Chief Anderson
Special Agent
(1935)
Commissioner of Police
Black Fury
(1935)
Johnny Farrell
The Case of the Lucky Legs
(1935)
Detective Johnson
Frisco Kid
(1935)
McClanahan
The Payoff
(1935)
Harvey Morris
Dinky
(1935)
Orphanage Director
Let 'em Have It
(1935)
Memory Test Instructor
Page Miss Glory
(1935)
Detective Chief
Oil for the Lamps of China
(1935)
Clements
While the Patient Slept
(1935)
Evening Bulletin Editor (uncredited)
Traveling Saleslady
(1935)
Murdock
Man of Iron
(1935)
Tom Martin
Front Page Woman
(1935)
Spike Kiley
Bright Lights
(1935)
Post Office Attendant
Shipmates Forever
(1935)
Spike (uncredited)
Stranded
(1935)
Johnny Quinn
Go Into Your Dance
(1935)
H.P. Jackson
Don't Bet on Blondes
(1935)
Doctor Delivering Quintuplets (Uncredited)
We're in the Money
(1935)
Bullets or Ballots
(1936)
Grand Jury Spokesman
Earthworm Tractors
(1936)
Mr. Henderson
The Murder of Dr. Harrigan
(1936)
Lieut. Lamb
Cain and Mabel
(1936)
Reed's Manager
Road Gang
(1936)
Harry Shields
Here Comes Carter
(1936)
Daniel Bronson
Guns of the Pecos
(1936)
Captain Norris
King of Hockey
(1936)
Mike Trotter
Murder by an Aristocrat
(1936)
Hilary Thatcher
Boulder Dam
(1936)
Ross
Jailbreak
(1936)
Warden
Trailin' West
(1936)
Colonel Douglas
Down the Stretch
(1936)
C.D. Burch
Brides Are Like That
(1936)
Tom Carter
The Singing Kid
(1936)
Agent Fulton (uncredited)
The Captain's Kid
(1936)
Deputy Coroner Frank Knickerbocker
Gold Diggers of 1937
(1936)
Chairman
Anthony Adverse
(1936)
Capt. Elisha Jorham
China Clipper
(1936)
Jim Horn
Bengal Tiger
(1936)
Bill Hinsdale
Kid Galahad
(1937)
Brady
Smart Blonde
(1937)
Tiny Torgensen
God's Country and the Woman
(1937)
Jordan
The Case of the Stuttering Bishop
(1937)
Paul Drake
The Duke Comes Back
(1937)
Pat Doyle
Midnight Court
(1937)
Judge Frederick J. Thompson
Talent Scout
(1937)
A.J. Lambert
The Wrong Road
(1937)
District Attorney
The Go-Getter
(1937)
Karl Stone
Outlaws of the Orient
(1937)
Snyder
There Goes My Girl
(1937)
Sgt. Wood
Draegerman Courage
(1937)
Dr. Stuart Hunter
Beg, Borrow or Steal
(1937)
Mr. Parsons, Murillo Customer (uncredited)
Her Husband's Secretary
(1937)
Stevenson
The Cherokee Strip
(1937)
Army Officer
Once a Doctor
(1937)
Captain Andrews
Girls Can Play
(1937)
Editor Brophy
This Is My Affair
(1937)
Priest
Born Reckless
(1937)
District Attorney
A Day at Santa Anita
(1937)
Biff--Blackburn's Trainer (uncredited)
Midnight Madonna
(1937)
Moe Grinnell
Blossoms On Broadway
(1937)
Bartender (uncredited)
Mama Runs Wild
(1937)
Tom Fowler
Bluebeard's Eighth Wife
(1938)
American Tourist (uncredited)
Alexander's Ragtime Band
(1938)
Stage Manager
A Criminal Is Born
(1938)
Frank Wheeler
Girls on Probation
(1938)
Todd
Here's Flash Casey
(1938)
Blaine
Midnight Intruder
(1938)
Bill Harwood - Newspaper Editor
Billy The Kid Returns
(1938)
U.S. Marshal Dave Conway
Happy Landing
(1938)
Agent
Gang Bullets
(1938)
Wallace
Night Spot
(1938)
Inspector Wayland
Woman Against Woman
(1938)
Sen. Kingsley
Gateway
(1938)
Inspector
The Kid Comes Back
(1938)
Danny Lockridge
State Police
(1938)
Mr. Owen, Mine Owner
Four's a Crowd
(1938)
Butler Pierce
Crime Takes a Holiday
(1938)
Gov. Bill Allen
Illegal Traffic
(1938)
Chief Daley
The Arkansas Traveler
(1938)
McSweeney
The Roaring Twenties
(1939)
Michaels
Maisie
(1939)
Defense Attorney Wilcox
Private Detective
(1939)
Capt. Murphy
Behind Prison Gates
(1939)
Prison Warden O'Neil
Society Lawyer
(1939)
City Editor
Star Reporter
(1939)
Gordon
Union Pacific
(1939)
Ulysses S. Grant
Tell No Tales
(1939)
Chalmers
Hollywood Cavalcade
(1939)
Attorney
Navy Secrets
(1939)
FBI Chief Herbert Daly
Almost a Gentleman
(1939)
Prosecutor
Dodge City
(1939)
Hammond (uncredited)
We Are Not Alone
(1939)
American at Train Station
Stanley and Livingstone
(1939)
Morehead
Blackmail
(1939)
Mr. Blaine (uncredited)
Babes in Arms
(1939)
Mr. Essex
The Return of Doctor X
(1939)
Editor
Pride of the Navy
(1939)
Brad Foster
Wings of the Navy
(1939)
Second Doctor
Geronimo
(1939)
President Ulysses S. Grant
The Star Maker
(1939)
Thomas Marlowe
They All Come Out
(1939)
Judge (uncredited)
You Can't Get Away with Murder
(1939)
Warden of Sing Sing
Invisible Stripes
(1939)
Garage Owner (uncredited)
Whispering Enemies
(1939)
George Harley
Full Confession
(1939)
Warden (uncredited)
Brother Orchid
(1940)
Brother MacEwen
Music in My Heart
(1940)
Mark C. Gilman
Emergency Squad
(1940)
H. Tyler Joyce, editor
The Green Hornet
(1940)
Judge Stanton
The Fighting 69th
(1940)
Inoculations Doctor (uncredited)
Broadway Melody of 1940
(1940)
Ballroom Manager (uncredited)
Colorado
(1940)
Gen. Ulysses S. Grant
Gaucho Serenade
(1940)
Edward Martin
The Texas Rangers Ride Again
(1940)
Johnson
Santa Fe Trail
(1940)
Officer at Washington Party (uncredited)
City for Conquest
(1940)
Doctor
The House Across the Bay
(1940)
Federal Man
Little Nellie Kelly
(1940)
Police Commissioner O'Brien (uncredited)
Public Deb No. 1
(1940)
Director
The Secret Seven
(1940)
Police Chief Hobbs
Jack Pot
(1940)
Mayor Steven Andrews (uncredited)
Parole Fixer
(1940)
Warden (uncredited)
Love Crazy
(1941)
Judge
Manpower
(1941)
Sweeney
Doctors Don't Tell
(1941)
Judge Hoskins
Three Girls About Town
(1941)
Labor leader
Back Street
(1941)
Postman
Know For Sure
(1941)
supporting role
The Case of the Black Parrot
(1941)
Inspector Grady
Nevada City
(1941)
Mark Benton
Nine Lives Are Not Enough
(1941)
Editor (uncredited)
Washington Melodrama
(1941)
Phil Sampson
Texas
(1941)
Rancher Dusty King
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
(1941)
Doctor (uncredited)
Andy Hardy's Private Secretary
(1941)
Peter Dugan
Flying Blind
(1941)
Nunnally
They Died with Their Boots On
(1941)
President Ulysses S. Grant (uncredited)
Here Comes Happiness
(1941)
Tom Burke
A Man Betrayed
(1941)
Scattergood Baines
(1941)
Keith
Sealed Lips
(1942)
Chief Charles R. Dugan
Larceny, Inc.
(1942)
Warden
Whistling in Dixie
(1942)
Deputy Police Commissioner (uncredited)
Eyes of the Underworld
(1942)
Kirby - Assistant Police Chief
Murder in the Big House
(1942)
Ainslee
The Courtship of Andy Hardy
(1942)
Peter Dugan
Treat 'Em Rough
(1942)
Roderick Wetherbee (as Joe Crehan)
Junior Army
(1942)
Mr. Jeffrey Ferguson
Girl Trouble
(1942)
Kohn
Gentleman Jim
(1942)
Duffy - Referee (uncredited)
Hello, Annapolis
(1942)
Evans Arden
Gang Busters
(1942)
Police Chief Martin O'Brien
Men of Texas
(1942)
Luther Crittenden
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
(1942)
Ray Trent (uncredited)
The Secret Code
(1942)
Police Chief Henry Burns
Obliging Young Lady
(1942)
Managing Editor (uncredited)
Cadets on Parade
(1942)
Jeff Shannon
You Can't Escape Forever
(1942)
Warden (uncredited)
Mystery Broadcast
(1943)
Chief Daniels
Keep 'Em Slugging
(1943)
Detective Sergeant
The Woman of the Town
(1943)
New York Newspaper Editor
Adventures of the Flying Cadets
(1943)
Col. George Bolton [Chs. 1-2]
False Faces
(1943)
Police Capt. Alan O'Brien
City Without Men
(1943)
Father Burns
The Desert Song
(1943)
Steve, a Reporter
Mr. Lucky
(1943)
Detective (uncredited)
Crazy House
(1943)
Mogey
Mission to Moscow
(1943)
Reporter (uncredited)
Honeymoon Lodge
(1943)
Judge
Hit the Ice
(1943)
Train Conductor #1 (uncredited)
She Has What It Takes
(1943)
George Clarke
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
(1943)
The Missing Juror
(1944)
Willard Apple / Falstaff
Phantom Lady
(1944)
Detective
Black Magic
(1944)
Police Sgt. Matthews
One Mysterious Night
(1944)
Jumbo Madigan (Uncredited)
Hands Across the Border
(1944)
Jeff "Bet-A-Hundred" Adams
When the Lights Go On Again
(1944)
Bob
The Great Alaskan Mystery
(1944)
Bill Hudson
The Navy Way
(1944)
Chaplain Benson
The Adventures of Mark Twain
(1944)
Ulysses S. Grant
To the People of the United States
(1944)
Doctor at Hospital (uncredited)
Gambler's Choice
(1944)
Toby (uncredited)
Christmas Holiday
(1944)
Steve, the bartender
Dick Tracy
(1945)
Chief Brandon
The Chicago Kid
(1945)
Chief Rogers
Man Alive
(1945)
Dr. James P. Whitney
The Royal Mounted Rides Again
(1945)
RCMP Sergeant Nelson
Adventure
(1945)
Ed - Maritime Office (uncredited)
I Love a Mystery
(1945)
Police Captain Quinn (Uncredited)
Captain Tugboat Annie
(1945)
Alec Severn
Lady on a Train
(1945)
Train passenger (uncredited)
Deadline at Dawn
(1946)
Lt. Kane
Dangerous Money
(1946)
Captain Black
The Falcon's Adventure
(1946)
Inspector Cavanaugh
Dick Tracy vs. Cueball
(1946)
Chief Brandon
O.S.S.
(1946)
Gen. Donovan
The Phantom Thief
(1946)
'Jumbo' Madigan - Pawnbroker
The Mysterious Mr. M
(1946)
Dan Blair
Behind the Mask
(1946)
Police Inspector Cardonna
The Shadow Returns
(1946)
Police Insp. Cardona
Night Train to Memphis
(1946)
John Stevenson
Bad Bascomb
(1946)
Gov. Clark (uncredited)
A Guy Could Change
(1946)
McCarthy
Strange Journey
(1946)
Thompson
Tars and Spars
(1946)
Admiral
The Big Sleep
(1946)
Medical Examiner (uncredited)
Magnificent Doll
(1946)
Williams
The Brute Man
(1946)
Police Commissioner Salisbury (uncredited)
The Virginian
(1946)
Philo Vance's Gamble
(1947)
Ellis Mason
Monsieur Verdoux
(1947)
Broker (uncredited)
Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome
(1947)
Chief Brandon
The Trespasser
(1947)
The Doctor
Louisiana
(1947)
Neilson
The Hunted
(1948)
Small Town Police Captain
Street Corner
(1948)
Dr. James Fenton
Homicide for Three
(1948)
Police Captain
Night Time in Nevada
(1948)
Engineer Casey
April Showers
(1948)
William Barnes
The Gallant Legion
(1948)
George Trent - State Official
Adventures in Silverado
(1948)
McHugh
Sundown in Santa Fe
(1948)
Major Larkin
Because of Eve
(1948)
Dr. West
Relentless
(1948)
Doctor (uncredited)
The Enchanted Valley
(1948)
Chief Scott
Silver River
(1948)
Ulysses S. Grant (uncredited)
The Countess of Monte Cristo
(1948)
Joe
Duke of Chicago
(1949)
'Tex' Harman
Red Desert
(1949)
President Ulysses S. Grant
Bad Men of Tombstone
(1949)
Mine Superintendent
The Last Bandit
(1949)
Local No. 44 Engineer
Ringside
(1949)
Oscar Brannigan
Dancing in the Dark
(1949)
Board Member
Amazon Quest
(1949)
De Ruyter
State Department: File 649
(1949)
Government Official
Prejudice
(1949)
J.P. Baker
Alias the Champ
(1949)
Tim Murphy
Unto Thyself Be True
(1949)
Frank Hartwell
The Tougher They Come
(1950)
Thompson
The Flying Missile
(1950)
Rear Admiral
The Arizona Cowboy
(1950)
Colonel Jefferson
Gun Crazy
(1950)
Plant Foreman (uncredited)
Triple Trouble
(1950)
Warden Burnside
The Fuller Brush Girl
(1950)
Police Boat Captain (uncredited)
Roadblock
(1951)
Thompson (uncredited)
The Family Secret
(1951)
Deadline - U.S.A.
(1952)
City Editor of The Standard (uncredited)
Crazylegs
(1953)
Hank Hatch
Highway Dragnet
(1954)
Elderly Border Inspection Officer
The Twinkle In God's Eye
(1955)
Doctor
Judgment at Nuremberg
(1961)
Courtroom Spectator at Verdict (uncredited)
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