Joseph Crehan
Born: 1883-07-14 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Died: 1966-04-15
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
1965
- The Great Race as Observer at Start (uncredited)
1964
- Seven Days in May as Bit Part (uncredited)
1961
- Judgment at Nuremberg as Courtroom Spectator at Verdict (uncredited)
1960
- The Andy Griffith Show as Councilman
1959
- The Untouchables as Passerby (uncredited)
1958
- Bat Masterson as Thomas Bolland
1957
- Leave It to Beaver as Train Conductor
- 26 Men
1955
- MGM Parade
- Crossroads as Father Devlin (uncredited)
- The Twinkle In God's Eye as Doctor
1954
- The Lone Wolf as Conductor
- The Whistler
- Highway Dragnet as Elderly Border Inspection Officer
1953
- Crazylegs as Hank Hatch
1952
- Four Star Playhouse as Mr. Kramer
- Deadline - U.S.A. as The Standard City Editor (uncredited)
1951
- I Love Lucy as Detective
- Roadblock as Thompson (uncredited)
- The Family Secret
- Pride of Maryland as Mr. Herndon
1950
- Lux Video Theatre as Doctor
- Gun Crazy as Plant Foreman (uncredited)
- Triple Trouble as Warden Burnside
- The Fuller Brush Girl as Police Boat Captain (uncredited)
- The Flying Missile as Rear Admiral
- The Tougher They Come as Thompson
- The Arizona Cowboy as Colonel Jefferson
1949
- The Lone Ranger as Tom Patrict
- Bad Men of Tombstone as Mine Superintendent
- Dancing in the Dark as Board Member
- Ringside as Oscar Brannigan
- Duke of Chicago as 'Tex' Harman
- The Last Bandit as Local No. 44 Engineer
- State Department: File 649 as Government Official
- Alias the Champ as Tim Murphy
- Red Desert as President Ulysses S. Grant
- Prejudice as J.P. Baker
- Unto Thyself Be True as Frank Hartwell
- Amazon Quest as De Ruyter
1948
- Silver River as Ulysses S. Grant (uncredited)
- The Gallant Legion as George Trent - State Official
- Relentless as Doctor (uncredited)
- Adventures in Silverado as McHugh
- The Countess of Monte Cristo as Joe
- The Hunted as Small Town Police Captain
- April Showers as William Barnes
- Homicide for Three as Police Captain
- Street Corner as Dr. James Fenton
- Night Time in Nevada as Engineer Casey
- Sundown in Santa Fe as Major Larkin
- The Enchanted Valley as Chief Scott
- The Story of Life
- Because of Eve as Dr. West
1947
- Monsieur Verdoux as Broker (uncredited)
- The Sea of Grass as Colorado Sen. Grew (uncredited)
- Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome as Chief Brandon
- Louisiana as Neilson
- The Trespasser as The Doctor
- Philo Vance's Gamble as Ellis Mason
1946
- The Big Sleep as Medical Examiner (uncredited)
- Strange Journey as Thompson
- The Virginian
- The Falcon's Adventure as Inspector Cavanaugh
- Deadline at Dawn as Lt. Kane
- Dick Tracy vs. Cueball as Chief Brandon
- Magnificent Doll as Williams (uncredited)
- Girl on the Spot as Editor (uncredited)
- O.S.S. as Gen. Donovan
- The Shadow Returns as Police Insp. Cardona
- Bad Bascomb as Gov. Clark (uncredited)
- The Phantom Thief as 'Jumbo' Madigan - Pawnbroker
- The Brute Man as Police Commissioner Salisbury (uncredited)
- A Guy Could Change as McCarthy
- Night Train to Memphis as John Stevenson
- Tars and Spars as Admiral
- Dangerous Money as Captain Black
- Behind the Mask as Police Inspector Cardonna
- The Mysterious Mr. M as Dan Blair
1945
- Dick Tracy as Chief Brandon
- Lady on a Train as Train passenger (uncredited)
- Captain Tugboat Annie as Alec Severn
- I Love a Mystery as Police Captain Quinn (Uncredited)
- The Royal Mounted Rides Again as RCMP Sergeant Nelson
- The Chicago Kid as Chief Rogers
- Adventure as Ed - Maritime Office (uncredited)
- Man Alive as Dr. James P. Whitney
1944
- The Thin Man Goes Home as Clancy - Policeman at Railroad Station (uncredited)
- Phantom Lady as Detective
- Black Magic as Police Sgt. Matthews
- The Adventures of Mark Twain as Ulysses S. Grant
- Christmas Holiday as Steve (uncredited)
- Shine on Harvest Moon as Harry Miller (uncredited)
- To the People of the United States as Doctor at Hospital (uncredited)
- One Mysterious Night as Jumbo Madigan (Uncredited)
- The Great Alaskan Mystery as Bill Hudson
- The Navy Way as Chaplain Benson
- The Missing Juror as Willard Apple
- Hands Across the Border as Jeff "Bet-A-Hundred" Adams
- Gambler's Choice as Toby (uncredited)
- When the Lights Go On Again as Bob
1943
- Mr. Lucky as Detective (uncredited)
- Mission to Moscow as Reporter (uncredited)
- Hit the Ice as Train Conductor #1 (uncredited)
- Crazy House as Mogey (uncredited)
- The Iron Major as Judge
- City Without Men as Father Burns
- Keep 'Em Slugging as Detective Sergeant
- The Woman of the Town as New York Newspaper Editor
- Adventures of the Flying Cadets as Col. George Bolton [Chs. 1-2]
- The Desert Song as Steve, a Reporter
- The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
- Mystery Broadcast as Chief Daniels
- Honeymoon Lodge as Judge
- False Faces as Police Capt. Alan O'Brien
- She Has What It Takes as George Clarke
1942
- Girl Trouble as Kohn
- Sealed Lips as Chief Charles R. Dugan
- Gentleman Jim as Duffy - Referee (uncredited)
- Hello, Annapolis as Evans Arden
- Obliging Young Lady as Managing Editor (uncredited)
- Larceny, Inc. as Warden
- Junior Army as Mr. Jeffrey Ferguson
- Murder in the Big House as Ainslee
- Wild Bill Hickok Rides as Ray Trent (uncredited)
- The Secret Code as Police Chief Henry Burns
- Gang Busters as Police Chief Martin O'Brien
- Eyes of the Underworld as Kirby - Assistant Police Chief
- Men of Texas as Luther Crittenden
- The Courtship of Andy Hardy as Peter Dugan
- You Can't Escape Forever as Warden (uncredited)
- Whistling in Dixie as Deputy Police Commissioner (uncredited)
- Cadets on Parade as Jeff Shannon
- Treat 'Em Rough as Roderick Wetherbee (as Joe Crehan)
1941
- They Died with Their Boots On as President Ulysses S. Grant (uncredited)
- Here Comes Mr. Jordan as Doctor (uncredited)
- Texas as Rancher Dusty King
- Back Street as Postman
- Manpower as Sweeney
- Love Crazy as Judge
- Here Comes Happiness as Tom Burke
- A Man Betrayed as Bob - Globe Newspaper Editor (uncredited)
- Andy Hardy's Private Secretary as Peter Dugan
- Three Girls About Town as Labor leader
- Doctors Don't Tell as Judge Hoskins
- The Case of the Black Parrot as Inspector Grady
- Washington Melodrama as Phil Sampson
- Know For Sure as supporting role
- Nine Lives Are Not Enough as Editor (uncredited)
- Nevada City as Mark Benton
- Flying Blind as Nunnally
- Scattergood Baines as Keith
1940
- Santa Fe Trail as Officer at Washington Party (uncredited)
- City for Conquest as Doctor
- Brother Orchid as Brother MacEwen
- The House Across the Bay as Federal Man
- Broadway Melody of 1940 as Ballroom Manager (uncredited)
- The Fighting 69th as Inoculations Doctor (uncredited)
- The Texas Rangers Ride Again as Johnson
- The Green Hornet as Judge Stanton
- Jack Pot as Mayor Steven Andrews (uncredited)
- Emergency Squad as H. Tyler Joyce, editor
- Music in My Heart as Mark C. Gilman
- Colorado as Gen. Ulysses S. Grant
- Public Deb No. 1 as Director
- Little Nellie Kelly as Commissioner O'Brien (uncredited)
- Parole Fixer as Warden (uncredited)
- The Secret Seven as Police Chief Hobbs
- Gaucho Serenade as Edward Martin
1939
- Union Pacific as Ulysses S. Grant
- The Roaring Twenties as Michaels
- Star Reporter as Gordon
- Dodge City as Hammond (uncredited)
- Invisible Stripes as Garage Owner (uncredited)
- Babes in Arms as Mr. Essex
- Stanley and Livingstone as Morehead
- You Can't Get Away with Murder as Warden of Sing Sing
- The Return of Doctor X as Editor
- Hollywood Cavalcade as Attorney
- Wings of the Navy as Second Doctor
- Tell No Tales as Chalmers
- Society Lawyer as City Editor
- They All Come Out as Judge (uncredited)
- Maisie as Defense Attorney Wilcox
- Geronimo as President Ulysses S. Grant
- Blackmail as Mr. Blaine (uncredited)
- Full Confession as Warden (uncredited)
- Almost a Gentleman as Prosecutor
- Behind Prison Gates as Prison Warden O'Neil
- We Are Not Alone as American at Train Station
- Private Detective as Capt. Murphy
- The Star Maker as Thomas Marlowe
- Pride of the Navy as Brad Foster
- Navy Secrets as FBI Chief Herbert Daly
- Whispering Enemies as George Harley
1938
- Bluebeard's 8th Wife as American Tourist (uncredited)
- Happy Landing as Agent
- Too Hot to Handle as First Advertising Man (uncredited)
- Alexander's Ragtime Band as Stage Manager
- Four's a Crowd as Butler Pierce
- Gateway as Inspector
- Midnight Intruder as Bill Harwood - Newspaper Editor
- Night Spot as Inspector Wayland
- Illegal Traffic as Chief Daley
- State Police as Mr. Owen, Mine Owner
- Woman Against Woman as Sen. Kingsley
- Girls on Probation as Todd
- The Kid Comes Back as Danny Lockridge
- Gang Bullets as Wallace
- A Criminal Is Born as Frank Wheeler
- The Arkansas Traveler as McSweeney
- Crime Takes a Holiday as Gov. Bill Allen
- Billy The Kid Returns as U.S. Marshal Dave Conway
- Here's Flash Casey as Blaine
1937
- Kid Galahad as Brady
- This Is My Affair as Priest
- Her Husband's Secretary as Stevenson
- God's Country and the Woman as Jordan
- Beg, Borrow or Steal as Mr. Parsons, Murillo Customer (uncredited)
- The Go-Getter as Karl Stone
- The Case of the Stuttering Bishop as Paul Drake
- Born Reckless as District Attorney
- Smart Blonde as Tiny Torgensen
- A Day at Santa Anita as Biff, Blackburn's Trainer (uncredited)
- The Wrong Road as District Attorney
- Girls Can Play as Editor Brophy
- Midnight Court as Judge Frederick J. Thompson
- Talent Scout as A.J. Lambert
- The Cherokee Strip as Army Officer
- The Duke Comes Back as Pat Doyle
- Draegerman Courage as Dr. Stuart Hunter
- There Goes My Girl as Sgt. Wood
- Mama Runs Wild as Tom Fowler
- Midnight Madonna as Moe Grinnell
- Outlaws of the Orient as Snyder
- Once a Doctor as Captain Andrews
- Blossoms On Broadway as Bartender (uncredited)
1936
- Bullets or Ballots as Grand Jury Spokesman
- Anthony Adverse as Capt. Elisha Jorham
- Road Gang as Harry Shields
- Gold Diggers of 1937 as Chairman
- The Captain's Kid as Deputy Coroner Frank Knickerbocker
- Cain and Mabel as Reed's Manager
- Jailbreak as Warden
- Brides Are Like That as Tom Carter
- Earthworm Tractors as Mr. Henderson
- China Clipper as Jim Horn
- King of Hockey as Mike Trotter
- The Singing Kid as Agent Fulton (uncredited)
- Down the Stretch as C.D. Burch
- Boulder Dam as Ross
- Murder by an Aristocrat as Hilary Thatcher
- The Murder of Dr. Harrigan as Lieut. Lamb
- Here Comes Carter as Daniel Bronson
- The Law in Her Hands as Dist. Atty. Thomas Mallon
- Trailin' West as Colonel Douglas
- Bengal Tiger as Bill Hinsdale
- Guns of the Pecos as Captain Norris
1935
- Special Agent as Commissioner of Police
- Front Page Woman as Spike Kiley
- Don't Bet on Blondes as Doctor Delivering Quintuplets (Uncredited)
- Traveling Saleslady as Murdock
- Frisco Kid as McClanahan
- Page Miss Glory as Detective Chief
- While the Patient Slept as Evening Bulletin Editor (uncredited)
- We're in the Money
- Black Fury as Johnny Farrell
- Stranded as Johnny Quinn
- Go Into Your Dance as H.P. Jackson
- Shipmates Forever as Spike (uncredited)
- Man of Iron as Tom Martin
- The Payoff as Harvey Morris
- Oil for the Lamps of China as Clements
- Bright Lights as Post Office Attendant
- The Case of the Lucky Legs as Detective Johnson
- Let 'em Have It as Memory Test Instructor
- Dinky as Orphanage Director
1934
- It Happened One Night as Detective (uncredited)
- A Lost Lady as Second Doctor (uncredited)
- The Hell Cat as Captain Barnett
- Gentlemen Are Born as Haskins
- Among the Missing as Detective O'Malley
- Jimmy the Gent as Murder Trial Judge (uncredited)
- The Line-Up as Police Capt. Daniel McGrath
- Here Comes the Navy as Recruiting Officer (uncredited)
- Strange Wives as Immigration Official
- The Merry Frinks as Mr. Baxter
- The Case of the Howling Dog as Captain Kelly (uncredited)
- Voice in the Night as John Robinson
- Against the Law as Capt. Elliott
- Now I'll Tell as Hospital Doctor (uncredited)
- Big Hearted Herbert as IRS Tax Investigator (uncredited)
- Sleepers East as Conductor (uncredited)
- Beyond the Law as Chief Anderson
1933
- Duck Soup as Dignitary at Reception (uncredited)
- Female as Police Lieutenant (Uncredited)
- Before Midnight as Capt. Frank Flynn
- Havana Widows as Ship Captain (uncredited)
1931
- Secrets of a Secretary as Reporter
- Stolen Heaven as Henry - Steve's Butler
1916
- Under Two Flags as Rake