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