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