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