Joseph Crehan

Joseph Crehan

1883-07-14 Baltimore, Maryland, USA Male 295 Known Credits

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.

Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1883-07-14

Place of Birth

Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Known Credits

295

Known For

Acting

Also Known As

Joseph A. Creaghan, Joseph Creehan, Joe Crehan, John Crehan, Joe Crenan, Joseph A. Crenan

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Known For Movies

Known For TV Shows

Movie Credits

Washington Melodrama

1941

Phil Sampson

Havana Widows

1933

Ship Captain (uncredited)

Mystery Broadcast

1943

Chief Daniels

The Big Sleep

1946

Medical Examiner (uncredited)

Silver River

1948

Ulysses S. Grant (uncredited)

The Hunted

1948

Small Town Police Captain

Hollywood Cavalcade

1939

Attorney

Before Midnight

1933

Capt. Frank Flynn

Crazy House

1943

Mogey (uncredited)

Brother Orchid

1940

Brother MacEwen

Frisco Kid

1935

McClanahan

Sleepers East

1934

Conductor (uncredited)

Shipmates Forever

1935

Spike (uncredited)

China Clipper

1936

Jim Horn

Anthony Adverse

1936

Capt. Elisha Jorham

Midnight Madonna

1937

Moe Grinnell

Gentleman Jim

1942

Duffy - Referee (uncredited)

Relentless

1948

Doctor (uncredited)

Strange Journey

1946

Thompson

Full Confession

1939

Warden (uncredited)

Black Magic

1944

Police Sgt. Matthews

Gun Crazy

1950

Plant Foreman (uncredited)

Gaucho Serenade

1940

Edward Martin

Road Gang

1936

Harry Shields

Dodge City

1939

Hammond (uncredited)

The Go-Getter

1937

Karl Stone

The Fuller Brush Girl

1950

Police Boat Captain (uncredited)

They All Come Out

1939

Judge (uncredited)

Navy Secrets

1939

FBI Chief Herbert Daly

The Payoff

1935

Harvey Morris

Special Agent

1935

Commissioner of Police

The Trespasser

1947

The Doctor

Gambler's Choice

1944

Toby (uncredited)

Draegerman Courage

1937

Dr. Stuart Hunter

Guns of the Pecos

1936

Captain Norris

Little Nellie Kelly

1940

Commissioner O'Brien (uncredited)

Invisible Stripes

1939

Garage Owner (uncredited)

Red Desert

1949

President Ulysses S. Grant

Hit the Ice

1943

Train Conductor #1 (uncredited)

Man Alive

1945

Dr. James P. Whitney

Judgment at Nuremberg

1961

Courtroom Spectator at Verdict (uncredited)

Tell No Tales

1939

Chalmers

Nevada City

1941

Mark Benton

City Without Men

1943

Father Burns

Monsieur Verdoux

1947

Broker (uncredited)

Eyes of the Underworld

1942

Kirby - Assistant Police Chief

Hello, Annapolis

1942

Evans Arden

Too Hot to Handle

1938

First Advertising Man (uncredited)

April Showers

1948

William Barnes

Mr. Lucky

1943

Detective (uncredited)

Prejudice

1949

J.P. Baker

The Cherokee Strip

1937

Army Officer

Here Comes the Navy

1934

Recruiting Officer (uncredited)

Dangerous Money

1946

Captain Black

Triple Trouble

1950

Warden Burnside

The Sea of Grass

1947

Colorado Sen. Grew (uncredited)

Stranded

1935

Johnny Quinn

Page Miss Glory

1935

Detective Chief

While the Patient Slept

1935

Evening Bulletin Editor (uncredited)

Obliging Young Lady

1942

Managing Editor (uncredited)

Maisie

1939

Defense Attorney Wilcox

It Happened One Night

1934

Detective (uncredited)

Parole Fixer

1940

Warden (uncredited)

Front Page Woman

1935

Spike Kiley

Gang Bullets

1938

Wallace

The Green Hornet

1940

Judge Stanton

The Secret Seven

1940

Police Chief Hobbs

Gang Busters

1942

Police Chief Martin O'Brien

Pride of the Navy

1939

Brad Foster

The Flying Missile

1950

Rear Admiral

Adventure

1945

Ed - Maritime Office (uncredited)

Almost a Gentleman

1939

Prosecutor

Roadblock

1951

Thompson (uncredited)

Alexander's Ragtime Band

1938

Stage Manager

Four's a Crowd

1938

Butler Pierce

Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome

1947

Chief Brandon

Three Girls About Town

1941

Labor leader

Jimmy the Gent

1934

Murder Trial Judge (uncredited)

Magnificent Doll

1946

Williams (uncredited)

The Fighting 69th

1940

Inoculations Doctor (uncredited)

A Man Betrayed

1941

Bob - Globe Newspaper Editor (uncredited)

Happy Landing

1938

Agent

Night Time in Nevada

1948

Engineer Casey

Bad Men of Tombstone

1949

Mine Superintendent

Alias the Champ

1949

Tim Murphy

Lady on a Train

1945

Train passenger (uncredited)

Black Fury

1935

Johnny Farrell

The Gallant Legion

1948

George Trent - State Official

Duck Soup

1933

Dignitary at Reception (uncredited)

Cain and Mabel

1936

Reed's Manager

She Has What It Takes

1943

George Clarke

Night Spot

1938

Inspector Wayland

Dick Tracy vs. Cueball

1946

Chief Brandon

Whistling in Dixie

1942

Deputy Police Commissioner (uncredited)

Earthworm Tractors

1936

Mr. Henderson

Deadline at Dawn

1946

Lt. Kane

Bright Lights

1935

Post Office Attendant

Adventures of the Flying Cadets

1943

Col. George Bolton [Chs. 1-2]

The Hell Cat

1934

Captain Barnett

The Duke Comes Back

1937

Pat Doyle

Society Lawyer

1939

City Editor

Blossoms On Broadway

1937

Bartender (uncredited)

The Great Race

1965

Observer at Start (uncredited)

The Last Bandit

1949

Local No. 44 Engineer

Bluebeard's 8th Wife

1938

American Tourist (uncredited)

Christmas Holiday

1944

Steve, the bartender

A Lost Lady

1934

Second Doctor (uncredited)

There Goes My Girl

1937

Sgt. Wood

Louisiana

1947

Neilson

Once a Doctor

1937

Captain Andrews

Duke of Chicago

1949

'Tex' Harman

The Missing Juror

1944

Willard Apple / Falstaff

Voice in the Night

1934

John Robinson

Here Comes Carter

1936

Daniel Bronson

Highway Dragnet

1954

Elderly Border Inspection Officer

Man of Iron

1935

Tom Martin

The Brute Man

1946

Police Commissioner Salisbury (uncredited)

The Arizona Cowboy

1950

Colonel Jefferson

The Enchanted Valley

1948

Chief Scott

Ringside

1949

Oscar Brannigan

Big Hearted Herbert

1934

IRS Tax Investigator (uncredited)

Star Reporter

1939

Gordon

Philo Vance's Gamble

1947

Ellis Mason

Colorado

1940

Gen. Ulysses S. Grant

Here Comes Happiness

1941

Tom Burke

The Kid Comes Back

1938

Danny Lockridge

Captain Tugboat Annie

1945

Alec Severn

Now I'll Tell

1934

Hospital Doctor (uncredited)

Dinky

1935

Orphanage Director

Tars and Spars

1946

Admiral

Don't Bet on Blondes

1935

Doctor Delivering Quintuplets (Uncredited)

Female

1933

Police Lieutenant (Uncredited)

Know For Sure

1941

supporting role

Babes in Arms

1939

Mr. Essex

Girl Trouble

1942

Kohn

Back Street

1941

Postman

Men of Texas

1942

Luther Crittenden

Down the Stretch

1936

C.D. Burch

Because of Eve

1948

Dr. West

Music in My Heart

1940

Mark C. Gilman

The Merry Frinks

1934

Mr. Baxter

Sealed Lips

1942

Chief Charles R. Dugan

A Criminal Is Born

1938

Frank Wheeler

Texas

1941

Rancher Dusty King

The Woman of the Town

1943

New York Newspaper Editor

You Can't Escape Forever

1942

Warden (uncredited)

Jack Pot

1940

Mayor Steven Andrews (uncredited)

Girls Can Play

1937

Editor Brophy

O.S.S.

1946

Gen. Donovan

I Love a Mystery

1945

Police Captain Quinn (Uncredited)

The Desert Song

1943

Steve, a Reporter

Doctors Don't Tell

1941

Judge Hoskins

Bad Bascomb

1946

Gov. Clark (uncredited)

The Iron Major

1943

Judge

Manpower

1941

Sweeney

Crazylegs

1953

Hank Hatch

Cadets on Parade

1942

Jeff Shannon

They Died with Their Boots On

1941

President Ulysses S. Grant (uncredited)

Sundown in Santa Fe

1948

Major Larkin

Beg, Borrow or Steal

1937

Mr. Parsons, Murillo Customer (uncredited)

Santa Fe Trail

1940

Officer at Washington Party (uncredited)

Here Comes Mr. Jordan

1941

Doctor (uncredited)

Bullets or Ballots

1936

Grand Jury Spokesman

Pride of Maryland

1951

Mr. Herndon

Larceny, Inc.

1942

Warden

We Are Not Alone

1939

American at Train Station

Behind the Mask

1946

Police Inspector Cardonna

King of Hockey

1936

Mike Trotter

Dick Tracy

1945

Chief Brandon

Union Pacific

1939

Ulysses S. Grant

Murder by an Aristocrat

1936

Hilary Thatcher

Deadline - U.S.A.

1952

City Editor of The Standard (uncredited)

The Singing Kid

1936

Agent Fulton (uncredited)

The Thin Man Goes Home

1944

Clancy - Policeman at Railroad Station (uncredited)

Beyond the Law

1934

Chief Anderson

The Law in Her Hands

1936

Dist. Atty. Thomas Mallon

Geronimo

1939

President Ulysses S. Grant

Junior Army

1942

Mr. Jeffrey Ferguson

Phantom Lady

1944

Detective

Love Crazy

1941

Judge

Private Detective

1939

Capt. Murphy

Kid Galahad

1937

Brady

Bengal Tiger

1936

Bill Hinsdale

Mission to Moscow

1943

Reporter (uncredited)

Broadway Melody of 1940

1940

Ballroom Manager (uncredited)

A Day at Santa Anita

1937

Biff, Blackburn's Trainer (uncredited)

Go Into Your Dance

1935

H.P. Jackson

The Adventures of Mark Twain

1944

Ulysses S. Grant

The Case of the Lucky Legs

1935

Detective Johnson

The Shadow Returns

1946

Police Insp. Cardona

Dancing in the Dark

1949

Board Member

You Can't Get Away with Murder

1939

Warden of Sing Sing

Smart Blonde

1937

Tiny Torgensen

Emergency Squad

1940

H. Tyler Joyce, editor

State Police

1938

Mr. Owen, Mine Owner

The Secret Code

1942

Police Chief Henry Burns

Illegal Traffic

1938

Chief Daley

The Case of the Howling Dog

1934

Captain Kelly (uncredited)

Stolen Heaven

1931

Henry - Steve's Butler

Treat 'Em Rough

1942

Roderick Wetherbee (as Joe Crehan)

One Mysterious Night

1944

Jumbo Madigan (Uncredited)

The Falcon's Adventure

1946

Inspector Cavanaugh

The Star Maker

1939

Thomas Marlowe

Shine on Harvest Moon

1944

Harry Miller (uncredited)

Among the Missing

1934

Detective O'Malley

A Guy Could Change

1946

McCarthy

Billy The Kid Returns

1938

U.S. Marshal Dave Conway

The Navy Way

1944

Chaplain Benson

Blackmail

1939

Mr. Blaine (uncredited)

Wild Bill Hickok Rides

1942

Ray Trent (uncredited)

Midnight Court

1937

Judge Frederick J. Thompson

The Case of the Black Parrot

1941

Inspector Grady

Let 'em Have It

1935

Memory Test Instructor

Jailbreak

1936

Warden

Flying Blind

1941

Nunnally

Trailin' West

1936

Colonel Douglas

Mama Runs Wild

1937

Tom Fowler

Wings of the Navy

1939

Second Doctor

Brides Are Like That

1936

Tom Carter

State Department: File 649

1949

Government Official

Strange Wives

1934

Immigration Official

Midnight Intruder

1938

Bill Harwood - Newspaper Editor

Born Reckless

1937

District Attorney

Woman Against Woman

1938

Sen. Kingsley

Homicide for Three

1948

Police Captain

Nine Lives Are Not Enough

1941

Editor (uncredited)

The Captain's Kid

1936

Deputy Coroner Frank Knickerbocker

Public Deb No. 1

1940

Director

Boulder Dam

1936

Ross

The Phantom Thief

1946

'Jumbo' Madigan - Pawnbroker

The Wrong Road

1937

District Attorney

Gateway

1938

Inspector

Amazon Quest

1949

De Ruyter

Hands Across the Border

1944

Jeff "Bet-A-Hundred" Adams

Night Train to Memphis

1946

John Stevenson

Crime Takes a Holiday

1938

Gov. Bill Allen

The Chicago Kid

1945

Chief Rogers

Keep 'Em Slugging

1943

Detective Sergeant

Unto Thyself Be True

1949

Frank Hartwell

Behind Prison Gates

1939

Prison Warden O'Neil

The Mysterious Mr. M

1946

Dan Blair

Street Corner

1948

Dr. James Fenton

The Royal Mounted Rides Again

1945

RCMP Sergeant Nelson

Against the Law

1934

Capt. Elliott

Talent Scout

1937

A.J. Lambert

Whispering Enemies

1939

George Harley

To the People of the United States

1944

Doctor at Hospital (uncredited)

False Faces

1943

Police Capt. Alan O'Brien

TV Credits

The Andy Griffith Show

1960

Councilman (1 episodes)

I Love Lucy

1951

Detective (1 episodes)

Leave It to Beaver

1957

Train Conductor (1 episodes)

Four Star Playhouse

1952

Mr. Kramer (1 episodes)

The Lone Ranger

1949

Tom Patrict (1 episodes)

Bat Masterson

1958

Thomas Bolland (1 episodes)

Lux Video Theatre

1950

Doctor (2 episodes)

The Lone Wolf

1954

Conductor (1 episodes)

26 Men

1957

(2 episodes)

The Whistler

1954

(1 episodes)

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