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