Joseph Crehan
Acting
Born July 14, 1883, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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
- 1965The Great Race — Observer at Start (uncredited)
- 1964Seven Days in May — Bit Part (uncredited)
- 1961Judgment at Nuremberg — Courtroom Spectator at Verdict (uncredited)
- The Andy Griffith Show — Councilman, Council Member, Franklin, Townsman
- The Untouchables — Passerby (uncredited)
- Bat Masterson — Thomas Bolland
- 26 Men
- Leave It to Beaver — Train Conductor
- Crossroads — Father Devlin (uncredited), Warden James
- MGM Parade
- 1955The Twinkle In God's Eye — Doctor
- 1954Highway Dragnet — Elderly Border Inspection Officer
- The Lone Wolf — Conductor
- The Whistler
- 1953Crazylegs — Hank Hatch
- 1952Deadline - U.S.A. — The Standard City Editor (uncredited)
- Four Star Playhouse — Mr. Kramer
- I Love Lucy — Detective
- 1951Pride of Maryland — Mr. Herndon
- 1951Roadblock — Thompson (uncredited)
- 1951The Family Secret
- 1950Gun Crazy — Plant Foreman (uncredited)
- Lux Video Theatre — Doctor
- 1950The Arizona Cowboy — Colonel Jefferson
- 1950The Flying Missile — Rear Admiral
- 1950The Fuller Brush Girl — Police Boat Captain (uncredited)
- 1950The Tougher They Come — Thompson
- 1950Triple Trouble — Warden Burnside
- 1949Alias the Champ — Tim Murphy
- 1949Amazon Quest — De Ruyter
- 1949Bad Men of Tombstone — Mine Superintendent
- 1949Dancing in the Dark — Board Member
- 1949Duke of Chicago — 'Tex' Harman
- 1949Prejudice — J.P. Baker
- 1949Red Desert — President Ulysses S. Grant
- 1949Ringside — Oscar Brannigan
- 1949State Department: File 649 — Government Official
- 1949The Last Bandit — Local No. 44 Engineer
- The Lone Ranger — Tom Patrict
- 1949Unto Thyself Be True — Frank Hartwell
- 1948Adventures in Silverado — McHugh
- 1948April Showers — William Barnes
- 1948Because of Eve — Dr. West
- 1948Homicide for Three — Police Captain
- 1948Night Time in Nevada — Engineer Casey
- 1948Relentless — Doctor (uncredited)
- 1948Silver River — Ulysses S. Grant (uncredited)
- 1948Street Corner — Dr. James Fenton
- 1948Sundown in Santa Fe — Major Larkin
- 1948The Countess of Monte Cristo — Joe
- 1948The Enchanted Valley — Chief Scott
- 1948The Gallant Legion — George Trent - State Official
- 1948The Hunted — Small Town Police Captain
- 1948The Story of Life
- 1947Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome — Chief Brandon
- 1947Louisiana — Neilson
- 1947Monsieur Verdoux — Broker (uncredited)
- 1947Philo Vance's Gamble — Ellis Mason
- 1947The Sea of Grass — Colorado Sen. Grew (uncredited)
- 1947The Trespasser — The Doctor
- 1946A Guy Could Change — McCarthy
- 1946Bad Bascomb — Gov. Clark (uncredited)
- 1946Behind the Mask — Police Inspector Cardonna
- 1946Dangerous Money — Captain Black
- 1946Deadline at Dawn — Lt. Kane
- 1946Dick Tracy vs. Cueball — Chief Brandon
- 1946Girl on the Spot — Editor (uncredited)
- 1946Magnificent Doll — Williams (uncredited)
- 1946Night Train to Memphis — John Stevenson
- 1946O.S.S. — Gen. Donovan
- 1946Strange Journey — Thompson
- 1946Tars and Spars — Admiral
- 1946The Big Sleep — Medical Examiner (uncredited)
- 1946The Brute Man — Police Commissioner Salisbury (uncredited)
- 1946The Falcon's Adventure — Inspector Cavanaugh
- 1946The Mysterious Mr. M — Dan Blair
- 1946The Phantom Thief — 'Jumbo' Madigan - Pawnbroker
- 1946The Shadow Returns — Police Insp. Cardona
- 1946The Virginian
- 1945Adventure — Ed - Maritime Office (uncredited)
- 1945Captain Tugboat Annie — Alec Severn
- 1945Dick Tracy — Chief Brandon
- 1945I Love a Mystery — Police Captain Quinn (Uncredited)
- 1945Lady on a Train — Train passenger (uncredited)
- 1945Man Alive — Dr. James P. Whitney
- 1945The Chicago Kid — Chief Rogers
- 1945The Royal Mounted Rides Again — RCMP Sergeant Nelson
- 1944Black Magic — Police Sgt. Matthews
- 1944Christmas Holiday — Steve (uncredited)
- 1944Gambler's Choice — Toby (uncredited)
- 1944Hands Across the Border — Jeff "Bet-A-Hundred" Adams
- 1944One Mysterious Night — Jumbo Madigan (Uncredited)
- 1944Phantom Lady — Detective
- 1944Shine on Harvest Moon — Harry Miller (uncredited)
- 1944The Adventures of Mark Twain — Ulysses S. Grant
- 1944The Desert Song — Steve, a Reporter
- 1944The Great Alaskan Mystery — Bill Hudson
- 1944The Missing Juror — Willard Apple
- 1944The Navy Way — Chaplain Benson
- 1944The Thin Man Goes Home — Clancy - Policeman at Railroad Station (uncredited)
- 1944To the People of the United States — Doctor at Hospital (uncredited)
- 1944When the Lights Go On Again — Bob
- 1943Adventures of the Flying Cadets — Col. George Bolton [Chs. 1-2]
- 1943City Without Men — Father Burns
- 1943Crazy House — Mogey (uncredited)
- 1943False Faces — Police Capt. Alan O'Brien
- 1943Hit the Ice — Train Conductor #1 (uncredited)
- 1943Honeymoon Lodge — Judge
- 1943Keep 'Em Slugging — Detective Sergeant
- 1943Mission to Moscow — Reporter (uncredited)
- 1943Mr. Lucky — Detective (uncredited)
- 1943Mystery Broadcast — Chief Daniels
- 1943She Has What It Takes — George Clarke
- 1943The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
- 1943The Iron Major — Judge
- 1943The Woman of the Town — New York Newspaper Editor
- 1942Cadets on Parade — Jeff Shannon
- 1942Eyes of the Underworld — Kirby - Assistant Police Chief
- 1942Gang Busters — Police Chief Martin O'Brien
- 1942Gentleman Jim — Duffy - Referee (uncredited)
- 1942Girl Trouble — Kohn
- 1942Hello, Annapolis — Evans Arden
- 1942Junior Army — Mr. Jeffrey Ferguson
- 1942Larceny, Inc. — Warden
- 1942Men of Texas — Luther Crittenden
- 1942Murder in the Big House — Ainslee
- 1942Obliging Young Lady — Managing Editor (uncredited)
- 1942Sealed Lips — Chief Charles R. Dugan
- 1942The Courtship of Andy Hardy — Peter Dugan
- 1942The Secret Code — Police Chief Henry Burns
- 1942Treat 'Em Rough — Roderick Wetherbee
- 1942Whistling in Dixie — Deputy Police Commissioner (uncredited)
- 1942Wild Bill Hickok Rides — Ray Trent (uncredited)
- 1942You Can't Escape Forever — Warden (uncredited)
- 1941A Man Betrayed — Bob - Globe Newspaper Editor (uncredited)
- 1941Andy Hardy's Private Secretary — Peter Dugan
- 1941Back Street — Postman
- 1941Doctors Don't Tell — Judge Hoskins
- 1941Flying Blind — Nunnally
- 1941Here Comes Happiness — Tom Burke
- 1941Here Comes Mr. Jordan — Doctor (uncredited)
- 1941Know For Sure — supporting role
- 1941Love Crazy — Judge
- 1941Manpower — Sweeney
- 1941Nevada City — Mark Benton
- 1941Nine Lives Are Not Enough — Editor (uncredited), Yates
- 1941Scattergood Baines — Keith
- 1941Texas — Rancher Dusty King
- 1941The Case of the Black Parrot — Inspector Grady
- 1941They Died with Their Boots On — President Ulysses S. Grant (uncredited)
- 1941Three Girls About Town — Labor leader
- 1941Washington Melodrama — Phil Sampson
- 1940Broadway Melody of 1940 — Ballroom Manager (uncredited)
- 1940Brother Orchid — Brother MacEwen
- 1940City for Conquest — Doctor
- 1940Colorado — Gen. Ulysses S. Grant
- 1940Emergency Squad — H. Tyler Joyce, editor
- 1940Gaucho Serenade — Edward Martin
- 1940Jack Pot — Mayor Steven Andrews (uncredited)
- 1940Little Nellie Kelly — Commissioner O'Brien (uncredited)
- 1940Music in My Heart — Mark C. Gilman
- 1940Parole Fixer — Warden (uncredited)
- 1940Public Deb No. 1 — Director
- 1940Santa Fe Trail — Officer at Washington Party (uncredited)
- 1940The Fighting 69th — Inoculations Doctor (uncredited)
- 1940The Green Hornet — Judge Stanton
- 1940The House Across the Bay — Federal Man
- 1940The Secret Seven — Police Chief Hobbs
- 1940The Texas Rangers Ride Again — Johnson
- 1939Almost a Gentleman — Prosecutor
- 1939Babes in Arms — Mr. Essex
- 1939Behind Prison Gates — Prison Warden O'Neil
- 1939Blackmail — Mr. Blaine (uncredited)
- 1939Dodge City — Hammond (uncredited)
- 1939Full Confession — Warden (uncredited)
- 1939Geronimo — President Ulysses S. Grant
- 1939Hollywood Cavalcade — Attorney
- 1939Invisible Stripes — Garage Owner (uncredited)
- 1939Maisie — Defense Attorney Wilcox
- 1939Navy Secrets — FBI Chief Herbert Daly
- 1939Pride of the Navy — Brad Foster
- 1939Private Detective — Capt. Murphy
- 1939Society Lawyer — City Editor
- 1939Stanley and Livingstone — Morehead
- 1939Star Reporter — Gordon
- 1939Tell No Tales — Chalmers
- 1939The Return of Doctor X — Editor
- 1939The Roaring Twenties — Michaels
- 1939The Star Maker — Thomas Marlowe
- 1939They All Come Out — Judge (uncredited)
- 1939Union Pacific — Ulysses S. Grant
- 1939We Are Not Alone — American at Train Station
- 1939Whispering Enemies — George Harley
- 1939Wings of the Navy — Second Doctor
- 1939You Can't Get Away with Murder — Warden of Sing Sing
- 1938A Criminal Is Born — Frank Wheeler
- 1938Alexander's Ragtime Band — Stage Manager
- 1938Billy The Kid Returns — U.S. Marshal Dave Conway
- 1938Bluebeard's 8th Wife — American Tourist (uncredited)
- 1938Crime Takes a Holiday — Gov. Bill Allen
- 1938Four's a Crowd — Butler Pierce
- 1938Gang Bullets — Wallace
- 1938Gateway — Inspector
- 1938Girls on Probation — Todd
- 1938Happy Landing — Agent
- 1938Here's Flash Casey — Blaine
- 1938Illegal Traffic — Chief Daley
- 1938Midnight Intruder — Bill Harwood - Newspaper Editor
- 1938Night Spot — Inspector Wayland
- 1938State Police — Mr. Owen, Mine Owner
- 1938The Arkansas Traveler — McSweeney
- 1938The Kid Comes Back — Danny Lockridge
- 1938Too Hot to Handle — First Advertising Man (uncredited)
- 1938Woman Against Woman — Sen. Kingsley
- 1937A Day at Santa Anita — Biff, Blackburn's Trainer (uncredited)
- 1937Beg, Borrow or Steal — Mr. Parsons, Murillo Customer (uncredited)
- 1937Blossoms On Broadway — Bartender (uncredited)
- 1937Born Reckless — District Attorney
- 1937Draegerman Courage — Dr. Stuart Hunter
- 1937Girls Can Play — Editor Brophy
- 1937God's Country and the Woman — Jordan
- 1937Her Husband's Secretary — Stevenson
- 1937Kid Galahad — Brady
- 1937Mama Runs Wild — Tom Fowler
- 1937Midnight Court — Judge Frederick J. Thompson
- 1937Midnight Madonna — Moe Grinnell
- 1937Once a Doctor — Captain Andrews
- 1937Outlaws of the Orient — Snyder
- 1937Smart Blonde — Tiny Torgensen
- 1937Talent Scout — A.J. Lambert
- 1937The Case of the Stuttering Bishop — Paul Drake
- 1937The Cherokee Strip — Army Officer
- 1937The Duke Comes Back — Pat Doyle
- 1937The Go-Getter — Karl Stone
- 1937The Wrong Road — District Attorney
- 1937There Goes My Girl — Sgt. Wood
- 1937This Is My Affair — Priest
- 1936Anthony Adverse — Capt. Elisha Jorham
- 1936Bengal Tiger — Bill Hinsdale
- 1936Boulder Dam — Ross
- 1936Brides Are Like That — Tom Carter
- 1936Bullets or Ballots — Grand Jury Spokesman
- 1936Cain and Mabel — Reed's Manager
- 1936China Clipper — Jim Horn
- 1936Down the Stretch — C.D. Burch
- 1936Earthworm Tractors — Mr. Henderson
- 1936Gold Diggers of 1937 — Chairman
- 1936Guns of the Pecos — Captain Norris
- 1936Here Comes Carter — Daniel Bronson
- 1936Jailbreak — Warden
- 1936King of Hockey — Mike Trotter
- 1936Murder by an Aristocrat — Hilary Thatcher
- 1936Road Gang — Harry Shields
- 1936The Captain's Kid — Deputy Coroner Frank Knickerbocker
- 1936The Law in Her Hands — Dist. Atty. Thomas Mallon
- 1936The Murder of Dr. Harrigan — Lieut. Lamb
- 1936The Singing Kid — Agent Fulton (uncredited)
- 1936Trailin' West — Colonel Douglas
- 1935Black Fury — Johnny Farrell
- 1935Bright Lights — Post Office Attendant
- 1935Dinky — Orphanage Director
- 1935Don't Bet on Blondes — Doctor Delivering Quintuplets (Uncredited)
- 1935Frisco Kid — McClanahan
- 1935Front Page Woman — Spike Kiley
- 1935Go Into Your Dance — H.P. Jackson
- 1935Let 'em Have It — Memory Test Instructor
- 1935Man of Iron — Tom Martin
- 1935Oil for the Lamps of China — Clements
- 1935Page Miss Glory — Detective Chief
- 1935Shipmates Forever — Spike (uncredited)
- 1935Special Agent — Commissioner of Police
- 1935Stranded — Johnny Quinn
- 1935The Case of the Lucky Legs — Detective Johnson
- 1935The Payoff — Harvey Morris
- 1935Traveling Saleslady — Murdock
- 1935We're in the Money
- 1935While the Patient Slept — Evening Bulletin Editor (uncredited)
- 1934A Lost Lady — Second Doctor (uncredited)
- 1934Against the Law — Capt. Elliott
- 1934Among the Missing — Detective O'Malley
- 1934Beyond the Law — Chief Anderson
- 1934Big Hearted Herbert — IRS Tax Investigator (uncredited)
- 1934Gentlemen Are Born — Haskins
- 1934Here Comes the Navy — Recruiting Officer (uncredited)
- 1934It Happened One Night — Detective (uncredited)
- 1934Jimmy the Gent — Murder Trial Judge (uncredited)
- 1934Now I'll Tell — Hospital Doctor (uncredited)
- 1934Sleepers East — Conductor (uncredited)
- 1934Strange Wives — Immigration Official
- 1934The Case of the Howling Dog — Captain Kelly (uncredited)
- 1934The Hell Cat — Captain Barnett
- 1934The Line-Up — Police Capt. Daniel McGrath
- 1934The Merry Frinks — Mr. Baxter
- 1934Voice in the Night — John Robinson
- 1933Before Midnight — Capt. Frank Flynn
- 1933Duck Soup — Dignitary at Reception (uncredited)
- 1933Female — Police Lieutenant (Uncredited)
- 1933Havana Widows — Ship Captain (uncredited)
- 1931Secrets of a Secretary — Reporter
- 1931Stolen Heaven — Henry - Steve's Butler
- 1916Under Two Flags — Rake