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Joseph Crehan

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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Baltimore, Maryland, USA, 1883-07-14

Died: 1966-04-15

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1916	Under Two Flags	Rake	0
2	1931	Stolen Heaven	Henry - Steve's Butler	50
3	1931	Secrets of a Secretary	Reporter	55
4	1933	Female	Police Lieutenant (Uncredited)	63
5	1933	Duck Soup	Dignitary at Reception (uncredited)	73
6	1933	Before Midnight	Capt. Frank Flynn	46
7	1933	Havana Widows	Ship Captain (uncredited)	58
8	1934	Sleepers East	Conductor (uncredited)	0
9	1934	It Happened One Night	Detective (uncredited)	78
10	1934	Jimmy the Gent	Murder Trial Judge (uncredited)	63
11	1934	Voice in the Night	John Robinson	0
12	1934	The Merry Frinks	Mr. Baxter	37
13	1934	Now I'll Tell	Hospital Doctor (uncredited)	50
14	1934	The Hell Cat	Captain Barnett	60
15	1934	Here Comes the Navy	Recruiting Officer (uncredited)	59
16	1934	Beyond the Law	Chief Anderson	0
17	1934	The Case of the Howling Dog	Captain Kelly (uncredited)	65
18	1934	Among the Missing	Detective O'Malley	63
19	1934	A Lost Lady	Second Doctor (uncredited)	61
20	1934	Big Hearted Herbert	IRS Tax Investigator (uncredited)	35
21	1934	Against the Law	Capt. Elliott	30
22	1934	Gentlemen Are Born	Haskins	65
23	1934	Strange Wives	Immigration Official	0
24	1935	The Payoff	Harvey Morris	49
25	1935	While the Patient Slept	Evening Bulletin Editor (uncredited)	64
26	1935	Traveling Saleslady	Murdock	59
27	1935	Go Into Your Dance	H.P. Jackson	68
28	1935	Dinky	Orphanage Director	67
29	1935	Let 'em Have It	Memory Test Instructor	70
30	1935	Black Fury	Johnny Farrell	65
31	1935	Oil for the Lamps of China	Clements	73
32	1935	Stranded	Johnny Quinn	58
33	1935	Front Page Woman	Spike Kiley	58
34	1935	Don't Bet on Blondes	Doctor Delivering Quintuplets (Uncredited)	50
35	1935	Bright Lights	Post Office Attendant	45
36	1935	We're in the Money		55
37	1935	Page Miss Glory	Detective Chief	63
38	1935	Special Agent	Commissioner of Police	62
39	1935	The Case of the Lucky Legs	Detective Johnson	60
40	1935	Shipmates Forever	Spike (uncredited)	65
41	1935	Frisco Kid	McClanahan	68
42	1935	Man of Iron	Tom Martin	60
43	1936	The Murder of Dr. Harrigan	Lieut. Lamb	56
44	1936	Boulder Dam	Ross	40
45	1936	Road Gang	Harry Shields	65
46	1936	The Singing Kid	Agent Fulton (uncredited)	40
47	1936	Brides Are Like That	Tom Carter	48
48	1936	The Law in Her Hands	Dist. Atty. Thomas Mallon	50
49	1936	Bullets or Ballots	Grand Jury Spokesman	66
50	1936	Murder by an Aristocrat	Hilary Thatcher	30
51	1936	Earthworm Tractors	Mr. Henderson	50
52	1936	Bengal Tiger	Bill Hinsdale	45
53	1936	Jailbreak	Warden	64
54	1936	China Clipper	Jim Horn	56
55	1936	Anthony Adverse	Capt. Elisha Jorham	58
56	1936	Trailin' West	Colonel Douglas	0
57	1936	Down the Stretch	C.D. Burch	55
58	1936	Cain and Mabel	Reed's Manager	61
59	1936	Here Comes Carter	Daniel Bronson	50
60	1936	The Captain's Kid	Deputy Coroner Frank Knickerbocker	60
61	1936	King of Hockey	Mike Trotter	50
62	1936	Guns of the Pecos	Captain Norris	62
63	1936	Gold Diggers of 1937	Chairman	58
64	1937	Smart Blonde	Tiny Torgensen	61
65	1937	God's Country and the Woman	Jordan	42
66	1937	Once a Doctor	Captain Andrews	63
67	1937	Her Husband's Secretary	Stevenson	50
68	1937	Midnight Court	Judge Frederick J. Thompson	48
69	1937	Draegerman Courage	Dr. Stuart Hunter	65
70	1937	The Cherokee Strip	Army Officer	60
71	1937	There Goes My Girl	Sgt. Wood	50
72	1937	The Go-Getter	Karl Stone	58
73	1937	A Day at Santa Anita	Biff, Blackburn's Trainer (uncredited)	50
74	1937	This Is My Affair	Priest	73
75	1937	Kid Galahad	Brady	70
76	1937	The Case of the Stuttering Bishop	Paul Drake	68
77	1937	Girls Can Play	Editor Brophy	40
78	1937	Born Reckless	District Attorney	55
79	1937	Midnight Madonna	Moe Grinnell	0
80	1937	Talent Scout	A.J. Lambert	60
81	1937	Outlaws of the Orient	Snyder	45
82	1937	The Wrong Road	District Attorney	44
83	1937	Blossoms On Broadway	Bartender (uncredited)	40
84	1937	The Duke Comes Back	Pat Doyle	50
85	1937	Beg, Borrow or Steal	Mr. Parsons, Murillo Customer (uncredited)	45
86	1937	Mama Runs Wild	Tom Fowler	0
87	1938	Here's Flash Casey	Blaine	46
88	1938	Happy Landing	Agent	53
89	1938	Midnight Intruder	Bill Harwood - Newspaper Editor	52
90	1938	The Kid Comes Back	Danny Lockridge	53
91	1938	Night Spot	Inspector Wayland	47
92	1938	State Police	Mr. Owen, Mine Owner	60
93	1938	Bluebeard's Eighth Wife	American Tourist (uncredited)	70
94	1938	Alexander's Ragtime Band	Stage Manager	67
95	1938	A Criminal Is Born	Frank Wheeler	80
96	1938	Woman Against Woman	Sen. Kingsley	65
97	1938	Four's a Crowd	Butler Pierce	51
98	1938	Gateway	Inspector	65
99	1938	Billy The Kid Returns	U.S. Marshal Dave Conway	45
100	1938	Crime Takes a Holiday	Gov. Bill Allen	0
101	1938	The Arkansas Traveler	McSweeney	60
102	1938	Girls on Probation	Todd	59
103	1938	Illegal Traffic	Chief Daley	65
104	1938	Gang Bullets	Wallace	57
105	1939	Pride of the Navy	Brad Foster	0
106	1939	Navy Secrets	FBI Chief Herbert Daly	52
107	1939	Wings of the Navy	Second Doctor	60
108	1939	Star Reporter	Gordon	39
109	1939	Society Lawyer	City Editor	51
110	1939	You Can't Get Away with Murder	Warden of Sing Sing	56
111	1939	Whispering Enemies	George Harley	0
112	1939	Almost a Gentleman	Prosecutor	60
113	1939	Dodge City	Hammond (uncredited)	69
114	1939	Union Pacific	Ulysses S. Grant	65
115	1939	Tell No Tales	Chalmers	53
116	1939	Maisie	Defense Attorney Wilcox	47
117	1939	Behind Prison Gates	Prison Warden O'Neil	0
118	1939	They All Come Out	Judge (uncredited)	56
119	1939	Stanley and Livingstone	Morehead	64
120	1939	The Star Maker	Thomas Marlowe	0
121	1939	Full Confession	Warden (uncredited)	47
122	1939	Blackmail	Mr. Blaine (uncredited)	64
123	1939	Babes in Arms	Mr. Essex	64
124	1939	Hollywood Cavalcade	Attorney	51
125	1939	The Roaring Twenties	Michaels	75
126	1939	The Return of Doctor X	Editor	59
127	1939	We Are Not Alone	American at Train Station	61
128	1939	Geronimo	President Ulysses S. Grant	50
129	1939	Private Detective	Capt. Murphy	60
130	1939	Invisible Stripes	Garage Owner (uncredited)	63
131	1940	Music in My Heart	Mark C. Gilman	62
132	1940	Emergency Squad	H. Tyler Joyce, editor	50
133	1940	The Green Hornet	Judge Stanton	55
134	1940	The Fighting 69th	Inoculations Doctor (uncredited)	54
135	1940	Parole Fixer	Warden (uncredited)	0
136	1940	Broadway Melody of 1940	Ballroom Manager (uncredited)	67
137	1940	The House Across the Bay	Federal Man	53
138	1940	Jack Pot	Mayor Steven Andrews (uncredited)	64
139	1940	Gaucho Serenade	Edward Martin	60
140	1940	Brother Orchid	Brother MacEwen	65
141	1940	The Secret Seven	Police Chief Hobbs	0
142	1940	Public Deb No. 1	Director	42
143	1940	Colorado	Gen. Ulysses S. Grant	55
144	1940	City for Conquest	Doctor	68
145	1940	Little Nellie Kelly	Commissioner O'Brien (uncredited)	67
146	1940	The Texas Rangers Ride Again	Johnson	55
147	1940	Santa Fe Trail	Officer at Washington Party (uncredited)	57
148	1941	Know For Sure	supporting role	38
149	1941	The Case of the Black Parrot	Inspector Grady	54
150	1941	Back Street	Postman	72
151	1941	Scattergood Baines	Keith	60
152	1941	Andy Hardy's Private Secretary	Peter Dugan	54
153	1941	A Man Betrayed	Bob - Globe Newspaper Editor (uncredited)	54
154	1941	A Man Betrayed		54
155	1941	Here Comes Happiness	Tom Burke	50
156	1941	Washington Melodrama	Phil Sampson	50
157	1941	Love Crazy	Judge	71
158	1941	Nevada City	Mark Benton	50
159	1941	Here Comes Mr. Jordan	Doctor (uncredited)	70
160	1941	Manpower	Sweeney	67
161	1941	Flying Blind	Nunnally	27
162	1941	Nine Lives Are Not Enough	Editor (uncredited)	50
163	1941	Nine Lives Are Not Enough	Yates	50
164	1941	Doctors Don't Tell	Judge Hoskins	49
165	1941	Texas	Rancher Dusty King	65
166	1941	Three Girls About Town	Labor leader	53
167	1941	They Died with Their Boots On	President Ulysses S. Grant (uncredited)	66
168	1942	Sealed Lips	Chief Charles R. Dugan	58
169	1942	Cadets on Parade	Jeff Shannon	60
170	1942	Treat 'Em Rough	Roderick Wetherbee (as Joe Crehan)	60
171	1942	Wild Bill Hickok Rides	Ray Trent (uncredited)	47
172	1942	The Courtship of Andy Hardy	Peter Dugan	57
173	1942	Gang Busters	Police Chief Martin O'Brien	52
174	1942	Obliging Young Lady	Managing Editor (uncredited)	50
175	1942	Murder in the Big House	Ainslee	65
176	1942	Hello, Annapolis	Evans Arden	100
177	1942	Larceny, Inc.	Warden	69
178	1942	Men of Texas	Luther Crittenden	0
179	1942	The Secret Code	Police Chief Henry Burns	51
180	1942	Eyes of the Underworld	Kirby - Assistant Police Chief	48
181	1942	Girl Trouble	Kohn	65
182	1942	You Can't Escape Forever	Warden (uncredited)	54
183	1942	Gentleman Jim	Duffy - Referee (uncredited)	72
184	1942	Junior Army	Mr. Jeffrey Ferguson	57
185	1942	Whistling in Dixie	Deputy Police Commissioner (uncredited)	50
186	1943	City Without Men	Father Burns	50
187	1943	The Amazing Mrs. Holliday		64
188	1943	Keep 'Em Slugging	Detective Sergeant	55
189	1943	She Has What It Takes	George Clarke	0
190	1943	Mission to Moscow	Reporter (uncredited)	53
191	1943	False Faces	Police Capt. Alan O'Brien	70
192	1943	Hit the Ice	Train Conductor #1 (uncredited)	59
193	1943	Mr. Lucky	Detective (uncredited)	70
194	1943	Honeymoon Lodge	Judge	0
195	1943	Adventures of the Flying Cadets	Col. George Bolton [Chs. 1-2]	65
196	1943	Crazy House	Mogey	50
197	1943	The Iron Major	Judge	58
198	1943	Mystery Broadcast	Chief Daniels	62
199	1943	The Desert Song	Steve, a Reporter	59
200	1943	The Woman of the Town	New York Newspaper Editor	63
201	1944	Hands Across the Border	Jeff "Bet-A-Hundred" Adams	55
202	1944	Phantom Lady	Detective	71
203	1944	The Navy Way	Chaplain Benson	57
204	1944	To the People of the United States	Doctor at Hospital (uncredited)	55
205	1944	The Great Alaskan Mystery	Bill Hudson	50
206	1944	Gambler's Choice	Toby (uncredited)	58
207	1944	The Adventures of Mark Twain	Ulysses S. Grant	66
208	1944	Christmas Holiday	Steve, the bartender	63
209	1944	Black Magic	Police Sgt. Matthews	70
210	1944	One Mysterious Night	Jumbo Madigan (Uncredited)	59
211	1944	When the Lights Go On Again	Bob	55
212	1944	The Missing Juror	Willard Apple / Falstaff	60
213	1944	The Thin Man Goes Home	Clancy - Policeman at Railroad Station (uncredited)	71
214	1945	I Love a Mystery	Police Captain Quinn (Uncredited)	61
215	1945	The Chicago Kid	Chief Rogers	0
216	1945	Lady on a Train	Train passenger (uncredited)	66
217	1945	The Royal Mounted Rides Again	RCMP Sergeant Nelson	58
218	1945	Man Alive	Dr. James P. Whitney	51
219	1945	Captain Tugboat Annie	Alec Severn	0
220	1945	Dick Tracy	Chief Brandon	49
221	1945	Adventure	Ed - Maritime Office (uncredited)	62
222	1946	Tars and Spars	Admiral	47
223	1946	A Guy Could Change	McCarthy	0
224	1946	The Shadow Returns	Police Insp. Cardona	53
225	1946	Deadline at Dawn	Lt. Kane	63
226	1946	The Phantom Thief	'Jumbo' Madigan - Pawnbroker	53
227	1946	The Virginian		61
228	1946	Behind the Mask	Police Inspector Cardonna	46
229	1946	O.S.S.	Gen. Donovan	64
230	1946	Bad Bascomb	Gov. Clark (uncredited)	62
231	1946	Night Train to Memphis	John Stevenson	0
232	1946	The Mysterious Mr. M	Dan Blair	38
233	1946	The Big Sleep	Medical Examiner (uncredited)	76
234	1946	The Brute Man	Police Commissioner Salisbury (uncredited)	45
235	1946	Strange Journey	Thompson	60
236	1946	Dangerous Money	Captain Black	57
237	1946	Dick Tracy vs. Cueball	Chief Brandon	52
238	1946	Magnificent Doll	Williams	59
239	1946	The Falcon's Adventure	Inspector Cavanaugh	61
240	1947	Philo Vance's Gamble	Ellis Mason	57
241	1947	The Sea of Grass	Colorado Sen. Grew (uncredited)	63
242	1947	The Trespasser	The Doctor	50
243	1947	Monsieur Verdoux	Broker (uncredited)	77
244	1947	Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome	Chief Brandon	54
245	1947	Louisiana	Neilson	0
246	1948	Because of Eve	Dr. West	45
247	1948	The Story of Life		0
248	1948	The Enchanted Valley	Chief Scott	0
249	1948	Adventures in Silverado	McHugh	50
250	1948	April Showers	William Barnes	60
251	1948	The Hunted	Small Town Police Captain	52
252	1948	Silver River	Ulysses S. Grant (uncredited)	59
253	1948	The Gallant Legion	George Trent - State Official	70
254	1948	Relentless	Doctor (uncredited)	62
255	1948	Night Time in Nevada	Engineer Casey	62
256	1948	The Countess of Monte Cristo	Joe	50
257	1948	Sundown in Santa Fe	Major Larkin	0
258	1948	Street Corner	Dr. James Fenton	50
259	1948	Homicide for Three	Police Captain	50
260	1949	Unto Thyself Be True	Frank Hartwell	0
261	1949	Bad Men of Tombstone	Mine Superintendent	63
262	1949	State Department: File 649	Government Official	43
263	1949	The Last Bandit	Local No. 44 Engineer	60
264	1949	Duke of Chicago	'Tex' Harman	0
265	1949	Amazon Quest	De Ruyter	10
266	1949	Ringside	Oscar Brannigan	43
267	1949	Alias the Champ	Tim Murphy	60
268	1949	Prejudice	J.P. Baker	0
269	1949	Dancing in the Dark	Board Member	50
270	1949	Red Desert	President Ulysses S. Grant	0
271	1950	Gun Crazy	Plant Foreman (uncredited)	74
272	1950	The Arizona Cowboy	Colonel Jefferson	0
273	1950	Triple Trouble	Warden Burnside	62
274	1950	The Fuller Brush Girl	Police Boat Captain (uncredited)	60
275	1950	The Tougher They Come	Thompson	30
276	1950	The Flying Missile	Rear Admiral	49
277	1951	Roadblock	Thompson (uncredited)	58
278	1951	The Family Secret		57
279	1952	Deadline - U.S.A.	City Editor of The Standard (uncredited)	68
280	1953	Crazylegs	Hank Hatch	50
281	1954	Highway Dragnet	Elderly Border Inspection Officer	58
282	1955	The Twinkle In God's Eye	Doctor	70
283	1961	Judgment at Nuremberg	Courtroom Spectator at Verdict (uncredited)	80

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1949	The Lone Ranger	Tom Patrict	67
2	1950	Lux Video Theatre	Doctor	63
3	1951	I Love Lucy	Detective	79
4	1952	Four Star Playhouse	Mr. Kramer	63
5	1954	The Lone Wolf	Conductor	70
6	1954	The Whistler		0
7	1957	Leave It to Beaver	Train Conductor	70
8	1957	26 Men		42
9	1958	Bat Masterson	Thomas Bolland	61
10	1960	The Andy Griffith Show	Councilman	76
11	1960	The Andy Griffith Show	Council Member	76
12	1960	The Andy Griffith Show	Franklin	76
13	1960	The Andy Griffith Show	Townsman	76