Portrait of Joseph Crehan

Joseph Crehan

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.

Born: July 14, 1883

Place of Birth: Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Filmography

1965
The Great Race

as Observer at Start (uncredited)

1961
Judgment at Nuremberg

as Courtroom Spectator at Verdict (uncredited)

1960
1960
1960
The Andy Griffith Show

as Council Member

1960
1958
Bat Masterson

as Thomas Bolland

1957
1957
Leave It to Beaver

as Train Conductor

1954
The Lone Wolf

as Conductor

1954
Highway Dragnet

as Elderly Border Inspection Officer

1953
Crazylegs

as Hank Hatch

1952
Deadline - U.S.A.

as City Editor of The Standard (uncredited)

1951
I Love Lucy

as Detective

1951
Roadblock

as Thompson (uncredited)

1950
The Flying Missile

as Rear Admiral

1950
1950
The Fuller Brush Girl

as Police Boat Captain (uncredited)

1950
Triple Trouble

as Warden Burnside

1950
The Arizona Cowboy

as Colonel Jefferson

1950
Gun Crazy

as Plant Foreman (uncredited)

1949
Red Desert

as President Ulysses S. Grant

1949
Dancing in the Dark

as Board Member

1949
Prejudice

as J.P. Baker

1949
Alias the Champ

as Tim Murphy

1949
The Lone Ranger

as Tom Patrict

1949
Ringside

as Oscar Brannigan

1949
Amazon Quest

as De Ruyter

1949
Duke of Chicago

as 'Tex' Harman

1949
The Last Bandit

as Local No. 44 Engineer

1949
State Department: File 649

as Government Official

1949
Bad Men of Tombstone

as Mine Superintendent

1948
Homicide for Three

as Police Captain

1948
Street Corner

as Dr. James Fenton

1948
Sundown in Santa Fe

as Major Larkin

1948
Night Time in Nevada

as Engineer Casey

1948
Relentless

as Doctor (uncredited)

1948
The Gallant Legion

as George Trent - State Official

1948
Silver River

as Ulysses S. Grant (uncredited)

1948
The Hunted

as Small Town Police Captain

1948
April Showers

as William Barnes

1948
The Enchanted Valley

as Chief Scott

1948
Because of Eve

as Dr. West

1947
Louisiana

as Neilson

1947
Monsieur Verdoux

as Broker (uncredited)

1947
1947
The Trespasser

as The Doctor

1947
The Sea of Grass

as Colorado Sen. Grew (uncredited)

1947
Philo Vance's Gamble

as Ellis Mason

1946
The Falcon's Adventure

as Inspector Cavanaugh

1946
Magnificent Doll

as Williams (uncredited)

1946
Dick Tracy vs. Cueball

as Chief Brandon

1946
Dangerous Money

as Captain Black

1946
Strange Journey

as Thompson

1946
The Brute Man

as Police Commissioner Salisbury (uncredited)

1946
The Big Sleep

as Medical Examiner (uncredited)

1946
1946
Night Train to Memphis

as John Stevenson

1946
O.S.S.

as Gen. Donovan

1946
Bad Bascomb

as Gov. Clark (uncredited)

1946
Behind the Mask

as Police Inspector Cardonna

1946
The Phantom Thief

as 'Jumbo' Madigan - Pawnbroker

1946
Deadline at Dawn

as Lt. Kane

1946
The Shadow Returns

as Police Insp. Cardona

1946
1946
Tars and Spars

as Admiral

1945
Adventure

as Ed - Maritime Office (uncredited)

1945
Dick Tracy

as Chief Brandon

1945
Captain Tugboat Annie

as Alec Severn

1945
Man Alive

as Dr. James P. Whitney

1945
The Royal Mounted Rides Again

as RCMP Sergeant Nelson

1945
Lady on a Train

as Train passenger (uncredited)

1945
The Chicago Kid

as Chief Rogers

1945
I Love a Mystery

as Police Captain Quinn (Uncredited)

1944
The Thin Man Goes Home

as Clancy - Policeman at Railroad Station (uncredited)

1944
The Missing Juror

as Willard Apple / Falstaff

1944
One Mysterious Night

as Jumbo Madigan (Uncredited)

1944
Black Magic

as Police Sgt. Matthews

1944
Christmas Holiday

as Steve, the bartender

1944
The Adventures of Mark Twain

as Ulysses S. Grant

1944
Gambler's Choice

as Toby (uncredited)

1944
1944
To the People of the United States

as Doctor at Hospital (uncredited)

1944
Shine on Harvest Moon

as Harry Miller (uncredited)

1944
The Navy Way

as Chaplain Benson

1944
Phantom Lady

as Detective

1944
Hands Across the Border

as Jeff "Bet-A-Hundred" Adams

1943
The Woman of the Town

as New York Newspaper Editor

1943
The Desert Song

as Steve, a Reporter

1943
Mystery Broadcast

as Chief Daniels

1943
1943
Crazy House

as Mogey (uncredited)

1943
Adventures of the Flying Cadets

as Col. George Bolton [Chs. 1-2]

1943
1943
Mr. Lucky

as Detective (uncredited)

1943
Hit the Ice

as Train Conductor #1 (uncredited)

1943
False Faces

as Police Capt. Alan O'Brien

1943
Mission to Moscow

as Reporter (uncredited)

1943
She Has What It Takes

as George Clarke

1943
Keep 'Em Slugging

as Detective Sergeant

1943
City Without Men

as Father Burns

1942
Whistling in Dixie

as Deputy Police Commissioner (uncredited)

1942
Junior Army

as Mr. Jeffrey Ferguson

1942
Gentleman Jim

as Duffy - Referee (uncredited)

1942
You Can't Escape Forever

as Warden (uncredited)

1942
1942
Eyes of the Underworld

as Kirby - Assistant Police Chief

1942
The Secret Code

as Police Chief Henry Burns

1942
Men of Texas

as Luther Crittenden

1942
Larceny, Inc.

as Warden

1942
Hello, Annapolis

as Evans Arden

1942
Obliging Young Lady

as Managing Editor (uncredited)

1942
Gang Busters

as Police Chief Martin O'Brien

1942
1942
Wild Bill Hickok Rides

as Ray Trent (uncredited)

1942
Treat 'Em Rough

as Roderick Wetherbee (as Joe Crehan)

1942
Cadets on Parade

as Jeff Shannon

1942
Sealed Lips

as Chief Charles R. Dugan

1941
They Died with Their Boots On

as President Ulysses S. Grant (uncredited)

1941
Three Girls About Town

as Labor leader

1941
Texas

as Rancher Dusty King

1941
Doctors Don't Tell

as Judge Hoskins

1941
Nine Lives Are Not Enough

as Editor (uncredited)

1941
Flying Blind

as Nunnally

1941
Manpower

as Sweeney

1941
Here Comes Mr. Jordan

as Doctor (uncredited)

1941
Nevada City

as Mark Benton

1941
Love Crazy

as Judge

1941
Washington Melodrama

as Phil Sampson

1941
1941
A Man Betrayed

as Bob - Globe Newspaper Editor (uncredited)

1941
1941
Back Street

as Postman

1941
1941
Know For Sure

as supporting role

1940
Santa Fe Trail

as Officer at Washington Party (uncredited)

1940
Little Nellie Kelly

as Commissioner O'Brien (uncredited)

1940
1940
Colorado

as Gen. Ulysses S. Grant

1940
Public Deb No. 1

as Director

1940
The Secret Seven

as Police Chief Hobbs

1940
Brother Orchid

as Brother MacEwen

1940
Gaucho Serenade

as Edward Martin

1940
Jack Pot

as Mayor Steven Andrews (uncredited)

1940
1940
Broadway Melody of 1940

as Ballroom Manager (uncredited)

1940
Parole Fixer

as Warden (uncredited)

1940
The Fighting 69th

as Inoculations Doctor (uncredited)

1940
The Green Hornet

as Judge Stanton

1940
Emergency Squad

as H. Tyler Joyce, editor

1940
Music in My Heart

as Mark C. Gilman

1939
Invisible Stripes

as Garage Owner (uncredited)

1939
Private Detective

as Capt. Murphy

1939
Geronimo

as President Ulysses S. Grant

1939
We Are Not Alone

as American at Train Station

1939
1939
1939
Babes in Arms

as Mr. Essex

1939
Blackmail

as Mr. Blaine (uncredited)

1939
Full Confession

as Warden (uncredited)

1939
The Star Maker

as Thomas Marlowe

1939
They All Come Out

as Judge (uncredited)

1939
Behind Prison Gates

as Prison Warden O'Neil

1939
Maisie

as Defense Attorney Wilcox

1939
Tell No Tales

as Chalmers

1939
Union Pacific

as Ulysses S. Grant

1939
Dodge City

as Hammond (uncredited)

1939
Almost a Gentleman

as Prosecutor

1939
Whispering Enemies

as George Harley

1939
You Can't Get Away with Murder

as Warden of Sing Sing

1939
Society Lawyer

as City Editor

1939
Star Reporter

as Gordon

1939
Wings of the Navy

as Second Doctor

1939
Navy Secrets

as FBI Chief Herbert Daly

1938
Gang Bullets

as Wallace

1938
Illegal Traffic

as Chief Daley

1938
1938
Crime Takes a Holiday

as Gov. Bill Allen

1938
Too Hot to Handle

as First Advertising Man (uncredited)

1938
Billy The Kid Returns

as U.S. Marshal Dave Conway

1938
Gateway

as Inspector

1938
Four's a Crowd

as Butler Pierce

1938
Woman Against Woman

as Sen. Kingsley

1938
A Criminal Is Born

as Frank Wheeler

1938
Alexander's Ragtime Band

as Stage Manager

1938
Bluebeard's 8th Wife

as American Tourist (uncredited)

1938
State Police

as Mr. Owen, Mine Owner

1938
Night Spot

as Inspector Wayland

1938
The Kid Comes Back

as Danny Lockridge

1938
Midnight Intruder

as Bill Harwood - Newspaper Editor

1938
1938
1937
Mama Runs Wild

as Tom Fowler

1937
Beg, Borrow or Steal

as Mr. Parsons, Murillo Customer (uncredited)

1937
1937
Blossoms On Broadway

as Bartender (uncredited)

1937
The Wrong Road

as District Attorney

1937
Talent Scout

as A.J. Lambert

1937
Midnight Madonna

as Moe Grinnell

1937
Born Reckless

as District Attorney

1937
Girls Can Play

as Editor Brophy

1937
Kid Galahad

as Brady

1937
1937
The Go-Getter

as Karl Stone

1937
A Day at Santa Anita

as Biff, Blackburn's Trainer (uncredited)

1937
There Goes My Girl

as Sgt. Wood

1937
Draegerman Courage

as Dr. Stuart Hunter

1937
The Cherokee Strip

as Army Officer

1937
Midnight Court

as Judge Frederick J. Thompson

1937
1937
Once a Doctor

as Captain Andrews

1937
Smart Blonde

as Tiny Torgensen

1936
Guns of the Pecos

as Captain Norris

1936
1936
King of Hockey

as Mike Trotter

1936
The Captain's Kid

as Deputy Coroner Frank Knickerbocker

1936
Here Comes Carter

as Daniel Bronson

1936
Cain and Mabel

as Reed's Manager

1936
Down the Stretch

as C.D. Burch

1936
Trailin' West

as Colonel Douglas

1936
Anthony Adverse

as Capt. Elisha Jorham

1936
China Clipper

as Jim Horn

1936
Jailbreak

as Warden

1936
Bengal Tiger

as Bill Hinsdale

1936
Earthworm Tractors

as Mr. Henderson

1936
Murder by an Aristocrat

as Hilary Thatcher

1936
Bullets or Ballots

as Grand Jury Spokesman

1936
The Law in Her Hands

as Dist. Atty. Thomas Mallon

1936
1936
The Singing Kid

as Agent Fulton (uncredited)

1936
Road Gang

as Harry Shields

1936
1936
1935
Man of Iron

as Tom Martin

1935
Frisco Kid

as McClanahan

1935
Shipmates Forever

as Spike (uncredited)

1935
The Case of the Lucky Legs

as Detective Johnson

1935
Special Agent

as Commissioner of Police

1935
Page Miss Glory

as Detective Chief

1935
Bright Lights

as Post Office Attendant

1935
Don't Bet on Blondes

as Doctor Delivering Quintuplets (Uncredited)

1935
Front Page Woman

as Spike Kiley

1935
Stranded

as Johnny Quinn

1935
Black Fury

as Johnny Farrell

1935
Let 'em Have It

as Memory Test Instructor

1935
Dinky

as Orphanage Director

1935
Go Into Your Dance

as H.P. Jackson

1935
1935
While the Patient Slept

as Evening Bulletin Editor (uncredited)

1935
The Payoff

as Harvey Morris

1934
Strange Wives

as Immigration Official

1934
1934
Against the Law

as Capt. Elliott

1934
Big Hearted Herbert

as IRS Tax Investigator (uncredited)

1934
A Lost Lady

as Second Doctor (uncredited)

1934
Among the Missing

as Detective O'Malley

1934
The Case of the Howling Dog

as Captain Kelly (uncredited)

1934
Beyond the Law

as Chief Anderson

1934
Here Comes the Navy

as Recruiting Officer (uncredited)

1934
The Hell Cat

as Captain Barnett

1934
Now I'll Tell

as Hospital Doctor (uncredited)

1934
The Merry Frinks

as Mr. Baxter

1934
Voice in the Night

as John Robinson

1934
Jimmy the Gent

as Murder Trial Judge (uncredited)

1934
It Happened One Night

as Detective (uncredited)

1934
Sleepers East

as Conductor (uncredited)

1933
Havana Widows

as Ship Captain (uncredited)

1933
Before Midnight

as Capt. Frank Flynn

1933
Duck Soup

as Dignitary at Reception (uncredited)

1933
Female

as Police Lieutenant (Uncredited)

1931
1931
Stolen Heaven

as Henry - Steve's Butler

1916