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
| Birth Location | Baltimore, Maryland, USA |
|---|---|
| Born | 1883-07-14 |
| Died | 1966-04-15 |
Movies
Judgment at Nuremberg
as Courtroom Spectator at Verdict (uncredited)
1961
The Twinkle In God's Eye
as Doctor
1955
Highway Dragnet
as Elderly Border Inspection Officer
1954
Crazylegs
as Hank Hatch
1953
Deadline - U.S.A.
as City Editor of The Standard (uncredited)
1952
1951
Roadblock
as Thompson (uncredited)
1951
The Flying Missile
as Rear Admiral
1950
The Tougher They Come
as Thompson
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)
1950
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
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
1949
Unto Thyself Be True
as Frank Hartwell
1949
Homicide for Three
as Police Captain
1948
Street Corner
as Dr. James Fenton
1948
Sundown in Santa Fe
as Major Larkin
1948
The Countess of Monte Cristo
as Joe
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
Adventures in Silverado
as McHugh
1948
The Enchanted Valley
as Chief Scott
1948
Because of Eve
as Dr. West
1948
Louisiana
as Neilson
1947
Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome
as Chief Brandon
1947
Monsieur Verdoux
as Broker (uncredited)
1947
The Trespasser
as The Doctor
1947
Philo Vance's Gamble
as Ellis Mason
1947
The Falcon's Adventure
as Inspector Cavanaugh
1946
Magnificent Doll
as Williams
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
The Mysterious Mr. M
as Dan Blair
1946
Night Train to Memphis
as John Stevenson
1946
Bad Bascomb
as Gov. Clark (uncredited)
1946
O.S.S.
as Gen. Donovan
1946
Behind the Mask
as Police Inspector Cardonna
1946
1946
The Phantom Thief
as 'Jumbo' Madigan - Pawnbroker
1946
Deadline at Dawn
as Lt. Kane
1946
The Shadow Returns
as Police Insp. Cardona
1946
A Guy Could Change
as McCarthy
1946
Tars and Spars
as Admiral
1946
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)
1945
The Missing Juror
as Willard Apple / Falstaff
1944
When the Lights Go On Again
as Bob
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
The Great Alaskan Mystery
as Bill Hudson
1944
To the People of the United States
as Doctor at Hospital (uncredited)
1944
The Navy Way
as Chaplain Benson
1944
Phantom Lady
as Detective
1944
Hands Across the Border
as Jeff "Bet-A-Hundred" Adams
1944
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
Crazy House
as Mogey
1943
Adventures of the Flying Cadets
as Col. George Bolton [Chs. 1-2]
1943
Honeymoon Lodge
as Judge
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
1943
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
Girl Trouble
as Kohn
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
Murder in the Big House
as Ainslee
1942
Obliging Young Lady
as Managing Editor (uncredited)
1942
Gang Busters
as Police Chief Martin O'Brien
1942
The Courtship of Andy Hardy
as Peter Dugan
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
1942
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 Yates
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
Here Comes Happiness
as Tom Burke
1941
A Man Betrayed
as Bob - Globe Newspaper Editor (uncredited)
1941
1941
Scattergood Baines
as Keith
1941
Andy Hardy's Private Secretary
as Peter Dugan
1941
Back Street
as Postman
1941
The Case of the Black Parrot
as Inspector Grady
1941
Know For Sure
as supporting role
1941
Santa Fe Trail
as Officer at Washington Party (uncredited)
1940
The Texas Rangers Ride Again
as Johnson
1940
Little Nellie Kelly
as Police Commissioner O'Brien (uncredited)
1940
City for Conquest
as Doctor
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
The House Across the Bay
as Federal Man
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
1940
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
The Return of Doctor X
as Editor
1939
The Roaring Twenties
as Michaels
1939
Hollywood Cavalcade
as Attorney
1939
Babes in Arms
as Mr. Essex
1939
Full Confession
as Warden (uncredited)
1939
Blackmail
as Mr. Blaine (uncredited)
1939
The Star Maker
as Thomas Marlowe
1939
Stanley and Livingstone
as Morehead
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
1939
Pride of the Navy
as Brad Foster
1939
Gang Bullets
as Wallace
1938
Illegal Traffic
as Chief Daley
1938
Girls on Probation
as Todd
1938
The Arkansas Traveler
as McSweeney
1938
Crime Takes a Holiday
as Gov. Bill Allen
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 Eighth 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
Happy Landing
as Agent
1938
Here's Flash Casey
as Blaine
1938
Mama Runs Wild
as Tom Fowler
1937
Beg, Borrow or Steal
as Mr. Parsons, Murillo Customer (uncredited)
1937
The Duke Comes Back
as Pat Doyle
1937
Blossoms On Broadway
as Bartender (uncredited)
1937
The Wrong Road
as District Attorney
1937
Outlaws of the Orient
as Snyder
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
The Case of the Stuttering Bishop
as Paul Drake
1937
Kid Galahad
as Brady
1937
This Is My Affair
as Priest
1937
A Day at Santa Anita
as Biff--Blackburn's Trainer (uncredited)
1937
The Go-Getter
as Karl Stone
1937
There Goes My Girl
as Sgt. Wood
1937
The Cherokee Strip
as Army Officer
1937
Draegerman Courage
as Dr. Stuart Hunter
1937
Midnight Court
as Judge Frederick J. Thompson
1937
Her Husband's Secretary
as Stevenson
1937
Once a Doctor
as Captain Andrews
1937
God's Country and the Woman
as Jordan
1937
Smart Blonde
as Tiny Torgensen
1937
Gold Diggers of 1937
as Chairman
1936
Guns of the Pecos
as Captain Norris
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
Brides Are Like That
as Tom Carter
1936
The Singing Kid
as Agent Fulton (uncredited)
1936
Road Gang
as Harry Shields
1936
Boulder Dam
as Ross
1936
The Murder of Dr. Harrigan
as Lieut. Lamb
1936
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
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
Oil for the Lamps of China
as Clements
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
Traveling Saleslady
as Murdock
1935
While the Patient Slept
as Evening Bulletin Editor (uncredited)
1935
The Payoff
as Harvey Morris
1935
Strange Wives
as Immigration Official
1934
Gentlemen Are Born
as Haskins
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
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)
1934
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)
1933
Secrets of a Secretary
as Reporter
1931
Stolen Heaven
as Henry - Steve's Butler
1931
Under Two Flags
as Rake
1916
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