Joseph Crehan
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1883-07-14
Day of Death
1966-04-15 (82 years old)
Place of Birth
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Joseph Crehan
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.
Known For
Acting
(1961)
Judgment at Nuremberg
as Courtroom Spectator at Verdict (uncredited)
(1955)
The Twinkle In God's Eye
as Doctor
(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)
Roadblock
as Thompson (uncredited)
(1951)
(1950)
The Flying Missile
as Rear Admiral
(1950)
Gun Crazy
as Plant Foreman (uncredited)
(1950)
The Fuller Brush Girl
as Police Boat Captain (uncredited)
(1950)
The Tougher They Come
as Thompson
(1950)
Triple Trouble
as Warden Burnside
(1950)
The Arizona Cowboy
as Colonel Jefferson
(1949)
Red Desert
as President Ulysses S. Grant
(1949)
Dancing in the Dark
as Board Member
(1949)
Prejudice
as J.P. Baker
(1949)
State Department: File 649
as Government Official
(1949)
Unto Thyself Be True
as Frank Hartwell
(1949)
Ringside
as Oscar Brannigan
(1949)
Amazon Quest
as De Ruyter
(1949)
The Last Bandit
as Local No. 44 Engineer
(1949)
Alias the Champ
as Tim Murphy
(1949)
Duke of Chicago
as 'Tex' Harman
(1949)
Bad Men of Tombstone
as Mine Superintendent
(1948)
The Gallant Legion
as George Trent - State Official
(1948)
Street Corner
as Dr. James Fenton
(1948)
Night Time in Nevada
as Engineer Casey
(1948)
The Hunted
as Small Town Police Captain
(1948)
Relentless
as Doctor (uncredited)
(1948)
Homicide for Three
as Police Captain
(1948)
Adventures in Silverado
as McHugh
(1948)
The Enchanted Valley
as Chief Scott
(1948)
(1948)
Because of Eve
as Dr. West
(1948)
(1948)
Silver River
as Ulysses S. Grant (uncredited)
(1948)
April Showers
as William Barnes
(1948)
Sundown in Santa Fe
as Major Larkin
(1947)
Monsieur Verdoux
as Broker (uncredited)
(1947)
The Sea of Grass
as Colorado Sen. Grew (uncredited)
(1947)
The Trespasser
as The Doctor
(1947)
Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome
as Chief Brandon
(1947)
Philo Vance's Gamble
as Ellis Mason
(1947)
Louisiana
as Neilson
(1946)
The Brute Man
as Police Commissioner Salisbury (uncredited)
(1946)
The Mysterious Mr. M
as Dan Blair
(1946)
Dangerous Money
as Captain Black
(1946)
The Big Sleep
as Medical Examiner (uncredited)
(1946)
Magnificent Doll
as Williams
(1946)
A Guy Could Change
as McCarthy
(1946)
Deadline at Dawn
as Lt. Kane
(1946)
(1946)
Night Train to Memphis
as John Stevenson
(1946)
Bad Bascomb
as Gov. Clark (uncredited)
(1946)
The Phantom Thief
as 'Jumbo' Madigan - Pawnbroker
(1946)
The Falcon's Adventure
as Inspector Cavanaugh
(1946)
Behind the Mask
as Police Inspector Cardonna
(1946)
Dick Tracy vs. Cueball
as Chief Brandon
(1946)
Tars and Spars
as Admiral
(1946)
O.S.S.
as Gen. Donovan
(1946)
Strange Journey
as Thompson
(1946)
The Shadow Returns
as Police Insp. Cardona
(1945)
Lady on a Train
as Train passenger (uncredited)
(1945)
The Royal Mounted Rides Again
as RCMP Sergeant Nelson
(1945)
Adventure
as Ed - Maritime Office (uncredited)
(1945)
Man Alive
as Dr. James P. Whitney
(1945)
I Love a Mystery
as Police Captain Quinn (Uncredited)
(1945)
Dick Tracy
as Chief Brandon
(1945)
The Chicago Kid
as Chief Rogers
(1945)
Captain Tugboat Annie
as Alec Severn
(1944)
The Navy Way
as Chaplain Benson
(1944)
Christmas Holiday
as Steve, the bartender
(1944)
One Mysterious Night
as Jumbo Madigan (Uncredited)
(1944)
Shine on Harvest Moon
as Harry Miller (uncredited)
(1944)
The Missing Juror
as Willard Apple / Falstaff
(1944)
Phantom Lady
as Detective
(1944)
The Thin Man Goes Home
as Clancy - Policeman at Railroad Station (uncredited)
(1944)
The Adventures of Mark Twain
as Ulysses S. Grant
(1944)
Hands Across the Border
as Jeff "Bet-A-Hundred" Adams
(1944)
The Great Alaskan Mystery
as Bill Hudson
(1944)
Gambler's Choice
as Toby (uncredited)
(1944)
Black Magic
as Police Sgt. Matthews
(1944)
(1944)
To the People of the United States
as Doctor at Hospital (uncredited)
(1943)
Mission to Moscow
as Reporter (uncredited)
(1943)
City Without Men
as Father Burns
(1943)
Honeymoon Lodge
as Judge
(1943)
Adventures of the Flying Cadets
as Col. George Bolton [Chs. 1-2]
(1943)
Keep 'Em Slugging
as Detective Sergeant
(1943)
The Desert Song
as Steve, a Reporter
(1943)
Crazy House
as Mogey
(1943)
False Faces
as Police Capt. Alan O'Brien
(1943)
(1943)
Mr. Lucky
as Detective (uncredited)
(1943)
The Woman of the Town
as New York Newspaper Editor
(1943)
Hit the Ice
as Train Conductor #1 (uncredited)
(1943)
Mystery Broadcast
as Chief Daniels
(1943)
The Iron Major
as Judge
(1943)
She Has What It Takes
as George Clarke
(1942)
Gentleman Jim
as Duffy - Referee (uncredited)
(1942)
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
as Ray Trent (uncredited)
(1942)
Gang Busters
as Police Chief Martin O'Brien
(1942)
Eyes of the Underworld
as Kirby - Assistant Police Chief
(1942)
Larceny, Inc.
as Warden
(1942)
The Secret Code
as Police Chief Henry Burns
(1942)
Treat 'Em Rough
as Roderick Wetherbee (as Joe Crehan)
(1942)
Whistling in Dixie
as Deputy Police Commissioner (uncredited)
(1942)
Murder in the Big House
as Ainslee
(1942)
Hello, Annapolis
as Evans Arden
(1942)
Obliging Young Lady
as Managing Editor (uncredited)
(1942)
The Courtship of Andy Hardy
as Peter Dugan
(1942)
Men of Texas
as Luther Crittenden
(1942)
You Can't Escape Forever
as Warden (uncredited)
(1942)
Cadets on Parade
as Jeff Shannon
(1942)
Girl Trouble
as Kohn
(1942)
Junior Army
as Mr. Jeffrey Ferguson
(1942)
Sealed Lips
as Chief Charles R. Dugan
(1941)
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
as Doctor (uncredited)
(1941)
Manpower
as Sweeney
(1941)
Here Comes Happiness
as Tom Burke
(1941)
Texas
as Rancher Dusty King
(1941)
A Man Betrayed
as Bob - Globe Newspaper Editor (uncredited)
(1941)
(1941)
Flying Blind
as Nunnally
(1941)
Nine Lives Are Not Enough
as Editor (uncredited)
(1941)
Nine Lives Are Not Enough
as Yates
(1941)
They Died with Their Boots On
as President Ulysses S. Grant (uncredited)
(1941)
Love Crazy
as Judge
(1941)
Scattergood Baines
as Keith
(1941)
Know For Sure
as supporting role
(1941)
Nevada City
as Mark Benton
(1941)
Back Street
as Postman
(1941)
Doctors Don't Tell
as Judge Hoskins
(1941)
Three Girls About Town
as Labor leader
(1941)
Washington Melodrama
as Phil Sampson
(1941)
The Case of the Black Parrot
as Inspector Grady
(1941)
Andy Hardy's Private Secretary
as Peter Dugan
(1940)
Santa Fe Trail
as Officer at Washington Party (uncredited)
(1940)
Broadway Melody of 1940
as Ballroom Manager (uncredited)
(1940)
The House Across the Bay
as Federal Man
(1940)
City for Conquest
as Doctor
(1940)
Little Nellie Kelly
as Commissioner O'Brien (uncredited)
(1940)
The Texas Rangers Ride Again
as Johnson
(1940)
The Fighting 69th
as Inoculations Doctor (uncredited)
(1940)
Colorado
as Gen. Ulysses S. Grant
(1940)
Jack Pot
as Mayor Steven Andrews (uncredited)
(1940)
Parole Fixer
as Warden (uncredited)
(1940)
Emergency Squad
as H. Tyler Joyce, editor
(1940)
Brother Orchid
as Brother MacEwen
(1940)
Public Deb No. 1
as Director
(1940)
Gaucho Serenade
as Edward Martin
(1940)
The Green Hornet
as Judge Stanton
(1940)
The Secret Seven
as Police Chief Hobbs
(1940)
Music in My Heart
as Mark C. Gilman
(1939)
Hollywood Cavalcade
as Attorney
(1939)
Union Pacific
as Ulysses S. Grant
(1939)
The Roaring Twenties
as Michaels
(1939)
Society Lawyer
as City Editor
(1939)
The Return of Doctor X
as Editor
(1939)
Dodge City
as Hammond (uncredited)
(1939)
Geronimo
as President Ulysses S. Grant
(1939)
Invisible Stripes
as Garage Owner (uncredited)
(1939)
We Are Not Alone
as American at Train Station
(1939)
Navy Secrets
as FBI Chief Herbert Daly
(1939)
Blackmail
as Mr. Blaine (uncredited)
(1939)
Tell No Tales
as Chalmers
(1939)
Private Detective
as Capt. Murphy
(1939)
Wings of the Navy
as Second Doctor
(1939)
Full Confession
as Warden (uncredited)
(1939)
Almost a Gentleman
as Prosecutor
(1939)
The Star Maker
as Thomas Marlowe
(1939)
Maisie
as Defense Attorney Wilcox
(1939)
Stanley and Livingstone
as Morehead
(1939)
Pride of the Navy
as Brad Foster
(1939)
Babes in Arms
as Mr. Essex
(1939)
Star Reporter
as Gordon
(1939)
You Can't Get Away with Murder
as Warden of Sing Sing
(1939)
Whispering Enemies
as George Harley
(1939)
They All Come Out
as Judge (uncredited)
(1939)
Behind Prison Gates
as Prison Warden O'Neil
(1938)
Billy The Kid Returns
as U.S. Marshal Dave Conway
(1938)
State Police
as Mr. Owen, Mine Owner
(1938)
Gateway
as Inspector
(1938)
Night Spot
as Inspector Wayland
(1938)
Girls on Probation
as Todd
(1938)
A Criminal Is Born
as Frank Wheeler
(1938)
Midnight Intruder
as Bill Harwood - Newspaper Editor
(1938)
Four's a Crowd
as Butler Pierce
(1938)
Gang Bullets
as Wallace
(1938)
The Arkansas Traveler
as McSweeney
(1938)
Here's Flash Casey
as Blaine
(1938)
Alexander's Ragtime Band
as Stage Manager
(1938)
Bluebeard's Eighth Wife
as American Tourist (uncredited)
(1938)
Illegal Traffic
as Chief Daley
(1938)
The Kid Comes Back
as Danny Lockridge
(1938)
Woman Against Woman
as Sen. Kingsley
(1938)
Happy Landing
as Agent
(1938)
Crime Takes a Holiday
as Gov. Bill Allen
(1937)
The Duke Comes Back
as Pat Doyle
(1937)
Born Reckless
as District Attorney
(1937)
Talent Scout
as A.J. Lambert
(1937)
The Case of the Stuttering Bishop
as Paul Drake
(1937)
A Day at Santa Anita
as Biff, Blackburn's Trainer (uncredited)
(1937)
Draegerman Courage
as Dr. Stuart Hunter
(1937)
The Wrong Road
as District Attorney
(1937)
Kid Galahad
as Brady
(1937)
There Goes My Girl
as Sgt. Wood
(1937)
Mama Runs Wild
as Tom Fowler
(1937)
Blossoms On Broadway
as Bartender (uncredited)
(1937)
Once a Doctor
as Captain Andrews
(1937)
Outlaws of the Orient
as Snyder
(1937)
The Cherokee Strip
as Army Officer
(1937)
God's Country and the Woman
as Jordan
(1937)
Midnight Madonna
as Moe Grinnell
(1937)
Girls Can Play
as Editor Brophy
(1937)
The Go-Getter
as Karl Stone
(1937)
Midnight Court
as Judge Frederick J. Thompson
(1937)
Smart Blonde
as Tiny Torgensen
(1937)
This Is My Affair
as Priest
(1937)
Beg, Borrow or Steal
as Mr. Parsons, Murillo Customer (uncredited)
(1937)
Her Husband's Secretary
as Stevenson
(1936)
Gold Diggers of 1937
as Chairman
(1936)
King of Hockey
as Mike Trotter
(1936)
Jailbreak
as Warden
(1936)
Earthworm Tractors
as Mr. Henderson
(1936)
Bullets or Ballots
as Grand Jury Spokesman
(1936)
The Captain's Kid
as Deputy Coroner Frank Knickerbocker
(1936)
Cain and Mabel
as Reed's Manager
(1936)
The Singing Kid
as Agent Fulton (uncredited)
(1936)
Trailin' West
as Colonel Douglas
(1936)
Boulder Dam
as Ross
(1936)
The Murder of Dr. Harrigan
as Lieut. Lamb
(1936)
Anthony Adverse
as Capt. Elisha Jorham
(1936)
Bengal Tiger
as Bill Hinsdale
(1936)
Down the Stretch
as C.D. Burch
(1936)
China Clipper
as Jim Horn
(1936)
Road Gang
as Harry Shields
(1936)
Murder by an Aristocrat
as Hilary Thatcher
(1936)
Brides Are Like That
as Tom Carter
(1936)
Guns of the Pecos
as Captain Norris
(1936)
Here Comes Carter
as Daniel Bronson
(1936)
The Law in Her Hands
as Dist. Atty. Thomas Mallon
(1935)
Stranded
as Johnny Quinn
(1935)
Traveling Saleslady
as Murdock
(1935)
Frisco Kid
as McClanahan
(1935)
Page Miss Glory
as Detective Chief
(1935)
Dinky
as Orphanage Director
(1935)
Shipmates Forever
as Spike (uncredited)
(1935)
Go Into Your Dance
as H.P. Jackson
(1935)
Bright Lights
as Post Office Attendant
(1935)
(1935)
The Payoff
as Harvey Morris
(1935)
Special Agent
as Commissioner of Police
(1935)
While the Patient Slept
as Evening Bulletin Editor (uncredited)
(1935)
The Case of the Lucky Legs
as Detective Johnson
(1935)
Man of Iron
as Tom Martin
(1935)
Don't Bet on Blondes
as Doctor Delivering Quintuplets (Uncredited)
(1935)
Black Fury
as Johnny Farrell
(1935)
Front Page Woman
as Spike Kiley
(1935)
Let 'em Have It
as Memory Test Instructor
(1935)
Oil for the Lamps of China
as Clements
(1934)
Here Comes the Navy
as Recruiting Officer (uncredited)
(1934)
It Happened One Night
as Detective (uncredited)
(1934)
Among the Missing
as Detective O'Malley
(1934)
The Merry Frinks
as Mr. Baxter
(1934)
Against the Law
as Capt. Elliott
(1934)
Big Hearted Herbert
as IRS Tax Investigator (uncredited)
(1934)
Sleepers East
as Conductor (uncredited)
(1934)
The Case of the Howling Dog
as Captain Kelly (uncredited)
(1934)
Strange Wives
as Immigration Official
(1934)
Jimmy the Gent
as Murder Trial Judge (uncredited)
(1934)
A Lost Lady
as Second Doctor (uncredited)
(1934)
Gentlemen Are Born
as Haskins
(1934)
Beyond the Law
as Chief Anderson
(1934)
The Hell Cat
as Captain Barnett
(1934)
Voice in the Night
as John Robinson
(1934)
Now I'll Tell
as Hospital Doctor (uncredited)
(1933)
Duck Soup
as Dignitary at Reception (uncredited)
(1933)
Female
as Police Lieutenant (Uncredited)
(1933)
Havana Widows
as Ship Captain (uncredited)
(1933)
Before Midnight
as Capt. Frank Flynn
(1931)
Secrets of a Secretary
as Reporter
(1931)
Stolen Heaven
as Henry - Steve's Butler
(1916)
Under Two Flags
as Rake