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Acting

Joel McCrea

Career: Active from 1929 to 1976, with a break from 1963 to 1972, busiest in 1932 with 6 main titles.

Leading roles: 75
top three billing

Average score: 61/100

Highest rated: These Three
86/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 56 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Joel McCrea Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
0.8, average 5.4
Uncanny
1.1, average 2.5
Pop Culture
0.7, average 2.2
Scare
1.3, average 2.6

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Classic Western 14
Historical Drama 10
Classic Hollywood 8
Western 6
Character-Driven 5
Political Intrigue 5
Historical Setting 5
Moral Dilemma 5
Psychological Tension 4
Frontier Justice 4
Social Commentary 4
American Frontier 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

94

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2000s

1 title · average score 67

Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood

67

as John Neville Jr. (archive footage)

1970s

3 titles · average score 41

Mustang Country

58

as Dan

The Great American Cowboy

as Narrator

Cry Blood Apache

23

as Pitcalin as an Older Man

1960s

2 titles · average score 84

Ride the High Country

84

as Steve Judd

The Crowning Experience

as Prologue Narrator

1950s

22 titles · average score 60

Wichita Town

TV show · as Marshal Mike Dunbar

The Gunfight at Dodge City

46

as Bat Masterson

Fort Massacre

56

as Vinson

The Oklahoman

53

as John

The Tall Stranger

53

as Ned Bannon

Trooper Hook

63

as Sgt. Clovis Hook

Wichita

82

as Wyatt Earp

Stranger on Horseback

60

as Judge Richard 'Rick' Thorne

Cattle Drive

53

as Dan Mathews

Stars in My Crown

77

as Josiah Doziah Gray

Frenchie

71

as Sheriff Tom Banning

The Outriders

52

as Will Owen

1940s

16 titles · average score 64

Colorado Territory

71

as Wes McQueen

South of St. Louis

49

as Kip Davis

Four Faces West

66

as Ross McEwen

Ramrod

60

as Dave Nash

The Virginian

56

as The Virginian

Buffalo Bill

55

as William Frederick 'Buffalo Bill' Cody

The More the Merrier

62

as Joe Carter

The Palm Beach Story

84

as Tom Jeffers

Sullivan's Travels

86

as John Sullivan

The Great Man's Lady

57

as Mr. Sempler

Foreign Correspondent

83

as John Jones

He Married His Wife

58

as T.H. Randall

1930s

40 titles · average score 60

Union Pacific

74

as Jeff Butler

Dead End

78

as Dave

Wells Fargo

59

as Ramsay MacKay

These Three

86

as Dr. Joseph 'Joe' Cardin

Come and Get It

79

as Richard Glasgow

Barbary Coast

76

as Jim Carmichael

Our Little Girl

52

as Donald Middleton

Chance at Heaven

59

as Blacky Gorman

The Most Dangerous Game

69

as Robert Rainsford

Bird of Paradise

51

as Johnny Baker

Kept Husbands

48

as Richard 'Dick' Brunton

Girls About Town

67

as Jim Baker

1920s

10 titles · average score 55

Dynamite

66

as Marco

The Jazz Age

as Todd Sayles

So This Is College

50

as Bruce Nolan (uncredited)

The Single Standard

55

as Party Guest (uncredited)

The Divine Lady

45

as Extra (uncredited)

Dead Man's Curve

as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

The Enemy

as Extra (uncredited)

Torrent

61

Stunts

A Self-Made Failure

Stunts

Penrod and Sam

Stunts