Joseph Crehan

Joseph Crehan
Joseph Crehan in Dick Tracy vs. Cueball (1946)
Born	July 15, 1883 Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Died	April 15, 1966 (aged 82) Hollywood, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1916-1965

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.^[1]

Partial filmography

• Under Two Flags (1916)
• Beyond the Law (1934)
• Traveling Saleslady (1935)
• Black Fury (1935)
• Go into Your Dance (1935)
• Oil for the Lamps of China (1935)
• Stranded (1935)
• Front Page Woman (1935)
• Page Miss Glory (1935)
• Bright Lights (1935)
• Special Agent (1935)
• The Case of the Lucky Legs (1935)
• The Payoff (1935)
• Frisco Kid (1935)
• Bengal Tiger (1936)
• Bullets or Ballots (1936)
• Earthworm Tractors (1936)
• Trailin' West (1936)
• Anthony Adverse (1936)
• China Clipper (1936)
• Cain and Mabel (1936)
• Gold Diggers of 1937 (1936)
• Smart Blonde (1937)
• Talent Scout (1937)
• There Goes My Girl (1937)
• The Go Getter (1937)
• Kid Galahad (1937)
• This Is My Affair (1937)
• The Case of the Stuttering Bishop (1937) (as Paul Drake)
• Born Reckless (1937)
• The Wrong Road (1937)
• Here's Flash Casey (1938)
• Happy Landing (1938)
• Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938)
• Four's a Crowd (1938)
• Billy the Kid Returns (1938)
• Girls on Probation (1938)
• Star Reporter (1939)
• Society Lawyer (1939)
• You Can't Get Away with Murder (1939)
• Union Pacific (1939)
• Tell No Tales (1939)
• Maisie (1939)
• Babes in Arms (1939)
• Hollywood Cavalcade (1939)
• The Roaring Twenties (1939)
• The Return of Doctor X (1939)
• Music in My Heart (1940)
• Emergency Squad (1940)
• The Green Hornet (1940 serial)
• The House Across the Bay (1940)
• Gaucho Serenade (1940)
• Brother Orchid (1940)
• City for Conquest (1940)
• Texas Rangers Ride Again (1940)
• Scattergood Baines (1941)
• Andy Hardy's Private Secretary (1941)
• Washington Melodrama (1941)
• Love Crazy (1941)
• Nevada City (1941)
• Manpower (1941)
• Nine Lives Are Not Enough (1941)
• Texas (1941)
• Three Girls About Town (1941)
• They Died with Their Boots On (1941) (uncredited, as Ulysses S. Grant)
• The Courtship of Andy Hardy (1942)
• Gang Busters (1942 serial)
• Murder in the Big House (1942)
• Larceny, Inc. (1942)
• Adventures of the Flying Cadets (1943 serial)
• Mystery Broadcast (1943)
• Hands Across the Border (1944)
• Phantom Lady (1944)
• The Navy Way (1944)
• The Great Alaskan Mystery (1944 serial)
• The Adventures of Mark Twain (1944) (as Ulysses S. Grant and Riverboat Captain)
• Black Magic (1944)
• Man Alive (1945)
• Dick Tracy (1945)
• The Shadow Returns (1946)
• Deadline at Dawn (1946)
• The Phantom Thief (1946)
• O.S.S. (1946)
• The Big Sleep (1946) (uncredited)
• Dangerous Money (1946)
• Dick Tracy vs. Cueball (1946)
• The Falcon's Adventure (1946)
• Monsieur Verdoux (1947) (uncredited)
• Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome (1947)
• The Hunted (1948)
• Night Time in Nevada (1948)
• The Countess of Monte Cristo (1948)
• Street Corner (1948)
• The Last Bandit (1949)
• Triple Trouble (1950)
• Crazylegs (1953)
• Highway Dragnet (1954)
• Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) (uncredited)

References

1. Joseph F. Clarke (1977). Pseudonyms. BCA. p. 44.

External links

• Joseph Crehan at the Internet Movie Database
• Joseph Crehan at Find a Grave
• Joseph Crehan at AllMovie