Birthday: Jul 14, 1883
Place of Birth: Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Joseph Crehan

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.

Filmography

Movie	Cast	Year
The Secret Seven	Police Chief Hobbs	1940
Love Crazy	Judge	1941
Manpower	Sweeney	1941
Alias the Champ	Tim Murphy	1949
Scattergood Baines	Keith	1941
Bluebeard's Eighth Wife	American Tourist (uncredited)	1938
Brother Orchid	Brother MacEwen	1940
Voice in the Night	John Robinson	1934
Sealed Lips	Chief Charles R. Dugan	1942
The Missing Juror	Willard Apple / Falstaff	1944
Triple Trouble	Warden Burnside	1950
Whispering Enemies	George Harley	1939
Deadline at Dawn	Lt. Kane	1946
Bullets or Ballots	Grand Jury Spokesman	1936
A Man Betrayed	Bob - Globe Newspaper Editor (uncredited)	1941
Phantom Lady	Detective	1944
Alexander's Ragtime Band	Stage Manager	1938
The Roaring Twenties	Michaels	1939
Earthworm Tractors	Mr. Henderson	1936
We're in the Money		1935
Black Magic	Police Sgt. Matthews	1944
Dangerous Money	Captain Black	1946
Highway Dragnet	Elderly Border Inspection Officer	1954
The Hunted	Small Town Police Captain	1948
The Falcon's Adventure	Inspector Cavanaugh	1946
Dick Tracy vs. Cueball	Chief Brandon	1946
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday		1943
One Mysterious Night	Jumbo Madigan (Uncredited)	1944
Maisie	Defense Attorney Wilcox	1939
Larceny, Inc.	Warden	1942
Special Agent	Commissioner of Police	1935
Kid Galahad	Brady	1937
Hands Across the Border	Jeff "Bet-A-Hundred" Adams	1944
Whistling in Dixie	Deputy Police Commissioner (uncredited)	1942
Black Fury	Johnny Farrell	1935
Mama Runs Wild	Tom Fowler	1937
Street Corner	Dr. James Fenton	1948
O.S.S.	Gen. Donovan	1946
Secrets of a Secretary	Reporter	1931
Three Girls About Town	Labor leader	1941
The Phantom Thief	'Jumbo' Madigan - Pawnbroker	1946
The Murder of Dr. Harrigan	Lieut. Lamb	1936
Smart Blonde	Tiny Torgensen	1937
Eyes of the Underworld	Kirby - Assistant Police Chief	1942
I Love a Mystery	Police Captain Quinn (Uncredited)	1945
The Countess of Monte Cristo	Joe	1948
Full Confession	Warden (uncredited)	1939
The Arkansas Traveler	McSweeney	1938
Back Street	Postman	1941
The Mysterious Mr. M	Dan Blair	1946
Homicide for Three	Police Captain	1948
God's Country and the Woman	Jordan	1937
Know For Sure	supporting role	1941
Dick Tracy	Chief Brandon	1945
The Case of the Black Parrot	Inspector Grady	1941
Music in My Heart	Mark C. Gilman	1940
A Criminal Is Born	Frank Wheeler	1938
When the Lights Go On Again	Bob	1944
Night Time in Nevada	Engineer Casey	1948
The Case of the Lucky Legs	Detective Johnson	1935
Mystery Broadcast	Chief Daniels	1943
The Case of the Stuttering Bishop	Paul Drake	1937
Now I'll Tell	Hospital Doctor (uncredited)	1934
Frisco Kid	McClanahan	1935
The Shadow Returns	Police Insp. Cardona	1946
Behind the Mask	Police Inspector Cardonna	1946
Murder in the Big House	Ainslee	1942
The Twinkle In God's Eye	Doctor	1955
Duke of Chicago	'Tex' Harman	1949
Cain and Mabel	Reed's Manager	1936
Private Detective	Capt. Murphy	1939
The Duke Comes Back	Pat Doyle	1937
Behind Prison Gates	Prison Warden O'Neil	1939
The Chicago Kid	Chief Rogers	1945
Girls on Probation	Todd	1938
Society Lawyer	City Editor	1939
Midnight Court	Judge Frederick J. Thompson	1937
Talent Scout	A.J. Lambert	1937
Here Comes Carter	Daniel Bronson	1936
Star Reporter	Gordon	1939
Road Gang	Harry Shields	1936
Guns of the Pecos	Captain Norris	1936
Here's Flash Casey	Blaine	1938
The Payoff	Harvey Morris	1935
The Wrong Road	District Attorney	1937
The Go-Getter	Karl Stone	1937
A Lost Lady	Second Doctor (uncredited)	1934
Louisiana	Neilson	1947
Man Alive	Dr. James P. Whitney	1945
The Great Alaskan Mystery	Bill Hudson	1944
King of Hockey	Mike Trotter	1936
Dinky	Orphanage Director	1935
Midnight Intruder	Bill Harwood - Newspaper Editor	1938
Billy The Kid Returns	U.S. Marshal Dave Conway	1938
Union Pacific	Ulysses S. Grant	1939
The Courtship of Andy Hardy	Peter Dugan	1942
Happy Landing	Agent	1938
The Case of the Howling Dog	Captain Kelly (uncredited)	1934
Against the Law	Capt. Elliott	1934
Gang Bullets	Wallace	1938
Let 'em Have It	Memory Test Instructor	1935
Jimmy the Gent	Murder Trial Judge (uncredited)	1934
Stolen Heaven	Henry - Steve's Butler	1931
Nine Lives Are Not Enough	Editor (uncredited)	1941
The Hell Cat	Captain Barnett	1934
Illegal Traffic	Chief Daley	1938
Night Spot	Inspector Wayland	1938
There Goes My Girl	Sgt. Wood	1937
Murder by an Aristocrat	Hilary Thatcher	1936
Outlaws of the Orient	Snyder	1937
Washington Melodrama	Phil Sampson	1941
Captain Tugboat Annie	Alec Severn	1945
Before Midnight	Capt. Frank Flynn	1933
Philo Vance's Gamble	Ellis Mason	1947
The Fuller Brush Girl	Police Boat Captain (uncredited)	1950
Strange Wives	Immigration Official	1934
The Family Secret		1951
Woman Against Woman	Sen. Kingsley	1938
Havana Widows	Ship Captain (uncredited)	1933
Tell No Tales	Chalmers	1939
Texas	Rancher Dusty King	1941
Hollywood Cavalcade	Attorney	1939
Draegerman Courage	Dr. Stuart Hunter	1937
Beg, Borrow or Steal	Mr. Parsons, Murillo Customer (uncredited)	1937
The Merry Frinks	Mr. Baxter	1934
Gentlemen Are Born	Haskins	1934
The Virginian		1946
Oil for the Lamps of China	Clements	1935
Page Miss Glory	Detective Chief	1935
Navy Secrets	FBI Chief Herbert Daly	1939
Her Husband's Secretary	Stevenson	1937
Wings of the Navy	Second Doctor	1939
Almost a Gentleman	Prosecutor	1939
Dodge City	Hammond (uncredited)	1939
Boulder Dam	Ross	1936
We Are Not Alone	American at Train Station	1939
The Tougher They Come	Thompson	1950
Stanley and Livingstone	Morehead	1939
Christmas Holiday	Steve, the bartender	1944
The Return of Doctor X	Editor	1939
Blackmail	Mr. Blaine (uncredited)	1939
Babes in Arms	Mr. Essex	1939
Jack Pot	Mayor Steven Andrews (uncredited)	1940
While the Patient Slept	Evening Bulletin Editor (uncredited)	1935
It Happened One Night	Detective (uncredited)	1934
Crazylegs	Hank Hatch	1953
The Cherokee Strip	Army Officer	1937
Unto Thyself Be True	Frank Hartwell	1949
Doctors Don't Tell	Judge Hoskins	1941
Traveling Saleslady	Murdock	1935
Man of Iron	Tom Martin	1935
Night Train to Memphis	John Stevenson	1946
Parole Fixer	Warden (uncredited)	1940
Lady on a Train	Train passenger (uncredited)	1945
Judgment at Nuremberg	Courtroom Spectator at Verdict (uncredited)	1961
Among the Missing	Detective O'Malley	1934
Gambler's Choice	Toby (uncredited)	1944
Here Comes Mr. Jordan	Doctor (uncredited)	1941
Beyond the Law	Chief Anderson	1934
Treat 'Em Rough	Roderick Wetherbee (as Joe Crehan)	1942
Broadway Melody of 1940	Ballroom Manager (uncredited)	1940
Monsieur Verdoux	Broker (uncredited)	1947
The Fighting 69th	Inoculations Doctor (uncredited)	1940
Trailin' West	Colonel Douglas	1936
April Showers	William Barnes	1948
Once a Doctor	Captain Andrews	1937
Jailbreak	Warden	1936
Duck Soup	Dignitary at Reception (uncredited)	1933
Emergency Squad	H. Tyler Joyce, editor	1940
The Green Hornet	Judge Stanton	1940
Junior Army	Mr. Jeffrey Ferguson	1942
Girls Can Play	Editor Brophy	1937
Front Page Woman	Spike Kiley	1935
Pride of the Navy	Brad Foster	1939
Red Desert	President Ulysses S. Grant	1949
The Sea of Grass	Colorado Sen. Grew (uncredited)	1947
Here Comes the Navy	Recruiting Officer (uncredited)	1934
Down the Stretch	C.D. Burch	1936
Colorado	Gen. Ulysses S. Grant	1940
Gaucho Serenade	Edward Martin	1940
This Is My Affair	Priest	1937
The Texas Rangers Ride Again	Johnson	1940
Santa Fe Trail	Officer at Washington Party (uncredited)	1940
Bad Bascomb	Gov. Clark (uncredited)	1946
Girl Trouble	Kohn	1942
Andy Hardy's Private Secretary	Peter Dugan	1941
Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome	Chief Brandon	1947
Gateway	Inspector	1938
The House Across the Bay	Federal Man	1940
City for Conquest	Doctor	1940
Brides Are Like That	Tom Carter	1936
The Singing Kid	Agent Fulton (uncredited)	1936
Little Nellie Kelly	Commissioner O'Brien (uncredited)	1940
Gentleman Jim	Duffy - Referee (uncredited)	1942
Bright Lights	Post Office Attendant	1935
Geronimo	President Ulysses S. Grant	1939
The Captain's Kid	Deputy Coroner Frank Knickerbocker	1936
Flying Blind	Nunnally	1941
The Gallant Legion	George Trent - State Official	1948
The Trespasser	The Doctor	1947
A Guy Could Change	McCarthy	1946
The Flying Missile	Rear Admiral	1950
Hello, Annapolis	Evans Arden	1942
The Arizona Cowboy	Colonel Jefferson	1950
Men of Texas	Luther Crittenden	1942
Keep 'Em Slugging	Detective Sergeant	1943
Gang Busters	Police Chief Martin O'Brien	1942
Born Reckless	District Attorney	1937
The Royal Mounted Rides Again	RCMP Sergeant Nelson	1945
Sundown in Santa Fe	Major Larkin	1948
Adventures in Silverado	McHugh	1948
Nevada City	Mark Benton	1941
Bad Men of Tombstone	Mine Superintendent	1949
Wild Bill Hickok Rides	Ray Trent (uncredited)	1942
The Last Bandit	Local No. 44 Engineer	1949
Because of Eve	Dr. West	1948
The Woman of the Town	New York Newspaper Editor	1943
They Died with Their Boots On	President Ulysses S. Grant (uncredited)	1941
Adventures of the Flying Cadets	Col. George Bolton [Chs. 1-2]	1943
Sleepers East	Conductor (uncredited)	1934
The Star Maker	Thomas Marlowe	1939
Gold Diggers of 1937	Chairman	1936
Strange Journey	Thompson	1946
Roadblock	Thompson (uncredited)	1951
A Day at Santa Anita	Biff--Blackburn's Trainer (uncredited)	1937
The Secret Code	Police Chief Henry Burns	1942
The Kid Comes Back	Danny Lockridge	1938
Obliging Young Lady	Managing Editor (uncredited)	1942
Female	Police Lieutenant (Uncredited)	1933
Ringside	Oscar Brannigan	1949
Big Hearted Herbert	IRS Tax Investigator (uncredited)	1934
Shipmates Forever	Spike (uncredited)	1935
False Faces	Police Capt. Alan O'Brien	1943
Deadline - U.S.A.	City Editor of The Standard (uncredited)	1952
Midnight Madonna	Moe Grinnell	1937
Anthony Adverse	Capt. Elisha Jorham	1936
Relentless	Doctor (uncredited)	1948
Stranded	Johnny Quinn	1935
Tars and Spars	Admiral	1946
City Without Men	Father Burns	1943
They All Come Out	Judge (uncredited)	1939
The Desert Song	Steve, a Reporter	1943
Public Deb No. 1	Director	1940
Crazy House	Mogey	1943
Mission to Moscow	Reporter (uncredited)	1943
Honeymoon Lodge	Judge	1943
Mr. Lucky	Detective (uncredited)	1943
Cadets on Parade	Jeff Shannon	1942
The Navy Way	Chaplain Benson	1944
Go Into Your Dance	H.P. Jackson	1935
State Police	Mr. Owen, Mine Owner	1938
Here Comes Happiness	Tom Burke	1941
The Adventures of Mark Twain	Ulysses S. Grant	1944
Dancing in the Dark	Board Member	1949
The Enchanted Valley	Chief Scott	1948
The Big Sleep	Medical Examiner (uncredited)	1946
Hit the Ice	Train Conductor #1 (uncredited)	1943
China Clipper	Jim Horn	1936
Under Two Flags	Rake	1916
Blossoms On Broadway	Bartender (uncredited)	1937
Amazon Quest	De Ruyter	1949
State Department: File 649	Government Official	1949
Adventure	Ed - Maritime Office (uncredited)	1945
Gun Crazy	Plant Foreman (uncredited)	1950
Magnificent Doll	Williams	1946
Bengal Tiger	Bill Hinsdale	1936
You Can't Get Away with Murder	Warden of Sing Sing	1939
A Man Betrayed		1941
Invisible Stripes	Garage Owner (uncredited)	1939
Nine Lives Are Not Enough	Yates	1941
Prejudice	J.P. Baker	1949
Don't Bet on Blondes	Doctor Delivering Quintuplets (Uncredited)	1935
She Has What It Takes	George Clarke	1943
You Can't Escape Forever	Warden (uncredited)	1942
Silver River	Ulysses S. Grant (uncredited)	1948
Four's a Crowd	Butler Pierce	1938
The Brute Man	Police Commissioner Salisbury (uncredited)	1946
Crime Takes a Holiday	Gov. Bill Allen	1938
To the People of the United States	Doctor at Hospital (uncredited)	1944
The Law in Her Hands	Dist. Atty. Thomas Mallon	1936
Series	Cast	Year
The Andy Griffith Show	Councilman	1960
The Lone Ranger	Tom Patrict	1949
Leave It to Beaver	Train Conductor	1957
I Love Lucy	Detective	1951
Lux Video Theatre	Doctor	1950
Bat Masterson	Thomas Bolland	1958
The Whistler		1954
26 Men		1957
The Andy Griffith Show	Council Member	1960
The Andy Griffith Show	Franklin	1960
Four Star Playhouse	Mr. Kramer	1952
The Andy Griffith Show	Townsman	1960
The Lone Wolf	Conductor	1954

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