Joel McCrea: movies and TV shows
Joel McCrea has 106 credits in the archive: 103 films and 3 TV series, from 1923 to 2008. Highest rated: Sullivan's Travels (7.4/10).
Career timeline
1923 – 2008 · busiest year: 1932 (6 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood | John Neville Jr. (archive footage) | Film | 6.1 | 102 |
| 2004 | Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade | Self (archive footage) | Film | 8.0 | 98 |
| 1997 | Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.7 | 91 |
| 1985 | George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey | Self | Film | 5.8 | 79 |
| 1982 | Night of 100 Stars | Self | Film | 5.8 | 76 |
| 1976 | Mustang Country | Dan | Film | 5.5 | 70 |
| 1973 | The Great American Cowboy | Narrator | Film | 6.6 | 67 |
| 1970 | Cry Blood Apache | Pitcalin as an Older Man | Film | 2.6 | 64 |
| 1970 | Sioux Nation | Film | 7.8 | 64 | |
| 1966 | The Young Rounders | Film | 7.0 | 60 | |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show | Self | TV | 6.6 | 56 |
| 1962 | Ride the High Country | Steve Judd | Film | 7.1 | 56 |
| 1960 | The Crowning Experience | Prologue Narrator | Film | 6.5 | 54 |
| 1959 | Wichita Town | Marshal Mike Dunbar | TV | 4.9 | 53 |
| 1959 | The Gunfight at Dodge City | Bat Masterson | Film | 5.7 | 53 |
| 1958 | Fort Massacre | Vinson | Film | 6.2 | 52 |
| 1958 | Cattle Empire | John Cord | Film | 6.2 | 52 |
| 1957 | The Oklahoman | John | Film | 5.8 | 51 |
| 1957 | The Tall Stranger | Ned Bannon | Film | 6.6 | 51 |
| 1957 | Trooper Hook | Sgt. Clovis Hook | Film | 6.7 | 51 |
| 1957 | Gunsight Ridge | Mike Ryan | Film | 6.0 | 51 |
| 1956 | The First Texan | Sam Houston | Film | 6.7 | 50 |
| 1955 | Wichita | Wyatt Earp | Film | 6.3 | 49 |
| 1955 | Stranger on Horseback | Judge Richard 'Rick' Thorne | Film | 5.8 | 49 |
| 1954 | Border River | Clete Mattson | Film | 6.2 | 48 |
| 1954 | Black Horse Canyon | Del Rockwell | Film | 5.8 | 48 |
| 1953 | The Lone Hand | Zachary Hallock | Film | 5.7 | 47 |
| 1953 | Rough Shoot | Lt. Col. Robert Taine | Film | 6.7 | 47 |
| 1952 | The San Francisco Story | Rick Nelson | Film | 4.9 | 46 |
| 1951 | Hollywood Story | Joel McCrea | Film | 6.7 | 45 |
| 1951 | Cattle Drive | Dan Mathews | Film | 6.5 | 45 |
| 1950 | Stars in My Crown | Josiah Doziah Gray | Film | 7.0 | 44 |
| 1950 | The Outriders | Will Owen | Film | 7.3 | 44 |
| 1950 | Saddle Tramp | Chuck Conner | Film | 6.5 | 44 |
| 1950 | Frenchie | Sheriff Tom Banning | Film | 6.0 | 44 |
| 1949 | Colorado Territory | Wes McQueen | Film | 6.9 | 43 |
| 1949 | South of St. Louis | Kip Davis | Film | 5.8 | 43 |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self | TV | 6.8 | 42 |
| 1948 | Four Faces West | Ross McEwen | Film | 5.7 | 42 |
| 1947 | Ramrod | Dave Nash | Film | 6.5 | 41 |
| 1946 | The Virginian | The Virginian | Film | 6.2 | 40 |
| 1945 | The Unseen | David Fielding | Film | 4.7 | 39 |
| 1944 | Buffalo Bill | William Frederick 'Buffalo Bill' Cody | Film | 5.8 | 38 |
| 1944 | The Great Moment | William Thomas Green Morton | Film | 5.8 | 38 |
| 1943 | The More the Merrier | Joe Carter | Film | 7.0 | 37 |
| 1943 | Stars on Horseback | Film | 5.0 | 37 | |
| 1942 | The Palm Beach Story | Tom Jeffers | Film | 7.0 | 36 |
| 1941 | Sullivan's Travels | John Sullivan | Film | 7.4 | 35 |
| 1941 | The Great Man's Lady | Mr. Sempler | Film | 6.3 | 35 |
| 1941 | Reaching for the Sun | Russ Eliot | Film | 7.3 | 35 |
| 1940 | Foreign Correspondent | John Jones | Film | 7.0 | 34 |
| 1940 | He Married His Wife | T.H. Randall | Film | 5.6 | 34 |
| 1940 | Primrose Path | Ed Wallace | Film | 6.7 | 34 |
| 1940 | Breakdowns of 1940 | Self | Film | 4.0 | 34 |
| 1939 | Union Pacific | Jeff Butler | Film | 6.7 | 33 |
| 1939 | Espionage Agent | Barry Corvall | Film | 6.3 | 33 |
| 1939 | They Shall Have Music | Peter McCarthy | Film | 6.5 | 33 |
| 1938 | Three Blind Mice | Van Dam Smith | Film | 6.1 | 32 |
| 1938 | Youth Takes a Fling | Joe Meadows | Film | 5.5 | 32 |
| 1937 | Dead End | Dave | Film | 7.1 | 31 |
| 1937 | Wells Fargo | Ramsay MacKay | Film | 5.5 | 31 |
| 1937 | Woman Chases Man | Kenneth Nolan | Film | 5.9 | 31 |
| 1937 | Internes Can't Take Money | Jimmie Kildare | Film | 6.5 | 31 |
| 1936 | These Three | Dr. Joseph 'Joe' Cardin | Film | 7.2 | 30 |
| 1936 | Come and Get It | Richard Glasgow | Film | 6.8 | 30 |
| 1936 | Adventure in Manhattan | George Melville | Film | 6.1 | 30 |
| 1936 | Two in a Crowd | Larry Stevens | Film | 8.0 | 30 |
| 1936 | Banjo on My Knee | Ernie Holley | Film | 5.8 | 30 |
| 1935 | Barbary Coast | Jim Carmichael | Film | 6.4 | 29 |
| 1935 | Our Little Girl | Donald Middleton | Film | 5.2 | 29 |
| 1935 | Private Worlds | Dr. Alex MacGregor | Film | 6.4 | 29 |
| 1935 | Splendor | Brighton Lorrimore | Film | 6.7 | 29 |
| 1935 | Woman Wanted | Tony | Film | 6.8 | 29 |
| 1934 | Half a Sinner | John Adams | Film | 8.0 | 28 |
| 1934 | The Richest Girl in the World | Anthony Travers | Film | 5.8 | 28 |
| 1934 | Gambling Lady | Garry Madison | Film | 6.2 | 28 |
| 1933 | Chance at Heaven | Blacky Gorman | Film | 5.8 | 27 |
| 1933 | Bed of Roses | Dan | Film | 6.1 | 27 |
| 1933 | Scarlet River | Himself (uncredited) | Film | 5.6 | 27 |
| 1933 | One Man's Journey | Jimmy Watt | Film | 6.7 | 27 |
| 1933 | The Silver Cord | David Phelps | Film | 7.3 | 27 |
| 1932 | The Most Dangerous Game | Robert Rainsford | Film | 6.9 | 26 |
| 1932 | Bird of Paradise | Johnny Baker | Film | 5.0 | 26 |
| 1932 | Business and Pleasure | Lawrence Ogle | Film | 6.3 | 26 |
| 1932 | The Lost Squadron | Red | Film | 6.5 | 26 |
| 1932 | The Sport Parade | Sandy Brown | Film | 5.3 | 26 |
| 1932 | Rockabye | Jacobs 'Jake' Van Riker Pell | Film | 6.5 | 26 |
| 1931 | Kept Husbands | Richard 'Dick' Brunton | Film | 5.3 | 25 |
| 1931 | Girls About Town | Jim Baker | Film | 6.6 | 25 |
| 1931 | Once a Sinner | Tommy Mason | Film | 8.0 | 25 |
| 1931 | Born to Love | Barry Craig | Film | 5.3 | 25 |
| 1931 | The Common Law | John 'Jack' Neville | Film | 5.4 | 25 |
| 1930 | The Silver Horde | Boyd Emerson | Film | 5.5 | 24 |
| 1930 | Lightnin' | John Marvin | Film | 5.3 | 24 |
| 1930 | Framed | Waiter (uncredited) | Film | 5.3 | 24 |
| 1929 | So This Is College | Bruce Nolan (uncredited) | Film | 4.7 | 23 |
| 1929 | The Single Standard | Party Guest (uncredited) | Film | 5.9 | 23 |
| 1929 | Dynamite | Marco | Film | 6.4 | 23 |
| 1929 | The Jazz Age | Todd Sayles | Film | 8.0 | 23 |
| 1928 | Dead Man's Curve | Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited) | Film | 9.0 | 22 |
| 1928 | The Divine Lady | Extra (uncredited) | Film | 5.3 | 22 |
| 1927 | The Enemy | Extra (uncredited) | Film | 6.3 | 21 |
| 1927 | The Fair Co-Ed | Film | 6.7 | 21 | |
| 1926 | Torrent | Film | 6.7 | 20 | |
| 1924 | A Self-Made Failure | Film | 10.0 | 18 | |
| 1923 | Penrod and Sam | Film | 7.5 | 17 |