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Known For
Acting
Birthday
July 14, 1883
Died
April 15, 1966
Place of Birth
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Also Known As
- Joseph A. Creaghan
- Joseph Creehan
- Joe Crehan
- John Crehan
- Joe Crenan
- Joseph A. Crenan
Joseph Crehan
0.5 Popularity
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
7.1
Observer at Start (uncredited)
The Great Race
1965
8.0
Courtroom Spectator at Verdict (uncredited)
Judgment at Nuremberg
1961
7.6
Councilman
The Andy Griffith Show
1960
7.6
Franklin
The Andy Griffith Show
1960
7.6
Council Member
The Andy Griffith Show
1960
7.6
Townsman
The Andy Griffith Show
1960
6.1
Thomas Bolland
Bat Masterson
1958
4.2
26 Men
1957
6.9
Train Conductor
Leave It to Beaver
1957
7.0
Doctor
The Twinkle In God's Eye
1955
Credits
The Great Race
as Observer at Start (uncredited)
1965
7.1
Judgment at Nuremberg
as Courtroom Spectator at Verdict (uncredited)
1961
8.0
The Andy Griffith Show
as Councilman
1960
7.6
The Andy Griffith Show
as Franklin
1960
7.6
The Andy Griffith Show
as Council Member
1960
7.6
The Andy Griffith Show
as Townsman
1960
7.6
Bat Masterson
as Thomas Bolland
1958
6.1
26 Men
1957
4.2
Leave It to Beaver
as Train Conductor
1957
6.9
The Twinkle In God's Eye
as Doctor
1955
7.0
🎬
The Whistler
1954
0.0
The Lone Wolf
as Conductor
1954
7.0
Highway Dragnet
as Elderly Border Inspection Officer
1954
5.7
Crazylegs
as Hank Hatch
1953
5.0
🎬
Four Star Playhouse
as Mr. Kramer
1952
6.7
Deadline - U.S.A.
as City Editor of The Standard (uncredited)
1952
6.8
The Family Secret
1951
5.7
I Love Lucy
as Detective
1951
7.9
Roadblock
as Thompson (uncredited)
1951
5.8
Pride of Maryland
as Mr. Herndon
1951
0.0
The Flying Missile
as Rear Admiral
1950
4.9
The Tougher They Come
as Thompson
1950
3.0
🎬
Lux Video Theatre
as Doctor
1950
6.3
The Fuller Brush Girl
as Police Boat Captain (uncredited)
1950
6.0
Triple Trouble
as Warden Burnside
1950
6.2
The Arizona Cowboy
as Colonel Jefferson
1950
0.0
Gun Crazy
as Plant Foreman (uncredited)
1950
7.4
Red Desert
as President Ulysses S. Grant
1949
0.0
Dancing in the Dark
as Board Member
1949
5.0
Prejudice
as J.P. Baker
1949
6.0
Alias the Champ
as Tim Murphy
1949
6.0
The Lone Ranger
as Tom Patrict
1949
6.8
Ringside
as Oscar Brannigan
1949
4.2
Amazon Quest
as De Ruyter
1949
1.0
Duke of Chicago
as 'Tex' Harman
1949
0.0
The Last Bandit
as Local No. 44 Engineer
1949
6.0
State Department: File 649
as Government Official
1949
4.3
Bad Men of Tombstone
as Mine Superintendent
1949
6.3
🎬
Unto Thyself Be True
as Frank Hartwell
1949
0.0
Homicide for Three
as Police Captain
1948
5.0
Street Corner
as Dr. James Fenton
1948
5.0
Sundown in Santa Fe
as Major Larkin
1948
0.0
The Countess of Monte Cristo
as Joe
1948
5.0
Night Time in Nevada
as Engineer Casey
1948
6.2
Relentless
as Doctor (uncredited)
1948
6.2
The Gallant Legion
as George Trent - State Official
1948
7.0
Silver River
as Ulysses S. Grant (uncredited)
1948
5.9
The Hunted
as Small Town Police Captain
1948
5.2
April Showers
as William Barnes
1948
6.0
Adventures in Silverado
as McHugh
1948
5.0
The Enchanted Valley
as Chief Scott
1948
0.0
The Story of Life
1948
0.0
Because of Eve
as Dr. West
1948
3.7
Louisiana
as Neilson
1947
0.0
Monsieur Verdoux
as Broker (uncredited)
1947
7.7
Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome
as Chief Brandon
1947
5.3
The Trespasser
as The Doctor
1947
4.6
The Sea of Grass
as Colorado Sen. Grew (uncredited)
1947
6.1
Philo Vance's Gamble
as Ellis Mason
1947
5.7
The Falcon's Adventure
as Inspector Cavanaugh
1946
6.1
Magnificent Doll
as Williams (uncredited)
1946
5.9
Dick Tracy vs. Cueball
as Chief Brandon
1946
5.3
Dangerous Money
as Captain Black
1946
5.7
Strange Journey
as Thompson
1946
6.0
The Brute Man
as Police Commissioner Salisbury (uncredited)
1946
4.5
The Big Sleep
as Medical Examiner (uncredited)
1946
7.6
The Mysterious Mr. M
as Dan Blair
1946
3.8
Night Train to Memphis
as John Stevenson
1946
0.0
Bad Bascomb
as Gov. Clark (uncredited)
1946
6.2
O.S.S.
as Gen. Donovan
1946
6.4
Behind the Mask
as Police Inspector Cardonna
1946
5.0
The Virginian
1946
6.0
The Phantom Thief
as 'Jumbo' Madigan - Pawnbroker
1946
5.3
Deadline at Dawn
as Lt. Kane
1946
6.2
The Shadow Returns
as Police Insp. Cardona
1946
5.3
A Guy Could Change
as McCarthy
1946
0.0
Tars and Spars
as Admiral
1946
4.7
Adventure
as Ed - Maritime Office (uncredited)
1945
6.2
Dick Tracy
as Chief Brandon
1945
5.0
Captain Tugboat Annie
as Alec Severn
1945
0.0
Man Alive
as Dr. James P. Whitney
1945
5.1
The Royal Mounted Rides Again
as RCMP Sergeant Nelson
1945
5.8
Lady on a Train
as Train passenger (uncredited)
1945
6.6
The Chicago Kid
as Chief Rogers
1945
0.0
I Love a Mystery
as Police Captain Quinn (Uncredited)
1945
6.2
The Thin Man Goes Home
as Clancy - Policeman at Railroad Station (uncredited)
1944
7.1
The Missing Juror
as Willard Apple / Falstaff
1944
6.0
When the Lights Go On Again
as Bob
1944
5.5
One Mysterious Night
as Jumbo Madigan (Uncredited)
1944
5.9
Black Magic
as Police Sgt. Matthews
1944
7.0
The Adventures of Mark Twain
as Ulysses S. Grant
1944
6.6
Christmas Holiday
as Steve (uncredited)
1944
6.4
Gambler's Choice
as Toby (uncredited)
1944
5.8
The Great Alaskan Mystery
as Bill Hudson
1944
5.0
To the People of the United States
as Doctor at Hospital (uncredited)
1944
5.5
Shine on Harvest Moon
as Harry Miller (uncredited)
1944
6.0
The Navy Way
as Chaplain Benson
1944
5.7
Phantom Lady
as Detective
1944
7.0
Hands Across the Border
as Jeff "Bet-A-Hundred" Adams
1944
5.5
The Woman of the Town
as New York Newspaper Editor
1943
6.2
The Desert Song
as Steve, a Reporter
1943
5.9
Mystery Broadcast
as Chief Daniels
1943
6.2
The Iron Major
as Judge
1943
5.3
Crazy House
as Mogey (uncredited)
1943
5.0
Adventures of the Flying Cadets
as Col. George Bolton [Chs. 1-2]
1943
6.5
Honeymoon Lodge
as Judge
1943
0.0
Mr. Lucky
as Detective (uncredited)
1943
7.0
Hit the Ice
as Train Conductor #1 (uncredited)
1943
5.9
False Faces
as Police Capt. Alan O'Brien
1943
7.0
Mission to Moscow
as Reporter (uncredited)
1943
5.3
She Has What It Takes
as George Clarke
1943
0.0
Keep 'Em Slugging
as Detective Sergeant
1943
5.5
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
1943
6.7
City Without Men
as Father Burns
1943
5.0
Whistling in Dixie
as Deputy Police Commissioner (uncredited)
1942
5.0
Junior Army
as Mr. Jeffrey Ferguson
1942
5.7
Gentleman Jim
as Duffy - Referee (uncredited)
1942
7.1
You Can't Escape Forever
as Warden (uncredited)
1942
5.4
Girl Trouble
as Kohn
1942
6.5
Eyes of the Underworld
as Kirby - Assistant Police Chief
1942
4.8
The Secret Code
as Police Chief Henry Burns
1942
5.1
Men of Texas
as Luther Crittenden
1942
0.0
Larceny, Inc.
as Warden
1942
7.0
Hello, Annapolis
as Evans Arden
1942
10.0
Murder in the Big House
as Ainslee
1942
6.5
Obliging Young Lady
as Managing Editor (uncredited)
1942
5.0
Gang Busters
as Police Chief Martin O'Brien
1942
5.2
The Courtship of Andy Hardy
as Peter Dugan
1942
5.7
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
as Ray Trent (uncredited)
1942
4.7
🎬
Treat 'Em Rough
as Roderick Wetherbee (as Joe Crehan)
1942
6.0
Cadets on Parade
as Jeff Shannon
1942
6.0
Sealed Lips
as Chief Charles R. Dugan
1942
5.8
They Died with Their Boots On
as President Ulysses S. Grant (uncredited)
1941
6.6
Three Girls About Town
as Labor leader
1941
5.3
Texas
as Rancher Dusty King
1941
6.5
Doctors Don't Tell
as Judge Hoskins
1941
4.9
Nine Lives Are Not Enough
as Editor (uncredited)
1941
5.0
Nine Lives Are Not Enough
as Yates
1941
5.0
Flying Blind
as Nunnally
1941
2.7
Manpower
as Sweeney
1941
6.7
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
as Doctor (uncredited)
1941
6.9
Nevada City
as Mark Benton
1941
5.0
Love Crazy
as Judge
1941
6.7
Washington Melodrama
as Phil Sampson
1941
5.0
Here Comes Happiness
as Tom Burke
1941
5.0
A Man Betrayed
as Bob - Globe Newspaper Editor (uncredited)
1941
5.4
A Man Betrayed
1941
5.4
Scattergood Baines
as Keith
1941
6.0
Andy Hardy's Private Secretary
as Peter Dugan
1941
5.4
Back Street
as Postman
1941
7.2
The Case of the Black Parrot
as Inspector Grady
1941
5.4
Know For Sure
as supporting role
1941
3.8
Santa Fe Trail
as Officer at Washington Party (uncredited)
1940
5.7
The Texas Rangers Ride Again
as Johnson
1940
5.5
Little Nellie Kelly
as Commissioner O'Brien (uncredited)
1940
6.7
City for Conquest
as Doctor
1940
6.8
Colorado
as Gen. Ulysses S. Grant
1940
5.5
Public Deb No. 1
as Director
1940
4.4
The Secret Seven
as Police Chief Hobbs
1940
0.0
Brother Orchid
as Brother MacEwen
1940
6.5
Gaucho Serenade
as Edward Martin
1940
6.0
Jack Pot
as Mayor Steven Andrews (uncredited)
1940
6.4
The House Across the Bay
as Federal Man
1940
5.5
Broadway Melody of 1940
as Ballroom Manager (uncredited)
1940
6.7
Parole Fixer
as Warden (uncredited)
1940
6.0
The Fighting 69th
as Inoculations Doctor (uncredited)
1940
5.5
The Green Hornet
as Judge Stanton
1940
5.7
Emergency Squad
as H. Tyler Joyce, editor
1940
5.0
Music in My Heart
as Mark C. Gilman
1940
6.2
Invisible Stripes
as Garage Owner (uncredited)
1939
6.1
Private Detective
as Capt. Murphy
1939
6.0
Geronimo
as President Ulysses S. Grant
1939
4.6
We Are Not Alone
as American at Train Station
1939
6.1
The Return of Doctor X
as Editor
1939
5.9
The Roaring Twenties
as Michaels
1939
7.5
Hollywood Cavalcade
as Attorney
1939
5.3
Babes in Arms
as Mr. Essex
1939
6.4
Full Confession
as Warden (uncredited)
1939
4.7
Blackmail
as Mr. Blaine (uncredited)
1939
6.4
The Star Maker
as Thomas Marlowe
1939
0.0
Stanley and Livingstone
as Morehead
1939
6.3
They All Come Out
as Judge (uncredited)
1939
5.6
Behind Prison Gates
as Prison Warden O'Neil
1939
0.0
Maisie
as Defense Attorney Wilcox
1939
4.4
Tell No Tales
as Chalmers
1939
4.6
Union Pacific
as Ulysses S. Grant
1939
6.6
Dodge City
as Hammond (uncredited)
1939
6.9
Almost a Gentleman
as Prosecutor
1939
6.0
Whispering Enemies
as George Harley
1939
0.0
You Can't Get Away with Murder
as Warden of Sing Sing
1939
5.7
Society Lawyer
as City Editor
1939
5.0
Star Reporter
as Gordon
1939
3.4
Wings of the Navy
as Second Doctor
1939
6.0
Navy Secrets
as FBI Chief Herbert Daly
1939
5.2
🎬
Pride of the Navy
as Brad Foster
1939
0.0
Gang Bullets
as Wallace
1938
5.7
Illegal Traffic
as Chief Daley
1938
6.5
Girls on Probation
as Todd
1938
5.9
The Arkansas Traveler
as McSweeney
1938
6.0
Crime Takes a Holiday
as Gov. Bill Allen
1938
0.0
Too Hot to Handle
as First Advertising Man (uncredited)
1938
5.8
Billy The Kid Returns
as U.S. Marshal Dave Conway
1938
4.5
Gateway
as Inspector
1938
6.5
Four's a Crowd
as Butler Pierce
1938
4.8
Woman Against Woman
as Sen. Kingsley
1938
6.5
A Criminal Is Born
as Frank Wheeler
1938
8.0
Alexander's Ragtime Band
as Stage Manager
1938
6.7
Bluebeard's 8th Wife
as American Tourist (uncredited)
1938
7.0
State Police
as Mr. Owen, Mine Owner
1938
6.0
Night Spot
as Inspector Wayland
1938
3.8
The Kid Comes Back
as Danny Lockridge
1938
5.3
Midnight Intruder
as Bill Harwood - Newspaper Editor
1938
5.2
Happy Landing
as Agent
1938
5.3
Here's Flash Casey
as Blaine
1938
4.8
Mama Runs Wild
as Tom Fowler
1937
0.0
Beg, Borrow or Steal
as Mr. Parsons, Murillo Customer (uncredited)
1937
5.0
The Duke Comes Back
as Pat Doyle
1937
5.0
Blossoms On Broadway
as Bartender (uncredited)
1937
3.7
The Wrong Road
as District Attorney
1937
4.4
Outlaws of the Orient
as Snyder
1937
4.0
Talent Scout
as A.J. Lambert
1937
6.0
🎬
Midnight Madonna
as Moe Grinnell
1937
0.0
Born Reckless
as District Attorney
1937
5.1
Girls Can Play
as Editor Brophy
1937
4.0
The Case of the Stuttering Bishop
as Paul Drake
1937
6.8
Kid Galahad
as Brady
1937
7.0
This Is My Affair
as Priest
1937
7.3
The Go-Getter
as Karl Stone
1937
5.8
A Day at Santa Anita
as Biff, Blackburn's Trainer (uncredited)
1937
5.0
There Goes My Girl
as Sgt. Wood
1937
5.0
Draegerman Courage
as Dr. Stuart Hunter
1937
6.5
The Cherokee Strip
as Army Officer
1937
6.0
Midnight Court
as Judge Frederick J. Thompson
1937
4.4
Her Husband's Secretary
as Stevenson
1937
5.0
Once a Doctor
as Captain Andrews
1937
6.3
God's Country and the Woman
as Jordan
1937
4.2
Smart Blonde
as Tiny Torgensen
1937
6.1
Guns of the Pecos
as Captain Norris
1936
6.2
Gold Diggers of 1937
as Chairman
1936
5.8
King of Hockey
as Mike Trotter
1936
5.0
The Captain's Kid
as Deputy Coroner Frank Knickerbocker
1936
6.0
Here Comes Carter
as Daniel Bronson
1936
5.0
Cain and Mabel
as Reed's Manager
1936
6.1
Down the Stretch
as C.D. Burch
1936
5.5
Trailin' West
as Colonel Douglas
1936
0.0
Anthony Adverse
as Capt. Elisha Jorham
1936
5.7
China Clipper
as Jim Horn
1936
5.6
Jailbreak
as Warden
1936
6.4
Bengal Tiger
as Bill Hinsdale
1936
4.2
Earthworm Tractors
as Mr. Henderson
1936
5.0
Murder by an Aristocrat
as Hilary Thatcher
1936
3.0
Bullets or Ballots
as Grand Jury Spokesman
1936
6.6
The Law in Her Hands
as Dist. Atty. Thomas Mallon
1936
5.0
Brides Are Like That
as Tom Carter
1936
4.8
The Singing Kid
as Agent Fulton (uncredited)
1936
4.0
Road Gang
as Harry Shields
1936
6.5
Boulder Dam
as Ross
1936
5.0
The Murder of Dr. Harrigan
as Lieut. Lamb
1936
5.6
Man of Iron
as Tom Martin
1935
6.0
Frisco Kid
as McClanahan
1935
6.8
Shipmates Forever
as Spike (uncredited)
1935
6.5
The Case of the Lucky Legs
as Detective Johnson
1935
5.6
Special Agent
as Commissioner of Police
1935
6.2
Page Miss Glory
as Detective Chief
1935
6.3
We're in the Money
1935
5.5
Bright Lights
as Post Office Attendant
1935
4.2
Don't Bet on Blondes
as Doctor Delivering Quintuplets (Uncredited)
1935
5.0
Front Page Woman
as Spike Kiley
1935
5.8
Stranded
as Johnny Quinn
1935
5.8
Oil for the Lamps of China
as Clements
1935
7.3
Black Fury
as Johnny Farrell
1935
6.3
Let 'em Have It
as Memory Test Instructor
1935
7.0
Dinky
as Orphanage Director
1935
6.7
Go Into Your Dance
as H.P. Jackson
1935
6.8
Traveling Saleslady
as Murdock
1935
5.5
While the Patient Slept
as Evening Bulletin Editor (uncredited)
1935
6.4
The Payoff
as Harvey Morris
1935
4.9
Strange Wives
as Immigration Official
1934
0.0
Gentlemen Are Born
as Haskins
1934
6.5
Against the Law
as Capt. Elliott
1934
3.0
Big Hearted Herbert
as IRS Tax Investigator (uncredited)
1934
3.5
A Lost Lady
as Second Doctor (uncredited)
1934
5.6
Among the Missing
as Detective O'Malley
1934
6.3
The Case of the Howling Dog
as Captain Kelly (uncredited)
1934
6.2
Beyond the Law
as Chief Anderson
1934
0.0
Here Comes the Navy
as Recruiting Officer (uncredited)
1934
5.9
The Hell Cat
as Captain Barnett
1934
6.0
Now I'll Tell
as Hospital Doctor (uncredited)
1934
4.3
The Merry Frinks
as Mr. Baxter
1934
3.7
Voice in the Night
as John Robinson
1934
0.0
Jimmy the Gent
as Murder Trial Judge (uncredited)
1934
6.3
It Happened One Night
as Detective (uncredited)
1934
7.8
Sleepers East
as Conductor (uncredited)
1934
0.0
Before Midnight
as Capt. Frank Flynn
1933
4.2
Havana Widows
as Ship Captain (uncredited)
1933
5.8
Duck Soup
as Dignitary at Reception (uncredited)
1933
7.3
Female
as Police Lieutenant (Uncredited)
1933
6.2
Secrets of a Secretary
as Reporter
1931
5.5
Stolen Heaven
as Henry - Steve's Butler
1931
5.0
Under Two Flags
as Rake
1916
0.0