Joel McCrea  

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Joel Albert McCrea (November 5, 1905 – October 20, 1990) was an American actor whose career spanned 50 years and appearances in over 90 films. These films include Alfred Hitchcock's spy film Foreign Correspondent (1940), Preston Sturges' comedy classics Sullivan's Travels (1940), and The Palm Beach Story (1941), the romance film Bird of Paradise (1932), the adventure classic The Most Dangerous Game (1933), George Stevens' The More the Merrier (1941), and the titular character in the western classic The Virginian (1946). With the exception of the British thriller film Rough Shoot (1953), McCrea only appeared in western films from 1946 to his retirement in 1976. His most notable western is Ride the High Country (1962), in which he starred with Randolph Scott.

He is considered by many critics as one of the most accomplished male actors of the 1930s and 1940s.

Partial filmography

• Torrent (1926) stunts
• The Enemy (1927) extra
• The Fair Co-Ed (1927) extra
• The Jazz Age (1929)
• Dynamite (1929)
• Framed (1930)
• The Silver Horde (1930)
• Born to Love (1931)
• Girls About Town (1931)
• Kept Husbands (1931)
• Business and Pleasure (1932)
• The Lost Squadron (1932)
• Bird of Paradise (1932)
• The Most Dangerous Game (1932)
• The Sport Parade (1932)
• Rockabye (1932)
• Bed of Roses (1933)
• Chance at Heaven (1933)
• The Silver Cord (1933)
• One Man's Journey (1933)
• Gambling Lady (1934)
• Half a Sinner (1934)
• The Richest Girl in the World (1934)
• Private Worlds (1935)
• Barbary Coast (1935)
• Our Little Girl (1935)
• Woman Wanted (1935)
• Banjo on My Knee (1936)
• These Three (1936)
• Two in a Crowd (1936)
• Adventure in Manhattan (1936)
• Come and Get It (1936)
• Internes Can't Take Money (1937)
• Dead End (1937)
• Wells Fargo (1937)
• Youth Takes a Fling (1938)
• Three Blind Mice (1938)
• Union Pacific (1939)
• They Shall Have Music (1939)
• Espionage Agent (1939)
• He Married His Wife (1940)
• Primrose Path (1940)
• Foreign Correspondent (1940)
• Sullivan's Travels (1941)
• The Great Man's Lady (1942)
• The Palm Beach Story (1942)
• The More the Merrier (1943)
• Buffalo Bill (1944)
• The Great Moment (1944)
• The Unseen (1945)
• The Virginian (1946)
• Ramrod (1947)
• Four Faces West (1948)
• South of St. Louis (1949)
• Colorado Territory (1949)
• The Outriders (1950)
• Stars in My Crown (1950)
• Saddle Tramp (1950)
• Frenchie (1950)
• Cattle Drive (1951)
• The San Francisco Story (1952)
• Rough Shoot (1953)
• The Lone Hand (1953)
• Border River (1954)
• Black Horse Canyon (1954)
• Stranger on Horseback (1955)
• Wichita (1955)
• The First Texan (1956)
• Gunsight Ridge (1957)
• The Oklahoman (1957)
• Trooper Hook (1957)
• The Tall Stranger (1957)
• Cattle Empire (1958)
• Fort Massacre (1958)
• The Gunfight at Dodge City (1959)
• Ride the High Country (1962)
• The Young Rounders (1966)
• Sioux Nation (1970)
• Cry Blood, Apache (1970)
• Mustang Country (1976)