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Joel McCrea Acting Filmography (100)

Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
2008·John Neville Jr. (archive footage)
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
2004·Self (archive footage)
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
1997·Self (archive footage)
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
1985·Self
Night of 100 Stars
1982·Self
Mustang Country
1976·Dan
The Great American Cowboy
1973·Narrator
Cry Blood Apache
1970·Pitcalin as an Older Man
Sioux Nation
1970
The Young Rounders
1966
Ride the High Country
1962·Steve Judd
The Crowning Experience
1960·Prologue Narrator
The Gunfight at Dodge City
1959·Bat Masterson
Fort Massacre
1958·Vinson
Cattle Empire
1958·John Cord
The Oklahoman
1957·John
Trooper Hook
1957·Sgt. Clovis Hook
The Tall Stranger
1957·Ned Bannon
Gunsight Ridge
1957·Mike Ryan
The First Texan
1956·Sam Houston
Stranger on Horseback
1955·Judge Richard 'Rick' Thorne
Wichita
1955·Wyatt Earp
Border River
1954·Clete Mattson
Black Horse Canyon
1954·Del Rockwell
Rough Shoot
1953·Lt. Col. Robert Taine
The Lone Hand
1953·Zachary Hallock
The San Francisco Story
1952·Rick Nelson
Hollywood Story
1951·Joel McCrea
Cattle Drive
1951·Dan Mathews
Stars in My Crown
1950·Josiah Doziah Gray
Saddle Tramp
1950·Chuck Conner
The Outriders
1950·Will Owen
Frenchie
1950·Sheriff Tom Banning
Colorado Territory
1949·Wes McQueen
South of St. Louis
1949·Kip Davis
Four Faces West
1948·Ross McEwen
Ramrod
1947·Dave Nash
The Virginian
1946·The Virginian
The Unseen
1945·David Fielding
The Great Moment
1944·William Thomas Green Morton
Buffalo Bill
1944·William Frederick 'Buffalo Bill' Cody
The More the Merrier
1943·Joe Carter
Stars on Horseback
1943
The Palm Beach Story
1942·Tom Jeffers
Sullivan's Travels
1941·John Sullivan
The Great Man's Lady
1941·Mr. Sempler
Reaching for the Sun
1941·Russ Eliot
Foreign Correspondent
1940·John Jones
Primrose Path
1940·Ed Wallace
He Married His Wife
1940·T.H. Randall
Breakdowns of 1940
1940·Self
Union Pacific
1939·Jeff Butler
Espionage Agent
1939·Barry Corvall
They Shall Have Music
1939·Peter McCarthy
Three Blind Mice
1938·Van Dam Smith
Youth Takes a Fling
1938·Joe Meadows
Dead End
1937·Dave
Internes Can't Take Money
1937·Jimmie Kildare
Woman Chases Man
1937·Kenneth Nolan
Wells Fargo
1937·Ramsay MacKay
These Three
1936·Dr. Joseph 'Joe' Cardin
Come and Get It
1936·Richard Glasgow
Adventure in Manhattan
1936·George Melville
Banjo on My Knee
1936·Ernie Holley
Two in a Crowd
1936·Larry Stevens
Barbary Coast
1935·Jim Carmichael
Private Worlds
1935·Dr. Alex MacGregor
Splendor
1935·Brighton Lorrimore
Woman Wanted
1935·Tony
Our Little Girl
1935·Donald Middleton
The Richest Girl in the World
1934·Anthony Travers
Gambling Lady
1934·Garry Madison
Half a Sinner
1934·John Adams
The Silver Cord
1933·David Phelps
Chance at Heaven
1933·Blacky Gorman
Bed of Roses
1933·Dan
One Man's Journey
1933·Jimmy Watt
Scarlet River
1933·Himself (uncredited)
The Most Dangerous Game
1932·Robert Rainsford
Bird of Paradise
1932·Johnny Baker
The Lost Squadron
1932·Red
Rockabye
1932·Jacobs 'Jake' Van Riker Pell
The Sport Parade
1932·Sandy Brown
Business and Pleasure
1932·Lawrence Ogle
Girls About Town
1931·Jim Baker
Kept Husbands
1931·Richard 'Dick' Brunton
Born to Love
1931·Barry Craig
The Common Law
1931·John 'Jack' Neville
Once a Sinner
1931·Tommy Mason
The Silver Horde
1930·Boyd Emerson
Lightnin'
1930·John Marvin
Framed
1930·Waiter (uncredited)
Dynamite
1929·Marco
So This Is College
1929·Bruce Nolan (uncredited)
The Single Standard
1929·Party Guest (uncredited)
The Jazz Age
1929·Todd Sayles
Dead Man's Curve
1928·Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
The Divine Lady
1928·Extra (uncredited)
The Fair Co-Ed
1927
The Enemy
1927·Extra (uncredited)