Joseph Crehan
Acting • Born 1883-07-14 – Died 1966-04-15
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.
Filmography
302 credits
The Secret Seven
Movie • 1940
Police Chief Hobbs
Love Crazy
Movie • 1941
Judge
Manpower
Movie • 1941
Sweeney
Alias the Champ
Movie • 1949
Tim Murphy
Scattergood Baines
Movie • 1941
Keith
Bluebeard's 8th Wife
Movie • 1938
American Tourist (uncredited)
Brother Orchid
Movie • 1940
Brother MacEwen
Voice in the Night
Movie • 1934
John Robinson
Sealed Lips
Movie • 1942
Chief Charles R. Dugan
The Missing Juror
Movie • 1944
Willard Apple
Triple Trouble
Movie • 1950
Warden Burnside
Whispering Enemies
Movie • 1939
George Harley
Deadline at Dawn
Movie • 1946
Lt. Kane
Bullets or Ballots
Movie • 1936
Grand Jury Spokesman
A Man Betrayed
Movie • 1941
Bob - Globe Newspaper Editor (uncredited)
Phantom Lady
Movie • 1944
Detective
Alexander's Ragtime Band
Movie • 1938
Stage Manager
The Roaring Twenties
Movie • 1939
Michaels
Earthworm Tractors
Movie • 1936
Mr. Henderson
We're in the Money
Movie • 1935
Black Magic
Movie • 1944
Police Sgt. Matthews
Dangerous Money
Movie • 1946
Captain Black
Highway Dragnet
Movie • 1954
Elderly Border Inspection Officer
The Hunted
Movie • 1948
Small Town Police Captain
The Falcon's Adventure
Movie • 1946
Inspector Cavanaugh
Dick Tracy vs. Cueball
Movie • 1946
Chief Brandon
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
Movie • 1943
One Mysterious Night
Movie • 1944
Jumbo Madigan (Uncredited)
Maisie
Movie • 1939
Defense Attorney Wilcox
Larceny, Inc.
Movie • 1942
Warden
Special Agent
Movie • 1935
Commissioner of Police
Kid Galahad
Movie • 1937
Brady
Hands Across the Border
Movie • 1944
Jeff "Bet-A-Hundred" Adams
Whistling in Dixie
Movie • 1942
Deputy Police Commissioner (uncredited)
Black Fury
Movie • 1935
Johnny Farrell
Mama Runs Wild
Movie • 1937
Tom Fowler
Street Corner
Movie • 1948
Dr. James Fenton
O.S.S.
Movie • 1946
Gen. Donovan
Secrets of a Secretary
Movie • 1931
Reporter
Three Girls About Town
Movie • 1941
Labor leader
The Phantom Thief
Movie • 1946
'Jumbo' Madigan - Pawnbroker
The Murder of Dr. Harrigan
Movie • 1936
Lieut. Lamb
Smart Blonde
Movie • 1937
Tiny Torgensen
Eyes of the Underworld
Movie • 1942
Kirby - Assistant Police Chief
I Love a Mystery
Movie • 1945
Police Captain Quinn (Uncredited)
The Countess of Monte Cristo
Movie • 1948
Joe
Full Confession
Movie • 1939
Warden (uncredited)
The Arkansas Traveler
Movie • 1938
McSweeney
Back Street
Movie • 1941
Postman
The Mysterious Mr. M
Movie • 1946
Dan Blair
Homicide for Three
Movie • 1948
Police Captain
God's Country and the Woman
Movie • 1937
Jordan
Know For Sure
Movie • 1941
supporting role
Dick Tracy
Movie • 1945
Chief Brandon
The Case of the Black Parrot
Movie • 1941
Inspector Grady
Music in My Heart
Movie • 1940
Mark C. Gilman
A Criminal Is Born
Movie • 1938
Frank Wheeler
When the Lights Go On Again
Movie • 1944
Bob
Night Time in Nevada
Movie • 1948
Engineer Casey
The Case of the Lucky Legs
Movie • 1935
Detective Johnson
Mystery Broadcast
Movie • 1943
Chief Daniels
The Case of the Stuttering Bishop
Movie • 1937
Paul Drake
Now I'll Tell
Movie • 1934
Hospital Doctor (uncredited)
Frisco Kid
Movie • 1935
McClanahan
The Shadow Returns
Movie • 1946
Police Insp. Cardona
Behind the Mask
Movie • 1946
Police Inspector Cardonna
Murder in the Big House
Movie • 1942
Ainslee
The Twinkle In God's Eye
Movie • 1955
Doctor
Duke of Chicago
Movie • 1949
'Tex' Harman
Cain and Mabel
Movie • 1936
Reed's Manager
Private Detective
Movie • 1939
Capt. Murphy
The Duke Comes Back
Movie • 1937
Pat Doyle
Behind Prison Gates
Movie • 1939
Prison Warden O'Neil
The Chicago Kid
Movie • 1945
Chief Rogers
Girls on Probation
Movie • 1938
Todd
Society Lawyer
Movie • 1939
City Editor
Midnight Court
Movie • 1937
Judge Frederick J. Thompson
Talent Scout
Movie • 1937
A.J. Lambert
Here Comes Carter
Movie • 1936
Daniel Bronson
Star Reporter
Movie • 1939
Gordon
Road Gang
Movie • 1936
Harry Shields
Guns of the Pecos
Movie • 1936
Captain Norris
Here's Flash Casey
Movie • 1938
Blaine
The Payoff
Movie • 1935
Harvey Morris
The Wrong Road
Movie • 1937
District Attorney
The Go-Getter
Movie • 1937
Karl Stone
A Lost Lady
Movie • 1934
Second Doctor (uncredited)
Louisiana
Movie • 1947
Neilson
Man Alive
Movie • 1945
Dr. James P. Whitney
The Great Alaskan Mystery
Movie • 1944
Bill Hudson
King of Hockey
Movie • 1936
Mike Trotter
Dinky
Movie • 1935
Orphanage Director
Midnight Intruder
Movie • 1938
Bill Harwood - Newspaper Editor
Billy The Kid Returns
Movie • 1938
U.S. Marshal Dave Conway
Union Pacific
Movie • 1939
Ulysses S. Grant
The Courtship of Andy Hardy
Movie • 1942
Peter Dugan
Happy Landing
Movie • 1938
Agent
The Case of the Howling Dog
Movie • 1934
Captain Kelly (uncredited)
Against the Law
Movie • 1934
Capt. Elliott
Gang Bullets
Movie • 1938
Wallace
Let 'em Have It
Movie • 1935
Memory Test Instructor
Jimmy the Gent
Movie • 1934
Murder Trial Judge (uncredited)
Stolen Heaven
Movie • 1931
Henry - Steve's Butler
Nine Lives Are Not Enough
Movie • 1941
Editor (uncredited)
The Hell Cat
Movie • 1934
Captain Barnett
Illegal Traffic
Movie • 1938
Chief Daley
Night Spot
Movie • 1938
Inspector Wayland
There Goes My Girl
Movie • 1937
Sgt. Wood
Murder by an Aristocrat
Movie • 1936
Hilary Thatcher
Outlaws of the Orient
Movie • 1937
Snyder
Washington Melodrama
Movie • 1941
Phil Sampson
Captain Tugboat Annie
Movie • 1945
Alec Severn
Before Midnight
Movie • 1933
Capt. Frank Flynn
Philo Vance's Gamble
Movie • 1947
Ellis Mason
The Fuller Brush Girl
Movie • 1950
Police Boat Captain (uncredited)
Strange Wives
Movie • 1934
Immigration Official
The Family Secret
Movie • 1951
Woman Against Woman
Movie • 1938
Sen. Kingsley
Havana Widows
Movie • 1933
Ship Captain (uncredited)
Tell No Tales
Movie • 1939
Chalmers
Texas
Movie • 1941
Rancher Dusty King
Hollywood Cavalcade
Movie • 1939
Attorney
Draegerman Courage
Movie • 1937
Dr. Stuart Hunter
Beg, Borrow or Steal
Movie • 1937
Mr. Parsons, Murillo Customer (uncredited)
The Merry Frinks
Movie • 1934
Mr. Baxter
Gentlemen Are Born
Movie • 1934
Haskins
The Virginian
Movie • 1946
Oil for the Lamps of China
Movie • 1935
Clements
Page Miss Glory
Movie • 1935
Detective Chief
Navy Secrets
Movie • 1939
FBI Chief Herbert Daly
Her Husband's Secretary
Movie • 1937
Stevenson
Wings of the Navy
Movie • 1939
Second Doctor
Almost a Gentleman
Movie • 1939
Prosecutor
Dodge City
Movie • 1939
Hammond (uncredited)
Boulder Dam
Movie • 1936
Ross
We Are Not Alone
Movie • 1939
American at Train Station
The Tougher They Come
Movie • 1950
Thompson
Stanley and Livingstone
Movie • 1939
Morehead
Christmas Holiday
Movie • 1944
Steve (uncredited)
The Return of Doctor X
Movie • 1939
Editor
Blackmail
Movie • 1939
Mr. Blaine (uncredited)
Babes in Arms
Movie • 1939
Mr. Essex
Jack Pot
Movie • 1940
Mayor Steven Andrews (uncredited)
While the Patient Slept
Movie • 1935
Evening Bulletin Editor (uncredited)
It Happened One Night
Movie • 1934
Detective (uncredited)
Crazylegs
Movie • 1953
Hank Hatch
The Cherokee Strip
Movie • 1937
Army Officer
Unto Thyself Be True
Movie • 1949
Frank Hartwell
Doctors Don't Tell
Movie • 1941
Judge Hoskins
Traveling Saleslady
Movie • 1935
Murdock
Man of Iron
Movie • 1935
Tom Martin
Night Train to Memphis
Movie • 1946
John Stevenson
Parole Fixer
Movie • 1940
Warden (uncredited)
Lady on a Train
Movie • 1945
Train passenger (uncredited)
Judgment at Nuremberg
Movie • 1961
Courtroom Spectator at Verdict (uncredited)
Among the Missing
Movie • 1934
Detective O'Malley
Gambler's Choice
Movie • 1944
Toby (uncredited)
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
Movie • 1941
Doctor (uncredited)
Beyond the Law
Movie • 1934
Chief Anderson
Treat 'Em Rough
Movie • 1942
Roderick Wetherbee (as Joe Crehan)
Broadway Melody of 1940
Movie • 1940
Ballroom Manager (uncredited)
Monsieur Verdoux
Movie • 1947
Broker (uncredited)
The Fighting 69th
Movie • 1940
Inoculations Doctor (uncredited)
Trailin' West
Movie • 1936
Colonel Douglas
April Showers
Movie • 1948
William Barnes
Once a Doctor
Movie • 1937
Captain Andrews
Jailbreak
Movie • 1936
Warden
Duck Soup
Movie • 1933
Dignitary at Reception (uncredited)
Emergency Squad
Movie • 1940
H. Tyler Joyce, editor
The Green Hornet
Movie • 1940
Judge Stanton
Junior Army
Movie • 1942
Mr. Jeffrey Ferguson
Girls Can Play
Movie • 1937
Editor Brophy
Front Page Woman
Movie • 1935
Spike Kiley
Pride of the Navy
Movie • 1939
Brad Foster
Red Desert
Movie • 1949
President Ulysses S. Grant
The Sea of Grass
Movie • 1947
Colorado Sen. Grew (uncredited)
Here Comes the Navy
Movie • 1934
Recruiting Officer (uncredited)
Down the Stretch
Movie • 1936
C.D. Burch
Colorado
Movie • 1940
Gen. Ulysses S. Grant
Gaucho Serenade
Movie • 1940
Edward Martin
This Is My Affair
Movie • 1937
Priest
The Texas Rangers Ride Again
Movie • 1940
Johnson
Santa Fe Trail
Movie • 1940
Officer at Washington Party (uncredited)
Bad Bascomb
Movie • 1946
Gov. Clark (uncredited)
Girl Trouble
Movie • 1942
Kohn
Andy Hardy's Private Secretary
Movie • 1941
Peter Dugan
Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome
Movie • 1947
Chief Brandon
Gateway
Movie • 1938
Inspector
The House Across the Bay
Movie • 1940
Federal Man
City for Conquest
Movie • 1940
Doctor
Brides Are Like That
Movie • 1936
Tom Carter
The Singing Kid
Movie • 1936
Agent Fulton (uncredited)
Little Nellie Kelly
Movie • 1940
Commissioner O'Brien (uncredited)
Gentleman Jim
Movie • 1942
Duffy - Referee (uncredited)
Bright Lights
Movie • 1935
Post Office Attendant
Geronimo
Movie • 1939
President Ulysses S. Grant
The Captain's Kid
Movie • 1936
Deputy Coroner Frank Knickerbocker
Flying Blind
Movie • 1941
Nunnally
The Gallant Legion
Movie • 1948
George Trent - State Official
The Trespasser
Movie • 1947
The Doctor
A Guy Could Change
Movie • 1946
McCarthy
The Flying Missile
Movie • 1950
Rear Admiral
Hello, Annapolis
Movie • 1942
Evans Arden
The Arizona Cowboy
Movie • 1950
Colonel Jefferson
Men of Texas
Movie • 1942
Luther Crittenden
Keep 'Em Slugging
Movie • 1943
Detective Sergeant
Gang Busters
Movie • 1942
Police Chief Martin O'Brien
Born Reckless
Movie • 1937
District Attorney
The Royal Mounted Rides Again
Movie • 1945
RCMP Sergeant Nelson
Sundown in Santa Fe
Movie • 1948
Major Larkin
Adventures in Silverado
Movie • 1948
McHugh
Nevada City
Movie • 1941
Mark Benton
Bad Men of Tombstone
Movie • 1949
Mine Superintendent
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
Movie • 1942
Ray Trent (uncredited)
The Last Bandit
Movie • 1949
Local No. 44 Engineer
Because of Eve
Movie • 1948
Dr. West
The Woman of the Town
Movie • 1943
New York Newspaper Editor
They Died with Their Boots On
Movie • 1941
President Ulysses S. Grant (uncredited)
Adventures of the Flying Cadets
Movie • 1943
Col. George Bolton [Chs. 1-2]
Sleepers East
Movie • 1934
Conductor (uncredited)
The Star Maker
Movie • 1939
Thomas Marlowe
Gold Diggers of 1937
Movie • 1936
Chairman
Strange Journey
Movie • 1946
Thompson
Roadblock
Movie • 1951
Thompson (uncredited)
A Day at Santa Anita
Movie • 1937
Biff, Blackburn's Trainer (uncredited)
The Secret Code
Movie • 1942
Police Chief Henry Burns
The Kid Comes Back
Movie • 1938
Danny Lockridge
Obliging Young Lady
Movie • 1942
Managing Editor (uncredited)
Female
Movie • 1933
Police Lieutenant (Uncredited)
Ringside
Movie • 1949
Oscar Brannigan
Big Hearted Herbert
Movie • 1934
IRS Tax Investigator (uncredited)
Shipmates Forever
Movie • 1935
Spike (uncredited)
False Faces
Movie • 1943
Police Capt. Alan O'Brien
Deadline - U.S.A.
Movie • 1952
City Editor of The Standard (uncredited)
Midnight Madonna
Movie • 1937
Moe Grinnell
Anthony Adverse
Movie • 1936
Capt. Elisha Jorham
Relentless
Movie • 1948
Doctor (uncredited)
Stranded
Movie • 1935
Johnny Quinn
Tars and Spars
Movie • 1946
Admiral
City Without Men
Movie • 1943
Father Burns
They All Come Out
Movie • 1939
Judge (uncredited)
The Desert Song
Movie • 1943
Steve, a Reporter
Public Deb No. 1
Movie • 1940
Director
Crazy House
Movie • 1943
Mogey (uncredited)
Mission to Moscow
Movie • 1943
Reporter (uncredited)
Honeymoon Lodge
Movie • 1943
Judge
Mr. Lucky
Movie • 1943
Detective (uncredited)
Cadets on Parade
Movie • 1942
Jeff Shannon
The Navy Way
Movie • 1944
Chaplain Benson
Go Into Your Dance
Movie • 1935
H.P. Jackson
State Police
Movie • 1938
Mr. Owen, Mine Owner
Here Comes Happiness
Movie • 1941
Tom Burke
The Adventures of Mark Twain
Movie • 1944
Ulysses S. Grant
Dancing in the Dark
Movie • 1949
Board Member
The Enchanted Valley
Movie • 1948
Chief Scott
The Big Sleep
Movie • 1946
Medical Examiner (uncredited)
Hit the Ice
Movie • 1943
Train Conductor #1 (uncredited)
China Clipper
Movie • 1936
Jim Horn
Under Two Flags
Movie • 1916
Rake
Blossoms On Broadway
Movie • 1937
Bartender (uncredited)
Amazon Quest
Movie • 1949
De Ruyter
State Department: File 649
Movie • 1949
Government Official
Adventure
Movie • 1945
Ed - Maritime Office (uncredited)
Gun Crazy
Movie • 1950
Plant Foreman (uncredited)
Magnificent Doll
Movie • 1946
Williams (uncredited)
Bengal Tiger
Movie • 1936
Bill Hinsdale
You Can't Get Away with Murder
Movie • 1939
Warden of Sing Sing
A Man Betrayed
Movie • 1941
Invisible Stripes
Movie • 1939
Garage Owner (uncredited)
Nine Lives Are Not Enough
Movie • 1941
Yates
Prejudice
Movie • 1949
J.P. Baker
Don't Bet on Blondes
Movie • 1935
Doctor Delivering Quintuplets (Uncredited)
She Has What It Takes
Movie • 1943
George Clarke
You Can't Escape Forever
Movie • 1942
Warden (uncredited)
Silver River
Movie • 1948
Ulysses S. Grant (uncredited)
Four's a Crowd
Movie • 1938
Butler Pierce
The Brute Man
Movie • 1946
Police Commissioner Salisbury (uncredited)
Crime Takes a Holiday
Movie • 1938
Gov. Bill Allen
To the People of the United States
Movie • 1944
Doctor at Hospital (uncredited)
The Law in Her Hands
Movie • 1936
Dist. Atty. Thomas Mallon
The Story of Life
Movie • 1948
The Iron Major
Movie • 1943
Judge
The Thin Man Goes Home
Movie • 1944
Clancy - Policeman at Railroad Station (uncredited)
Shine on Harvest Moon
Movie • 1944
Harry Miller (uncredited)
The Great Race
Movie • 1965
Observer at Start (uncredited)
Too Hot to Handle
Movie • 1938
First Advertising Man (uncredited)
Pride of Maryland
Movie • 1951
Mr. Herndon
The Line-Up
Movie • 1934
Police Capt. Daniel McGrath
The Andy Griffith Show
TV • 1960
Councilman
The Lone Ranger
TV • 1949
Tom Patrict
Leave It to Beaver
TV • 1957
Train Conductor
I Love Lucy
TV • 1951
Detective
Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950
Doctor
Bat Masterson
TV • 1958
Thomas Bolland
The Whistler
TV • 1954
26 Men
TV • 1957
The Andy Griffith Show
TV • 1960
Franklin
The Andy Griffith Show
TV • 1960
Council Member
Four Star Playhouse
TV • 1952
Mr. Kramer
The Andy Griffith Show
TV • 1960
Townsman
The Lone Wolf
TV • 1954
Conductor
MGM Parade
TV • 1955