Joseph Crehan
Known for: Acting
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
Series
The Andy Griffith Show
Councilman
1960
Series
The Andy Griffith Show
Council Member
1960
Series
The Andy Griffith Show
Franklin
1960
Series
The Andy Griffith Show
Townsman
1960
Series
Leave It to Beaver
Train Conductor
1957
Four Star Playhouse
Mr. Kramer
1952
Series
I Love Lucy
Detective
1951
Series
The Lone Ranger
Tom Patrict
1949
Series
Bat Masterson
Thomas Bolland
1958
Lux Video Theatre
Doctor
1950
Series
MGM Parade
1955
Series
26 Men
1957
Series
The Lone Wolf
Conductor
1954
The Whistler
1954
Film
The Big Sleep
Medical Examiner (uncredited)
1946
Film
Judgment at Nuremberg
Courtroom Spectator at Verdict (uncredited)
1961
Film
The Great Race
Observer at Start (uncredited)
1965
Film
It Happened One Night
Detective (uncredited)
1934
Film
Hello, Annapolis
Evans Arden
1942
Film
Gun Crazy
Plant Foreman (uncredited)
1950
Film
Bluebeard's 8th Wife
American Tourist (uncredited)
1938
Film
The Go-Getter
Karl Stone
1937
Film
A Lost Lady
Second Doctor (uncredited)
1934
Film
Mr. Lucky
Detective (uncredited)
1943
Film
Frisco Kid
McClanahan
1935
Film
Street Corner
Dr. James Fenton
1948
Film
The Roaring Twenties
Michaels
1939
Film
Special Agent
Commissioner of Police
1935
Film
Monsieur Verdoux
Broker (uncredited)
1947
Film
Know For Sure
supporting role
1941
Film
Stranded
Johnny Quinn
1935
Film
Deadline at Dawn
Lt. Kane
1946
Film
Duck Soup
Dignitary at Reception (uncredited)
1933
Film
Emergency Squad
H. Tyler Joyce, editor
1940
Film
Boulder Dam
Ross
1936
Film
Bullets or Ballots
Grand Jury Spokesman
1936
Film
Anthony Adverse
Capt. Elisha Jorham
1936
Film
The Virginian
1946
Film
Dodge City
Hammond (uncredited)
1939
Film
Deadline - U.S.A.
City Editor of The Standard (uncredited)
1952
Film
Gang Busters
Police Chief Martin O'Brien
1942
Film
Crazy House
Mogey (uncredited)
1943
Film
Christmas Holiday
Steve (uncredited)
1944
Film
Seven Days in May
Bit Part (uncredited)
1964
Film
Blackmail
Mr. Blaine (uncredited)
1939
Film
Nevada City
Mark Benton
1941
Film
Midnight Court
Judge Frederick J. Thompson
1937
Film
Adventure
Ed - Maritime Office (uncredited)
1945
Film
Santa Fe Trail
Officer at Washington Party (uncredited)
1940
Film
Crazylegs
Hank Hatch
1953
Film
Silver River
Ulysses S. Grant (uncredited)
1948
Film
Relentless
Doctor (uncredited)
1948
Film
The Fighting 69th
Inoculations Doctor (uncredited)
1940
Film
Roadblock
Thompson (uncredited)
1951
Film
Honeymoon Lodge
Judge
1943
Film
Alexander's Ragtime Band
Stage Manager
1938
Film
They Died with Their Boots On
President Ulysses S. Grant (uncredited)
1941
Film
Brother Orchid
Brother MacEwen
1940
Film
Union Pacific
Ulysses S. Grant
1939
Film
State Police
Mr. Owen, Mine Owner
1938
Film
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
Doctor (uncredited)
1941
Film
Three Girls About Town
Labor leader
1941
Film
Jailbreak
Warden
1936
Film
False Faces
Police Capt. Alan O'Brien
1943
Film
Gentleman Jim
Duffy - Referee (uncredited)
1942
Film
The Sea of Grass
Colorado Sen. Grew (uncredited)
1947
Film
Kid Galahad
Brady
1937
Film
Havana Widows
Ship Captain (uncredited)
1933
Film
Stanley and Livingstone
Morehead
1939
Film
The Thin Man Goes Home
Clancy - Policeman at Railroad Station (uncredited)
1944
Film
The Case of the Howling Dog
Captain Kelly (uncredited)
1934
Film
Ringside
Oscar Brannigan
1949
Film
Jimmy the Gent
Murder Trial Judge (uncredited)
1934
Film
Strange Journey
Thompson
1946
Film
Phantom Lady
Detective
1944
Film
The House Across the Bay
Federal Man
1940
Film
Man Alive
Dr. James P. Whitney
1945
Film
The Hell Cat
Captain Barnett
1934
Film
The Courtship of Andy Hardy
Peter Dugan
1942
Film
Jack Pot
Mayor Steven Andrews (uncredited)
1940
Film
Too Hot to Handle
First Advertising Man (uncredited)
1938
Film
April Showers
William Barnes
1948
Film
Navy Secrets
FBI Chief Herbert Daly
1939
Film
The Fuller Brush Girl
Police Boat Captain (uncredited)
1950
Film
Murder in the Big House
Ainslee
1942
Film
Manpower
Sweeney
1941
Film
The Return of Doctor X
Editor
1939
Film
Texas
Rancher Dusty King
1941
Film
Hollywood Cavalcade
Attorney
1939
Film
Washington Melodrama
Phil Sampson
1941
Film
Love Crazy
Judge
1941
Film
Here Comes Happiness
Tom Burke
1941
Film
Geronimo
President Ulysses S. Grant
1939
Film
City for Conquest
Doctor
1940
Film
Mission to Moscow
Reporter (uncredited)
1943
Film
Gateway
Inspector
1938
Film
Magnificent Doll
Williams (uncredited)
1946
Film
You Can't Get Away with Murder
Warden of Sing Sing
1939
Film
Colorado
Gen. Ulysses S. Grant
1940
Film
Homicide for Three
Police Captain
1948
Film
The Navy Way
Chaplain Benson
1944
Film
The Case of the Stuttering Bishop
Paul Drake
1937
Film
China Clipper
Jim Horn
1936
Film
Sealed Lips
Chief Charles R. Dugan
1942
Film
Dinky
Orphanage Director
1935
Film
Smart Blonde
Tiny Torgensen
1937
Film
Woman Against Woman
Sen. Kingsley
1938
Film
Gentlemen Are Born
Haskins
1934
Film
Gold Diggers of 1937
Chairman
1936
Film
Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome
Chief Brandon
1947
Film
Louisiana
Neilson
1947
Film
Traveling Saleslady
Murdock
1935
Film
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
Ray Trent (uncredited)
1942
Film
Hit the Ice
Train Conductor #1 (uncredited)
1943
Film
Keep 'Em Slugging
Detective Sergeant
1943
Film
O.S.S.
Gen. Donovan
1946
Film
Black Fury
Johnny Farrell
1935
Film
Society Lawyer
City Editor
1939
Film
We're in the Money
1935
Film
Nine Lives Are Not Enough
Editor (uncredited)
1941
Film
Nine Lives Are Not Enough
Yates
1941
Film
Happy Landing
Agent
1938
Film
Back Street
Postman
1941
Film
The Texas Rangers Ride Again
Johnson
1940
Film
Tell No Tales
Chalmers
1939
Film
The Green Hornet
Judge Stanton
1940
Film
Invisible Stripes
Garage Owner (uncredited)
1939
Film
Wings of the Navy
Second Doctor
1939
Film
Don't Bet on Blondes
Doctor Delivering Quintuplets (Uncredited)
1935
Film
Triple Trouble
Warden Burnside
1950
Film
Red Desert
President Ulysses S. Grant
1949
Film
Dick Tracy
Chief Brandon
1945
Film
Maisie
Defense Attorney Wilcox
1939
Film
This Is My Affair
Priest
1937
Film
Andy Hardy's Private Secretary
Peter Dugan
1941
Film
Obliging Young Lady
Managing Editor (uncredited)
1942
Film
The Law in Her Hands
Dist. Atty. Thomas Mallon
1936
Film
Beyond the Law
Chief Anderson
1934
Film
Go Into Your Dance
H.P. Jackson
1935
Film
Cain and Mabel
Reed's Manager
1936
Film
Captain Tugboat Annie
Alec Severn
1945
Film
State Department: File 649
Government Official
1949
Film
Broadway Melody of 1940
Ballroom Manager (uncredited)
1940
Film
Larceny, Inc.
Warden
1942
Film
A Man Betrayed
Bob - Globe Newspaper Editor (uncredited)
1941
Film
A Man Betrayed
1941
Film
The Flying Missile
Rear Admiral
1950
Film
Here Comes the Navy
Recruiting Officer (uncredited)
1934
Film
Junior Army
Mr. Jeffrey Ferguson
1942
Film
Highway Dragnet
Elderly Border Inspection Officer
1954
Film
Shipmates Forever
Spike (uncredited)
1935
Film
Shine on Harvest Moon
Harry Miller (uncredited)
1944
Film
Whispering Enemies
George Harley
1939
Film
Public Deb No. 1
Director
1940
Film
Front Page Woman
Spike Kiley
1935
Film
Doctors Don't Tell
Judge Hoskins
1941
Film
Prejudice
J.P. Baker
1949
Film
The Iron Major
Judge
1943
Film
The Falcon's Adventure
Inspector Cavanaugh
1946
Film
The Woman of the Town
New York Newspaper Editor
1943
Film
Gang Bullets
Wallace
1938
Film
The Family Secret
1951
Film
Blossoms On Broadway
Bartender (uncredited)
1937
Film
Strange Wives
Immigration Official
1934
Film
The Arizona Cowboy
Colonel Jefferson
1950
Film
Adventures in Silverado
McHugh
1948
Film
The Chicago Kid
Chief Rogers
1945
Film
She Has What It Takes
George Clarke
1943
Film
Draegerman Courage
Dr. Stuart Hunter
1937
Film
Sleepers East
Conductor (uncredited)
1934
Film
Dangerous Money
Captain Black
1946
Film
City Without Men
Father Burns
1943
Film
The Gallant Legion
George Trent - State Official
1948
Film
The Tougher They Come
Thompson
1950
Film
Full Confession
Warden (uncredited)
1939
Film
They All Come Out
Judge (uncredited)
1939
Film
Gaucho Serenade
Edward Martin
1940
Film
Men of Texas
Luther Crittenden
1942
Film
Earthworm Tractors
Mr. Henderson
1936
Film
Four's a Crowd
Butler Pierce
1938
Film
Black Magic
Police Sgt. Matthews
1944
Film
Lady on a Train
Train passenger (uncredited)
1945
Film
The Star Maker
Thomas Marlowe
1939
Film
Night Spot
Inspector Wayland
1938
Film
The Wrong Road
District Attorney
1937
Film
The Singing Kid
Agent Fulton (uncredited)
1936
Film
You Can't Escape Forever
Warden (uncredited)
1942
Film
Music in My Heart
Mark C. Gilman
1940
Film
Against the Law
Capt. Elliott
1934
Film
To the People of the United States
Doctor at Hospital (uncredited)
1944
Film
The Countess of Monte Cristo
Joe
1948
Film
Pride of Maryland
Mr. Herndon
1951
Film
The Phantom Thief
'Jumbo' Madigan - Pawnbroker
1946
Film
Page Miss Glory
Detective Chief
1935
Film
Brides Are Like That
Tom Carter
1936
Film
Whistling in Dixie
Deputy Police Commissioner (uncredited)
1942
Film
Before Midnight
Capt. Frank Flynn
1933
Film
The Case of the Black Parrot
Inspector Grady
1941
Film
Babes in Arms
Mr. Essex
1939
Film
Midnight Intruder
Bill Harwood - Newspaper Editor
1938
Film
The Hunted
Small Town Police Captain
1948
Film
Cadets on Parade
Jeff Shannon
1942
Film
Female
Police Lieutenant (Uncredited)
1933
Film
The Payoff
Harvey Morris
1935
Film
Road Gang
Harry Shields
1936
Film
Oil for the Lamps of China
Clements
1935
Film
Little Nellie Kelly
Commissioner O'Brien (uncredited)
1940
Film
The Brute Man
Police Commissioner Salisbury (uncredited)
1946
Film
Among the Missing
Detective O'Malley
1934
Film
Dancing in the Dark
Board Member
1949
Film
While the Patient Slept
Evening Bulletin Editor (uncredited)
1935
Film
Mystery Broadcast
Chief Daniels
1943
Film
Gambler's Choice
Toby (uncredited)
1944
Film
Here Comes Carter
Daniel Bronson
1936
Film
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
1943
Film
Secrets of a Secretary
Reporter
1931
Film
The Missing Juror
Willard Apple
1944
Film
Parole Fixer
Warden (uncredited)
1940
Film
The Adventures of Mark Twain
Ulysses S. Grant
1944
Pride of the Navy
Brad Foster
1939
Film
Alias the Champ
Tim Murphy
1949
Film
The Last Bandit
Local No. 44 Engineer
1949
Film
Born Reckless
District Attorney
1937
Film
Private Detective
Capt. Murphy
1939
Film
Flying Blind
Nunnally
1941
Film
Night Time in Nevada
Engineer Casey
1948
Film
The Cherokee Strip
Army Officer
1937
Film
I Love a Mystery
Police Captain Quinn (Uncredited)
1945
Film
The Great Alaskan Mystery
Bill Hudson
1944
Film
The Case of the Lucky Legs
Detective Johnson
1935
Film
Now I'll Tell
Hospital Doctor (uncredited)
1934
Film
Star Reporter
Gordon
1939
Film
The Captain's Kid
Deputy Coroner Frank Knickerbocker
1936
Film
The Secret Code
Police Chief Henry Burns
1942
Film
Behind the Mask
Police Inspector Cardonna
1946
Film
Beg, Borrow or Steal
Mr. Parsons, Murillo Customer (uncredited)
1937
Film
Girl Trouble
Kohn
1942
Film
Eyes of the Underworld
Kirby - Assistant Police Chief
1942
Film
Philo Vance's Gamble
Ellis Mason
1947
Film
Bad Men of Tombstone
Mine Superintendent
1949
Film
The Shadow Returns
Police Insp. Cardona
1946
Film
The Secret Seven
Police Chief Hobbs
1940
Film
Bad Bascomb
Gov. Clark (uncredited)
1946
Film
A Criminal Is Born
Frank Wheeler
1938
Film
The Royal Mounted Rides Again
RCMP Sergeant Nelson
1945
Film
The Line-Up
Police Capt. Daniel McGrath
1934
Film
Girls on Probation
Todd
1938
Film
The Mysterious Mr. M
Dan Blair
1946
Film
Adventures of the Flying Cadets
Col. George Bolton [Chs. 1-2]
1943
Film
The Kid Comes Back
Danny Lockridge
1938
Film
Dick Tracy vs. Cueball
Chief Brandon
1946
Film
Night Train to Memphis
John Stevenson
1946
Film
Hands Across the Border
Jeff "Bet-A-Hundred" Adams
1944
Film
Bright Lights
Post Office Attendant
1935
Film
Guns of the Pecos
Captain Norris
1936
Film
The Enchanted Valley
Chief Scott
1948
Film
A Day at Santa Anita
Biff, Blackburn's Trainer (uncredited)
1937
Film
Stolen Heaven
Henry - Steve's Butler
1931
Film
The Twinkle In God's Eye
Doctor
1955
Unto Thyself Be True
Frank Hartwell
1949
Film
Scattergood Baines
Keith
1941
Film
Illegal Traffic
Chief Daley
1938
Film
Once a Doctor
Captain Andrews
1937
Film
A Guy Could Change
McCarthy
1946
Film
Outlaws of the Orient
Snyder
1937
Film
The Murder of Dr. Harrigan
Lieut. Lamb
1936
Film
Down the Stretch
C.D. Burch
1936
Film
Let 'em Have It
Memory Test Instructor
1935
Film
Amazon Quest
De Ruyter
1949
Film
Behind Prison Gates
Prison Warden O'Neil
1939
Film
Her Husband's Secretary
Stevenson
1937
Film
Big Hearted Herbert
IRS Tax Investigator (uncredited)
1934
Film
Trailin' West
Colonel Douglas
1936
Film
King of Hockey
Mike Trotter
1936
Film
Man of Iron
Tom Martin
1935
Film
One Mysterious Night
Jumbo Madigan (Uncredited)
1944
Film
The Duke Comes Back
Pat Doyle
1937
Film
There Goes My Girl
Sgt. Wood
1937
Film
When the Lights Go On Again
Bob
1944
Film
We Are Not Alone
American at Train Station
1939
Treat 'Em Rough
Roderick Wetherbee (as Joe Crehan)
1942
Film
The Merry Frinks
Mr. Baxter
1934
Film
Murder by an Aristocrat
Hilary Thatcher
1936
Film
Billy The Kid Returns
U.S. Marshal Dave Conway
1938
Film
The Desert Song
Steve, a Reporter
1943
Film
Duke of Chicago
'Tex' Harman
1949
Film
Almost a Gentleman
Prosecutor
1939
Film
Under Two Flags
Rake
1916
Film
The Story of Life
1948
Film
Talent Scout
A.J. Lambert
1937
Film
Girl on the Spot
Editor (uncredited)
1946
Film
The Trespasser
The Doctor
1947
Film
Tars and Spars
Admiral
1946
Film
Crime Takes a Holiday
Gov. Bill Allen
1938
Film
Midnight Madonna
Moe Grinnell
1937
Film
Here's Flash Casey
Blaine
1938
Film
Girls Can Play
Editor Brophy
1937
Film
Bengal Tiger
Bill Hinsdale
1936
Film
Because of Eve
Dr. West
1948
Film
Mama Runs Wild
Tom Fowler
1937
Film
God's Country and the Woman
Jordan
1937
Film
Voice in the Night
John Robinson
1934
Film
The Arkansas Traveler
McSweeney
1938
Film
Sundown in Santa Fe
Major Larkin
1948