Joseph Crehan

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.

Cast

The Secret Seven

Police Chief Hobbs

Alias the Champ

Scattergood Baines

Bluebeard's 8th Wife

American Tourist (uncredited)

Brother MacEwen

Voice in the Night

Chief Charles R. Dugan

Warden Burnside

The Missing Juror

Willard Apple / Falstaff

Whispering Enemies

Bullets or Ballots

Grand Jury Spokesman

Deadline at Dawn

Bob - Globe Newspaper Editor (uncredited), Unknown

Alexander's Ragtime Band

The Roaring Twenties

Earthworm Tractors

We're in the Money

Police Sgt. Matthews

Dangerous Money

Highway Dragnet

Elderly Border Inspection Officer

Small Town Police Captain

The Falcon's Adventure

Inspector Cavanaugh

Dick Tracy vs. Cueball

The Amazing Mrs. Holliday

One Mysterious Night

Jumbo Madigan (Uncredited)

Defense Attorney Wilcox

Commissioner of Police

Hands Across the Border

Jeff "Bet-A-Hundred" Adams

Whistling in Dixie

Deputy Police Commissioner (uncredited)

Dr. James Fenton

Secrets of a Secretary

Three Girls About Town

The Phantom Thief

'Jumbo' Madigan - Pawnbroker

The Murder of Dr. Harrigan

Eyes of the Underworld

Kirby - Assistant Police Chief

I Love a Mystery

Police Captain Quinn (Uncredited)

The Countess of Monte Cristo

Full Confession

Warden (uncredited)

The Arkansas Traveler

The Mysterious Mr. M

Homicide for Three

God's Country and the Woman

supporting role

The Case of the Black Parrot

Inspector Grady

Music in My Heart

A Criminal Is Born

When the Lights Go On Again

Night Time in Nevada

The Case of the Lucky Legs

Detective Johnson

Mystery Broadcast

The Case of the Stuttering Bishop

Hospital Doctor (uncredited)

Behind the Mask

Police Inspector Cardonna

The Shadow Returns

Police Insp. Cardona

Murder in the Big House

The Twinkle In God's Eye

Duke of Chicago

Private Detective

The Duke Comes Back

Behind Prison Gates

Prison Warden O'Neil

The Chicago Kid

Girls on Probation

Judge Frederick J. Thompson

Here Comes Carter

Guns of the Pecos

Here's Flash Casey

District Attorney

Second Doctor (uncredited)

Dr. James P. Whitney

The Great Alaskan Mystery

Orphanage Director

Midnight Intruder

Bill Harwood - Newspaper Editor

Billy The Kid Returns

U.S. Marshal Dave Conway

Ulysses S. Grant

The Courtship of Andy Hardy

The Case of the Howling Dog

Captain Kelly (uncredited)

Against the Law

Let 'em Have It

Memory Test Instructor

Murder Trial Judge (uncredited)

Henry - Steve's Butler

Nine Lives Are Not Enough

Editor (uncredited), Yates

Captain Barnett

Illegal Traffic

Inspector Wayland

There Goes My Girl

Murder by an Aristocrat

Hilary Thatcher

Outlaws of the Orient

Washington Melodrama

Captain Tugboat Annie

Before Midnight

Capt. Frank Flynn

Philo Vance's Gamble

The Fuller Brush Girl

Police Boat Captain (uncredited)

Immigration Official

The Family Secret

Woman Against Woman

Ship Captain (uncredited)

Rancher Dusty King

Hollywood Cavalcade

Draegerman Courage

Dr. Stuart Hunter

Beg, Borrow or Steal

Mr. Parsons, Murillo Customer (uncredited)

The Merry Frinks

Gentlemen Are Born

Oil for the Lamps of China

Page Miss Glory

Detective Chief

FBI Chief Herbert Daly

Her Husband's Secretary

Wings of the Navy

Almost a Gentleman

Hammond (uncredited)

We Are Not Alone

American at Train Station

The Tougher They Come

Stanley and Livingstone

Christmas Holiday

Steve, the bartender

The Return of Doctor X

Mr. Blaine (uncredited)

Mayor Steven Andrews (uncredited)

While the Patient Slept

Evening Bulletin Editor (uncredited)

It Happened One Night

Detective (uncredited)

Doctors Don't Tell

Unto Thyself Be True

The Cherokee Strip

Traveling Saleslady

Night Train to Memphis

Warden (uncredited)

Lady on a Train

Train passenger (uncredited)

Judgment at Nuremberg

Courtroom Spectator at Verdict (uncredited)

Among the Missing

Detective O'Malley

Gambler's Choice

Toby (uncredited)

Here Comes Mr. Jordan

Doctor (uncredited)

Treat 'Em Rough

Roderick Wetherbee (as Joe Crehan)

Broadway Melody of 1940

Ballroom Manager (uncredited)

Monsieur Verdoux

Broker (uncredited)

The Fighting 69th

Inoculations Doctor (uncredited)

Colonel Douglas

Captain Andrews

Dignitary at Reception (uncredited)

Emergency Squad

H. Tyler Joyce, editor

The Green Hornet

Mr. Jeffrey Ferguson

Front Page Woman

Pride of the Navy

President Ulysses S. Grant

The Sea of Grass

Colorado Sen. Grew (uncredited)

Here Comes the Navy

Recruiting Officer (uncredited)

Down the Stretch

Gen. Ulysses S. Grant

Gaucho Serenade

This Is My Affair

The Texas Rangers Ride Again

Officer at Washington Party (uncredited)

Gov. Clark (uncredited)

Andy Hardy's Private Secretary

Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome

Brides Are Like That

City for Conquest

The House Across the Bay

The Singing Kid

Agent Fulton (uncredited)

Little Nellie Kelly

Commissioner O'Brien (uncredited)

Duffy - Referee (uncredited)

Post Office Attendant

President Ulysses S. Grant

The Captain's Kid

Deputy Coroner Frank Knickerbocker

The Gallant Legion

George Trent - State Official

A Guy Could Change

The Flying Missile

Hello, Annapolis

The Arizona Cowboy

Colonel Jefferson

Luther Crittenden

Keep 'Em Slugging

Detective Sergeant

Police Chief Martin O'Brien

District Attorney

The Royal Mounted Rides Again

RCMP Sergeant Nelson

Adventures in Silverado

Sundown in Santa Fe

Bad Men of Tombstone

Mine Superintendent

Wild Bill Hickok Rides

Ray Trent (uncredited)

The Last Bandit

Local No. 44 Engineer

The Woman of the Town

New York Newspaper Editor

They Died with Their Boots On

President Ulysses S. Grant (uncredited)

Adventures of the Flying Cadets

Col. George Bolton [Chs. 1-2]

Conductor (uncredited)

Gold Diggers of 1937

Strange Journey

Thompson (uncredited)

A Day at Santa Anita

Biff, Blackburn's Trainer (uncredited)

The Secret Code

Police Chief Henry Burns

The Kid Comes Back

Danny Lockridge

Obliging Young Lady

Managing Editor (uncredited)

Police Lieutenant (Uncredited)

Oscar Brannigan

Big Hearted Herbert

IRS Tax Investigator (uncredited)

Shipmates Forever

Spike (uncredited)

Police Capt. Alan O'Brien

Deadline - U.S.A.

City Editor of The Standard (uncredited)

Midnight Madonna

Anthony Adverse

Capt. Elisha Jorham

Doctor (uncredited)

City Without Men

They All Come Out

Judge (uncredited)

The Desert Song

Steve, a Reporter

Public Deb No. 1

Mogey (uncredited)

Mission to Moscow

Reporter (uncredited)

Honeymoon Lodge

Detective (uncredited)

Cadets on Parade

Chaplain Benson

Go Into Your Dance

Mr. Owen, Mine Owner

Here Comes Happiness

The Adventures of Mark Twain

Ulysses S. Grant

Dancing in the Dark

The Enchanted Valley

Medical Examiner (uncredited)

Train Conductor #1 (uncredited)

Under Two Flags

Blossoms On Broadway

Bartender (uncredited)

State Department: File 649

Government Official

Ed - Maritime Office (uncredited)

Plant Foreman (uncredited)

Magnificent Doll

Williams (uncredited)

You Can't Get Away with Murder

Warden of Sing Sing

Invisible Stripes

Garage Owner (uncredited)

Don't Bet on Blondes

Doctor Delivering Quintuplets (Uncredited)

She Has What It Takes

You Can't Escape Forever

Warden (uncredited)

Ulysses S. Grant (uncredited)

Police Commissioner Salisbury (uncredited)

Crime Takes a Holiday

Gov. Bill Allen

To the People of the United States

Doctor at Hospital (uncredited)

The Law in Her Hands

Dist. Atty. Thomas Mallon

The Story of Life

The Thin Man Goes Home

Clancy - Policeman at Railroad Station (uncredited)

Shine on Harvest Moon

Harry Miller (uncredited)

Observer at Start (uncredited)

Too Hot to Handle

First Advertising Man (uncredited)

Pride of Maryland