It Happened One Night1934
As Detective (uncredited)
TMDb 7.8 / 10
Joseph Crehan
Born
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 (288)
The Big Sleep1946
As Medical Examiner (uncredited)
TMDb 7.6 / 10
Judgment at Nuremberg1961
As Courtroom Spectator at Verdict (uncredited)
TMDb 8.0 / 10
The Great Race1965
As Observer at Start (uncredited)
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Monsieur Verdoux1947
As Broker (uncredited)
TMDb 7.7 / 10
Seven Days in May1964
As Bit Part (uncredited)
TMDb 7.4 / 10
Duck Soup1933
As Dignitary at Reception (uncredited)
TMDb 7.3 / 10
They Died with Their Boots On1941
As President Ulysses S. Grant (uncredited)
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Bluebeard's 8th Wife1938
As American Tourist (uncredited)
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Santa Fe Trail1940
As Officer at Washington Party (uncredited)
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Deadline - U.S.A.1952
As The Standard City Editor (uncredited)
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Broadway Melody of 19401940
As Ballroom Manager (uncredited)
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Dodge City1939
As Hammond (uncredited)
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Gun Crazy1950
As Plant Foreman (uncredited)
TMDb 7.4 / 10
Mr. Lucky1943
As Detective (uncredited)
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Here Comes Mr. Jordan1941
As Doctor (uncredited)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Kid Galahad1937
As Brady
TMDb 7.1 / 10
The Sea of Grass1947
As Colorado Sen. Grew (uncredited)
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Hit the Ice1943
As Train Conductor #1 (uncredited)
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Texas1941
As Rancher Dusty King
TMDb 6.7 / 10
The Thin Man Goes Home1944
As Clancy - Policeman at Railroad Station (uncredited)
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Union Pacific1939
As Ulysses S. Grant
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Invisible Stripes1939
As Garage Owner (uncredited)
TMDb 6.2 / 10
The Roaring Twenties1939
As Michaels
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome1947
As Chief Brandon
TMDb 5.5 / 10
The Return of Doctor X1939
As Editor
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Bullets or Ballots1936
As Grand Jury Spokesman
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Happy Landing1938
As Agent
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Phantom Lady1944
As Detective
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Alexander's Ragtime Band1938
As Stage Manager
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Dick Tracy1945
As Chief Brandon
TMDb 5.3 / 10
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday1943
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Gentleman Jim1942
As Duffy - Referee (uncredited)
TMDb 7.2 / 10
The Virginian1946
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Anthony Adverse1936
As Capt. Elisha Jorham
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Shine on Harvest Moon1944
As Harry Miller (uncredited)
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Silver River1948
As Ulysses S. Grant (uncredited)
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Dick Tracy vs. Cueball1946
As Chief Brandon
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Love Crazy1941
As Judge
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Triple Trouble1950
As Warden Burnside
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Wings of the Navy1939
As Second Doctor
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Ringside1949
As Oscar Brannigan
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Special Agent1935
As Commissioner of Police
TMDb 6.2 / 10
The Adventures of Mark Twain1944
As Ulysses S. Grant
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Fuller Brush Girl1950
As Police Boat Captain (uncredited)
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Roadblock1951
As Thompson (uncredited)
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Too Hot to Handle1938
As First Advertising Man (uncredited)
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Jimmy the Gent1934
As Murder Trial Judge (uncredited)
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Magnificent Doll1946
As Williams (uncredited)
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Lady on a Train1945
As Train passenger (uncredited)
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Girl Trouble1942
As Kohn
TMDb 7.5 / 10
You Can't Get Away with Murder1939
As Warden of Sing Sing
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Andy Hardy's Private Secretary1941
As Peter Dugan
TMDb 5.7 / 10
The House Across the Bay1940
As Federal Man
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Black Magic1944
As Police Sgt. Matthews
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Star Reporter1939
As Gordon
TMDb 3.9 / 10
Adventure1945
As Ed - Maritime Office (uncredited)
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Four's a Crowd1938
As Butler Pierce
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Brother Orchid1940
As Brother MacEwen
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Dancing in the Dark1949
As Board Member
TMDb 6.0 / 10
I Love a Mystery1945
As Police Captain Quinn (Uncredited)
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Gold Diggers of 19371936
As Chairman
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Manpower1941
As Sweeney
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Deadline at Dawn1946
As Lt. Kane
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Don't Bet on Blondes1935
As Doctor Delivering Quintuplets (Uncredited)
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Girl on the Spot1946
As Editor (uncredited)
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Three Girls About Town1941
As Labor leader
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Babes in Arms1939
As Mr. Essex
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Adventures of the Flying Cadets1943
As Col. George Bolton [Chs. 1-2]
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Gentlemen Are Born1934
As Haskins
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Bad Men of Tombstone1949
As Mine Superintendent
TMDb 6.5 / 10
City for Conquest1940
As Doctor
TMDb 6.9 / 10
The Murder of Dr. Harrigan1936
As Lieut. Lamb
TMDb 5.8 / 10
The Fighting 69th1940
As Inoculations Doctor (uncredited)
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Mission to Moscow1943
As Reporter (uncredited)
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Louisiana1947
As Neilson
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Frisco Kid1935
As McClanahan
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Back Street1941
As Postman
TMDb 7.3 / 10
The Countess of Monte Cristo1948
As Joe
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Murder by an Aristocrat1936
As Hilary Thatcher
TMDb 5.0 / 10
The Falcon's Adventure1946
As Inspector Cavanaugh
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Wild Bill Hickok Rides1942
As Ray Trent (uncredited)
TMDb 5.5 / 10
The Flying Missile1950
As Rear Admiral
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Doctors Don't Tell1941
As Judge Hoskins
TMDb 5.2 / 10
The Case of the Howling Dog1934
As Captain Kelly (uncredited)
TMDb 6.3 / 10
The Woman of the Town1943
As New York Newspaper Editor
TMDb 6.4 / 10
The Twinkle In God's Eye1955
As Doctor
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Stanley and Livingstone1939
As Morehead
TMDb 6.4 / 10
The Case of the Stuttering Bishop1937
As Paul Drake
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Relentless1948
As Doctor (uncredited)
TMDb 6.4 / 10
A Day at Santa Anita1937
As Biff, Blackburn's Trainer (uncredited)
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Hello, Annapolis1942
As Evans Arden
TMDb 8.5 / 10
This Is My Affair1937
As Priest
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Strange Journey1946
As Thompson
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Hollywood Cavalcade1939
As Attorney
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Front Page Woman1935
As Spike Kiley
TMDb 5.9 / 10
The Iron Major1943
As Judge
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Go Into Your Dance1935
As H.P. Jackson
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Let 'em Have It1935
As Memory Test Instructor
TMDb 7.6 / 10
Dangerous Money1946
As Captain Black
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Christmas Holiday1944
As Steve (uncredited)
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Texas Rangers Ride Again1940
As Johnson
TMDb 5.6 / 10
We Are Not Alone1939
As American at Train Station
TMDb 6.9 / 10
The Courtship of Andy Hardy1942
As Peter Dugan
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Now I'll Tell1934
As Hospital Doctor (uncredited)
TMDb 5.1 / 10
Philo Vance's Gamble1947
As Ellis Mason
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Nine Lives Are Not Enough1941
As Editor (uncredited), Yates
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Road Gang1936
As Harry Shields
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Jack Pot1940
As Mayor Steven Andrews (uncredited)
TMDb 6.7 / 10
The Law in Her Hands1936
As Dist. Atty. Thomas Mallon
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Eyes of the Underworld1942
As Kirby - Assistant Police Chief
TMDb 5.6 / 10
They All Come Out1939
As Judge (uncredited)
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Sealed Lips1942
As Chief Charles R. Dugan
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Murder in the Big House1942
As Ainslee
TMDb 6.8 / 10
The Royal Mounted Rides Again1945
As RCMP Sergeant Nelson
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Oil for the Lamps of China1935
As Clements
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Female1933
As Police Lieutenant (Uncredited)
TMDb 6.3 / 10
The Case of the Black Parrot1941
As Inspector Grady
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Junior Army1942
As Mr. Jeffrey Ferguson
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Hands Across the Border1944
As Jeff "Bet-A-Hundred" Adams
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Public Deb No. 11940
As Director
TMDb 4.9 / 10
Obliging Young Lady1942
As Managing Editor (uncredited)
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Here Comes the Navy1934
As Recruiting Officer (uncredited)
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Brides Are Like That1936
As Tom Carter
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Beg, Borrow or Steal1937
As Mr. Parsons, Murillo Customer (uncredited)
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Desert Song1944
As Steve, a Reporter
TMDb 6.0 / 10
A Lost Lady1934
As Second Doctor (uncredited)
TMDb 5.8 / 10
The Tougher They Come1950
As Thompson
TMDb 5.3 / 10
We're in the Money1935
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Secrets of a Secretary1931
As Reporter
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Kid Comes Back1938
As Danny Lockridge
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Billy The Kid Returns1938
As U.S. Marshal Dave Conway
TMDb 4.9 / 10
A Guy Could Change1946
As McCarthy
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Great Alaskan Mystery1944
As Bill Hudson
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Tell No Tales1939
As Chalmers
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Black Fury1935
As Johnny Farrell
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Sundown in Santa Fe1948
As Major Larkin
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Night Time in Nevada1948
As Engineer Casey
TMDb 6.8 / 10
The Case of the Lucky Legs1935
As Detective Johnson
TMDb 6.0 / 10
A Man Betrayed1941
As Bob - Globe Newspaper Editor (uncredited)
TMDb 5.5 / 10
God's Country and the Woman1937
As Jordan
TMDb 5.2 / 10
Night Train to Memphis1946
As John Stevenson
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Bad Bascomb1946
As Gov. Clark (uncredited)
TMDb 7.3 / 10
The Phantom Thief1946
As 'Jumbo' Madigan - Pawnbroker
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Her Husband's Secretary1937
As Stevenson
TMDb 6.0 / 10
China Clipper1936
As Jim Horn
TMDb 5.8 / 10
You Can't Escape Forever1942
As Warden (uncredited)
TMDb 6.0 / 10
O.S.S.1946
As Gen. Donovan
TMDb 6.9 / 10
The Brute Man1946
As Police Commissioner Salisbury (uncredited)
TMDb 4.6 / 10
Guns of the Pecos1936
As Captain Norris
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Little Nellie Kelly1940
As Commissioner O'Brien (uncredited)
TMDb 6.8 / 10
The Go-Getter1937
As Karl Stone
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Stranded1935
As Johnny Quinn
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Parole Fixer1940
As Warden (uncredited)
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Boulder Dam1936
As Ross
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Larceny, Inc.1942
As Warden
TMDb 7.1 / 10
There Goes My Girl1937
As Sgt. Wood
TMDb 7.5 / 10
State Department: File 6491949
As Government Official
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Full Confession1939
As Warden (uncredited)
TMDb 5.6 / 10
The Family Secret1951
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Music in My Heart1940
As Mark C. Gilman
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Gateway1938
As Inspector
TMDb 7.4 / 10
The Gallant Legion1948
As George Trent - State Official
TMDb 7.2 / 10
The Missing Juror1944
As Willard Apple
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Geronimo1939
As President Ulysses S. Grant
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Born Reckless1937
As District Attorney
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Highway Dragnet1954
As Elderly Border Inspection Officer
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Adventures in Silverado1948
As McHugh
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Society Lawyer1939
As City Editor
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Night Spot1938
As Inspector Wayland
TMDb 4.6 / 10
Outlaws of the Orient1937
As Snyder
TMDb 5.3 / 10
The Mysterious Mr. M1946
As Dan Blair
TMDb 5.2 / 10
Havana Widows1933
As Ship Captain (uncredited)
TMDb 6.6 / 10
The Duke Comes Back1937
As Pat Doyle
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Gang Bullets1938
As Wallace
TMDb 5.9 / 10
To the People of the United States1944
As Doctor at Hospital (uncredited)
TMDb 6.2 / 10
The Singing Kid1936
As Agent Fulton (uncredited)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
She Has What It Takes1943
As George Clarke
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Crime Takes a Holiday1938
As Gov. Bill Allen
TMDb 9.0 / 10
The Last Bandit1949
As Local No. 44 Engineer
TMDb 7.0 / 10
April Showers1948
As William Barnes
TMDb 6.5 / 10
A Criminal Is Born1938
As Frank Wheeler
TMDb 7.4 / 10
Dinky1935
As Orphanage Director
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Crazy House1943
As Mogey (uncredited)
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Navy Way1944
As Chaplain Benson
TMDb 6.3 / 10
The Arizona Cowboy1950
As Colonel Jefferson
TMDb 10.0 / 10
While the Patient Slept1935
As Evening Bulletin Editor (uncredited)
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Blackmail1939
As Mr. Blaine (uncredited)
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Girls on Probation1938
As Todd
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Men of Texas1942
As Luther Crittenden
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Sleepers East1934
As Conductor (uncredited)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Captain's Kid1936
As Deputy Coroner Frank Knickerbocker
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Earthworm Tractors1936
As Mr. Henderson
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Pride of the Navy
Pride of the Navy1939
As Brad Foster
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Hell Cat1934
As Captain Barnett
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Keep 'Em Slugging1943
As Detective Sergeant
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Cain and Mabel1936
As Reed's Manager
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Whistling in Dixie1942
As Deputy Police Commissioner (uncredited)
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Maisie1939
As Defense Attorney Wilcox
TMDb 4.8 / 10
Private Detective1939
As Capt. Murphy
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Page Miss Glory1935
As Detective Chief
TMDb 6.7 / 10
One Mysterious Night1944
As Jumbo Madigan (Uncredited)
TMDb 6.2 / 10
King of Hockey1936
As Mike Trotter
TMDb 5.4 / 10
When the Lights Go On Again1944
As Bob
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Behind the Mask1946
As Police Inspector Cardonna
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Emergency Squad1940
As H. Tyler Joyce, editor
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Tars and Spars1946
As Admiral
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Talent Scout1937
As A.J. Lambert
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Duke of Chicago1949
As 'Tex' Harman
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Man Alive1945
As Dr. James P. Whitney
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Jailbreak1936
As Warden
TMDb 6.7 / 10
The Green Hornet1940
As Judge Stanton
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Washington Melodrama1941
As Phil Sampson
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Voice in the Night1934
As John Robinson
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Merry Frinks1934
As Mr. Baxter
TMDb 4.8 / 10
The Hunted1948
As Small Town Police Captain
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Here's Flash Casey1938
As Blaine
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Colorado1940
As Gen. Ulysses S. Grant
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Before Midnight1933
As Capt. Frank Flynn
TMDb 4.6 / 10
Navy Secrets1939
As FBI Chief Herbert Daly
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Crazylegs1953
As Hank Hatch
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Homicide for Three1948
As Police Captain
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Midnight Court1937
As Judge Frederick J. Thompson
TMDb 5.1 / 10
Nevada City1941
As Mark Benton
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Secret Seven1940
As Police Chief Hobbs
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Here Comes Happiness1941
As Tom Burke
TMDb 6.0 / 10
State Police1938
As Mr. Owen, Mine Owner
TMDb 8.0 / 10
False Faces1943
As Police Capt. Alan O'Brien
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Scattergood Baines1941
As Keith
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Gang Busters1942
As Police Chief Martin O'Brien
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Blossoms On Broadway1937
As Bartender (uncredited)
TMDb 4.8 / 10
Bengal Tiger1936
As Bill Hinsdale
TMDb 4.8 / 10
Pride of Maryland1951
As Mr. Herndon
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Bright Lights1935
As Post Office Attendant
TMDb 5.1 / 10
Big Hearted Herbert1934
As IRS Tax Investigator (uncredited)
TMDb 5.5 / 10
The Secret Code1942
As Police Chief Henry Burns
TMDb 5.9 / 10
The Payoff1935
As Harvey Morris
TMDb 5.5 / 10
The Line-Up1934
As Police Capt. Daniel McGrath
TMDb 3.5 / 10
Man of Iron1935
As Tom Martin
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Once a Doctor1937
As Captain Andrews
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Amazon Quest1949
As De Ruyter
TMDb 4.0 / 10
Illegal Traffic1938
As Chief Daley
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Shipmates Forever1935
As Spike (uncredited)
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Captain Tugboat Annie1945
As Alec Severn
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Midnight Intruder1938
As Bill Harwood - Newspaper Editor
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Smart Blonde1937
As Tiny Torgensen
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Flying Blind1941
As Nunnally
TMDb 4.6 / 10
City Without Men1943
As Father Burns
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Here Comes Carter1936
As Daniel Bronson
TMDb 5.5 / 10
The Story of Life1948
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Traveling Saleslady1935
As Murdock
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Down the Stretch1936
As C.D. Burch
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Street Corner1948
As Dr. James Fenton
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Girls Can Play1937
As Editor Brophy
TMDb 5.2 / 10
Trailin' West1936
As Colonel Douglas
TMDb 8.0 / 10
The Shadow Returns1946
As Police Insp. Cardona
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Prejudice1949
As J.P. Baker
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Mystery Broadcast1943
As Chief Daniels
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Strange Wives1934
As Immigration Official
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Cadets on Parade1942
As Jeff Shannon
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Behind Prison Gates1939
As Prison Warden O'Neil
TMDb 10.0 / 10
The Arkansas Traveler1938
As McSweeney
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Almost a Gentleman1939
As Prosecutor
TMDb 8.0 / 10
The Star Maker1939
As Thomas Marlowe
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Gaucho Serenade1940
As Edward Martin
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Trespasser1947
As The Doctor
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Under Two Flags1916
As Rake
Among the Missing1934
As Detective O'Malley
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Alias the Champ1949
As Tim Murphy
TMDb 7.3 / 10
The Wrong Road1937
As District Attorney
TMDb 4.8 / 10
Woman Against Woman1938
As Sen. Kingsley
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Draegerman Courage1937
As Dr. Stuart Hunter
TMDb 7.3 / 10
The Cherokee Strip1937
As Army Officer
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Chicago Kid1945
As Chief Rogers
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Honeymoon Lodge1943
As Judge
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Enchanted Valley1948
As Chief Scott
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Gambler's Choice1944
As Toby (uncredited)
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Whispering Enemies1939
As George Harley
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Know For Sure1941
As supporting role
TMDb 4.2 / 10
Treat 'Em Rough
Treat 'Em Rough1942
As Roderick Wetherbee (as Joe Crehan)
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Midnight Madonna1937
As Moe Grinnell
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Against the Law1934
As Capt. Elliott
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Red Desert1949
As President Ulysses S. Grant
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Mama Runs Wild1937
As Tom Fowler
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Stolen Heaven1931
As Henry - Steve's Butler
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Unto Thyself Be True
Unto Thyself Be True1949
As Frank Hartwell
Because of Eve1948
As Dr. West
TMDb 4.8 / 10
Beyond the Law1934
As Chief Anderson
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Filmography and biography: TMDb