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