Joseph Crehan

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.

Known For

Police Chief Hobbs

The Secret Seven

Judge

Love Crazy

Sweeney

Manpower

Tim Murphy

Alias the Champ

Keith

Scattergood Baines

American Tourist (uncredited)

Bluebeard's Eighth Wife

Brother MacEwen

Brother Orchid

John Robinson

Voice in the Night

Chief Charles R. Dugan

Sealed Lips

Willard Apple / Falstaff

The Missing Juror

Warden Burnside

Triple Trouble

George Harley

Whispering Enemies

Lt. Kane

Deadline at Dawn

Grand Jury Spokesman

Bullets or Ballots

Bob - Globe Newspaper Editor (uncredited)

A Man Betrayed

Detective

Phantom Lady

Stage Manager

Alexander's Ragtime Band

Michaels

The Roaring Twenties

Mr. Henderson

Earthworm Tractors

We're in the Money

Police Sgt. Matthews

Black Magic

Captain Black

Dangerous Money

Elderly Border Inspection Officer

Highway Dragnet

Small Town Police Captain

The Hunted

Inspector Cavanaugh

The Falcon's Adventure

Chief Brandon

Dick Tracy vs. Cueball

The Amazing Mrs. Holliday

Jumbo Madigan (Uncredited)

One Mysterious Night

Defense Attorney Wilcox

Maisie

Warden

Larceny, Inc.

Commissioner of Police

Special Agent

Brady

Kid Galahad

Jeff "Bet-A-Hundred" Adams

Hands Across the Border

Deputy Police Commissioner (uncredited)

Whistling in Dixie

Johnny Farrell

Black Fury

Tom Fowler

Mama Runs Wild

Dr. James Fenton

Street Corner

Gen. Donovan

O.S.S.

Reporter

Secrets of a Secretary

Labor leader

Three Girls About Town

'Jumbo' Madigan - Pawnbroker

The Phantom Thief

Lieut. Lamb

The Murder of Dr. Harrigan

Tiny Torgensen

Smart Blonde

Kirby - Assistant Police Chief

Eyes of the Underworld

Police Captain Quinn (Uncredited)

I Love a Mystery

Joe

The Countess of Monte Cristo

Warden (uncredited)

Full Confession

McSweeney

The Arkansas Traveler

Postman

Back Street

Dan Blair

The Mysterious Mr. M

Police Captain

Homicide for Three

Jordan

God's Country and the Woman

supporting role

Know For Sure

Chief Brandon

Dick Tracy

Inspector Grady

The Case of the Black Parrot

Mark C. Gilman

Music in My Heart

Frank Wheeler

A Criminal Is Born

Bob

When the Lights Go On Again

Engineer Casey

Night Time in Nevada

Detective Johnson

The Case of the Lucky Legs

Chief Daniels

Mystery Broadcast

Paul Drake

The Case of the Stuttering Bishop

Hospital Doctor (uncredited)

Now I'll Tell

McClanahan

Frisco Kid

Police Insp. Cardona

The Shadow Returns

Police Inspector Cardonna

Behind the Mask

Ainslee

Murder in the Big House

Doctor

The Twinkle In God's Eye

'Tex' Harman

Duke of Chicago

Reed's Manager

Cain and Mabel

Capt. Murphy

Private Detective

Pat Doyle

The Duke Comes Back

Prison Warden O'Neil

Behind Prison Gates

Chief Rogers

The Chicago Kid

Todd

Girls on Probation

City Editor

Society Lawyer

Judge Frederick J. Thompson

Midnight Court

A.J. Lambert

Talent Scout

Daniel Bronson

Here Comes Carter

Gordon

Star Reporter

Harry Shields

Road Gang

Captain Norris

Guns of the Pecos

Blaine

Here's Flash Casey

Harvey Morris

The Payoff

District Attorney

The Wrong Road

Karl Stone

The Go-Getter

Second Doctor (uncredited)

A Lost Lady

Neilson

Louisiana

Dr. James P. Whitney

Man Alive

Bill Hudson

The Great Alaskan Mystery

Mike Trotter

King of Hockey

Orphanage Director

Dinky

Bill Harwood - Newspaper Editor

Midnight Intruder

U.S. Marshal Dave Conway

Billy The Kid Returns

Ulysses S. Grant

Union Pacific

Peter Dugan

The Courtship of Andy Hardy

Agent

Happy Landing

Captain Kelly (uncredited)

The Case of the Howling Dog

Capt. Elliott

Against the Law

Wallace

Gang Bullets

Memory Test Instructor

Let 'em Have It

Murder Trial Judge (uncredited)

Jimmy the Gent

Henry - Steve's Butler

Stolen Heaven

Editor (uncredited)

Nine Lives Are Not Enough

Captain Barnett

The Hell Cat

Chief Daley

Illegal Traffic

Inspector Wayland

Night Spot

Sgt. Wood

There Goes My Girl

Hilary Thatcher

Murder by an Aristocrat

Snyder

Outlaws of the Orient

Phil Sampson

Washington Melodrama

Alec Severn

Captain Tugboat Annie

Capt. Frank Flynn

Before Midnight

Ellis Mason

Philo Vance's Gamble

Police Boat Captain (uncredited)

The Fuller Brush Girl

Immigration Official

Strange Wives

The Family Secret

Sen. Kingsley

Woman Against Woman

Ship Captain (uncredited)

Havana Widows

Chalmers

Tell No Tales

Rancher Dusty King

Texas

Attorney

Hollywood Cavalcade

Dr. Stuart Hunter

Draegerman Courage

Mr. Parsons, Murillo Customer (uncredited)

Beg, Borrow or Steal

Mr. Baxter

The Merry Frinks

Haskins

Gentlemen Are Born

The Virginian

Clements

Oil for the Lamps of China

Detective Chief

Page Miss Glory

FBI Chief Herbert Daly

Navy Secrets

Stevenson

Her Husband's Secretary

Second Doctor

Wings of the Navy

Prosecutor

Almost a Gentleman

Hammond (uncredited)

Dodge City

Ross

Boulder Dam

American at Train Station

We Are Not Alone

Thompson

The Tougher They Come

Morehead

Stanley and Livingstone

Steve, the bartender

Christmas Holiday

Editor

The Return of Doctor X

Mr. Blaine (uncredited)

Blackmail

Mr. Essex

Babes in Arms

Mayor Steven Andrews (uncredited)

Jack Pot

Evening Bulletin Editor (uncredited)

While the Patient Slept

Detective (uncredited)

It Happened One Night

Hank Hatch

Crazylegs

Army Officer

The Cherokee Strip

Frank Hartwell

Unto Thyself Be True

Judge Hoskins

Doctors Don't Tell

Murdock

Traveling Saleslady

Tom Martin

Man of Iron

John Stevenson

Night Train to Memphis

Warden (uncredited)

Parole Fixer

Train passenger (uncredited)

Lady on a Train

Courtroom Spectator at Verdict (uncredited)

Judgment at Nuremberg

Detective O'Malley

Among the Missing

Toby (uncredited)

Gambler's Choice

Doctor (uncredited)

Here Comes Mr. Jordan

Chief Anderson

Beyond the Law

Roderick Wetherbee (as Joe Crehan)

Treat 'Em Rough

Ballroom Manager (uncredited)

Broadway Melody of 1940

Broker (uncredited)

Monsieur Verdoux

Inoculations Doctor (uncredited)

The Fighting 69th

Colonel Douglas

Trailin' West

William Barnes

April Showers

Captain Andrews

Once a Doctor

Warden

Jailbreak

Dignitary at Reception (uncredited)

Duck Soup

H. Tyler Joyce, editor

Emergency Squad

Judge Stanton

The Green Hornet

Mr. Jeffrey Ferguson

Junior Army

Editor Brophy

Girls Can Play

Spike Kiley

Front Page Woman

Brad Foster

Pride of the Navy

President Ulysses S. Grant

Red Desert

Colorado Sen. Grew (uncredited)

The Sea of Grass

Recruiting Officer (uncredited)

Here Comes the Navy

C.D. Burch

Down the Stretch

Gen. Ulysses S. Grant

Colorado

Edward Martin

Gaucho Serenade

Priest

This Is My Affair

Johnson

The Texas Rangers Ride Again

Officer at Washington Party (uncredited)

Santa Fe Trail

Gov. Clark (uncredited)

Bad Bascomb

Kohn

Girl Trouble

Peter Dugan

Andy Hardy's Private Secretary

Chief Brandon

Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome

Inspector

Gateway

Federal Man

The House Across the Bay

Doctor

City for Conquest

Tom Carter

Brides Are Like That

Agent Fulton (uncredited)

The Singing Kid

Commissioner O'Brien (uncredited)

Little Nellie Kelly

Duffy - Referee (uncredited)

Gentleman Jim

Post Office Attendant

Bright Lights

President Ulysses S. Grant

Geronimo

Deputy Coroner Frank Knickerbocker

The Captain's Kid

Nunnally

Flying Blind

George Trent - State Official

The Gallant Legion

The Doctor

The Trespasser

McCarthy

A Guy Could Change

Rear Admiral

The Flying Missile

Evans Arden

Hello, Annapolis

Colonel Jefferson

The Arizona Cowboy

Luther Crittenden

Men of Texas

Detective Sergeant

Keep 'Em Slugging

Police Chief Martin O'Brien

Gang Busters

District Attorney

Born Reckless

RCMP Sergeant Nelson

The Royal Mounted Rides Again

Major Larkin

Sundown in Santa Fe

McHugh

Adventures in Silverado

Mark Benton

Nevada City

Mine Superintendent

Bad Men of Tombstone

Ray Trent (uncredited)

Wild Bill Hickok Rides

Local No. 44 Engineer

The Last Bandit

Dr. West

Because of Eve

New York Newspaper Editor

The Woman of the Town

President Ulysses S. Grant (uncredited)

They Died with Their Boots On

Col. George Bolton [Chs. 1-2]

Adventures of the Flying Cadets

Conductor (uncredited)

Sleepers East

Thomas Marlowe

The Star Maker

Chairman

Gold Diggers of 1937

Thompson

Strange Journey

Thompson (uncredited)

Roadblock

Biff, Blackburn's Trainer (uncredited)

A Day at Santa Anita

Police Chief Henry Burns

The Secret Code

Danny Lockridge

The Kid Comes Back

Managing Editor (uncredited)

Obliging Young Lady

Police Lieutenant (Uncredited)

Female

Oscar Brannigan

Ringside

IRS Tax Investigator (uncredited)

Big Hearted Herbert

Spike (uncredited)

Shipmates Forever

Police Capt. Alan O'Brien

False Faces

City Editor of The Standard (uncredited)

Deadline - U.S.A.

Moe Grinnell

Midnight Madonna

Capt. Elisha Jorham

Anthony Adverse

Doctor (uncredited)

Relentless

Johnny Quinn

Stranded

Admiral

Tars and Spars

Father Burns

City Without Men

Judge (uncredited)

They All Come Out

Steve, a Reporter

The Desert Song

Director

Public Deb No. 1

Mogey

Crazy House

Reporter (uncredited)

Mission to Moscow

Judge

Honeymoon Lodge

Detective (uncredited)

Mr. Lucky

Jeff Shannon

Cadets on Parade

Chaplain Benson

The Navy Way

H.P. Jackson

Go Into Your Dance

Mr. Owen, Mine Owner

State Police

Tom Burke

Here Comes Happiness

Ulysses S. Grant

The Adventures of Mark Twain

Board Member

Dancing in the Dark

Chief Scott

The Enchanted Valley

Medical Examiner (uncredited)

The Big Sleep

Train Conductor #1 (uncredited)

Hit the Ice

Jim Horn

China Clipper

Rake

Under Two Flags

Bartender (uncredited)

Blossoms On Broadway

De Ruyter

Amazon Quest

Government Official

State Department: File 649

Ed - Maritime Office (uncredited)

Adventure

Plant Foreman (uncredited)

Gun Crazy

Williams

Magnificent Doll

Bill Hinsdale

Bengal Tiger

Warden of Sing Sing

You Can't Get Away with Murder

A Man Betrayed

Garage Owner (uncredited)

Invisible Stripes

Yates

Nine Lives Are Not Enough

J.P. Baker

Prejudice

Doctor Delivering Quintuplets (Uncredited)

Don't Bet on Blondes

George Clarke

She Has What It Takes

Warden (uncredited)

You Can't Escape Forever

Ulysses S. Grant (uncredited)

Silver River

Butler Pierce

Four's a Crowd

Police Commissioner Salisbury (uncredited)

The Brute Man

Gov. Bill Allen

Crime Takes a Holiday

Doctor at Hospital (uncredited)

To the People of the United States

Dist. Atty. Thomas Mallon

The Law in Her Hands

The Story of Life

Judge

The Iron Major

Clancy - Policeman at Railroad Station (uncredited)

The Thin Man Goes Home

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

283

Gender

Male

Birthday

1883-07-14

Place of Birth

Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Also Known As

Joseph A. Creaghan