
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.

Police Chief Hobbs
The Secret Seven

Judge
Love Crazy

Sweeney
Manpower

Tim Murphy
Alias the Champ

Keith
Scattergood Baines

American Tourist (uncredited)
Bluebeard's 8th 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 (uncredited)
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 (uncredited)
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

Harry Miller (uncredited)
Shine on Harvest Moon

Observer at Start (uncredited)
The Great Race

First Advertising Man (uncredited)
Too Hot to Handle
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
286
Gender
Male
Birthday
1883-07-14
Place of Birth
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Also Known As
Joseph A. Creaghan