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 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
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
283
Gender
Male
Birthday
1883-07-14
Place of Birth
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Also Known As
Joseph A. Creaghan