Actor
Joseph Crehan
July 14, 1883 · Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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.
Notable work
7.8It Happened One Night (1934)
as Detective (uncredited)
7.6The Big Sleep (1946)
as Medical Examiner (uncredited)
8Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
as Courtroom Spectator at Verdict (uncredited)
7.3Duck Soup (1933)
as Dignitary at Reception (uncredited)
7.7Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
as Broker (uncredited)
7.1The Great Race (1965)
as Observer at Start (uncredited)
7.4Gun Crazy (1950)
as Plant Foreman (uncredited)
Often works with
Irving Bacon
4 titles together
It Happened One Night, Monsieur Verdoux, They Died with Their Boots On
William Frawley
4 titles together
Monsieur Verdoux, I Love Lucy, Gentleman Jim
Regis Toomey
3 titles together
The Big Sleep, Phantom Lady, They Died with Their Boots On
Minor Watson
3 titles together
They Died with Their Boots On, The Thin Man Goes Home, Gentleman Jim
Alan Hale
2 titles together
It Happened One Night, Gentleman Jim
Ward Bond
2 titles together
It Happened One Night, Gentleman Jim
Full filmography · 150
The Great Race
as Observer at Start (uncredited)
19657.1
Seven Days in May
as Bit Part (uncredited)
19647.4
Judgment at Nuremberg
as Courtroom Spectator at Verdict (uncredited)
19618
The Twinkle In God's Eye
as Doctor
1955
Highway Dragnet
as Elderly Border Inspection Officer
19545.7
Crazylegs
as Hank Hatch
1953
Deadline - U.S.A.
as The Standard City Editor (uncredited)
19526.9
The Family Secret
cast
1951
Roadblock
as Thompson (uncredited)
19515.9
Pride of Maryland
as Mr. Herndon
1951
The Flying Missile
as Rear Admiral
1950
The Tougher They Come
as Thompson
1950