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Joel Albert McCrea (November 5, 1905 – October 20, 1990) was an American actor whose career spanned a wide variety of genres over almost five decades, including comedy, drama, romance, thrillers, adventures, and Westerns, for which he became best known.
Joel McCrea. Actor: Sullivan's Travels. One of the great stars of American Westerns, and a very popular leading man in non-Westerns as well. He was born and raised in the surroundings of Hollywood and as a boy became interested in the movies that were being made all around.
Oct 21, 1990 · Joel McCrea, a tall, trim, ruggedly handsome actor who radiated a casual, amiable image in 80 movies, many of them westerns, died yesterday of pulmonary complications at the Motion Picture...
Joel McCrea. Actor: Sullivan's Travels. One of the great stars of American Westerns, and a very popular leading man in non-Westerns as well. He was born and raised in the surroundings of Hollywood and as a boy became interested in the movies that were being made all around.
Joel McCrea was an American actor and producer best known for his work in Western films.
May 15, 2024 · Joel McCrea was an American motion-picture actor of the 1930s and ’40s. McCrea was the son of a utility company executive. He graduated from Pomona College in 1928 and worked as a stuntman and bit player in Hollywood before playing his first leading role in 1930, in The Silver Horde.
Joel McCrea and Gary Cooper were not only similar Hollywood actor types — tall and terse in the saddle, shy and “Yes ma’am,” “No Ma’am” polite on the ground — but bosom pals. According to McCrea, they were discovered at the same moment by the famous silent filmmaker Henry King.
