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Joel McCrea

from the trailer for Woman Wanted (1935)
Born Joel Albert McCrea
November 5, 1905
South Pasadena, California
Died October 20, 1990, aged 84
Los Angeles, California
Spouse(s) Frances Dee (1933-1990)

Joel Albert McCrea, (November 5, 1905 - October 20, 1990) was an American film actor. Events 1499 - Publication of the Catholicon in Treguier ( Brittany) Year 1905 ( MCMV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting South Pasadena is a City in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Events 1740 - Maria Theresa takes the throne of Austria. France, Prussia, Bavaria and Saxony Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West Frances Marion Dee ( November 26 1909 &ndash March 6 2004) was an American Actress. Events 1499 - Publication of the Catholicon in Treguier ( Brittany) Year 1905 ( MCMV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Events 1740 - Maria Theresa takes the throne of Austria. France, Prussia, Bavaria and Saxony Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) The United States of America —commonly referred to as the An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works

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Film career

Born in South Pasadena, California, McCrea became interested in films after graduating from Pomona College. South Pasadena is a City in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Pomona College is a private residential liberal arts college located in Claremont California. He worked as an extra in films from 1927 before being cast in a major role in The Jazz Age (1929). Events The days of the Silent film were numbered A mad scramble to provide synchronized sound was on A contract with MGM followed, and then another with RKO. He established himself as a handsome leading man who was considered versatile enough to star in both dramas and comedies.

In the 1930s, McCrea starred in two large-scale westerns, Wells Fargo (1937) with wife-to-be Francis Dee and Cecil B. DeMille's Union Pacific (1939) with Barbara Stanwyck. The year 1937 in film involved some significant events Events April 16 - Way Out West premieres in Frances Marion Dee ( November 26 1909 &ndash March 6 2004) was an American Actress. Cecil Blount DeMille ( August 12, 1881 – January 21, 1959) was an Academy Award -winning American Film director Union Pacific is a 1939 film about the building of the Railroad across the American West. The year 1939 in film involved some significant events Events Movie historians and film buffs often look back on the year 1939 as "the Barbara Stanwyck ( July 16, &ndash January 20,) was an American actress, a star of film and television known during her 60-year career as a He reached the peak of his early career in the early 1940s, in such films as Alfred Hitchcock's Foreign Correspondent (1940) and two by Preston Sturges, Sullivan's Travels (1941), and The Palm Beach Story (1942). Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, KBE (13 Foreign Correspondent is a thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock which tells the story of an American reporter who tries to expose enemy spies in The year 1940 in film involved some significant events Events February 7 - Walt Disney 's animated Film Preston Sturges ( August 29, 1898 – August 6, 1959) originally Edmund Preston Biden was a celebrated Screenwriter and Sullivan's Travels is a American Comedy film written and directed by Preston Sturges. The year 1941 in film involved some significant events in particular the release of a film consistently rated as one of the greatest films of all time The Palm Beach Story is a romantic Screwball comedy film written and directed by Preston Sturges, and starring Claudette Colbert, The year 1942 in film involved some significant events in particular the release of a film consistently rated as one of the greatest films of all time

McCrea also starred in two William A. Wellman westerns, The Great Man's Lady (1942), again with Stanwyck, and Buffalo Bill, with character actor Edgar Buchanan (1944). William Augustus Wellman (29 February &ndash19 December) was an American Movie director, noted for directing the film which received the first Academy Award Edgar Buchanan ( March 20, 1903 – April 4, 1979) was an American Actor with a long career in both Film The year 1944 in film involved some significant events Events July 20 - Since You Went Away is released After the success of The Virginian (1946), McCrea made westerns exclusively for the rest of his career--with the exception of the British-made Rough Shoot (1953). The Virginian is a 1946 movie based upon the Owen Wister novel, with Joel McCrea as the Virginian and Brian Donlevy as Trampas In 1959, Joel McCrea and his son Jody McCrea starred in the NBC-TV series Wichita Town, which lasted one season and was produced by the Mirisch Corp. Wichita Town is a Western television series starring Joel McCrea, Jody McCrea, Carlos Romero, and George Neise that aired on the NBC 1962 saw him united with fellow veteran of westerns Randolph Scott in Ride the High Country (1962), under the direction of Sam Peckinpah. Randolph Scott ( January 23, 1898 – March 2, 1987) was an American motion picture actor whose career spanned from 1928 Ride the High Country is a noted 1962 Western film. It stars Joel McCrea, Randolph Scott, Mariette Hartley, Ron Starr David Samuel "Sam" Peckinpah (February 21 1925 &ndash December 28 1984 was an American Film director who achieved iconic status following the release

McCrea preferred to live the remainder of his life as a rancher. In 1969, he was inducted into the Western Performers Hall of Fame at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The Hall of Great Western Performers is a Hall of Fame at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City Oklahoma, U The National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum is a Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Oklahoma City is the capital and largest city of the US state of Oklahoma. For his contribution to the motion picture industry, Joel McCrea has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6901 Hollywood Blvd. The Hollywood Walk of Fame is a Sidewalk along Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street in Hollywood Los Angeles California, USA, that and another star at 6241 Hollywood Blvd. for his contribution to radio.

Personal life

McCrea married actress Frances Dee in 1933. Frances Marion Dee ( November 26 1909 &ndash March 6 2004) was an American Actress. Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. They had three children, David, Peter, and Jody McCrea, who also became an actor. Jody McCrea (born September 6, 1934 in Los Angeles, California) born Joel Dee McCrea is the son of Frances Dee and Joel McCrea Joel and Frances remained married until his death in Woodland Hills, California from pneumonia at the age of 84 in 1990. Woodland Hills is a district in the City of Los Angeles, California, United States. Pneumonia is an inflammatory illness of the Lung. Frequently it is described as lung Parenchyma / alveolar inflammation and abnormal Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar)

According to David Raban's Stars of the '30s, the McCreas were prodigious savers, accumulating a large estate, which included working-ranch properties. Joel McCrea's work ethic was in part attributed to his Scottish heritage and it also may have stemmed from his friendship in the 1930s with fellow personality and sometime actor, Will Rogers. The 1930s were described as an abrupt shift to more radical and conservative lifestyles as countries were struggling to find a solution to the Great Depression. This page is about the humorist for others with similar names see William Rogers. McCrea recounted that "the Oklahoma Sage" gave him a profound piece of advice: "Save half of what you make, and live on just the other half. "

During his lifetime, McCrea and his wife Frances lived, raised their children, and rode their horses on their ranch in what was then an unincorporated area of eastern Ventura County, California. Ventura County is a county in the southern part of the US state of California ( Southern California) The McCreas ultimately donated several hundred acres of their personal property to the newly formed Conejo Valley YMCA for the city of Thousand Oaks, California, both of which celebrated their 40th anniversaries in 2004. The Young Men's Christian Association (" YMCA " or " the Y " was founded on June 6, 1844 in London England by a young man Thousand Oaks, commonly referred to as "TO" by residents is a city in southeastern Ventura County, California, in the United States. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Today, the land on which the Conejo Valley YMCA rests is called "Joel McCrea Park".

Selected filmography

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NAME McCrea, Joel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES McCrea, Joel Albert
SHORT DESCRIPTION Actor
DATE OF BIRTH November 5, 1905
PLACE OF BIRTH South Pasadena, California
DATE OF DEATH October 20, 1990, aged 84
PLACE OF DEATH Los Angeles, California
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