Joseph Crehan

• Born: Jul 12, 1886 in Baltimore, Maryland
• Died: Apr 15, 1966 in Hollywood, California
• Occupation: Actor
• Active: '30s-'40s
• Major Genres: Drama, Crime
• Career Highlights: The Missing Juror, Front Page Woman, The Enchanted Valley
• First Major Screen Credit: Voice in the Night (1934)

Biography

American actor Joseph Crehan bore an uncanny resemblance to Ulysses S. Grant and appeared as Grant in a number of historical features, notably They Died With Their Boots On (1941) and The Adventures of Mark Twain (1944). Appearing in hundreds of other films as well, the short, snappish actor's field-commander personality assured him authoritative roles as police chiefs, small-town mayors and newspaper editors. Because he never looked young, Joseph Crehan played essentially the same types of roles throughout his screen career, even up until 1961's Judgment at Nuremberg. Perhaps Joseph Crehan's oddest appearance is in a film he never made; in West Side Story (1961), it is Crehan's face that appears on those ubiquitous political campaign posters in the opening Jets vs. Sharks sequences. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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