1905 - 1990
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. He appeared in over one hundred films, starring in over eighty, among them Alfred Hitchcock's espionage thriller Foreign Correspondent (1940), Preston Sturges' comedy classics Sullivan's Travels (1941), and The Palm Beach Story (1942), the romance film Bird of Paradise (1932), the adventure classic The Most Dangerous Game (1932), Gregory La Cava's bawdy comedy Bed of Roses (1933), George Stevens' six-time Academy Award nominated romantic comedy The More the Merrier (1943), William Wyler's These Three, Come and Get It (both 1936) and Dead End (1937), Howard Hawks' Barbary Coast (1935), and a number of western films, including Wichita (1955) as Wyatt Earp and Sam Peckinpah's Ride the High Country (1962), opposite Randolph Scott. He starred in a total of three Best Picture Oscar nominees: Dead End (1937), Foreign Correspondent (1940), and The More the Merrier (1943). With the exception of the British thriller Rough Shoot (1953) and film noir Hollywood Story (1951), McCrea appeared in Western films exclusively from 1946 until his retirement in 1976. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joel McCrea has received more than 2,679,603 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Joel McCrea is the 3,063rd most popular actor (down from 2,914th in 2019), the 4,793rd most popular biography from United States (down from 4,704th in 2019) and the 1,444th most popular American Actor.
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Among actors, Joel McCrea ranks 3,063 out of 9,996. Before him are Serena Grandi, Alexander Granach, Eduardo Fajardo, Matthew Lillard, Gösta Ekman, and Anne Revere. After him are Grant Show, Barry Morse, Ružica Sokić, Gordon Liu, Debbie Allen, and Tapio Rautavaara.
1958 - Present
HPI: 49.80
Rank: 3,057
1890 - 1945
HPI: 49.80
Rank: 3,058
1924 - 2019
HPI: 49.80
Rank: 3,059
1970 - Present
HPI: 49.79
Rank: 3,060
1939 - 2017
HPI: 49.78
Rank: 3,061
1903 - 1990
HPI: 49.78
Rank: 3,062
1905 - 1990
HPI: 49.78
Rank: 3,063
1962 - Present
HPI: 49.77
Rank: 3,064
1918 - 2008
HPI: 49.77
Rank: 3,065
1934 - 2013
HPI: 49.77
Rank: 3,066
1951 - Present
HPI: 49.77
Rank: 3,067
1950 - Present
HPI: 49.76
Rank: 3,068
1915 - 1979
HPI: 49.76
Rank: 3,069
Among people born in 1905, Joel McCrea ranks 182. Before him are Antonio Berni, Raúl Leoni, Clarence Zener, Seni Pramoj, Mantovani, and Zoilo Saldombide. After him are Ernst Baier, Juan O'Gorman, Fumiko Enchi, Markos Vamvakaris, Nise da Silveira, and Conduelo Píriz. Among people deceased in 1990, Joel McCrea ranks 150. Before him are Peter Wessel Zapffe, Marie-Dominique Chenu, Cemal Süreya, Alexander Men, Anne Revere, and René David. After him are Vladimir Stoychev, Erkki Aaltonen, Luis Trenker, Xu Xiangqian, Edwin O. Reischauer, and Luigi Beccali.
1905 - 1981
HPI: 50.27
Rank: 176
1905 - 1972
HPI: 50.23
Rank: 177
1905 - 1993
HPI: 50.07
Rank: 178
1905 - 1997
HPI: 49.93
Rank: 179
1905 - 1980
HPI: 49.86
Rank: 180
1905 - 1981
HPI: 49.86
Rank: 181
1905 - 1990
HPI: 49.78
Rank: 182
1905 - 2001
HPI: 49.72
Rank: 183
1905 - 1982
HPI: 49.62
Rank: 184
1905 - 1986
HPI: 49.61
Rank: 185
1905 - 1972
HPI: 49.60
Rank: 186
1905 - 1999
HPI: 49.57
Rank: 187
1905 - 1976
HPI: 49.55
Rank: 188
1899 - 1990
HPI: 50.03
Rank: 144
1895 - 1990
HPI: 49.97
Rank: 145
1931 - 1990
HPI: 49.88
Rank: 146
1935 - 1990
HPI: 49.88
Rank: 147
1903 - 1990
HPI: 49.78
Rank: 148
1906 - 1990
HPI: 49.78
Rank: 149
1905 - 1990
HPI: 49.78
Rank: 150
1892 - 1990
HPI: 49.75
Rank: 151
1910 - 1990
HPI: 49.65
Rank: 152
1892 - 1990
HPI: 49.58
Rank: 153
1901 - 1990
HPI: 49.41
Rank: 154
1910 - 1990
HPI: 49.31
Rank: 155
1907 - 1990
HPI: 49.14
Rank: 156
Among people born in United States, Joel McCrea ranks 4,793 out of 18,182. Before him are Saul Zaentz (1921), Frank James (1843), Ellen Swallow Richards (1842), Matthew Lillard (1970), Sean S. Cunningham (1941), and Anne Revere (1903). After him are Grant Show (1962), Gilbert Stuart (1755), Henry Cowell (1897), Connie Willis (1945), Johnny Thunders (1952), and Aldo Leopold (1887).
1921 - 2014
HPI: 49.79
Rank: 4,787
1843 - 1915
HPI: 49.79
Rank: 4,788
1842 - 1911
HPI: 49.79
Rank: 4,789
1970 - Present
HPI: 49.79
Rank: 4,790
1941 - Present
HPI: 49.79
Rank: 4,791
1903 - 1990
HPI: 49.78
Rank: 4,792
1905 - 1990
HPI: 49.78
Rank: 4,793
1962 - Present
HPI: 49.77
Rank: 4,794
1755 - 1828
HPI: 49.77
Rank: 4,795
1897 - 1965
HPI: 49.77
Rank: 4,796
1945 - Present
HPI: 49.77
Rank: 4,797
1952 - 1991
HPI: 49.77
Rank: 4,798
1887 - 1948
HPI: 49.77
Rank: 4,799
Among actors born in United States, Joel McCrea ranks 1,444. Before him are Joe Dallesandro (1948), Fay Bainter (1893), Robert Wisdom (1953), Norma Talmadge (1894), Matthew Lillard (1970), and Anne Revere (1903). After him are Grant Show (1962), Debbie Allen (1950), Eriq La Salle (1962), Cuba Gooding Jr. (1968), Bobby Driscoll (1937), and Ted Cassidy (1932).
1948 - Present
HPI: 49.82
Rank: 1,438
1893 - 1968
HPI: 49.81
Rank: 1,439
1953 - Present
HPI: 49.80
Rank: 1,440
1894 - 1957
HPI: 49.80
Rank: 1,441
1970 - Present
HPI: 49.79
Rank: 1,442
1903 - 1990
HPI: 49.78
Rank: 1,443
1905 - 1990
HPI: 49.78
Rank: 1,444
1962 - Present
HPI: 49.77
Rank: 1,445
1950 - Present
HPI: 49.76
Rank: 1,446
1962 - Present
HPI: 49.74
Rank: 1,447
1968 - Present
HPI: 49.74
Rank: 1,448
1937 - 1968
HPI: 49.74
Rank: 1,449
1932 - 1979
HPI: 49.74
Rank: 1,450