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He was so handsome and sexy, even more so than actors of today, you can see him such classiss as Sullivan's Travils,Barbary Coast, Bird of Paradise,Most dangerous Game,Dead End, Foreign Correspondent,More the Merrier,Palm Beach Story, Come and get it,Great man's Lady, and many more. He was married for a long time to lovely Frances Dee.********Birth name : Joel Albert McCreaNickname McFee ********Height 6' 3" *******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. He studied acting at Pomona College and got some stage experience at the Pasadena Community Playhouse, where other future stars such as Randolph Scott, Robert Young, and Victor Mature would also get their first experience. He worked as an extra after graduation from the University of Southern California in 1928 and did some stunt work. In a rare case of an extra being chosen from the crowd to play a major role, McCrea was given a part in The Jazz Age. A contract at MGM followed, and then a better contract at RKO. Will Rogers took a liking to the young man (they shared a love of ranching and roping) and did much to elevate McCrea's career. His wholesome good looks and quiet manner were soon in demand, primarily in romantic dramas and comedies, and he became an increasingly popular leading man. He hoped to concentrate on Westerns, but several years passed before he could convince the studio heads to cast him in one. When he proved successful in that genre, more and more Westerns came his way. But he continued to make a mark in other kinds of pictures, and proved himself particularly adept at the light comedy of Preston Sturges, for whom he made several films. By the late Forties, his concentration focused on Westerns, and he made few non-Westerns thereafter. He was immensely popular in them, and most of them still hold up well today. He and Randolph Scott, whose career strongly resembles McCrea's, came out of retirement to make a classic of the genre, Sam Peckinpah's Ride the High Country (1962). Scott stayed retired thereafter; McCrea made a couple of appearances in small films afterwards, but was primarily content to maintain his life as a gentleman rancher. He was married for fifty-seven years to actress Frances Dee, who survived him. I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4 I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4/A

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..> ..> JOEL MCCREA ..> AKA: Joel Albert Mccrea; Born: 1905-11-05 Birth place: South Pasadena, California Death: 1990-10-20 Death cause: pulmonary complications (flu developed into pneum...
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JOEL INTERVIEW

Joel McCrea      Joel McCrea and Gary Cooper were not only tall and terse in the saddle, shy and "Yes, ma'am," "No ma'am" polite on the ground, but bosom pals. According to Mc...
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JOEL'S FILMOGRAPHY

Actor - filmography Mustang Country (1976) .... Dan Cry Blood, Apache (1970) .... Pitcalin as an Older Man Sioux Nation (1970) The Young Rounders (1966) Ride the High Country (1962) .... Steve Ju...
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Thoughts on Joel as a sex symbol

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Joel Albert McCrea, (November 5, 1905 - October 20, 1990) was an American film actor. Born in South Pasadena, California, McCrea became interested in films after graduating from Pomona College. He wor...
Posted by on Fri, 29 Dec 2006 05:44:00 GMT

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Trivia Father, with actress Frances Dee, of actor Jody McCrea. Had blue eyes. Inducted into the Hall of Great Western Performers of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in 1969. A big sig...
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