Joel McCrea Canvas Print

Joel McCrea

Joel Albert McCrea Nickname: McFee
1905-1990, Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA  (pulmonary complications)

at 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...

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