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| 3 | ->''"People say I'm a one-note actor, but the way I figure it, those other guys are just looking for the right note."'' |
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| 5 | Joel Albert [=McCrea=] (November 5, 1905 – October 20, 1990) was an American actor best known for his film appearances during UsefulNotes/ThePreCodeEra and UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfHollywood. |
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| 7 | Although he was often cast as a MrFanservice character, with enough famous {{shirtless scene}}s to rival Creator/PaulNewman, [=McCrea=] appeared in a wide variety of film genres over his 50-year career, from an Creator/AlfredHitchcock thriller to Western films and romantic comedies. He commonly [[ThoseTwoActors co-starred]] in films with Creator/BarbaraStanwyck (six) and Creator/MiriamHopkins (five), but would likely be best recognized today for ''Film/SullivansTravels'' with Creator/VeronicaLake. |
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| 9 | [=McCrea=] was said to have once claimed that he saw acting as a "hobby" of his, whereas he mostly owned ranches and bought many properties around California, becoming a multi-millionaire in the 1940s because of it, as well as his acting career. He was also HappilyMarried for over 50 years to fellow actress Francis Dee, and the two of them had three sons-- one of whom, Jody, became an actor too. |
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| 11 | He died of pneumonia at the age of 84. |
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| 14 | !!Joel [=McCrea=]'s films on TV Tropes: |
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| 16 | * ''Film/TheLostSquadron'' (1932) |
| 17 | * ''Literature/TheMostDangerousGame'' (1932) |
| 18 | * ''Film/BedOfRoses'' (1933) |
| 19 | * ''Film/TheSilverCord'' (1933) |
| 20 | * ''These Three'' (1936) -- an early adaption of ''Theatre/TheChildrensHour'' |
| 21 | * ''Film/{{Dead End|1937}}'' (1937) |
| 22 | * ''Film/UnionPacific'' (1939) |
| 23 | * ''Film/ForeignCorrespondent'' (1940) |
| 24 | * ''Film/SullivansTravels'' (1941) |
| 25 | * ''Film/ThePalmBeachStory'' (1942) |
| 26 | * ''Film/TheMoreTheMerrier'' (1943) |
| 27 | * ''Colorado Territory'' (1949) -- {{Western}} version of ''Film/HighSierra'' |
| 28 | * ''Film/SaddleTramp'' (1950) |
| 29 | * ''Film/StarsInMyCrown'' (1950) |
| 30 | * ''Film/FortMassacre'' (1958) |
| 31 | * ''Film/TheGunfightAtDodgeCity'' (1959) |
| 32 | * ''Film/RideTheHighCountry'' (1962) |
| 33 | * ''Film/CryBloodApache'' (1972) |
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