Acting
Jody McCrea
Born September 6, 1934 · Los Angeles, California, USA
Died April 4, 2009 · aged 74
Known For
Pajama Party · 1964Pajama Party
★ 4.81964
MovieComedyMusic
A Martian teenager sent to prepare for an invasion falls in love with an Earth girl.
Muscle Beach Party · 1964Muscle Beach Party
★ 5.71964
MovieComedyMusic
Local beach-goers find that their beach has been taken over by a businessman training a stable of body builders.
The Wings of Eagles · 1957The Wings of Eagles
★ 6.31957
MovieDramaWar
The story of Frank W. "Spig" Wead - a Navy-flyer turned screenwriter.
Lady Street Fighter · 1977Lady Street Fighter
★ 3.91977
MovieActionComedy
Exotic Eastern European beauty, Linda Allen, flies in to Los Angeles to track down the evil mobsters who tortured and murdered her sister. Meanwhile, the mobsters are trying to find a tape with information that would be incriminating to them. Linda's investigation deals with a pimp who may be the murderer she is after, and a helpful FBI agent who may not be the crime hunter he pretends to be. Cunning and deadly she is, but will she be up to the tangled web of corruption, violence, and death she falls into?
Young Fury · 1964Young Fury
★ 5.61964
MovieWestern
A group of young thugs rides into the town of Dawson and take it over. When the cowardly sheriff is unable to restore control, the parents of the leader must take action. The leader's father is an infamous ex-gunfighter, and he straps his guns on one more time.
Major Dundee · 1965Major Dundee
★ 6.71965
MovieWesternWar
During the last winter of the Civil War, cavalry officer Amos Dundee leads a contentious troop of Army regulars, Confederate prisoners and scouts on an expedition into Mexico to destroy a band of Apaches who have been raiding U.S. bases in Texas.
The Broken Land · 1962The Broken Land
★ 6.01962
MovieWestern
A cowboy rides into a small town that is ruled with an iron fist by a corrupt sheriff. He becomes involved with a pretty young town girl and some residents who are trying to oust the sheriff, resulting in a robbery, a murder and his being pursued by a vengeful posse.
Wichita · 1955Wichita
★ 6.31955
MovieWestern
Former buffalo hunter and entrepreneur Wyatt Earp arrives in the lawless cattle town of Wichita Kansas. His skill as a gun-fighter makes him a perfect candidate for Marshal, but he refuses the job until he feels morally obligated to bring law and order to this wild town.
Movies
Pajama Party · 1964Pajama Party
★ 4.81964
MovieComedyMusic
A Martian teenager sent to prepare for an invasion falls in love with an Earth girl.
Muscle Beach Party · 1964Muscle Beach Party
★ 5.71964
MovieComedyMusic
Local beach-goers find that their beach has been taken over by a businessman training a stable of body builders.
The Wings of Eagles · 1957The Wings of Eagles
★ 6.31957
MovieDramaWar
The story of Frank W. "Spig" Wead - a Navy-flyer turned screenwriter.
Lady Street Fighter · 1977Lady Street Fighter
★ 3.91977
MovieActionComedy
Exotic Eastern European beauty, Linda Allen, flies in to Los Angeles to track down the evil mobsters who tortured and murdered her sister. Meanwhile, the mobsters are trying to find a tape with information that would be incriminating to them. Linda's investigation deals with a pimp who may be the murderer she is after, and a helpful FBI agent who may not be the crime hunter he pretends to be. Cunning and deadly she is, but will she be up to the tangled web of corruption, violence, and death she falls into?
Young Fury · 1964Young Fury
★ 5.61964
MovieWestern
A group of young thugs rides into the town of Dawson and take it over. When the cowardly sheriff is unable to restore control, the parents of the leader must take action. The leader's father is an infamous ex-gunfighter, and he straps his guns on one more time.
Major Dundee · 1965Major Dundee
★ 6.71965
MovieWesternWar
During the last winter of the Civil War, cavalry officer Amos Dundee leads a contentious troop of Army regulars, Confederate prisoners and scouts on an expedition into Mexico to destroy a band of Apaches who have been raiding U.S. bases in Texas.
The Broken Land · 1962The Broken Land
★ 6.01962
MovieWestern
A cowboy rides into a small town that is ruled with an iron fist by a corrupt sheriff. He becomes involved with a pretty young town girl and some residents who are trying to oust the sheriff, resulting in a robbery, a murder and his being pursued by a vengeful posse.
Wichita · 1955Wichita
★ 6.31955
MovieWestern
Former buffalo hunter and entrepreneur Wyatt Earp arrives in the lawless cattle town of Wichita Kansas. His skill as a gun-fighter makes him a perfect candidate for Marshal, but he refuses the job until he feels morally obligated to bring law and order to this wild town.
Bikini Beach · 1964Bikini Beach
★ 5.61964
MovieComedyMusic
A millionaire sets out to prove his theory that his pet chimpanzee is as intelligent as the teenagers who hang out on the local beach, where he is intending to build a retirement home.
Law of the Lawless · 1964Law of the Lawless
★ 6.51964
MovieWestern
A former gunfighter, now a circuit court judge, faces his father's killer in a small post-Civil War Kansas town.
The Wrecking Crew · 2008The Wrecking Crew
★ 7.32008
MovieMusicDocumentary
A celebration of the musical work of a group of session musicians known as "The Wrecking Crew." a band that provided back-up instrumentals to such legendary recording artists as Frank Sinatra, The Beach Boys, and Bing Crosby.
Beach Blanket Bingo · 1965Beach Blanket Bingo
★ 5.91965
MovieMusicComedy
In the fourth of the highly successful Frankie and Annette beach party movies, a motorcycle gang led by Eric Von Zipper kidnaps singing star Sugar Kane managed by Bullets, who hires sky-diving surfers Steve and Bonnie from Big Drop for a publicity stunt. With the usual gang of kids and a mermaid named Lorelei.
Young Guns of Texas · 1962Young Guns of Texas
★ 4.31962
MovieWestern
A man searching for a stolen army payroll is joined by several men after the reward money. One of the pursuers, after killing a ranch foreman, elopes with the ranchers' daughter. Enraged at the shooting of his foreman and convinced that his daughter was kidnapped, the rancher leads a posse after his daughter. When Apaches attack the thieves and their pursuers, the rancher's posse is forced to side with his daughter's new husband and his friends.
Force of Impulse · 1961Force of Impulse
★ 4.31961
MovieDramaRomance
A high-school football player is in love with a beautiful blonde classmate from a very wealthy family. He doesn't have the money to take her out, so in his desperation he robs his own father's grocery store. Things go downhill from there.
Beach Party · 1963Beach Party
★ 6.01963
MovieComedyMusic
Anthropology Professor Robert Orwell Sutwell and his secretary Marianne are studying the sex habits of teenagers. The surfing teens led by Frankie and Dee Dee don't have much sex but they sing, battle the motorcycle rats and mice led by Eric Von Zipper and dance to Dick Dale and the Del Tones.
The First Texan · 1956The First Texan
★ 6.71956
MovieHistoryWestern
After arriving in Texas to escape a scandal back east, lawyer Sam Houston just wants to hang out his shingle, keep a low profile, and stay out of any political intrigue. However, when President Jackson personally orders him to lead the fight for Texan independence, he overcomes his reluctance to become involved and leads his compatriots to a string of victories over the Mexican army.
Sioux Nation · 1970Sioux Nation
★ 7.81970
MovieWestern
Joel McCrea stars in this unreleased Western from 1970.
Gunsight Ridge · 1957Gunsight Ridge
★ 6.01957
MovieWesternAction
An undercover agent takes the job of sheriff in order to find the men responsible for a series of stagecoach robberies.
How to Stuff a Wild Bikini · 1965How to Stuff a Wild Bikini
★ 5.31965
MovieComedyMusic
When he's stationed in Tahiti, a sailor hires a witch doctor to keep an eye on his girlfriend.
The Restless Years · 1958The Restless Years
★ 7.01958
MovieDrama
A pretty, sheltered teenager falls for a boy from the wrong side of town.
November Children · 1972November Children
★ 6.51972
Movie
After their candidates win control of a farming community in an election, fruit-pickers start getting harassed by the local law enforcement officials.
Scream Free! · 1969Scream Free!
★ 6.61969
MovieActionCrime
A man flees with his girlfriend from a love-in and motorcycles to Mexico with drug smugglers.
Operation Bikini · 1963Operation Bikini
★ 3.81963
MovieDramaWar
The film takes place aboard an American submarine in the Pacific during World War II. The sub's commander is ordered to stop and pick up an underwater demolition team led by Lt. Hayes, whose mission is to locate and destroy a US submarine sunken in a lagoon off Bikini Atoll before the Japanese are able to raise it and capture the advanced radar system on board.
Cry Blood Apache · 1970Cry Blood Apache
★ 2.61970
MovieWesternAction
Telling the story of his early life in flashback, a former prospector (Joel McCrea, with flashback sequences featuring son Jody) explains his brutal massacre of a tribe of Indians. The only survivor (Marie Gahua) agrees to lead him to a secret gold mine.
TV Shows
Studio One · 1948Studio One
★ 5.41948
SeriesDrama
An American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher Markle, who came to CBS from the CBC. Studio One, presented by Westinghouse, was one of the first of the anthology TV programs. The episodes were often abridged remakes of movies from years gone by and many future well-known television and movie actors appeared in the productions.
Wichita Town · 1959Wichita Town
★ 4.91959
SeriesWestern
Wichita Town is a half-hour western television series starring Joel McCrea, Jody McCrea, Carlos Romero, and George Neise that aired on NBC from September 30, 1959, until April 6, 1960.
Joel McCrea played Marshal Mike Dunbar, in charge of keeping the peace the booming cowtown of Wichita, Kansas. His deputies were Ben Matheson, played by McCrea's real life son, Jody, and Rico Rodriquez, portrayed by Carlos Romero. Making occasional appearances were the town doctor, Nat Wyndham, the blacksmith, Aeneas MacLinahan, and the bartender in the local saloon, Joe Kingston, played in six episodes by Robert Foulk.
The model for shows such as these had already been laid out by other western programs such as Gunsmoke, Lawman, and The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, so Wichita Town may not have been unique in its plotting and structure. The two most unusual features about the series were the presence of Joel McCrea, a favorite of Western movie audiences for his performance in such films as Union Pacific, Buffalo Bill, and Ramrod, and the fact that his real life son was in Wichita Town, but did not play his son. Wichita Town was produced by Mirisch Company and Joel McCrea's Production company for Four Star Television and aired for a single season.
Guestward, Ho! · 1960Guestward, Ho!
★ 6.51960
SeriesComedy
Guestward, Ho! is an American situation comedy which aired on the ABC network in the 1960-1961 television season, based on the 1956 book of the same title by Patrick Dennis, author of Auntie Mame.
Sergeant Preston of the Yukon · 1955Sergeant Preston of the Yukon
★ 6.81955
SeriesWestern
Sergeant Preston of the Yukon is an American action adventure northwestern television series based on the radio drama Challenge of the Yukon. It was initially broadcast in color on CBS across three seasons from September 29, 1955 to September 25, 1958.
Richard Simmons stars as Sergeant William Preston, who patrols the Yukon Territory in search of renegades and outlaws, during the time of the Klondike Gold Rush of the 1890s.