See Also: McCrea, Joel (Albert)(encyclopedia)
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Barlow, Joel(encyclopedia)
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equine (sh) and McCrea, Joel (Albert) (sh)


equine (sh)




Any member of the ungulate family Equidae, which includes the modern horses, zebras, and asses, all in the genus Equus, as well as more than 60 species known only from fossils.

Equines descended from the dawn horse (see Eohippus). Wild horses, which once inhabited much of northern Eurasia, were smaller and had shorter legs than their domesticated descendants. See also Przewalski's horse.


McCrea, Joel (Albert) (sh)




born , Nov. 5, 1905, South Pasadena, Calif., U.S.
died Oct. 20, 1990, Woodland Hills, Calif.

U.S. Film actor.

He worked in Hollywood as a stuntman and bit player before getting his first leading role in The Silver Horde (1930). His films
many of them westerns in which he portrayed a dependable, even-tempered man speaking in a resonant American twang
include The Most Dangerous Game (1932), Wells Fargo (1937), Union Pacific (1939), Foreign Correspondent (1940), Sullivan's Travels (1941), The Virginian (1946), and Ride the High Country (1962).