Wyatt McCrea is a lifelong lover of film, Wyatt is the oldest grandchild of actor/rancher Joel McCrea and his actress wife Frances Dee and he is deeply involved in the ongoing historical preservation of his film making grandparents. He has worked both as a producer and actor in television and film productions such as “Sod and Stubble”; “The Contested Plains”, “Gen’s Guiltless Gourmet”, “Call 911”, “Big History”, “Canyon Trail”, the award winning documentary “Floating Horses – The Story of Casey Tibbs”, as well as many commercials and local theatrical productions. He is a co-author and contributor to several books on Hollywood literature, film and television history and has been a guest speaker/presenter at the TCM Film Festival and on the TCM Movie Cruise. Wyatt is a multiple time co-emcee of the Western Heritage Awards and the Western Music Association Awards. Having grown up in a ranching environment Wyatt is also a huge proponent of western values and the preservation of the western way of life. He is the founder and board president of the Joel and Frances McCrea Ranch Foundation; current Chairman of the Board of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum – past chairman of the Western Heritage Committee; past member of the Executive Committee for the Golden Boot Awards; Board Member of the Will Rogers Ranch Foundation; Board Member of the Will Rogers Memorial Foundation; Board Member and past board president of RideOn Therapeutic Horsemanship; member of the Advisory Board for the Boys and Girls Club of Camarillo, CA; and member of the Advisory Committee for TOArts in Thousand Oaks, CA.
