John Crawford
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
192
Gender
Male
Birthday
1920-09-13
Day of death
2010-09-21 (90 years old)
Place of Birth
Colfax, Washington, USA
John Crawford
Biography
Burly, handsome and rugged character actor John Crawford appeared in over 200 movies and TV shows combined in a career that spanned over 40 years, usually cast as tough and/or villainous characters. Crawford was born Cleve Richardson on September 13, 1920, in Colfax, Washington. He was discovered by a Warner Bros. scout while attending the University of Washington's School of Drama. Although he failed his screen test, Crawford nonetheless joined RKO as a laborer. He then got a job building sets at Circle Theater in Los Angeles, and eventually persuaded the producers to cast him in some of their plays. He was soon signed to Columbia Pictures to act in secondary roles in westerns. In the late 1950s he graduated to bigger parts in such films as Ordre de tuer (1958), La clé (1958) and Un homme pour le bagne (1960), all of which were made in the UK. Crawford returned to America in the early 1960s and began a prolific career in both movies and TV series, up until 1986. His most memorable film roles include the ill-fated chief engineer inL'aventure du Poséidon (1972), the hearty Tom Iverson in La fugue (1975), the bumbling mayor of San Francisco in L'inspecteur ne renonce jamais (1976), hard-nosed police chief Buzz Cavanaugh in Un couple en fuite (1977) and amiable old mine hand Brian Deerling in The Boogens (1981). John had recurring parts as Sheriff Ep Bridges inLa famille des collines (1971) and Capt. Parks on Sergent Anderson (1974). Among the many TV shows he made guest appearances in are The Lone Ranger (1949), Superman(1952), Les espions (1965), La quatrième dimension (1959), Les incorruptibles (1959),La grande caravane (1957), Le fugitif (1963), Star Trek (1966), Perdus dans l'espace(1965), Bonanza (1959), Stalag 13 (1965), Mission impossible (1966), Gunsmoke(1955), Super Jaimie (1976), Dallas (1978) and Dynastie (1981). Crawford died at age 90 following complications from a stroke on September 21, 2010, in Thousand Oaks, California. He's survived by his ex-wife Ann Wakefield, four daughters and two grandchildren. - IMDb Mini Biography
Known For
Star Trek
The Fugitive
The Twilight Zone
Charlie's Angels
Knight Rider
Knight Rider
Batman
Little House on the Prairie
Mannix
Mission: Impossible
Mission: Impossible
Hogan's Heroes
Hogan's Heroes
Hogan's Heroes
Hogan's Heroes
Hogan's Heroes
Hogan's Heroes
The Waltons
Dynasty
The Dick Cavett Show
The Rockford Files
The Rockford Files
The Big Valley
The Big Valley
Combat!
Combat!
Police Woman
Police Woman
Police Woman
Police Woman
The Time Tunnel
The Time Tunnel
The Time Tunnel
The Time Tunnel
The Bionic Woman
The Wild Wild West
Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Lost in Space
The Incredible Hulk
Daniel Boone
Daniel Boone
Daniel Boone
Land of the Giants
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
Trapper John, M.D.
Union Station
Matt Houston
Adventures of Superman
Rhoda
The Bob Newhart Show
Police Story
Honeychile
Trackdown
Eight Is Enough
Dreamer
Hardcastle and McCormick
The Third Man
The Longest Day
Blackhawk
Cyrano de Bergerac
Actors and Sin
Solomon and Sheba
State Trooper
Northwest Territory
Tarzan
Harry O
Exodus
The Guns of Will Sonnett
Rebel City
Danger Man
Bronk
My Favorite Martian
Telephone Time
Nichols
Nichols
Old Oklahoma Plains
The Amazing Spider-Man
Boston Blackie
Without Reservations
Banacek
Jason and the Argonauts
Radar Patrol vs. Spy King
The World of Hammer
Star of Texas
I Saw What You Did
Hondo
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
The Cisco Kid
Kaz
The Tony Randall Show
Interpol Calling
Interpol Calling
Interpol Calling
Profiles in Courage
John Paul Jones
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
The Invisible Man
Lonely Heart Bandits
The Swiss Family Robinson
The Swiss Family Robinson
The Greatest Story Ever Told
The Poseidon Adventure
From Here to Eternity
The Towering Inferno
Another World
Code Red
Zombies of the Stratosphere
Hopalong Cassidy
The Enforcer
Piccadilly Third Stop
The Powers of Matthew Star
The Living Christ
The 300 Spartans
Night Moves
Spring Night, Summer Night
Salvage 1
The Big Heat
Brother, My Song
Hell Is a City
The Asphalt Jungle
The Key
Duel at Diablo
Captain Sindbad
Friends
The Americanization of Emily
The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again
The Time of Their Lives
The Red Badge of Courage
Orders to Kill
Come Fly with Me
Return of the Gunfighter
13 Demon Street
The Macahans
Outlaw Blues
The Severed Arm
Tilt
Grave Secrets
Donovan's Kid
The Phantom of 42nd Street
Raton Pass
The Great Adventures of Captain Kidd
Hollywood Story
Dangers of the Canadian Mounted
Intent to Kill
Guilty or Innocent: The Sam Sheppard Murder Case
The Boogens
Desperate Women
The Invisible Monster
Jesse James vs. the Daltons
Trader Tom of the China Seas
Slaves of Babylon
Battle of Rogue River
J.W. Coop
Elvis and the Beauty Queen
Hard Knocks
Message to My Daughter
The Man Who Was Nobody
Mystery Street
Adventures of Frank and Jesse James
Marshal of Cedar Rock
The Ravine
Sons of Adventure
Satan's Satellites
Lawman Without a Gun
Floods of Fear
Strange Homecoming
The Long Shadow
The Two-Five
Serpent of the Nile
The Other Victim
Confession
Prisoners of the Casbah
Ghost of Zorro
A Star Shall Rise
Secret of Outlaw Flats
The Devil's Messenger
The Sky Trap
Son of Geronimo
Captain Kidd and the Slave Girl
The Impersonator
