John Crawford

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

Star Trek

8.0

Knight Rider

7.5

The Longest Day

7.6

The Towering Inferno

7.0

The Twilight Zone

8.4

The Poseidon Adventure

7.1

Little House on the Prairie

7.9

The Enforcer

6.7

Jason and the Argonauts

7.2

Batman

7.3

The Big Heat

7.6

The Asphalt Jungle

7.5

The Incredible Hulk

7.2

Night Moves

6.7

Mission: Impossible

7.6

The Bionic Woman

7.0

Charlie's Angels

6.7

Exodus

6.6

The Greatest Story Ever Told

6.4

The Time Tunnel

7.6

Hogan's Heroes

7.5

The 300 Spartans

6.4

Dynasty

6.5

Lost in Space

7.1

The Rockford Files

7.5

Duel at Diablo

6.3

Combat!

7.6

Gunsmoke

6.6

Solomon and Sheba

6.4

The Waltons

7.1

The Americanization of Emily

6.7

The Wild Wild West

7.6

The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again

6.4

I Saw What You Did

6.2

Return of the Gunfighter

6.1

The Boogens

5.5

Cyrano de Bergerac

6.9

The Red Badge of Courage

6.4

The Fugitive

7.2

The Bob Newhart Show

7.4

Adventures of Superman

6.7

The Big Valley

6.1

Mystery Street

6.8

Mannix

6.7

Union Station

6.4

The Time of Their Lives

7.0

Land of the Giants

6.7

Hardcastle and McCormick

6.4

Spring Night, Summer Night

6.6

Eight Is Enough

6.0

Hell Is a City

6.8

Police Woman

6.2

Daniel Boone

6.9

The Severed Arm

4.9

My Favorite Martian

5.9

The Amazing Spider-Man

5.8

The Key

6.0

Rhoda

6.2

Matt Houston

6.2

Tarzan

6.7

Hollywood Story

6.6

Petrocelli

7.0

The Invisible Man

6.1

Orders to Kill

7.1

Trapper John, M.D.

6.5

The Dick Cavett Show

6.6

Without Reservations

6.2

Grave Secrets

4.4

Danger Man

7.2

The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin

6.9

Banacek

8.6

Police Story

6.9

The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show

6.8

The Devil's Messenger

4.3

The Phantom of 42nd Street

4.5

Zombies of the Stratosphere

4.8

John Paul Jones

6.1

Tilt

5.0

Come Fly with Me

4.4

Raton Pass

4.8

Harry O

4.6

Piccadilly Third Stop

6.5

Another World

5.4

The Guns of Will Sonnett

6.3

The Impersonator

5.6

The Invisible Monster

4.4

J.W. Coop

5.4

Trackdown

6.4

Battle of Rogue River

5.7

Floods of Fear

6.7

The Macahans

6.7

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

5.5

Hondo

6.5

The Third Man

6.7

State Trooper

5.0

Serpent of the Nile

7.0

Jesse James vs. the Daltons

5.2

Blackhawk

5.2

The Swiss Family Robinson

6.4

The Powers of Matthew Star

5.6

Hopalong Cassidy

5.2

Prisoners of the Casbah

5.4

Intent to Kill

5.2

Outlaw Blues

4.2

Elvis and the Beauty Queen

2.2

Captain Kidd and the Slave Girl

5.4

Salvage 1

6.5

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

4.5

Bronk

6.2

From Here to Eternity

6.5

The Great Adventures of Captain Kidd

4.0

Slaves of Babylon

4.7

Dreamer

5.3

Actors and Sin

5.2

Interpol Calling

6.7

The Tony Randall Show

6.0

Telephone Time

6.3

The Ravine

7.0

Message to My Daughter

7.0

Marshal of Cedar Rock

5.5

Ghost of Zorro

4.0

Satan's Satellites

4.5

13 Demon Street

8.0

The Living Christ

5.0

The Adventures of Boston Blackie

4.0

Nichols

5.0

Code Red

5.5

The Man Who Was Nobody

7.0

Dangers of the Canadian Mounted

6.0

Donovan's Kid

6.0

Lonely Heart Bandits

6.5

Hard Knocks

2.0

Adventures of Frank and Jesse James

6.0

Radar Patrol vs. Spy King

5.0

Northwest Territory

5.0

Old Oklahoma Plains

5.0

Rebel City

5.0

Honeychile

6.0

The Sky Trap

0.0

Strange Homecoming

8.0

Desperate Women

1.0

Kaz

5.0

Profiles in Courage

5.0

Friends

5.0

The Two-Five

0.0

The Other Victim

0.0

A Star Shall Rise

0.0

The Long Shadow

0.0

Secret of Outlaw Flats

0.0

Guilty or Innocent: The Sam Sheppard Murder Case

0.0

Son of Geronimo

0.0

Sons of Adventure

0.0

Star of Texas

0.0

Lawman Without a Gun

0.0

The Swiss Family Robinson

0.0

Trader Tom of the China Seas

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