John Crawford
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- September 13, 1920
- Died
- September 21, 2010 (aged 90)
- Birthplace
- Colfax, Washington, USA
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
Filmography
The World of Hammer
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
Grave Secrets
Movie · as Homer
Hardcastle and McCormick
TV · as Charlie · 1 ep
Knight Rider
TV · as Sheriff Moore, Mac Thomas · 1 ep
Matt Houston
TV · 1 ep
The Powers of Matthew Star
TV · as General Tucker · 22 eps
The Boogens
Movie · as Brian Deering
The Other Victim
Movie · as Price
Elvis and the Beauty Queen
Movie · as Vernon Presley
Dynasty
TV · 4 eps
Code Red
TV · 1 ep
The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again
Movie · as Captain Sherick
Tilt
Movie · as Mickey
Donovan's Kid
Movie · as Thunder City Sheriff
Hard Knocks
Movie · as Josh
Dreamer
Movie · as Riverboat Captain
Lawman Without a Gun
Movie · as Sgt. Hunt
The Sky Trap
Movie · as Mark Sanders
Trapper John, M.D.
TV · 1 ep
Salvage 1
TV · 1 ep
Friends
TV · 1 ep
From Here to Eternity
TV · as Maj. Thompson · 3 eps
The Two-Five
Movie · as Capt. Paul Carter
Desperate Women
Movie
Kaz
TV · 1 ep
The Amazing Spider-Man
TV · 1 ep
Outlaw Blues
Movie · as Buzz Cavenaugh
Eight Is Enough
TV · 1 ep
The Incredible Hulk
TV · as Tom Edler · 1 ep
The Enforcer
Movie · as The Mayor
The Macahans
Movie · as Hale Crowley
The Bionic Woman
TV · 1 ep
Charlie's Angels
TV · as Lt. Francona · 1 ep
The Tony Randall Show
TV · as The Immigration Official · 1 ep
Night Moves
Movie · as Tom Iverson
Guilty or Innocent: The Sam Sheppard Murder Case
Movie · as Fred Stoner
The Swiss Family Robinson
Movie · as Nate Bidwell
The Swiss Family Robinson
TV · 2 eps
The Invisible Man
TV · as Coner, Prison Guard · 1 ep
Bronk
TV · 1 ep
The Towering Inferno
Movie · as Callahan
Strange Homecoming
Movie · as Winston
Rhoda
TV · 1 ep
Little House on the Prairie
TV · as Ben Shelby · 1 ep
Harry O
TV · 2 eps
Police Woman
TV · as Capt. Parks, Captain Parks, Deputy Chief Parks · 3 eps
The Rockford Files
TV · as Dr. Kenilworth, Christian · 1 ep
Petrocelli
TV · as Joe Tuttle · 1 ep
The Severed Arm
Movie · as Doctor Sanders
Message to My Daughter
Movie · as Abortionist
Brother, My Song
Movie · as Dr. Bennet
Police Story
TV · 1 ep
The Poseidon Adventure
Movie · as Chief Engineer
J.W. Coop
Movie · as Rancher
The Bob Newhart Show
TV · as Vern Hackler · 1 ep
The Waltons
TV · as Sheriff Ep Bridges · 39 eps
Banacek
TV · as Owen Summers · 1 ep
Nichols
TV · as Marshall, Sgt. Kessler · 1 ep
The Ravine
Movie · as Captain Keller
Land of the Giants
TV · 1 ep
The Dick Cavett Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Spring Night, Summer Night
Movie · as Virgil
Return of the Gunfighter
Movie · as Butch Cassidy
Mannix
TV · as Traynor · 1 ep
Hondo
TV · 1 ep
The Guns of Will Sonnett
TV · as Charlie · 1 ep
Duel at Diablo
Movie · as Clay Dean
The Time Tunnel
TV · as Little John, Major, Henderson, John Poe · 1 ep
Star Trek
TV · as Commissioner Ferris · 1 ep
Batman
TV · as Printer's Devil · 2 eps
Tarzan
TV · 1 ep
Mission: Impossible
TV · as Dr. Lubell, Orin Selby, Warner · 1 ep
The Greatest Story Ever Told
Movie · as Alexander
I Saw What You Did
Movie · as Trooper
Lost in Space
TV · as Dr. Chronos · 1 ep
Hogan's Heroes
TV · as Captain Hermann, Captain - Officer #1, Lieutenant Ritchie, 1st Gestapo Man, Gestapo Major · 2 eps
The Wild Wild West
TV · 1 ep
The Big Valley
TV · as Gandy, Deputy Sheriff Billy Norris · 1 ep
The Americanization of Emily
Movie · as Chief Petty Officer Paul Adams
Another World
TV · 1547 eps
Daniel Boone
TV · as Jeremy Cain, Tolliver, Press Boker · 1 ep
Profiles in Courage
TV · 1 ep
Come Fly with Me
Movie · as Co-Pilot
Jason and the Argonauts
Movie · as Polydeuces (uncredited)
Captain Sindbad
Movie · as Aram
My Favorite Martian
TV · 1 ep
The Fugitive
TV · as Sergeant · 1 ep
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
TV · 1 ep
The 300 Spartans
Movie · as Agathon the Spartan Spy
The Devil's Messenger
Movie · as Donald Powell
The Longest Day
Movie · as Col. Caffey (uncredited)
Combat!
TV · as Gunnar, Capt. Werner · 1 ep
The Impersonator
Movie · as Sgt. Jimmy Bradford
The Long Shadow
Movie · as Kelly
Hell Is a City
Movie · as Don Starling
The Man Who Was Nobody
Movie · as South Africa Smith
Exodus
Movie · as Capt. Hank Schlosberg
Piccadilly Third Stop
Movie · as Joe Preedy
I Aim at the Stars
Movie · as Dr. Bosco - White Sands, New Mexico
Danger Man
TV · as Dr. Keller · 1 ep
Solomon and Sheba
Movie · as Joab
John Paul Jones
Movie · as George Washington
Interpol Calling
TV · as Kustrinski, Keflik, Ben Stack · 1 ep
The Twilight Zone
TV · as Joe · 1 ep
The Third Man
TV · as Simon Baird · 1 ep
13 Demon Street
TV · as Henry Waller, Donald Powell · 1 ep
Intent to Kill
Movie · as Boyd
Floods of Fear
Movie · as Jack Murphy
The Key
Movie · as American Captain
Orders to Kill
Movie · as Kimball
Satan's Satellites
Movie · as Roth
Trackdown
TV · 1 ep
Confession
Movie · as Gunman
Telephone Time
TV · 1 ep
State Trooper
TV · 1 ep
Gunsmoke
TV · as Hod, Loy, Torbert, Hal Biggs, Yates, Drunk, Pinto, Amos Strange, Norman Wilson, Blanchard, Hugh Eaton, Muller · 1 ep
Jesse James vs. the Daltons
Movie
Battle of Rogue River
Movie · as Capt. Richard Hillman
Trader Tom of the China Seas
Movie · as Bill Gaines
Captain Kidd and the Slave Girl
Movie · as Bonnett
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
TV · 1 ep
The Wonderful World of Disney
TV · as Thunder City Sheriff (uncredited) · 1 ep
Prisoners of the Casbah
Movie · as Guard (uncredited)
Serpent of the Nile
Movie · as Captain Domitius
The Great Adventures of Captain Kidd
Movie · as Captain Kidd
Slaves of Babylon
Movie · as Avil
Secret of Outlaw Flats
Movie · as King Bradshaw
The Big Heat
Movie · as Al - Bannion's Brother-in-Law (uncredited)
Marshal of Cedar Rock
Movie · as Chris Peters - Henchman
Rebel City
Movie · as Joe Spencer
Star of Texas
Movie · as Texas Ranger Stockton
A Star Shall Rise
Movie · as Gaspar
Old Oklahoma Plains
Movie · as Chuck Ramsey
Zombies of the Stratosphere
Movie · as Roth
Son of Geronimo
Movie · as Ace Devlin [Chs.1-9]
Blackhawk
Movie · as Chuck
Actors and Sin
Movie · as Movie Hero
Adventures of Superman
TV · as Jack Morrell · 1 ep
Hopalong Cassidy
TV · 3 eps
Raton Pass
Movie · as Sam
The Red Badge of Courage
Movie · as Soldier (uncredited)
Northwest Territory
Movie · as LeBeau
Honeychile
Movie · as Marvin McKay
Hollywood Story
Movie · as 1st Detective (uncredited)
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
TV · 2 eps
The Living Christ
TV · as Joel · 12 eps
Boston Blackie
TV · as Jim Marcum · 1 ep
Cyrano de Bergerac
Movie · as Cadet
Lonely Heart Bandits
Movie · as Stevedore
The Invisible Monster
Movie · as Harris
The Asphalt Jungle
Movie · as Reporter (uncredited)
Mystery Street
Movie · as Reporter (uncredited)
Union Station
Movie · as Hackett (uncredited)
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
TV · 1 ep
The Cisco Kid
TV · as Sheriff Al White · 1 ep
Radar Patrol vs. Spy King
Movie · as Sands
Ghost of Zorro
Movie · as Agent Mulvaney - Ch. 3, 4
Dangers of the Canadian Mounted
Movie · as Danton - Henchman
Adventures of Frank and Jesse James
Movie · as Amos Ramsey
Sons of Adventure
Movie · as George Norton
Without Reservations
Movie · as Soldier (uncredited)
The Time of Their Lives
Movie · as Dandy at Party (uncredited)
The Phantom of 42nd Street
Movie · as John Carraby