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

Known For: Acting

Born: Colfax, Washington, USA, 1920-09-13

Died: 2010-09-21

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1945	The Phantom of 42nd Street	John Carraby	45
2	1946	Without Reservations	Soldier (uncredited)	62
3	1946	The Time of Their Lives	Dandy at Party (uncredited)	70
4	1948	Dangers of the Canadian Mounted	Danton - Henchman	60
5	1948	Sons of Adventure	George Norton	0
6	1948	Adventures of Frank and Jesse James	Amos Ramsey	60
7	1949	Ghost of Zorro	Agent Mulvaney - Ch. 3, 4	40
8	1949	Radar Patrol vs. Spy King	Sands	50
9	1950	The Invisible Monster	Harris	44
10	1950	The Asphalt Jungle	Reporter (uncredited)	75
11	1950	Mystery Street	Reporter (uncredited)	67
12	1950	Lonely Heart Bandits	Stevedore	65
13	1950	Union Station	Hackett (uncredited)	64
14	1950	Cyrano de Bergerac	Cadet	68
15	1951	Raton Pass	Sam	48
16	1951	Hollywood Story	1st Detective (uncredited)	66
17	1951	The Red Badge of Courage	Soldier (uncredited)	64
18	1951	Honeychile	Marvin McKay	60
19	1951	Northwest Territory	LeBeau	50
20	1952	Actors and Sin	Movie Hero	52
21	1952	Blackhawk	Chuck	52
22	1952	Old Oklahoma Plains	Chuck Ramsey	50
23	1952	Zombies of the Stratosphere	Roth	48
24	1952	Son of Geronimo	Ace Devlin [Chs.1-9]	0
25	1952	A Star Shall Rise	Gaspar	0
26	1953	Star of Texas	Texas Ranger Stockton	0
27	1953	Marshal of Cedar Rock	Chris Peters - Henchman	55
28	1953	Serpent of the Nile	Captain Domitius	70
29	1953	Rebel City	Joe Spencer	50
30	1953	The Great Adventures of Captain Kidd	Captain Kidd	40
31	1953	The Big Heat	Al - Bannion's Brother-in-Law (uncredited)	77
32	1953	Slaves of Babylon	Avil	47
33	1953	Prisoners of the Casbah	Guard (uncredited)	54
34	1953	Secret of Outlaw Flats	King Bradshaw	0
35	1954	Trader Tom of the China Seas	Bill Gaines	0
36	1954	Jesse James vs. the Daltons		52
37	1954	Captain Kidd and the Slave Girl	Bonnett	54
38	1954	Battle of Rogue River	Capt. Richard Hillman	57
39	1956	Confession	Gunman	0
40	1958	Satan's Satellites	Roth	45
41	1958	The Key	American Captain	60
42	1958	Intent to Kill	Boyd	52
43	1958	Orders to Kill	Kimball	71
44	1958	Floods of Fear	Jack Murphy	67
45	1959	John Paul Jones	George Washington	61
46	1959	Solomon and Sheba	Joab	64
47	1960	Hell Is a City	Don Starling	66
48	1960	Piccadilly Third Stop	Joe Preedy	65
49	1960	The Man Who Was Nobody	South Africa Smith	70
50	1960	Exodus	Capt. Hank Schlosberg	67
51	1961	The Devil's Messenger	Donald Powell	43
52	1961	The Impersonator	Sgt. Jimmy Bradford	56
53	1961	The Long Shadow	Kelly	0
54	1962	The 300 Spartans	Agathon the Spartan Spy	64
55	1962	The Longest Day	Col. Caffey (uncredited)	76
56	1963	Come Fly with Me	Co-Pilot	44
57	1963	Jason and the Argonauts	Polydeuces (uncredited)	72
58	1964	The Americanization of Emily	Chief Petty Officer Paul Adams	67
59	1965	The Greatest Story Ever Told	Alexander	64
60	1965	I Saw What You Did	Trooper	62
61	1966	Duel at Diablo	Clay Dean	63
62	1967	Return of the Gunfighter	Butch Cassidy	61
63	1967	Spring Night, Summer Night	Virgil	66
64	1969	The Ravine	Captain Keller	70
65	1972	The Poseidon Adventure	Chief Engineer	71
66	1973	The Severed Arm	Doctor Sanders	48
67	1973	Message to My Daughter	Abortionist	70
68	1974	J.W. Coop	Rancher	54
69	1974	Strange Homecoming	Winston	80
70	1974	The Towering Inferno	Callahan	70
71	1975	The Swiss Family Robinson	Nate Bidwell	60
72	1975	Night Moves	Tom Iverson	67
73	1975	Guilty or Innocent: The Sam Sheppard Murder Case	Fred Stoner	0
74	1976	The Macahans	Hale Crowley	67
75	1976	The Enforcer	The Mayor	67
76	1977	Outlaw Blues	Buzz Cavenaugh	42
77	1978	The Two-Five	Capt. Paul Carter	0
78	1978	Desperate Women		10
79	1979	Donovan's Kid	Thunder City Sheriff	60
80	1979	Tilt	Mickey	50
81	1979	Hard Knocks	Josh	20
82	1979	Dreamer	Riverboat Captain	53
83	1979	The Sky Trap	Mark Sanders	0
84	1979	Lawman Without a Gun	Sgt. Hunt	0
85	1979	The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again	Captain Sherick	64
86	1981	Elvis and the Beauty Queen	Vernon Presley	38
87	1981	The Boogens	Brian Deering	54
88	1981	The Other Victim	Price	0
89	1989	Grave Secrets	Homer	42

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1950	The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show		69
2	1951	The Living Christ	Joel	50
3	1951	The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok		45
4	1951	The Adventures of Boston Blackie		40
5	1952	Adventures of Superman	Jack Morrell	67
6	1952	Hopalong Cassidy		52
7	1954	The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin		69
8	1955	Gunsmoke	Hod	66
9	1955	Gunsmoke	Loy	66
10	1955	Gunsmoke	Torbert	66
11	1955	Gunsmoke	Hal Biggs	66
12	1955	Gunsmoke	Drunk	66
13	1955	Gunsmoke	Yates	66
14	1955	Gunsmoke	Amos Strange	66
15	1955	Gunsmoke	Pinto	66
16	1955	Gunsmoke	Norman Wilson	66
17	1955	Gunsmoke	Blanchard	66
18	1955	Gunsmoke	Hugh Eaton	66
19	1955	Gunsmoke	Muller	66
20	1956	Telephone Time		63
21	1956	State Trooper		50
22	1957	Trackdown		64
23	1959	13 Demon Street		80
24	1959	Interpol Calling	Kustrinski	67
25	1959	Interpol Calling	Keflik	67
26	1959	Interpol Calling	Ben Stack	67
27	1959	The Twilight Zone	Joe	84
28	1959	The Third Man	Simon Baird	67
29	1960	Danger Man		72
30	1962	Combat!	Gunnar	77
31	1962	Combat!	Capt. Werner	77
32	1963	The Fugitive	Sergeant	72
33	1963	My Favorite Martian		60
34	1963	Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre		57
35	1964	Another World		56
36	1964	Daniel Boone	Jeremy Cain	69
37	1964	Daniel Boone	Tolliver	69
38	1964	Daniel Boone	Press Boker	69
39	1964	Profiles in Courage		50
40	1965	Lost in Space	Dr. Chronos	71
41	1965	The Big Valley	Gandy	61
42	1965	The Big Valley	Deputy Sheriff Billy Norris	61
43	1965	Hogan's Heroes	Captain Hermann	75
44	1965	The Wild Wild West		75
45	1965	Hogan's Heroes	Captain - Officer #1	75
46	1965	Hogan's Heroes	Lieutenant Ritchie	75
47	1965	Hogan's Heroes	1st Gestapo Man	75
48	1965	Hogan's Heroes	Gestapo Man	75
49	1965	Hogan's Heroes	Gestapo Major	75
50	1966	Batman	Printer's Devil	73
51	1966	Star Trek	Commissioner Ferris	80
52	1966	Tarzan		67
53	1966	The Time Tunnel	Little John	76
54	1966	The Time Tunnel	Major	76
55	1966	The Time Tunnel	Henderson	76
56	1966	The Time Tunnel	John Poe	76
57	1966	Mission: Impossible	Dr. Lubell	76
58	1966	Mission: Impossible	Orin Selby	76
59	1967	Hondo		65
60	1967	The Guns of Will Sonnett		62
61	1967	Mannix		67
62	1968	The Dick Cavett Show	Self - Guest	67
63	1968	Land of the Giants		67
64	1971	Nichols	Marshall	50
65	1971	Nichols	Sgt. Kessler	50
66	1972	Banacek	Owen Summers	86
67	1972	The Waltons	Sheriff Ep Bridges	71
68	1972	The Bob Newhart Show		75
69	1973	Police Story		69
70	1974	Rhoda		63
71	1974	Little House on the Prairie		79
72	1974	Harry O		46
73	1974	Police Woman		63
74	1974	The Rockford Files	Dr. Kenilworth	75
75	1974	The Rockford Files	Christian	75
76	1974	Police Woman	Capt. Parks	63
77	1975	Bronk		62
78	1975	The Invisible Man	Coner, Prison Guard	61
79	1975	The Swiss Family Robinson		62
80	1976	The Bionic Woman		70
81	1976	Charlie's Angels	Lt. Francona	67
82	1976	The Tony Randall Show		63
83	1977	Eight Is Enough		60
84	1977	The Incredible Hulk	Tom Edler	73
85	1978	The Amazing Spider-Man		60
86	1978	Kaz		50
87	1979	Salvage 1		64
88	1979	From Here to Eternity	Maj. Thompson	68
89	1979	Friends		50
90	1979	Trapper John, M.D.		65
91	1981	Dynasty		65
92	1981	Code Red		55
93	1982	The Powers of Matthew Star	General Tucker	56
94	1982	Knight Rider	Sheriff Moore	76
95	1982	Matt Houston		62
96	1982	Knight Rider	Mac Thomas	76
97	1983	Hardcastle and McCormick		64

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