John Crawford

Acting · 1.4 popularity

Age

105

Movies

Born: September 13, 1920 – September 21, 2010
From: 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

Works

91 films

The Longest Day

19627.6

Jason and the Argonauts

19637.2

The Enforcer

19766.7

The Towering Inferno

19747.0

The Poseidon Adventure

19727.2

The Greatest Story Ever Told

19656.4

The 300 Spartans

19626.5

Night Moves

19756.7

The Asphalt Jungle

19507.5

The Big Heat

19537.7

Exodus

19606.7

Solomon and Sheba

19596.4

Cyrano de Bergerac

19506.9

Duel at Diablo

19666.4

The Key

19586.1

Return of the Gunfighter

19676.1

The Americanization of Emily

19646.7

Mystery Street

19506.8

John Paul Jones

19596.0

The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again

19796.5

The Red Badge of Courage

19516.5

Union Station

19506.5

The Time of Their Lives

19467.2

Captain Sindbad

19634.9

I Saw What You Did

19656.2

Elvis and the Beauty Queen

19813.9

The Swiss Family Robinson

19756.5

Without Reservations

19466.2

Actors and Sin

19526.3

Raton Pass

19514.9

Serpent of the Nile

19537.2

The Boogens

19815.5

The Severed Arm

19734.9

Come Fly with Me

19635.0

Old Oklahoma Plains

19527.0

Tilt

19795.3

Hollywood Story

19516.7

J.W. Coop

19725.5

Intent to Kill

19585.2

Battle of Rogue River

19546.0

Grave Secrets

19894.3

Hell Is a City

19606.6

Zombies of the Stratosphere

19525.0

Trader Tom of the China Seas

195410.0

Captain Kidd and the Slave Girl

19545.7

Radar Patrol vs. Spy King

19497.5

Message to My Daughter

19738.0

The Macahans

19766.7

Strange Homecoming

19748.5

Jesse James vs. the Daltons

19545.9

The Ravine

19696.8

Orders to Kill

19587.2

Lawman Without a Gun

19799.0

The Man Who Was Nobody

19607.0

Spring Night, Summer Night

19676.6

Ghost of Zorro

19495.8

Rebel City

19536.0

Son of Geronimo

19527.0

Brother, My Song

1973

Satan's Satellites

19585.3

The Phantom of 42nd Street

19454.8

Outlaw Blues

19774.8

Dangers of the Canadian Mounted

19486.5

Secret of Outlaw Flats

19537.0

Adventures of Frank and Jesse James

19486.5

Piccadilly Third Stop

19606.7

The Great Adventures of Captain Kidd

19535.0

Blackhawk

19526.2

Lonely Heart Bandits

19507.8

Floods of Fear

19586.9

Honeychile

19517.5

Dreamer

19796.3

The Impersonator

19616.1

Prisoners of the Casbah

19535.7

The Long Shadow

19618.0

The Invisible Monster

19504.7

Donovan's Kid

19797.5

The Sky Trap

19797.0

A Star Shall Rise

19528.0

Slaves of Babylon

19535.8

Desperate Women

19783.0

The Two-Five

19789.0

Northwest Territory

19516.5

The Devil's Messenger

19624.7

Star of Texas

19537.0

Marshal of Cedar Rock

19536.3

Guilty or Innocent: The Sam Sheppard Murder Case

19757.0

The Other Victim

19818.0

Confession

1956

Sons of Adventure

19489.0

Hard Knocks

19794.5