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
Movie | Grave Secrets | Homer | 1989-07-14 |
Series | Hardcastle and McCormick | Unknown | 1983-09-18 |
Series | The Powers of Matthew Star | General Tucker | 1982-09-17 |
Series | Knight Rider | Mac Thomas | 1982-09-26 |
Series | Matt Houston | Unknown | 1982-09-26 |
Series | Dynasty | Unknown | 1981-01-12 |
Movie | Elvis and the Beauty Queen | Vernon Presley | 1981-03-01 |
Movie | The Boogens | Brian Deering | 1981-09-25 |
Series | Friends | Unknown | 1979-03-25 |
Series | From Here to Eternity | Maj. Thompson | 1979-02-14 |
Movie | Donovan's Kid | Thunder City Sheriff | 1979-01-07 |
Movie | Hard Knocks | Josh | 1979-04-01 |
Series | Salvage 1 | Unknown | 1979-01-20 |
Movie | The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again | Captain Sherick | 1979-06-27 |
Series | Trapper John, M.D. | Unknown | 1979-09-23 |
Movie | Lawman Without a Gun | Sgt. Hunt | 1979-05-30 |
Movie | The Sky Trap | 1979-05-13 | |
Movie | Tilt | Mickey | 1979-04-01 |
Movie | Dreamer | Riverboat Captain | 1979-04-27 |
Series | The Amazing Spider-Man | Unknown | 1978-04-05 |
Movie | Desperate Women | 1978-10-25 | |
Series | Kaz | Unknown | 1978-09-10 |
Series | How the West Was Won | Unknown | 1977-02-06 |
Series | Eight Is Enough | Unknown | 1977-03-15 |
Movie | Outlaw Blues | Buzz Cavenaugh | 1977-07-15 |
Series | The Incredible Hulk | Unknown | 1977-11-04 |
Series | Charlie's Angels | Unknown | 1976-09-22 |
Series | The Bionic Woman | Unknown | 1976-01-14 |
Series | The Tony Randall Show | Unknown | 1976-09-23 |
Movie | The Enforcer | The Mayor | 1976-12-16 |
Movie | The Swiss Family Robinson | Nate Bidwell | 1975-04-15 |
Movie | Night Moves | Tom Iverson | 1975-02-27 |
Series | Bronk | Unknown | 1975-04-17 |
Series | The Invisible Man | Unknown | 1975-05-06 |
Movie | Guilty or Innocent: The Sam Sheppard Murder Case | Fred Stoner | 1975-11-17 |
Series | The Swiss Family Robinson | Unknown | 1975-09-14 |
Series | Little House on the Prairie | Unknown | 1974-09-11 |
Series | Petrocelli | Unknown | 1974-09-11 |
Series | Rhoda | Unknown | 1974-09-09 |
Movie | The Towering Inferno | Callahan | 1974-12-14 |
Series | Harry O | Unknown | 1974-09-12 |
Series | Police Woman | Unknown | 1974-09-13 |
Series | The Rockford Files | Christian | 1974-09-13 |
Series | Police Story | Unknown | 1973-03-20 |
Movie | Message to My Daughter | Abortionist | 1973-12-13 |
Movie | The Severed Arm | Doctor Sanders | 1973-11-02 |
Series | The Waltons | Sheriff Ep Bridges | 1972-09-14 |
Movie | The Poseidon Adventure | Chief Engineer | 1972-12-13 |
Series | The Bob Newhart Show | Unknown | 1972-09-16 |
Movie | J.W. Coop | Rancher | 1971-11-05 |
Movie | Spring Night, Summer Night | Virgil | 1970-09-23 |
Movie | The Ravine | Captain Keller | 1969-11-07 |
Series | Land of the Giants | Unknown | 1968-09-22 |
Series | Hondo | Unknown | 1967-09-08 |
Movie | Return of the Gunfighter | Butch Cassidy | 1967-04-01 |
Series | The Guns of Will Sonnett | Unknown | 1967-09-08 |
Series | Mannix | Unknown | 1967-09-16 |
Series | Batman | Unknown | 1966-01-12 |
Movie | Duel at Diablo | Clay Dean | 1966-06-15 |
Series | Tarzan | Unknown | 1966-09-08 |
Series | The Time Tunnel | Unknown | 1966-09-09 |
Series | Star Trek | Commissioner Ferris | 1966-09-08 |
Movie | I Saw What You Did | Trooper | 1965-07-21 |
Movie | The Greatest Story Ever Told | Alexander | 1965-04-09 |
Series | The Big Valley | Unknown | 1965-09-15 |
Series | Lost in Space | Unknown | 1965-09-15 |
Series | The Wild Wild West | Unknown | 1965-09-17 |
Series | Hogan's Heroes | Unknown | 1965-09-17 |
Series | Daniel Boone | Unknown | 1964-09-24 |
Series | Another World | 1964-05-04 | |
Movie | The Americanization of Emily | Chief Petty Officer Paul Adams | 1964-10-27 |
Series | Profiles in Courage | Unknown | 1964-11-08 |
Movie | Come Fly with Me | Co-Pilot | 1963-03-27 |
Movie | Jason and the Argonauts | Polydeuces (uncredited) | 1963-06-19 |
Series | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Unknown | 1963-10-04 |
Series | The Fugitive | Unknown | 1963-09-17 |
Series | My Favorite Martian | Unknown | 1963-09-29 |
Movie | The 300 Spartans | Agathon the Spartan Spy | 1962-08-01 |
Movie | The Longest Day | Col. Caffey (uncredited) | 1962-09-25 |
Movie | The Long Shadow | 1962-12-12 | |
Series | Combat! | Unknown | 1962-10-02 |
Movie | The Devil's Messenger | Donald Powell | 1961-01-01 |
Movie | The Impersonator | Sgt. Jimmy Bradford | 1961-05-01 |
Movie | Hell Is a City | Don Starling | 1960-04-10 |
Movie | Piccadilly Third Stop | Joe Preedy | 1960-09-05 |
Movie | The Man Who Was Nobody | South Africa Smith | 1960-09-15 |
Series | Danger Man | Unknown | 1960-09-11 |
Movie | Exodus | Capt. Hank Schlosberg | 1960-12-15 |
Movie | John Paul Jones | George Washington | 1959-06-16 |
Series | 13 Demon Street | Unknown | 1959-01-01 |
Series | The Twilight Zone | Unknown | 1959-10-02 |
Movie | Solomon and Sheba | Joab | 1959-12-18 |
Movie | Satan's Satellites | Roth | 1958-01-01 |
Movie | The Key | American Captain | 1958-05-28 |
Movie | Floods of Fear | Jack Murphy | 1958-11-18 |
Movie | Intent to Kill | Boyd | 1958-07-16 |
Movie | Orders to Kill | Kimball | 1958-07-25 |
Series | Trackdown | Unknown | 1957-10-04 |
Series | Telephone Time | Unknown | 1956-04-08 |
Series | State Trooper | Unknown | 1956-09-25 |
Series | Gunsmoke | Unknown | 1955-09-10 |
Movie | Jesse James vs. the Daltons | 1954-04-02 | |
Movie | Trader Tom of the China Seas | Bill Gaines | 1954-01-06 |
Movie | Battle of Rogue River | Capt. Richard Hillman | 1954-06-15 |
Movie | Captain Kidd and the Slave Girl | Bonnett | 1954-05-20 |
Series | The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin | Unknown | 1954-10-15 |
Movie | Rebel City | Joe Spencer | 1953-05-10 |
Movie | Serpent of the Nile | Captain Domitius | 1953-05-08 |
Movie | Star of Texas | Texas Ranger Stockton | 1953-01-11 |
Movie | Marshal of Cedar Rock | Chris Peters - Henchman | 1953-02-01 |
Movie | The Big Heat | Al - Bannion's Brother-in-Law (uncredited) | 1953-10-14 |
Movie | The Great Adventures of Captain Kidd | Captain Kidd | 1953-09-17 |
Movie | Prisoners of the Casbah | Guard (uncredited) | 1953-11-03 |
Movie | Secret of Outlaw Flats | King Bradshaw | 1953-11-15 |
Movie | Slaves of Babylon | Avil | 1953-10-21 |
Movie | Blackhawk | Chuck | 1952-07-24 |
Movie | Zombies of the Stratosphere | Roth | 1952-07-16 |
Movie | Actors and Sin | Movie Hero | 1952-06-18 |
Movie | Old Oklahoma Plains | Chuck Ramsey | 1952-07-25 |
Series | Adventures of Superman | Unknown | 1952-09-19 |
Movie | A Star Shall Rise | Gaspar | 1952-12-25 |
Movie | Son of Geronimo | Ace Devlin [Chs.1-9] | 1952-11-06 |
Series | Hopalong Cassidy | Unknown | 1952-09-19 |
Movie | Raton Pass | Sam | 1951-04-07 |
Series | The Living Christ | Joel | 1951-01-07 |
Movie | Hollywood Story | 1st Detective (uncredited) | 1951-06-01 |
Series | The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok | Unknown | 1951-04-15 |
Series | The Adventures of Boston Blackie | Unknown | 1951-09-08 |
Movie | Northwest Territory | LeBeau | 1951-12-09 |
Movie | Honeychile | Marvin McKay | 1951-10-20 |
Movie | Mystery Street | Reporter (uncredited) | 1950-06-23 |
Movie | The Invisible Monster | Harris | 1950-05-10 |
Movie | Lonely Heart Bandits | Stevedore | 1950-08-29 |
Movie | The Asphalt Jungle | Reporter (uncredited) | 1950-05-12 |
Movie | Union Station | Hackett (uncredited) | 1950-10-04 |
Movie | Cyrano de Bergerac | Cadet | 1950-11-16 |
Series | The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show | Unknown | 1950-10-12 |
Movie | Ghost of Zorro | Agent Mulvaney - Ch. 3, 4 | 1949-03-24 |
Movie | Radar Patrol vs. Spy King | Sands | 1949-11-23 |
Movie | Sons of Adventure | George Norton | 1948-09-01 |
Movie | Adventures of Frank and Jesse James | Amos Ramsey | 1948-10-30 |
Series | Ford Theatre | Unknown | 1948-10-17 |
Movie | Without Reservations | Soldier (uncredited) | 1946-05-13 |
Movie | The Time of Their Lives | Dandy at Party (uncredited) | 1946-08-13 |
Movie | The Phantom of 42nd Street | John Carraby | 1945-05-02 |