John Crawford

🎂 Data nașterii: 1920-09-13 (Colfax, Washington, USA)

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

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John Crawford

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Duel at Diablo

Viața lui Iisus

Procurorul

The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again

Pericol in noapte

Tilt

The Boogens

Cyrano de Bergerac

Hell Is a City

Solomon și regina din Saba

Without Reservations

Prisoners of the Casbah

The Man Who Was Nobody

Dangers of the Canadian Mounted

The Impersonator

Come Fly with Me

Intent to Kill

Raton Pass

The Severed Arm

Donovan's Kid

Outlaw Blues

Serpent of the Nile

Jesse James vs. the Daltons

Lonely Heart Bandits

Battle of Rogue River

The Invisible Monster

The Great Adventures of Captain Kidd

La cattura

Hard Knocks

The Two-Five

The Americanization of Emily

The Other Victim

A Star Shall Rise

Jungla de asfalt

Aventura lui Poseidon

The Phantom of 42nd Street

The 300 Spartans

Slaves of Babylon

The Long Shadow

Secret of Outlaw Flats

Adventures of Frank and Jesse James

Spring Night, Summer Night

Marea căldură

I Saw What You Did

The Red Badge of Courage

Guilty or Innocent: The Sam Sheppard Murder Case

Return of the Gunfighter

Radar Patrol vs. Spy King

Northwest Territory

Old Oklahoma Plains

Message to My Daughter

Son of Geronimo

Zombies of the Stratosphere

Marshal of Cedar Rock

Dreamer

Ghost of Zorro

Sons of Adventure

Rebel City

Star of Texas

Lawman Without a Gun

Floods of Fear

Infernul din zgârie-nori

The Key

Jason and the Argonauts

J.W. Coop

Blackhawk

The Swiss Family Robinson

Exodus

Elvis and the Beauty Queen

Honeychile

Ordin să ucizi

The Devil's Messenger

The Sky Trap

Hollywood Story

Mystery Street

John Paul Jones

The Time of Their Lives

Trader Tom of the China Seas