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John Crawford
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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…
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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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BODY OF WORK
John Crawford's Filmography
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Grave Secrets
as Homer
The Other Victim
as Price
The Boogens
as Brian Deering
Elvis and the Beauty Queen
as Vernon Presley
The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again
as Captain Sherick
Lawman Without a Gun
as Sgt. Hunt
The Sky Trap
as Mark Sanders
Dreamer
as Riverboat Captain
Tilt
as Mickey
Hard Knocks
as Josh
Donovan's Kid
as Thunder City Sheriff
Desperate Women
The Two-Five
as Capt. Paul Carter
Outlaw Blues
as Buzz Cavenaugh
The Enforcer
as The Mayor
The Macahans
as Hale Crowley
Guilty or Innocent: The Sam Sheppard Murder Case
as Fred Stoner
Night Moves
as Tom Iverson
The Swiss Family Robinson
as Nate Bidwell
The Towering Inferno
as Callahan
No Poster
Strange Homecoming
as Winston
Message to My Daughter
as Abortionist
Brother, My Song
as Dr. Bennet
The Severed Arm
as Doctor Sanders
The Poseidon Adventure
as Chief Engineer
J.W. Coop
as Rancher
The Ravine
as Captain Keller
Spring Night, Summer Night
as Virgil
Return of the Gunfighter
as Butch Cassidy
Duel at Diablo
as Clay Dean
I Saw What You Did
as Trooper
The Greatest Story Ever Told
as Alexander
The Americanization of Emily
as Chief Petty Officer Paul Adams
Jason and the Argonauts
as Polydeuces (uncredited)
Captain Sindbad
as Aram
Come Fly with Me
as Co-Pilot
The Devil's Messenger
as Donald Powell
The Longest Day
as Col. Caffey (uncredited)
The 300 Spartans
as Agathon the Spartan Spy
The Long Shadow
as Kelly
The Impersonator
as Sgt. Jimmy Bradford
Exodus
as Capt. Hank Schlosberg
The Man Who Was Nobody
as South Africa Smith
Piccadilly Third Stop
as Joe Preedy
I Aim at the Stars
as Dr. Bosco - White Sands, New Mexico
Hell Is a City
as Don Starling
Solomon and Sheba
as Joab
John Paul Jones
as George Washington
Floods of Fear
as Jack Murphy
Orders to Kill
as Kimball
Intent to Kill
as Boyd
The Key
as American Captain
Satan's Satellites
as Roth
Confession
as Gunman
Battle of Rogue River
as Capt. Richard Hillman
Captain Kidd and the Slave Girl
as Bonnett
Jesse James vs. the Daltons
Trader Tom of the China Seas
as Bill Gaines
Secret of Outlaw Flats
as King Bradshaw
Prisoners of the Casbah
as Guard (uncredited)
Slaves of Babylon
as Avil
The Big Heat
as Al - Bannion's Brother-in-Law (uncredited)
The Great Adventures of Captain Kidd
as Captain Kidd
Rebel City
as Joe Spencer
Serpent of the Nile
as Captain Domitius
Marshal of Cedar Rock
as Chris Peters - Henchman
Star of Texas
as Texas Ranger Stockton
A Star Shall Rise
as Gaspar
Son of Geronimo
as Ace Devlin [Chs.1-9]
Zombies of the Stratosphere
as Roth
Old Oklahoma Plains
as Chuck Ramsey
Blackhawk
as Chuck
Actors and Sin
as Movie Hero
Northwest Territory
as LeBeau
Honeychile
as Marvin McKay
The Red Badge of Courage
as Soldier (uncredited)
Hollywood Story
as 1st Detective (uncredited)
Raton Pass
as Sam
Cyrano de Bergerac
as Cadet
Union Station
as Hackett (uncredited)
Lonely Heart Bandits
as Stevedore
Mystery Street
as Reporter (uncredited)
The Asphalt Jungle
as Reporter (uncredited)
The Invisible Monster
as Harris
Radar Patrol vs. Spy King
as Sands
Ghost of Zorro
as Agent Mulvaney - Ch. 3, 4
Adventures of Frank and Jesse James
as Amos Ramsey
Sons of Adventure
as George Norton
Dangers of the Canadian Mounted
as Danton - Henchman
The Time of Their Lives
as Dandy at Party (uncredited)
Without Reservations
as Soldier (uncredited)
The Phantom of 42nd Street
as John Carraby