
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
160 acting credits
Acting · 160

Mannix
1967

Star Trek
1966

The Fugitive
1963

Batman
1966

Charlie's Angels
1976

Little House on the Prairie
1974

Mission: Impossible
1966

Knight Rider
1982

Dynasty
1981

The Rockford Files
1974

The Waltons
1972

The Twilight Zone
1959

Hogan's Heroes
1965
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963

Combat!
1962

The Incredible Hulk
1977

The Big Valley
1965

Daniel Boone
1964

The Wild Wild West
1965

Police Woman
1974

Trapper John, M.D.
1979

Lost in Space
1965

The Dick Cavett Show
1968

Gunsmoke
1955

Matt Houston
1982

The Bob Newhart Show
1972

Rhoda
1974

Hardcastle and McCormick
1983

Land of the Giants
1968

My Favorite Martian
1963

The Bionic Woman
1976

The Time Tunnel
1966

Adventures of Superman
1952

Harry O
1974

Danger Man
1960

Tarzan
1966

Eight Is Enough
1977

Police Story
1973

Trackdown
1957

The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
1950

Banacek
1972

Telephone Time
1956
State Trooper
1956

The Third Man
1959

The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967
The Cisco Kid
1950

Nichols
1971

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951

Code Red
1981

Boston Blackie
1951

Bronk
1975

Interpol Calling
1959

Hondo
1967

Hopalong Cassidy
1952

The World of Hammer
1994

The Tony Randall Show
1976

The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
1954

The Longest Day
1962
Profiles in Courage
1964

Kaz
1978

Another World
1964

The Amazing Spider-Man
1978

The Powers of Matthew Star
1982

The Invisible Man
1975

The Poseidon Adventure
1972

The Towering Inferno
1974

Salvage 1
1979

The 300 Spartans
1962

Jason and the Argonauts
1963

The Enforcer
1976

The Greatest Story Ever Told
1965

Exodus
1960

The Swiss Family Robinson
1975

From Here to Eternity
1979

The Living Christ
1951

The Big Heat
1953

Solomon and Sheba
1959

Night Moves
1975

The Asphalt Jungle
1950

The Americanization of Emily
1964

Duel at Diablo
1966

Friends
1979

Without Reservations
1946

Mystery Street
1950

The Time of Their Lives
1946

The Key
1958

Guilty or Innocent: The Sam Sheppard Murder Case
1975

The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again
1979

The Red Badge of Courage
1951

Tilt
1979

Union Station
1950

I Saw What You Did
1965

Hell Is a City
1960

The Swiss Family Robinson
1975

Hollywood Story
1951

Captain Sindbad
1963

Return of the Gunfighter
1967

Elvis and the Beauty Queen
1981

13 Demon Street
1959

John Paul Jones
1959

Cyrano de Bergerac
1950

Jesse James vs. the Daltons
1954

Adventures of Frank and Jesse James
1948

Raton Pass
1951

Outlaw Blues
1977

Dreamer
1979

Come Fly with Me
1963

The Invisible Monster
1950

The Macahans
1976

Message to My Daughter
1973

The Phantom of 42nd Street
1945

Blackhawk
1952

Zombies of the Stratosphere
1952

Rebel City
1953

Desperate Women
1978

Donovan's Kid
1979

J.W. Coop
1972

Lawman Without a Gun
1979

Prisoners of the Casbah
1953

The Other Victim
1981

Actors and Sin
1952

Orders to Kill
1958

Intent to Kill
1958

Battle of Rogue River
1954

Honeychile
1951

Grave Secrets
1989

Marshal of Cedar Rock
1953

Slaves of Babylon
1953

The Severed Arm
1973

Son of Geronimo
1952

Floods of Fear
1958

Northwest Territory
1951

The Two-Five
1978

Spring Night, Summer Night
1967

Ghost of Zorro
1949

Serpent of the Nile
1953

The Devil's Messenger
1962
Strange Homecoming
1974

Dangers of the Canadian Mounted
1948

Lonely Heart Bandits
1950

The Boogens
1981

Hard Knocks
1979

Star of Texas
1953

The Impersonator
1961

Piccadilly Third Stop
1960

Satan's Satellites
1958

Captain Kidd and the Slave Girl
1954

The Sky Trap
1979

The Man Who Was Nobody
1960

The Great Adventures of Captain Kidd
1953

The Ravine
1969

The Long Shadow
1961

Secret of Outlaw Flats
1953

Radar Patrol vs. Spy King
1949

Trader Tom of the China Seas
1954

Sons of Adventure
1948

A Star Shall Rise
1952

Confession
1956

Old Oklahoma Plains
1952

Brother, My Song
1973