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