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 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
Known for
Credits
The Longest Day (1962)
as Col. Caffey (uncredited)
The Towering Inferno (1974)
as Callahan
The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
as Chief Engineer
The Enforcer (1976)
as The Mayor
Jason and the Argonauts (1963)
as Polydeuces (uncredited)
The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
as Alexander
The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
as Reporter (uncredited)
The Big Heat (1953)
as Al - Bannion's Brother-in-Law (uncredited)
Night Moves (1975)
as Tom Iverson
Solomon and Sheba (1959)
as Joab
The 300 Spartans (1962)
as Agathon the Spartan Spy
Exodus (1960)
as Capt. Hank Schlosberg
The Americanization of Emily (1964)
as Chief Petty Officer Paul Adams
The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again (1979)
as Captain Sherick
The Red Badge of Courage (1951)
as Soldier (uncredited)
Return of the Gunfighter (1967)
as Butch Cassidy
I Aim at the Stars (1960)
as Dr. Bosco - White Sands, New Mexico
Without Reservations (1946)
as Soldier (uncredited)
John Paul Jones (1959)
as George Washington
Duel at Diablo (1966)
as Clay Dean
Cyrano de Bergerac (1950)
as Cadet
Mystery Street (1950)
as Reporter (uncredited)
Serpent of the Nile (1953)
as Captain Domitius
Lawman Without a Gun (1979)
as Sgt. Hunt
Hell Is a City (1960)
as Don Starling
The Time of Their Lives (1946)
as Dandy at Party (uncredited)
I Saw What You Did (1965)
as Trooper
The Swiss Family Robinson (1975)
as Nate Bidwell
Come Fly with Me (1963)
as Co-Pilot
Battle of Rogue River (1954)
as Capt. Richard Hillman
Message to My Daughter (1973)
as Abortionist
Union Station (1950)
as Hackett (uncredited)
Elvis and the Beauty Queen (1981)
as Vernon Presley
Zombies of the Stratosphere (1952)
as Roth
The Two-Five (1978)
as Capt. Paul Carter
The Key (1958)
as American Captain
Grave Secrets (1989)
as Homer
Blackhawk (1952)
as Chuck
The Phantom of 42nd Street (1945)
as John Carraby
Captain Sindbad (1963)
as Aram
Hard Knocks (1979)
as Josh
Jesse James vs. the Daltons (1954)
Actor
The Man Who Was Nobody (1960)
as South Africa Smith
The Boogens (1981)
as Brian Deering
Captain Kidd and the Slave Girl (1954)
as Bonnett
The Devil's Messenger (1962)
as Donald Powell
The Great Adventures of Captain Kidd (1953)
as Captain Kidd
The Sky Trap (1979)
as Mark Sanders
Prisoners of the Casbah (1953)
as Guard (uncredited)
The Other Victim (1981)
as Price
Adventures of Frank and Jesse James (1948)
as Amos Ramsey
Trader Tom of the China Seas (1954)
as Bill Gaines
Tilt (1979)
as Mickey
Dangers of the Canadian Mounted (1948)
as Danton - Henchman
Old Oklahoma Plains (1952)
as Chuck Ramsey
Secret of Outlaw Flats (1953)
as King Bradshaw
Slaves of Babylon (1953)
as Avil
Outlaw Blues (1977)
as Buzz Cavenaugh
Radar Patrol vs. Spy King (1949)
as Sands
Guilty or Innocent: The Sam Sheppard Murder Case (1975)
as Fred Stoner
Marshal of Cedar Rock (1953)
as Chris Peters - Henchman
Donovan's Kid (1979)
as Thunder City Sheriff
The Severed Arm (1973)
as Doctor Sanders
Ghost of Zorro (1949)
as Agent Mulvaney - Ch. 3, 4
Spring Night, Summer Night (1967)
as Virgil
The Macahans (1976)
as Hale Crowley
Floods of Fear (1958)
as Jack Murphy
Hollywood Story (1951)
as 1st Detective (uncredited)
Orders to Kill (1958)
as Kimball
Son of Geronimo (1952)
as Ace Devlin [Chs.1-9]
A Star Shall Rise (1952)
as Gaspar
Satan's Satellites (1958)
as Roth
Intent to Kill (1958)
as Boyd
The Invisible Monster (1950)
as Harris
Actors and Sin (1952)
as Movie Hero
Piccadilly Third Stop (1960)
as Joe Preedy
Desperate Women (1978)
Actor
The Ravine (1969)
as Captain Keller
Honeychile (1951)
as Marvin McKay
Raton Pass (1951)
as Sam
Star of Texas (1953)
as Texas Ranger Stockton
Dreamer (1979)
as Riverboat Captain
J.W. Coop (1972)
as Rancher
Northwest Territory (1951)
as LeBeau
The Impersonator (1961)
as Sgt. Jimmy Bradford
Rebel City (1953)
as Joe Spencer
Lonely Heart Bandits (1950)
as Stevedore
Brother, My Song (1973)
as Dr. Bennet
Confession (1956)
as Gunman
Sons of Adventure (1948)
as George Norton
Strange Homecoming (1974)
as Winston
The Long Shadow (1961)
as Kelly