
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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宇宙大作戦

13 Demon Street

大草原の小さな家

コンバット!

復讐は俺に任せろ

史上最大の作戦

The Rockford Files

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The Wild Wild West

Mission: Impossible

Hogan's Heroes

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The Asphalt Jungle

The Bob Newhart Show

Danger Man

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超人ハルク

アルゴ探検隊の大冒険

Orders to Kill

The Fugitive

The Waltons

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Lost in Space

The Time of Their Lives

The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show

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The Man Who Was Nobody

Serpent of the Nile

Message to My Daughter

Daniel Boone

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Police Story

The Third Man

The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin

The Dick Cavett Show

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From Here to Eternity

Land of the Giants

Night Moves

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Floods of Fear

Exodus

Mystery Street

The Macahans

Mannix

Interpol Calling

Tarzan

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La cattura

Gunsmoke

The Americanization of Emily

Adventures of Superman

Hollywood Story

Hell Is a City

Lonely Heart Bandits

Spring Night, Summer Night

Piccadilly Third Stop

Trapper John, M.D.

Hondo

The World of Hammer

The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again

Union Station

The 300 Spartans

Dynasty

The Greatest Story Ever Told

The Red Badge of Courage

Trackdown

Salvage 1

Solomon and Sheba

Hardcastle and McCormick

Duel at Diablo

The Amazing Spider-Man

Telephone Time

Matt Houston

Without Reservations

I Saw What You Did

Rhoda

The Swiss Family Robinson

Police Woman

The Tony Randall Show

Bronk

The Guns of Will Sonnett

The Big Valley

The Invisible Man

Return of the Gunfighter

Eight Is Enough

Dangers of the Canadian Mounted

Donovan's Kid

Adventures of Frank and Jesse James

The Key

The Swiss Family Robinson

Honeychile

My Favorite Martian

John Paul Jones

Blackhawk

Battle of Rogue River

The Impersonator

Jesse James vs. the Daltons

Marshal of Cedar Rock

Dreamer

Code Red

Prisoners of the Casbah

Captain Kidd and the Slave Girl

The Boogens

Actors and Sin

Another World

J.W. Coop

Hopalong Cassidy

Tilt

Radar Patrol vs. Spy King

Northwest Territory

Old Oklahoma Plains

Rebel City

Kaz

The Powers of Matthew Star

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

Friends

The Living Christ

Nichols

Captain Sindbad

Zombies of the Stratosphere

The Severed Arm

Slaves of Babylon

Ghost of Zorro

Satan's Satellites

Raton Pass

Harry O

The Phantom of 42nd Street

The Devil's Messenger

Intent to Kill

The Invisible Monster

Outlaw Blues

Come Fly with Me

Grave Secrets

Boston Blackie

The Great Adventures of Captain Kidd

Elvis and the Beauty Queen

Hard Knocks

Desperate Women

The Two-Five

The Other Victim

A Star Shall Rise

The Long Shadow

Secret of Outlaw Flats

Guilty or Innocent: The Sam Sheppard Murder Case

Son of Geronimo

Sons of Adventure

Star of Texas

Lawman Without a Gun

The Sky Trap

Trader Tom of the China Seas

Confession

Brother, My Song