Biography
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
Filmography
all 157
Movies 87
TV Shows 70
Writer 2
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Grave Secrets (1989)
Hardcastle and McCormick (1983)
Knight Rider (1982)
Matt Houston (1982)
The Powers of Matthew Star (1982)
The Other Victim (1981)
The Boogens (1981)
Code Red (1981)
Elvis and the Beauty Queen (1981)
Dynasty (1981)
Trapper John, M.D. (1979)
The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again (1979)
The Sky Trap (1979)
Dreamer (1979)
Tilt (1979)
Hard Knocks (1979)
Friends (1979)
From Here to Eternity (1979)
Salvage 1 (1979)
Donovan's Kid (1979)
Lawman Without a Gun (1978)
Desperate Women (1978)
Kaz (1978)
The Two-Five (1978)
The Amazing Spider-Man (1978)
The Incredible Hulk (1977)
Outlaw Blues (1977)
Eight Is Enough (1977)
How the West Was Won (1977)
The Enforcer (1976)
The Tony Randall Show (1976)
Charlie's Angels (1976)
The Bionic Woman (1976)
Guilty or Innocent: The Sam Sheppard Murder Case (1975)
The Swiss Family Robinson (1975)
The Invisible Man (1975)
Bronk (1975)
The Swiss Family Robinson (1975)
Night Moves (1975)
The Towering Inferno (1974)
Strange Homecoming (1974)
The Rockford Files (1974)
Police Woman (1974)
Harry O (1974)
Little House on the Prairie (1974)
Petrocelli (1974)
Rhoda (1974)
Message to My Daughter (1973)
The Severed Arm (1973)
Police Story (1973)
The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
The Bob Newhart Show (1972)
The Waltons (1972)
Banacek (1972)
J.W. Coop (1971)
Nichols (1971)
The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970)
The Ravine (1969)
Land of the Giants (1968)
The Dick Cavett Show (1968)
Mannix (1967)
Hondo (1967)
The Guns of Will Sonnett (1967)
Return of the Gunfighter (1967)
Spring Night, Summer Night (1967)
Mission: Impossible (1966)
The Time Tunnel (1966)
Star Trek (1966)
Tarzan (1966)
Duel at Diablo (1966)
Batman (1966)
The Wild Wild West (1965)
Hogan's Heroes (1965)
Lost in Space (1965)
The Big Valley (1965)
I Saw What You Did (1965)
The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
Profiles in Courage (1964)
The Americanization of Emily (1964)
Daniel Boone (1964)
Another World (1964)
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963)
My Favorite Martian (1963)
The Fugitive (1963)
Jason and the Argonauts (1963)
Come Fly with Me (1963)
Combat! (1962)
The Longest Day (1962)
The 300 Spartans (1962)
The Impersonator (1961)
The Devil's Messenger (1961)
Exodus (1960)
The Man Who Was Nobody (1960)
Danger Man (1960)
Piccadilly Third Stop (1960)
Hell Is a City (1960)
Solomon and Sheba (1959)
The Third Man (1959)
The Twilight Zone (1959)
Interpol Calling (1959)
John Paul Jones (1959)
13 Demon Street (1959)
Floods of Fear (1958)
Orders to Kill (1958)
Intent to Kill (1958)
The Key (1958)
Satan's Satellites (1958)
Trackdown (1957)
State Trooper (1956)
Telephone Time (1956)
Gunsmoke (1955)
Commando Cody: Sky Marshal of the Universe (1955)
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (1954)
Battle of Rogue River (1954)
Captain Kidd and the Slave Girl (1954)
Jesse James vs. the Daltons (1954)
Trader Tom of the China Seas (1954)
Secret of Outlaw Flats (1953)
Prisoners of the Casbah (1953)
Slaves of Babylon (1953)
The Big Heat (1953)
The Great Adventures of Captain Kidd (1953)
Rebel City (1953)
Serpent of the Nile (1953)
Commando Cody: Sky Marshal of the Universe (1953)
Marshal of Cedar Rock (1953)
Star of Texas (1953)
A Star Shall Rise (1952)
Son of Geronimo (1952)
Hopalong Cassidy (1952)
Adventures of Superman (1952)
Old Oklahoma Plains (1952)
Blackhawk (1952)
Zombies of the Stratosphere (1952)
Actors and Sin (1952)
Northwest Territory (1951)
Honeychile (1951)
The Adventures of Boston Blackie (1951)
Hollywood Story (1951)
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (1951)
Raton Pass (1951)
The Living Christ (1951)
Cyrano de Bergerac (1950)
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (1950)
Union Station (1950)
Lonely Heart Bandits (1950)
Mystery Street (1950)
The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
The Invisible Monster (1950)
Radar Patrol vs. Spy King (1949)
Ghost of Zorro (1949)
Adventures of Frank and Jesse James (1948)
Sons of Adventure (1948)
Dangers of the Canadian Mounted (1948)
The Time of Their Lives (1946)
Without Reservations (1946)
The Phantom of 42nd Street (1945)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1920-09-13
Deathday2010-09-21 (90 years old)
Birth PlaceColfax, United States of America
SpouseBeverly Long
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsJohnny Crawford, Cleve Allen Richardson, Cleve Richardson, Jack Crawford
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