Biography
John Ernest Crawford was an American actor, singer, and musician. He first performed before a national audience as a Mouseketeer. At age 12, Crawford rose to prominence playing Mark McCain in the ABC Western series, The Rifleman. Crawford was nominated for an Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actor at age 13 for his work on The Rifleman, which aired from 1958 to 1963.
Disney started out with 24 original Mouseketeers. However, at the end of the first season, the studio reduced the number to 12, and Crawford was released from his contract. His first important break as an actor followed with the title role in a Lux Video Theatre production of "Little Boy Lost", a live NBC broadcast on March 15, 1956. He also appeared in the popular Western series The Lone Ranger, in 1956, in one of the few color episodes of that series. Following that performance, the young actor worked steadily with many seasoned actors and directors. Freelancing for two and one-half years, he accumulated almost 60 television credits, including featured roles in three episodes of NBC's The Loretta Young Show and an appearance as Manuel in, "I Am an American", an episode of the syndicated crime drama Sheriff of Cochise. He starred as Bobby Adams in the 1958 drama "Courage of Black Beauty". By the spring of 1958, he had also performed 14 demanding roles in live teleplays for NBC's Matinee Theatre, appeared on CBS's sitcom, Mr. Adams and Eve, in the Wagon Train episode "The Sally Potter Story" (in which Martin Milner also appeared) and on the syndicated series, Crossroads, Sheriff of Cochise, and Whirlybirds, and made three pilots of TV series. The third pilot, which was made as an episode of Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater, was picked up by ABC and the first season of The Rifleman began filming in July 1958.
Crawford had a brief career as a recording artist in the 1950s and 1960s. He continued to act on television and in film as an adult. Beginning in 1992, Crawford led the California-based Johnny Crawford Orchestra, a vintage dance orchestra that performed at special events.
Filmography
all 48
TV Shows 27
Movies 21
self 6
Producer 1
Bill Tilghman and the Outlaws (2019)
The Thirteenth Floor (1999)
Vicki! (1992)
Bloodhounds of Broadway (1989)
Crossbow: The Movie (1989)
Paradise (1988)
Our Time (1985)
Murder, She Wrote (1984)
A nagy hazárdőr 2. (1983)
The Gambler: The Adventure Continues (1983)
Macbeth (1981)
When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion (1979)
The Shootist (1976)
The Great Texas Dynamite Chase (1976)
The inbreaker (1974)
Sonic Boom (1974)
The Naked Ape (1973)
The Resurrection of Broncho Billy (1970)
The Making Of 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid' (1970)
Lancer (1968)
Hawaii Five-O (1968)
The Movie Orgy (1968)
El Dorado (1966)
The Restless Ones (1965)
Village of the Giants (1965)
Indian Paint (1965)
Branded (1965)
Mr. Novak (1963)
Mister Ed (1961)
Rawhide (1959)
The Rifleman (1958)
The Donna Reed Show (1958)
The Space Children (1958)
Trackdown (1957)
Wagon Train (1957)
Have Gun, Will Travel (1957)
Courage of Black Beauty (1957)
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (1956)
Telephone Time (1956)
The Count of Monte Cristo (1956)
Matinee Theater (1955)
The Mickey Mouse Club (1955)
The Millionaire (1955)
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (1954)
Letter to Loretta (1953)
Cavalcade of America (1952)
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (1951)
Lux Video Theatre (1950)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1946-03-26
Deathday2021-04-29 (75 years old)
Birth PlaceLos Angeles, United States of America
SiblingsRobert L. Crawford
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsJohn E. Crawford, John Ernest Crawford, Johnnie Crawford, John Crawford, Johnny
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