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