John Crawford

Known for ActingBorn 1920-09-13Died 2010-09-21Colfax, Washington, USA

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 BiographyRead more

Movies & web series

Trader Tom of the China Seas

Lawman Without a Gun

The Two-Five

Sons of Adventure

Strange Homecoming

Banacek

The Twilight Zone

The Other Victim

Message to My Daughter

Little House on the Prairie

Star Trek

The Long Shadow

A Star Shall Rise

Combat!

Knight Rider

The Rockford Files

Donovan's Kid

13 Demon Street

The Bob Newhart Show

The Time Tunnel

Lonely Heart Bandits

The Wild Wild West

The Big Heat

Hogan's Heroes

The Longest Day

Mission: Impossible

Profiles in Courage

From Here to Eternity

Honeychile

Danger Man

The Asphalt Jungle

Radar Patrol vs. Spy King

The Incredible Hulk

Batman

The Fugitive

The Waltons

The Poseidon Adventure

Orders to Kill

Lost in Space

Interpol Calling

Jason and the Argonauts

Code Red

The Sky Trap

Salvage 1

Friends

Kaz

The Third Man

The Bionic Woman