John Crawford
Biography
John Crawford was a male actor born on September 13, 1920, in Colfax, Washington, United States. Also known as Johnn, he had 163 known acting credits listed on The Movie Database. His life and career spanned until his death on September 21, 2010, at the age of ninety years old. Biographical details from his profile note that he was a burly, handsome, and rugged character actor who appeared in over two hundred movies and television shows combined during a career lasting over forty years, frequently cast as tough or villainous characters. Born Cleve Richardson, he was discovered by a Warner Bros. scout while attending the University of Washington School of Drama. After failing a screen test, he joined RKO as a laborer, built sets at the Circle Theater in Los Angeles, and was later cast in plays before being signed to Columbia Pictures to play secondary roles in westerns.
Career overview
John Crawford was born Cleve Richardson on September 13, 1920, in Colfax, Washington. He was a burly, handsome, and rugged character actor whose career spanned over forty years. During his career, he appeared in over two hundred movies and television shows combined, typically cast as tough and villainous characters.
While attending the University of Washington's School of Drama, he was discovered by a Warner Bros. scout. Although he failed his screen test, he subsequently joined RKO as a laborer. He later secured a job building sets at the Circle Theater in Los Angeles and eventually persuaded the producers to cast him in some of their plays. Following this stage work, he was signed to Columbia Pictures to act in secondary roles in westerns.
According to archival data from The Movie Database, Crawford was credited with 163 known acting credits during his career. He passed away on September 21, 2010, at the age of ninety.
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194 titles- The World of Hammer (1994) as Self (archive footage)
- Grave Secrets (1989) as Homer
- Hardcastle and McCormick (1983) as Charlie
- Knight Rider (1982) as Sheriff Moore
- Knight Rider (1982) as Mac Thomas
- Matt Houston (1982)
- The Powers of Matthew Star (1982) as General Tucker
- Dynasty (1981)
- Code Red (1981)
- Elvis and the Beauty Queen (1981) as Vernon Presley
- The Other Victim (1981) as Price
- The Boogens (1981) as Brian Deering
- Trapper John, M.D. (1979)
- Salvage 1 (1979)
- From Here to Eternity (1979) as Maj. Thompson
- Lawman Without a Gun (1979) as Sgt. Hunt
- The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again (1979) as Captain Sherick
- Dreamer (1979) as Riverboat Captain
- Donovan's Kid (1979) as Thunder City Sheriff
- Friends (1979)
- Tilt (1979) as Mickey
- The Sky Trap (1979) as Mark Sanders
- Hard Knocks (1979) as Josh
- The Amazing Spider-Man (1978)
- Kaz (1978)
- The Two-Five (1978) as Capt. Paul Carter
- Desperate Women (1978)
- The Incredible Hulk (1977) as Tom Edler
- Eight Is Enough (1977)
- Outlaw Blues (1977) as Buzz Cavenaugh
- Charlie's Angels (1976) as Lt. Francona
- The Bionic Woman (1976)
- The Tony Randall Show (1976)
- The Enforcer (1976) as The Mayor
- The Macahans (1976) as Hale Crowley
- Bronk (1975)
- The Invisible Man (1975) as Coner, Prison Guard
- The Swiss Family Robinson (1975)
- Night Moves (1975) as Tom Iverson
- The Swiss Family Robinson (1975) as Nate Bidwell
- Guilty or Innocent: The Sam Sheppard Murder Case (1975) as Fred Stoner
- Little House on the Prairie (1974) as Ben Shelby
- The Rockford Files (1974) as Dr. Kenilworth
- The Rockford Files (1974) as Christian
- Police Woman (1974)
- Police Woman (1974) as Capt. Parks
- Police Woman (1974) as Captain Parks
- Police Woman (1974) as Deputy Chief Parks
- Police Woman (1974) as Chief Parks
- Rhoda (1974)
- Harry O (1974)
- The Towering Inferno (1974) as Callahan
- Strange Homecoming (1974) as Winston
- Police Story (1973)
- Message to My Daughter (1973) as Abortionist
- The Severed Arm (1973) as Doctor Sanders
- Brother, My Song (1973) as Dr. Bennet
- The Waltons (1972) as Sheriff Ep Bridges
- The Bob Newhart Show (1972) as Vern Hackler
- Banacek (1972) as Owen Summers
- The Poseidon Adventure (1972) as Chief Engineer
- J.W. Coop (1972) as Rancher
- Nichols (1971) as Marshall
- Nichols (1971) as Sgt. Kessler
- The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970) Writer
- The Ravine (1969) as Captain Keller
- The Dick Cavett Show (1968) as Self - Guest
- Land of the Giants (1968)
- Mannix (1967) as Traynor
- The Guns of Will Sonnett (1967) as Charlie
- Hondo (1967)
- Return of the Gunfighter (1967) as Butch Cassidy
- Spring Night, Summer Night (1967) as Virgil
- Star Trek (1966) as Commissioner Ferris
- Batman (1966) as Printer's Devil
- Mission: Impossible (1966) as Dr. Lubell
- Mission: Impossible (1966) as Orin Selby
- The Time Tunnel (1966) as Little John
- The Time Tunnel (1966) as Major
- The Time Tunnel (1966) as Henderson
- The Time Tunnel (1966) as John Poe
- Tarzan (1966)
- Duel at Diablo (1966) as Clay Dean
- The Wild Wild West (1965)
- Hogan's Heroes (1965) as Captain Hermann
- Hogan's Heroes (1965) as Captain - Officer #1
- Hogan's Heroes (1965) as Lieutenant Ritchie
- Hogan's Heroes (1965) as 1st Gestapo Man
- Hogan's Heroes (1965) as Gestapo Man
- Hogan's Heroes (1965) as Gestapo Major
- The Big Valley (1965) as Gandy
- The Big Valley (1965) as Deputy Sheriff Billy Norris
- Lost in Space (1965) as Dr. Chronos
- The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965) as Alexander
- I Saw What You Did (1965) as Trooper
- Daniel Boone (1964) as Jeremy Cain
- Daniel Boone (1964) as Tolliver
- Daniel Boone (1964) as Press Boker
- Another World (1964)
- Profiles in Courage (1964)
- The Americanization of Emily (1964) as Chief Petty Officer Paul Adams
- The Fugitive (1963) as Sergeant
- Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963)
- My Favorite Martian (1963)
- Jason and the Argonauts (1963) as Polydeuces (uncredited)
- Come Fly with Me (1963) as Co-Pilot
- Captain Sindbad (1963) as Aram
- Combat! (1962) as Gunnar
- Combat! (1962) as Capt. Werner
- The Longest Day (1962) as Col. Caffey (uncredited)
- The 300 Spartans (1962) as Agathon the Spartan Spy
- The Devil's Messenger (1962) as Donald Powell
- The Impersonator (1961) as Sgt. Jimmy Bradford
- The Long Shadow (1961) as Kelly
- Danger Man (1960) as Dr. Keller
- Exodus (1960) as Capt. Hank Schlosberg
- Hell Is a City (1960) as Don Starling
- Piccadilly Third Stop (1960) as Joe Preedy
- The Man Who Was Nobody (1960) as South Africa Smith
- The Twilight Zone (1959) as Joe
- Interpol Calling (1959) as Kustrinski
- Interpol Calling (1959) as Keflik
- Interpol Calling (1959) as Ben Stack
- The Third Man (1959) as Simon Baird
- Solomon and Sheba (1959) as Joab
- John Paul Jones (1959) as George Washington
- 13 Demon Street (1959)
- The Key (1958) as American Captain
- Orders to Kill (1958) as Kimball
- Floods of Fear (1958) as Jack Murphy
- Satan's Satellites (1958) as Roth
- Intent to Kill (1958) as Boyd
- Trackdown (1957)
- State Trooper (1956)
- Telephone Time (1956)
- Confession (1956) as Gunman
- Gunsmoke (1955) as Hod
- Gunsmoke (1955) as Loy
- Gunsmoke (1955) as Torbert
- Gunsmoke (1955) as Hal Biggs
- Gunsmoke (1955) as Drunk
- Gunsmoke (1955) as Yates
- Gunsmoke (1955) as Pinto
- Gunsmoke (1955) as Amos Strange
- Gunsmoke (1955) as Norman Wilson
- Gunsmoke (1955) as Blanchard
- Gunsmoke (1955) as Hugh Eaton
- Gunsmoke (1955) as Muller
- The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (1954)
- Battle of Rogue River (1954) as Capt. Richard Hillman
- Jesse James vs. the Daltons (1954)
- Trader Tom of the China Seas (1954) as Bill Gaines
- Captain Kidd and the Slave Girl (1954) as Bonnett
- The Big Heat (1953) as Al - Bannion's Brother-in-Law (uncredited)
- Serpent of the Nile (1953) as Captain Domitius
- The Great Adventures of Captain Kidd (1953) as Captain Kidd
- Prisoners of the Casbah (1953) as Guard (uncredited)
- Secret of Outlaw Flats (1953) as King Bradshaw
- Marshal of Cedar Rock (1953) as Chris Peters - Henchman
- Star of Texas (1953) as Texas Ranger Stockton
- Rebel City (1953) as Joe Spencer
- Slaves of Babylon (1953) as Avil
- Adventures of Superman (1952) as Jack Morrell
- Hopalong Cassidy (1952)
- Old Oklahoma Plains (1952) as Chuck Ramsey
- Actors and Sin (1952) as Movie Hero
- Zombies of the Stratosphere (1952) as Roth
- Son of Geronimo (1952) as Ace Devlin [Chs.1-9]
- A Star Shall Rise (1952) as Gaspar
- Blackhawk (1952) as Chuck
- The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (1951)
- Boston Blackie (1951) as Jim Marcum
- The Living Christ (1951) as Joel
- The Red Badge of Courage (1951) as Soldier (uncredited)
- Hollywood Story (1951) as 1st Detective (uncredited)
- Raton Pass (1951) as Sam
- Northwest Territory (1951) as LeBeau
- Honeychile (1951) as Marvin McKay
- The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (1950)
- The Cisco Kid (1950) as Sheriff Al White
- The Asphalt Jungle (1950) as Reporter (uncredited)
- Union Station (1950) as Hackett (uncredited)
- Lonely Heart Bandits (1950) as Stevedore
- Mystery Street (1950) as Reporter (uncredited)
- Cyrano de Bergerac (1950) as Cadet
- The Invisible Monster (1950) as Harris
- Radar Patrol vs. Spy King (1949) as Sands
- Ghost of Zorro (1949) as Agent Mulvaney - Ch. 3, 4
- Sons of Adventure (1948) as George Norton
- Adventures of Frank and Jesse James (1948) as Amos Ramsey
- Dangers of the Canadian Mounted (1948) as Danton - Henchman
- The Time of Their Lives (1946) as Dandy at Party (uncredited)
- Without Reservations (1946) as Soldier (uncredited)
- The Phantom of 42nd Street (1945) as John Carraby
Frequently Asked Questions
What movies or TV shows is John Crawford best known for?
John Crawford is widely recognized for notable roles and projects including The World of Hammer (1994), The Scent of Passion (2021), Hardcastle and McCormick (1983), Knight Rider (1982).
When and where was John Crawford born?
John Crawford was born on September 13, 1920 in Colfax, Washington, USA. They passed away on September 21, 2010.
How many credits does John Crawford have?
John Crawford has accumulated over 194 film and television credits across a career spanning from 1945 to 1994.
What is John Crawford's background in cinema and television?
John Crawford was a male actor born on September 13, 1920, in Colfax, Washington, United States. Also known as Johnn, he had 163 known acting credits listed on The Movie Database. His life and career spanned until his death on September 21, 2010, at the age of ninety years old. Biographical details from his profile not...