John Crawford (actor)
John Crawford (* 13. September 1920 in Colfax , Washington as Cleve Richardson ; † 21st September 2010 in Newbury Park , California ) was an American actor.
Crawford, also Jack Crawford or Johnny Crawford , was a prominent supporting actor in US cinema and television. In his almost 50-year career, he starred in almost 100 films and in more than 100 different television series and films. His first role was as a native dancer in King Kong and the White Woman in 1933 . He was first seen in small supporting roles in US films before receiving major roles in films in Great Britain in the late 1950s and 1960s.
Since the mid-1940s Crawford was regularly in films, and since 1952 in television roles. So he was in numerous films and on television as a guest star in series such as FBI , Raumschiff Enterprise , Time Tunnel , Batman , Bonanza , Kobra Take Over or Knight Rider . Crawford played a recurring role as a Gestapo man in A Cage Full of Heroes and also larger roles in Smoking Guns , Make-Up and Pistols and The Denver Clan . His most famous role was that of sheriff Ep Bridges in the series The Waltons . He wrote the screenplay for Sam Peckinpah's film Abrechnung wird zum Ende (1970) together with Edmund Penney . In 1985 he also directed the short film Yak's Best Ride and wrote the music with Clyde Lucas .
Filmography (selection)
- 1949: Zorro in the Wild West (Ghost of Zorro)
- 1950: The Devil's Pilot (Chain Lightning)
- 1952: The Greatest Show on Earth (The Greatest Show on Earth)
- 1952: Scaramouche, the gallant marquis (Scaramouche)
- 1958: The Key (The Key)
- 1959: Solomon and the Queen of Sheba
- 1959: Wernher von Braun - I reach for the stars
- 1960: The Man Who Was Nobody
- 1960: Hetzjagd (Hell Is a City)
- 1960: Exodus
- 1960: The Man Who Was Nobody
- 1962: The Lion of Sparta (The 300 Spartans)
- 1962: The Longest Day (The Longest Day)
- 1962: Captain Sindbad (Captain Sindbad)
- 1963: The winners (The Victors)
- 1963: Jason and the Argonauts (Jason and the Argonauts)
- 1964: For Officers Only (The Americanization of Emily)
- 1965: The Greatest Story Ever Told (The Greatest Story Ever Told)
- 1965: Duel at Diablo (Duel at Diablo)
- 1967: Return of the Gunfighter ( Hot Colts in Fists )
- 1972: The Poseidon Adventure (The Poseidon Adventure)
- 1974: Flammendes Inferno (The Towering Inferno)
- 1975: The Hot Track (Night Moves)
- 1976: Dirty Harry III - The Inexorable (The Enforcer)
Web links
- John Crawford at the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Crawford, John |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Richardson, Cleve; Crawford, Johnny; Crawford, Jack |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-American actor |
DATE OF BIRTH | September 13, 1920 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Colfax , Washington |
DATE OF DEATH | September 21, 2010 |
Place of death | Newbury Park , California |