Cast
John Crawford
Acting
Cast
John Crawford
Known for
Acting
Born
1920-09-13
From
Colfax, Washington, USA
Died
2010-09-21
Also known as Johnny Crawford, Cleve Allen Richardson, Cleve Richardson
Biography
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
★7.6
MOVIE1962
The Longest Day
as Col. Caffey (uncredited)
★7.2
MOVIE1963
Jason and the Argonauts
as Polydeuces (uncredited)
★7.2
MOVIE1972
The Poseidon Adventure
as Chief Engineer
★7.0
MOVIE1974
The Towering Inferno
as Callahan
★6.7
MOVIE1976
The Enforcer
as The Mayor
★6.4
MOVIE1959
Solomon and Sheba
as Joab
★6.4
MOVIE1965
The Greatest Story Ever Told
as Alexander
★6.7
MOVIE1960
Exodus
as Capt. Hank Schlosberg
★7.5
MOVIE1950
The Asphalt Jungle
as Reporter (uncredited)
★6.5
MOVIE1962
The 300 Spartans
as Agathon the Spartan Spy
★6.1
MOVIE1967
Return of the Gunfighter
as Butch Cassidy
★6.7
MOVIE1975
Night Moves
as Tom Iverson
★7.0
MOVIE1952
Old Oklahoma Plains
as Chuck Ramsey
★7.7
MOVIE1953
The Big Heat
as Al - Bannion's Brother-in-Law (uncredited)
★6.0
MOVIE1959
John Paul Jones
as George Washington
★6.4
MOVIE1966
Duel at Diablo
as Clay Dean
★6.5
MOVIE1951
The Red Badge of Courage
as Soldier (uncredited)
★7.2
MOVIE1946
The Time of Their Lives
as Dandy at Party (uncredited)
★6.7
MOVIE1964
The Americanization of Emily
as Chief Petty Officer Paul Adams
★9.0
MOVIE1979
Lawman Without a Gun
as Sgt. Hunt
★6.5
MOVIE1979
The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again
as Captain Sherick
★6.5
MOVIE1975
The Swiss Family Robinson
as Nate Bidwell
★6.1
MOVIE1958
The Key
as American Captain
★6.7
MOVIE1951
Hollywood Story
as 1st Detective (uncredited)
★7.2
MOVIE1953
Serpent of the Nile
as Captain Domitius
★6.5
MOVIE1950
Union Station
as Hackett (uncredited)
★7.8
MOVIE1950
Lonely Heart Bandits
as Stevedore
★6.6
MOVIE1967
Spring Night, Summer Night
as Virgil
★6.2
MOVIE1946
Without Reservations
as Soldier (uncredited)
★5.0
MOVIE1963
Come Fly with Me
as Co-Pilot
★4.3
MOVIE1989
Grave Secrets
as Homer
★4.9
MOVIE1963
Captain Sindbad
as Aram
★6.8
MOVIE1950
Mystery Street
as Reporter (uncredited)
★6.3
MOVIE1952
Actors and Sin
as Movie Hero
★7.5
MOVIE1949
Radar Patrol vs. Spy King
as Sands
★6.0
MOVIE1954
Battle of Rogue River
as Capt. Richard Hillman
★6.9
MOVIE1950
Cyrano de Bergerac
as Cadet
★8.0
MOVIE1973
Message to My Daughter
as Abortionist
★6.6
MOVIE1960
Hell Is a City
as Don Starling
★4.7
MOVIE1950
The Invisible Monster
as Harris
★5.5
MOVIE1972
J.W. Coop
as Rancher
★6.7
MOVIE1960
Piccadilly Third Stop
as Joe Preedy
★6.2
MOVIE1965
I Saw What You Did
as Trooper
★5.9
MOVIE1954
Jesse James vs. the Daltons
★6.3
MOVIE1979
Dreamer
as Riverboat Captain
★7.5
MOVIE1979
Donovan's Kid
as Thunder City Sheriff
★4.9
MOVIE1951
Raton Pass
as Sam
★4.8
MOVIE1977
Outlaw Blues
as Buzz Cavenaugh
★4.7
MOVIE1962
The Devil's Messenger
as Donald Powell
★4.8
MOVIE1945
The Phantom of 42nd Street
as John Carraby
★5.0
MOVIE1953
The Great Adventures of Captain Kidd
as Captain Kidd
★7.2
MOVIE1958
Orders to Kill
as Kimball
★5.7
MOVIE1953
Prisoners of the Casbah
as Guard (uncredited)
★10.0
MOVIE1954
Trader Tom of the China Seas
as Bill Gaines
★6.8
MOVIE1969
The Ravine
as Captain Keller
★7.0
MOVIE1960
The Man Who Was Nobody
as South Africa Smith
★5.0
MOVIE1952
Zombies of the Stratosphere
as Roth
★3.9
MOVIE1981
Elvis and the Beauty Queen
as Vernon Presley
★7.0
MOVIE1952
Son of Geronimo
as Ace Devlin [Chs.1-9]
★8.0
MOVIE1981
The Other Victim
as Price
★8.5
MOVIE1974
Strange Homecoming
as Winston
★6.9
MOVIE1958
Floods of Fear
as Jack Murphy
★4.9
MOVIE1973
The Severed Arm
as Doctor Sanders
★7.0
MOVIE1953
Secret of Outlaw Flats
as King Bradshaw
★8.0
MOVIE1952
A Star Shall Rise
as Gaspar
★6.5
MOVIE1951
Northwest Territory
as LeBeau
MOVIE1973
Brother, My Song
as Dr. Bennet
★7.0
MOVIE1975
Guilty or Innocent: The Sam Sheppard Murder Case
as Fred Stoner
★6.3
MOVIE1953
Marshal of Cedar Rock
as Chris Peters - Henchman
★5.3
MOVIE1979
Tilt
as Mickey
★5.3
MOVIE1958
Satan's Satellites
as Roth
★5.7
MOVIE1954
Captain Kidd and the Slave Girl
as Bonnett
★7.0
MOVIE1953
Star of Texas
as Texas Ranger Stockton
★9.0
MOVIE1948
Sons of Adventure
as George Norton
★6.7
MOVIE1976
The Macahans
as Hale Crowley
★7.0
MOVIE1979
The Sky Trap
as Mark Sanders
★5.2
MOVIE1958
Intent to Kill
as Boyd
★6.5
MOVIE1948
Adventures of Frank and Jesse James
as Amos Ramsey
★9.0
MOVIE1978
The Two-Five
as Capt. Paul Carter
★6.2
MOVIE1952
Blackhawk
as Chuck
★6.0
MOVIE1953
Rebel City
as Joe Spencer
★5.8
MOVIE1949
Ghost of Zorro
as Agent Mulvaney - Ch. 3, 4
★6.5
MOVIE1948
Dangers of the Canadian Mounted
as Danton - Henchman
★5.5
MOVIE1981
The Boogens
as Brian Deering
★5.8
MOVIE1953
Slaves of Babylon
as Avil
★6.1
MOVIE1961
The Impersonator
as Sgt. Jimmy Bradford
★8.0
MOVIE1961
The Long Shadow
as Kelly
★3.0
MOVIE1978
Desperate Women
★7.5
MOVIE1951
Honeychile
as Marvin McKay
MOVIE1956
Confession
as Gunman
★4.5
MOVIE1979
Hard Knocks
as Josh