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
91 movies · 69 shows
Grave Secrets
1989·4.3
The Other Victim
1981·8.0
The Boogens
1981·5.5
Elvis and the Beauty Queen
1981·3.9
The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again
1979·6.5
Lawman Without a Gun
1979·9.0
The Sky Trap
1979·7.0
Dreamer
1979·6.3
Tilt
1979·5.3
Hard Knocks
1979·4.5
Donovan's Kid
1979·7.5
Desperate Women
1978·3.0
The Two-Five
1978·9.0
Outlaw Blues
1977·4.8
The Enforcer
1976·6.7
The Macahans
1976·6.7
Guilty or Innocent: The Sam Sheppard Murder Case
1975·7.0
Night Moves
1975·6.7
The Swiss Family Robinson
1975·6.5
The Towering Inferno
1974·7.0
Strange Homecoming
1974·8.5
Message to My Daughter
1973·8.0
Brother, My Song
1973·0.0
The Severed Arm
1973·4.9
The Poseidon Adventure
1972·7.2
J.W. Coop
1972·5.5
The Ravine
1969·6.8
Spring Night, Summer Night
1967·6.6
Return of the Gunfighter
1967·6.1
Duel at Diablo
1966·6.4
I Saw What You Did
1965·6.2
The Greatest Story Ever Told
1965·6.4
The Americanization of Emily
1964·6.7
Jason and the Argonauts
1963·7.2
Captain Sindbad
1963·4.9
Come Fly with Me
1963·5.0
The Devil's Messenger
1962·4.7
The Longest Day
1962·7.6
The 300 Spartans
1962·6.5
The Long Shadow
1961·8.0
The Impersonator
1961·6.1
Exodus
1960·6.7
The Man Who Was Nobody
1960·7.0
Piccadilly Third Stop
1960·6.7
Hell Is a City
1960·6.6
Solomon and Sheba
1959·6.4
John Paul Jones
1959·6.0
Floods of Fear
1958·6.9
Orders to Kill
1958·7.2
Intent to Kill
1958·5.2
The Key
1958·6.1
Satan's Satellites
1958·5.3
Confession
1956·0.0
Battle of Rogue River
1954·6.0
Captain Kidd and the Slave Girl
1954·5.7
Jesse James vs. the Daltons
1954·5.9
Trader Tom of the China Seas
1954·10.0
Secret of Outlaw Flats
1953·7.0
Prisoners of the Casbah
1953·5.7
Slaves of Babylon
1953·5.8
The Big Heat
1953·7.7
The Great Adventures of Captain Kidd
1953·5.0
Rebel City
1953·6.0
Serpent of the Nile
1953·7.2
Marshal of Cedar Rock
1953·6.3
Star of Texas
1953·7.0
A Star Shall Rise
1952·8.0
Son of Geronimo
1952·7.0
Zombies of the Stratosphere
1952·5.0
Old Oklahoma Plains
1952·7.0
Blackhawk
1952·6.2
Actors and Sin
1952·6.3
Northwest Territory
1951·6.5
Honeychile
1951·7.5
The Red Badge of Courage
1951·6.5
Hollywood Story
1951·6.7
Raton Pass
1951·4.9
Cyrano de Bergerac
1950·6.9
Union Station
1950·6.5
Lonely Heart Bandits
1950·7.8
Mystery Street
1950·6.8
The Asphalt Jungle
1950·7.5
The Invisible Monster
1950·4.7
Radar Patrol vs. Spy King
1949·7.5
Ghost of Zorro
1949·5.8
Adventures of Frank and Jesse James
1948·6.5
Sons of Adventure
1948·9.0
Dangers of the Canadian Mounted
1948·6.5
The Time of Their Lives
1946·7.2
Without Reservations
1946·6.2
The Phantom of 42nd Street
1945·4.8