Actor
Richard Crane
Biography

Richard Ollie Crane (June 6, 1918–March 9, 1969) was a veteran character actor whose career spanned three decades in films and television. His early career included many uncredited performances in feature films made in the 1940s. He may be best-remembered for his portrayal of the title role in the TV science fiction series Rocky Jones, Space Ranger, which ran for two seasons starting in 1954. Crane died of a heart attack at the age of 50. He is buried in Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery. ...

Known For
Acting
1964 -- Surf Party | Sgt. Wayne Neal
1963 -- House of the Damned | Joseph Schiller
1961 -- Boy Who Caught a Crook | Connors
1961 -- Devil's Partner | David Simpson
1960 -- 13 Fighting Men | Loomis
1959 -- Battle Flame | Dr. Bill Stoddard
1959 -- The Alligator People | Paul Webster
1959 -- Please Don't Touch Me! |
1958 -- No Time at All | Alvy Webber
1958 -- The Deep Six | Lieutenant j.g. Swanson
1957 -- Bailout at 43,000 | Captain Jack Nolan
1957 -- Guns Don't Argue | Homer Van Meter
1956 -- Forbidden Moon | Rocky Jones
1956 -- Menace from Outer Space | Rocky Jones
1955 -- No Man's Woman | Dick Sawyer
1955 -- Bobby Ware Is Missing | Police Car Deputy in Car #12 (as Dick Crane)
1955 -- Day is Done | Pvt. Archer
1955 -- The Eternal Sea | Lt. Johnson
1954 -- The Gypsy Moon | Rocky Jones
1954 -- Crash of Moons | Rocky Jones
1954 -- Silver Needle in the Sky | Rocky Jones
1954 -- Beyond the Moon | Rocky Jones
1954 -- Manhunt in Space | Rocky Jones
1953 -- The Great Adventures of Captain Kidd | Richard Dale
1953 -- The Neanderthal Man | Dr. Ross Harkness
1953 -- Woman They Almost Lynched | Yankee Lieutenant (uncredited)
1953 -- Commando Cody: Sky Marshal of the Universe | Dick Preston
1953 -- Winning of the West | Jack Autry aka Jack Austin
1952 -- Thundering Caravans | Deputy Dan Reed
1952 -- Leadville Gunslinger | Jim Blanchard
1951 -- Man in the Saddle | Juke Vird
1951 -- Mysterious Island | Capt. Cyrus Harding
1951 -- The Last Outpost | McReady (uncredited)
1950 -- A Lady Without Passport | Lt. Maxon, Navy Flyer
1949 -- Dynamite | Johnny Brown
1948 -- Angel on the Amazon | Johnny MacMahon
1948 -- Triple Threat |
1948 -- Waterfront at Midnight | Denny Hanrohan
1948 -- Arthur Takes Over | James Clark
1948 -- Campus Honeymoon | Robert Watson
1946 -- Johnny Comes Flying Home | Johnny Martin
1946 -- Behind Green Lights | Johnny Williams, Reporter
1946 -- The Flying Serpent | Hanson, station XOR broadcaster
1944 -- Patrolling the Ether | Phillip
1944 -- Primary Flight Training: Flight Sense | Second Dive-bomber Pilot
1944 -- None Shall Escape | Willie Grimm as a Man
1943 -- Riders of the Deadline | Tim Mason
1943 -- Cry 'Havoc' | Man
1943 -- Happy Land | Rusty Marsh
1943 -- Proceed and Report | Lt. (jg) Lee
1943 -- Corvette K-225 | Leading Torpedo Man
1943 -- So Proudly We Hail | Georgie Larson (Uncredited)
1943 -- Someone to Remember | Paul Parker
1943 -- For God and Country | Medical Orderly
1943 -- Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case | Sailor at Dance (uncredited)
1942 -- Eagle Squadron | Griffith
1942 -- The Phantom Plainsmen | Tad Marvin
1942 -- This Time for Keeps | Eustace Andrews
1941 -- Keep 'Em Flying | Cadet Stevens (uncredited)
1941 -- In the Navy | Office Boy (uncredited)
1940 -- Keeping Company | Eddie Lane
1940 -- Meet the Wildcat | Bill--Office Worker
1940 -- We Who Are Young | Savoy-Carlton Bellboy (uncredited)
1940 -- Susan and God | Bob
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