Actor
John Crawford
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 ...

Known For
Acting
1989 -- Grave Secrets | Homer
1981 -- The Other Victim | Price
1981 -- The Boogens | Brian Deering
1981 -- Elvis and the Beauty Queen | Vernon Presley
1979 -- The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again | Captain Sherick
1979 -- Lawman Without a Gun | Sgt. Hunt
1979 -- The Sky Trap | Mark Sanders
1979 -- Dreamer | Riverboat Captain
1979 -- Hard Knocks | Josh
1979 -- Tilt | Mickey
1979 -- Donovan's Kid | Thunder City Sheriff
1978 -- Desperate Women |
1978 -- The Two-Five | Capt. Paul Carter
1977 -- Outlaw Blues | Buzz Cavenaugh
1976 -- The Enforcer | The Mayor
1976 -- The Macahans | Hale Crowley
1975 -- Guilty or Innocent: The Sam Sheppard Murder Case | Fred Stoner
1975 -- The Swiss Family Robinson | Nate Bidwell
1975 -- Night Moves | Tom Iverson
1974 -- The Towering Inferno | Callahan
1974 -- Strange Homecoming | Winston
1974 -- J.W. Coop | Rancher
1973 -- Message to My Daughter | Abortionist
1973 -- The Severed Arm | Doctor Sanders
1972 -- The Poseidon Adventure | Chief Engineer
1969 -- The Ravine | Captain Keller
1967 -- Spring Night, Summer Night | Virgil
1967 -- Return of the Gunfighter | Butch Cassidy
1966 -- Duel at Diablo | Clay Dean
1965 -- I Saw What You Did | Trooper
1965 -- The Greatest Story Ever Told | Alexander
1964 -- The Americanization of Emily | Chief Petty Officer Paul Adams
1963 -- Jason and the Argonauts | Polydeuces (uncredited)
1963 -- Come Fly with Me | Co-Pilot
1962 -- The Longest Day | Col. Caffey (uncredited)
1962 -- The 300 Spartans | Agathon the Spartan Spy
1961 -- The Long Shadow | Kelly
1961 -- The Impersonator | Sgt. Jimmy Bradford
1961 -- The Devil's Messenger | Donald Powell
1960 -- Exodus | Capt. Hank Schlosberg
1960 -- The Man Who Was Nobody | South Africa Smith
1960 -- Piccadilly Third Stop | Joe Preedy
1960 -- Hell Is a City | Don Starling
1959 -- Solomon and Sheba | Joab
1959 -- John Paul Jones | George Washington
1958 -- Floods of Fear | Jack Murphy
1958 -- Orders to Kill | Kimball
1958 -- Intent to Kill | Boyd
1958 -- The Key | American Captain
1958 -- Satan's Satellites | Roth
1954 -- Battle of Rogue River | Capt. Richard Hillman
1954 -- Captain Kidd and the Slave Girl | Bonnett
1954 -- Jesse James vs. the Daltons |
1954 -- Trader Tom of the China Seas | Bill Gaines
1953 -- Secret of Outlaw Flats | King Bradshaw
1953 -- Prisoners of the Casbah | Guard (uncredited)
1953 -- Slaves of Babylon | Avil
1953 -- The Big Heat | Al - Bannion's Brother-in-Law (uncredited)
1953 -- The Great Adventures of Captain Kidd | Captain Kidd
1953 -- Rebel City | Joe Spencer
1953 -- Serpent of the Nile | Captain Domitius
1953 -- Marshal of Cedar Rock | Chris Peters - Henchman
1953 -- Star of Texas | Texas Ranger Stockton
1952 -- A Star Shall Rise | Gaspar
1952 -- Son of Geronimo | Ace Devlin [Chs.1-9]
1952 -- Zombies of the Stratosphere | Roth
1952 -- Old Oklahoma Plains | Chuck Ramsey
1952 -- Blackhawk | Chuck
1952 -- Actors and Sin | Movie Hero
1951 -- Northwest Territory | LeBeau
1951 -- Honeychile | Marvin McKay
1951 -- The Red Badge of Courage | Soldier (uncredited)
1951 -- Hollywood Story | 1st Detective (uncredited)
1951 -- Raton Pass | Sam
1950 -- Cyrano de Bergerac | Cadet
1950 -- Union Station | Hackett (uncredited)
1950 -- Lonely Heart Bandits | Stevedore
1950 -- Mystery Street | Reporter (uncredited)
1950 -- The Asphalt Jungle | Reporter (uncredited)
1950 -- The Invisible Monster | Harris
1949 -- Radar Patrol vs. Spy King | Sands
1949 -- Ghost of Zorro | Agent Mulvaney - Ch. 3, 4
1948 -- Adventures of Frank and Jesse James | Amos Ramsey
1948 -- Sons of Adventure | George Norton
1948 -- Dangers of the Canadian Mounted | Danton - Henchman
1946 -- The Time of Their Lives | Dandy at Party (uncredited)
1946 -- Without Reservations | Soldier (uncredited)
1945 -- The Phantom of 42nd Street | John Carraby
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