Birthday
1920/09/13
Day of death
2010/09/21 (90 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Colfax, Washington, USA
Also know as
Johnny Crawford, Cleve Allen Richardson, Cleve Richardson, Jack Crawford
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...Read more
(1966) Duel at Diablo
as Clay Dean
(1965) The Greatest Story Ever Told
as Alexander
(1976) The Enforcer
as The Mayor
(1979) The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again
as Captain Sherick
(1975) Night Moves
as Tom Iverson
(1979) Tilt
as Mickey
(1981) The Boogens
as Brian Deering
(1950) Cyrano de Bergerac
as Cadet
(1960) Hell Is a City
as Don Starling
(1959) Solomon and Sheba
as Joab
(1946) Without Reservations
as Soldier (uncredited)
(1953) Prisoners of the Casbah
as Guard (uncredited)
(1960) The Man Who Was Nobody
as South Africa Smith
(1948) Dangers of the Canadian Mounted
as Danton - Henchman
(1961) The Impersonator
as Sgt. Jimmy Bradford
(1963) Come Fly with Me
as Co-Pilot
(1958) Intent to Kill
as Boyd
(1951) Raton Pass
as Sam
(1973) The Severed Arm
as Doctor Sanders
(1979) Donovan's Kid
as Thunder City Sheriff
(1977) Outlaw Blues
as Buzz Cavenaugh
(1953) Serpent of the Nile
as Captain Domitius
(1954) Jesse James vs. the Daltons
as ---
(1950) Lonely Heart Bandits
as Stevedore
(1954) Battle of Rogue River
as Capt. Richard Hillman
(1950) The Invisible Monster
as Harris
(1953) The Great Adventures of Captain Kidd
as Captain Kidd
(1969) The Ravine
as Captain Keller
(1979) Hard Knocks
as Josh
(1978) The Two-Five
as Capt. Paul Carter
(1964) The Americanization of Emily
as Chief Petty Officer Paul Adams
(1981) The Other Victim
as Price
(1952) A Star Shall Rise
as Gaspar
(1950) The Asphalt Jungle
as Reporter (uncredited)
(1972) The Poseidon Adventure
as Chief Engineer
(1945) The Phantom of 42nd Street
as John Carraby
(1962) The 300 Spartans
as Agathon the Spartan Spy
(1953) Slaves of Babylon
as Avil
(1961) The Long Shadow
as Kelly
(1948) Adventures of Frank and Jesse James
as Amos Ramsey
(1967) Spring Night, Summer Night
as Virgil
(1953) Secret of Outlaw Flats
as King Bradshaw
(1953) The Big Heat
as Al - Bannion's Brother-in-Law (uncredited)
(1965) I Saw What You Did
as Trooper
(1951) The Red Badge of Courage
as Soldier (uncredited)
(1975) Guilty or Innocent: The Sam Sheppard Murder Case
as Fred Stoner
(1967) Return of the Gunfighter
as Butch Cassidy
(1949) Radar Patrol vs. Spy King
as Sands
(1951) Northwest Territory
as LeBeau
(1952) Old Oklahoma Plains
as Chuck Ramsey
(1973) Message to My Daughter
as Abortionist
(1952) Zombies of the Stratosphere
as Roth
(1952) Son of Geronimo
as Ace Devlin [Chs.1-9]
(1953) Marshal of Cedar Rock
as Chris Peters - Henchman
(1979) Dreamer
as Riverboat Captain
(1949) Ghost of Zorro
as Agent Mulvaney - Ch. 3, 4
(1948) Sons of Adventure
as George Norton
(1953) Rebel City
as Joe Spencer
(1953) Star of Texas
as Texas Ranger Stockton
(1979) Lawman Without a Gun
as Sgt. Hunt
(1958) Floods of Fear
as Jack Murphy
(1974) The Towering Inferno
as Callahan
(1958) The Key
as American Captain
(1963) Jason and the Argonauts
as Polydeuces (uncredited)
(1974) J.W. Coop
as Rancher
(1952) Blackhawk
as Chuck
(1975) The Swiss Family Robinson
as Nate Bidwell
(1960) Exodus
as Capt. Hank Schlosberg
(1981) Elvis and the Beauty Queen
as Vernon Presley
(1951) Honeychile
as Marvin McKay
(1958) Orders to Kill
as Kimball
(1961) The Devil's Messenger
as Donald Powell
(1979) The Sky Trap
as Mark Sanders
(1951) Hollywood Story
as 1st Detective (uncredited)
(1950) Mystery Street
as Reporter (uncredited)
(1959) John Paul Jones
as George Washington
(1946) The Time of Their Lives
as Dandy at Party (uncredited)
(1954) Trader Tom of the China Seas
as Bill Gaines
(1962) The Longest Day
as Col. Caffey (uncredited)
(1974) Strange Homecoming
as Winston
(1960) Piccadilly Third Stop
as Joe Preedy
(1978) Desperate Women
as ---
(1952) Actors and Sin
as Movie Hero
(1954) Captain Kidd and the Slave Girl
as Bonnett
(1950) Union Station
as Hackett (uncredited)
(1989) Grave Secrets
as Homer
(1958) Satan's Satellites
as Roth
(1976) The Macahans
as Hale Crowley
(1966) The Time Tunnel
as Little John
(1983) Hardcastle and McCormick
as ---
(1966) Star Trek
as Commissioner Ferris
(1957) Trackdown
as ---
(1979) Trapper John, M.D.
as ---
(1974) Rhoda
as ---
(1960) Danger Man
as ---
(1974) Little House on the Prairie
as ---
(1966) Batman
as Printer's Devil
(1976) The Bionic Woman
as ---
(1982) Knight Rider
as Sheriff Moore
(1972) The Bob Newhart Show
as ---
(1979) Salvage 1
as ---
(1978) Kaz
as ---
(1981) Dynasty
as ---
(1968) Land of the Giants
as ---
(1976) Charlie's Angels
as Lt. Francona
(1967) Mannix
as ---
(1963) My Favorite Martian
as ---
(1965) Lost in Space
as Dr. Chronos
(1965) Hogan's Heroes
as Captain Hermann
(1955) Gunsmoke
as Hod
(1962) Combat!
as Gunnar
(1959) Interpol Calling
as Kustrinski
(1977) Eight Is Enough
as ---
(1964) Another World
as ---
(1978) The Amazing Spider-Man
as ---
(1959) The Twilight Zone
as Joe
(1972) The Waltons
as Sheriff Ep Bridges
(1975) The Swiss Family Robinson
as ---
(1959) Interpol Calling
as Keflik
(1965) The Wild Wild West
as ---
(1974) Harry O
as ---
(1974) Police Woman
as ---
(1964) Daniel Boone
as Jeremy Cain
(1963) The Fugitive
as Sergeant
(1973) Police Story
as ---
(1959) Interpol Calling
as Ben Stack
(1975) The Invisible Man
as Coner, Prison Guard
(1982) Matt Houston
as ---
(1963) Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
as ---
(1965) The Big Valley
as Gandy
(1974) Petrocelli
as ---
(1952) Adventures of Superman
as Jack Morrell
(1964) Profiles in Courage
as ---
(1982) The Powers of Matthew Star
as General Tucker
(1954) The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
as ---
(1966) Tarzan
as ---
(1967) Hondo
as ---
(1951) The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
as ---
(1967) The Guns of Will Sonnett
as ---
(1959) The Third Man
as Simon Baird
(1976) The Tony Randall Show
as ---
(1959) 13 Demon Street
as ---
(1979) Friends
as ---
(1956) Telephone Time
as ---
(1956) State Trooper
as ---
(1952) Hopalong Cassidy
as ---
(1951) The Living Christ
as Joel
(1950) The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
as ---
(1951) The Adventures of Boston Blackie
as ---
(1975) Bronk
as ---
(1965) Hogan's Heroes
as Captain - Officer #1
(1971) Nichols
as Marshall
(1965) Hogan's Heroes
as Lieutenant Ritchie
(1971) Nichols
as Sgt. Kessler
(1965) The Big Valley
as Deputy Sheriff Billy Norris
(1962) Combat!
as Capt. Werner
(1955) Gunsmoke
as Loy
(1955) Gunsmoke
as Torbert
(1955) Gunsmoke
as Hal Biggs
(1955) Gunsmoke
as Drunk
(1955) Gunsmoke
as Yates
(1955) Gunsmoke
as Amos Strange
(1955) Gunsmoke
as Pinto
(1955) Gunsmoke
as Norman Wilson
(1955) Gunsmoke
as Blanchard
(1955) Gunsmoke
as Hugh Eaton
(1955) Gunsmoke
as Muller
(1981) Code Red
as ---
(1965) Hogan's Heroes
as 1st Gestapo Man
(1972) Banacek
as Owen Summers
(1964) Daniel Boone
as Tolliver
(1964) Daniel Boone
as Press Boker
(1982) Knight Rider
as Mac Thomas
(1974) The Rockford Files
as Dr. Kenilworth
(1974) The Rockford Files
as Christian
(1965) Hogan's Heroes
as Gestapo Man
(1965) Hogan's Heroes
as Gestapo Major
(1966) Mission: Impossible
as Dr. Lubell
(1979) From Here to Eternity
as Maj. Thompson
(1977) The Incredible Hulk
as Tom Edler
(1968) The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
(1974) Police Woman
as Capt. Parks
(1966) Mission: Impossible
as Orin Selby
(1966) The Time Tunnel
as Major
(1966) The Time Tunnel
as Henderson
(1966) The Time Tunnel
as John Poe