John Crawford (actor)
| John Crawford | |
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| Born | Cleve Allen Richardson September 13, 1920 Colfax, Washington, U.S. |
| Died | September 21, 2010 (aged 90) Newbury Park, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
John Crawford (September 13, 1920 – September 21, 2010) was an American actor.1 He appeared in a 1961 episode of The Twilight Zone, called A Hundred Yards Over the Rim with Cliff Robertson.
Crawford was born Cleve Allen Richardson in Colfax, Washington. In films from the 1940s, Crawford appeared in bit parts for many years before playing leads in several films in the UK in the late 1950s and early 1960s. When he returned to the US, he played supporting roles in several films but was more prolific on TV in character roles, in scores of series such as State Trooper (in the episode "The Last Stage Robbery"), The Twilight Zone, The Fugitive, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, The Dukes of Hazzard, The Incredible Hulk, The Time Tunnel, Lost in Space, Star Trek, Mission: Impossible, Hogan's Heroes, and most notably as Sheriff Ep Bridges on CBS's The Waltons.
Crawford co-wrote the screenplay of the 1970 film The Ballad of Cable Hogue, directed by Sam Peckinpah.
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Private life and death
Crawford died, at the age of ninety, from a stroke.
According to Daily Variety, he died in Newbury Park, California and was survived by his longtime companion, and former wife, Ann Wakefield.2
Filmography
- The Big Heat (1953)
- The Key (1958)
- Intent to Kill (1958)
- Solomon and Sheba (1959)
- Hell Is a City (1960)
- Exodus (1960)
- Piccadilly Third Stop (1960)
- The Long Shadow (1961)
- The 300 Spartans (1962) — Agathon, Spartan spy and soldier.
- Duel at Diablo (1966)
- The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
- J. W. Coop (1972)
- The Towering Inferno (1974)
- Night Moves (1975)
- The Enforcer (1976)
References
- ^ "The New York Times". The New York Times. Retrieved 2012-01-24.
- ^ Alexa Harrison (2010-10-26). "Thesp John Crawford dies". Daily Variety. Retrieved 2010-10-27.
External links
- John Crawford at the Internet Movie Database
- John Crawford at Memory Alpha (a Star Trek wiki)
- John Crawford at the University of Wisconsin's Actors Studio audio collection
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