John Crawford (actor)

John Crawford
John Crawford as the Mayor in The Enforcer
Born	Cleve Allen Richardson September 13, 1920 Colfax, Washington, U.S.
Died	September 21, 2010 (aged 90) Newbury Park, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1944–1986
Spouse(s)	Lorraine Crawford (1945–1953) (divorced) 2 children Anne Wakefield (1956–1966) (divorced) 1 child Nancy D. Jeris (1968–1974) (divorced) Beverly Long (1976–?) (divorced)

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", and in several Gunsmoke episodes. He had a key role in the 1975 film Night Moves, a crime thriller starring Gene Hackman, and played the mayor of San Francisco in 1976's The Enforcer, the third Dirty Harry film featuring Clint Eastwood.

Life and career

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 United Kingdom 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"), Gunsmoke, The Twilight Zone, Combat!, The Fugitive, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Wheels, The Dukes of Hazzard, The Incredible Hulk, The Time Tunnel, Lost in Space, Star Trek, Mission: Impossible, Hogan's Heroes, The Rockford Files and most notably as Sheriff Ep Bridges on CBS' The Waltons.

Crawford co-wrote the screenplay of the film The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970), directed by Sam Peckinpah.

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]

Selected filmography

• Northwest Territory (1951)
• The Big Heat (1953)
• The Key (1958)
• Intent to Kill (1958)
• Blind Spot (1958)
• Solomon and Sheba (1959)
• Hell Is a City (1960)
• Exodus (1960)
• Piccadilly Third Stop (1960)
• The Long Shadow (1961)
• The 300 Spartans (1962)
• The Longest Day (1962)
• Captain Sindbad (1963)
• Jason and the Argonauts (1963)
• The Victors (1963)
• The Americanization of Emily (1964)
• The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
• I Saw What You Did (1965)
• Duel at Diablo (1966)
• Return of the Gunfighter (1967)
• The Ravine (1969)
• J. W. Coop (1972) - Rancher
• Trouble Man (1972) - Sergeant Koeppler
• The Poseidon Adventure (1972) - Chief Engineer
• The Severed Arm (1973) - Doctor Ray Sanders
• The Towering Inferno (1974) - Callahan
• Night Moves (1975) - Tom Iverson
• The Swiss Family Robinson (1975) - Nate Bidwell
• The Enforcer (1976) - The Mayor
• Outlaw Blues (1977) - Buzz Cavenaugh
• Tilt (1979) - Mickey
• Hollywood Knight (1979) - Josh
• Dreamer (1979) - Riverboat Captain
• The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again (1979) - Captain Sherick
• The Boogens (1981) - Brian Deering

References

1. "The New York Times". The New York Times. Retrieved 2012-01-24.
2. Harrison, Alexa (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