John Crawford headshot.
John Crawford (born Cleve Allen Richardson, September 13, 1920 - September 21, 2010) was an American actor and writer best known for The Poseidon Adventure (1972), The Enforcer (1976), and The Towering Inferno (1974).
He was married four times and had three children.
Crawford died in 2010 at the age of 90 from complications of a stroke.
Filmography
Film Roles
- 1945: The Phantom Of42nd Street as John Carraby
- 1946: Without Reservations as Soldier (Uncredited Role)
- 1946: The Time of Their Lives as Dandy at Party (uncredited)
- 1948: G Men Never Forget as Duke (uncredited)
- 1948: Dangers Of The Canadian Mounted as Danton
- 1948: Sons Of Adventure as George Norton
- 1948: Adventures Of Frank And Jesse James as Amos Ramsey
- 1949: Ghost Of Zorro as Mulvaney
- 1949: The James Brothers Of Missouri as Mr. Carson (uncredited)
- 1949: Radar Patrol Vs Spy King as Sands
- 1949: Life Of St Paul Series as David
- 1950: Chain Lightning as Radio Operator (uncredited)
- 1950: The Invisible Monster as Harris
- 1950: The Asphalt Jungle as Reporter (uncredited)
- 1950: Mystery Street as Reporter (uncredited)
- 1950: Lonely Heart Bandits as Stevedore
- 1950: Union Station as Hackett (uncredited)
- 1950: A Life Of Her Own as Photographer (uncredited)
- 1950: Right Cross as Photographer (uncredited)
- 1950: Cyrano de Bergerac as Cadet
- 1950: Dale Evans Queen Of The West as Pete
- 1951: Cuban Fireball as Photographer (uncredited)
- 1951: Raton Pass as Sam
- 1951: I Was A Communist For The FBI as FBI Agent McGowan (uncredited)
- 1951: Hollywood Story as 1st Detective (uncredited)
- 1951: Show Boat as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
- 1951: The Red Badge of Courage as Soldier (uncredited)
- 1951: Honeychile as Marvin McKay
- 1951: Northwest Territory as LeBeau
- 1952: The Greatest Show on Earth as Jack (uncredited)
- 1952: Scaramouche as Vignon (uncredited)
- 1952: Actors And Sin as Movie Hero
- 1952: Zombies Of The Stratosphere as Roth
- 1952: Blackhawk Fearless Champion Of Freedom as Chuck
- 1952: Old Oklahoma Plains as Chuck Ramsey
- 1952: The Ring (1952) as Cop in Diner (uncredited)
- 1952: Son Of Geronimo Apache Avenger as Ace Devlin
- 1952: Invasion USA as Man in Bar (uncredited)
- 1952: Stop Youre Killing Me as State Trooper (uncredited)
- 1953: Star Of Texas as Stockton
- 1953: Marshal Of Cedar Rock as Chris Peters
- 1953: Salome as Guard (uncredited)
- 1953: Serpent Of The Nile as Capt. Domitius
- 1953: Rebel City as Joe Spencer
- 1953: Mission Over Korea as Tech Sergeant (uncredited)
- 1953: The Great Adventures Of Captain Kidd as Capt. Kidd
- 1953: Conquest Of Cochise as Capt. Bill Lawson (uncredited)
- 1953: The Big Heat as Al (uncredited)
- 1953: Slaves Of Babylon as Avil
- 1953: Prisoners Of The Casbah as Guard (uncredited)
- 1953: Three Sailors And A Girl as Shore Patrolman (uncredited)
- 1953: Man Crazy as Farmer
- 1954: Trader Tom Of The China Seas as Bill Gaines
- 1954: Battle Of Rogue River as Capt. Richard Hillman
- 1954: Jesse James Vs The Daltons as Gang Member (uncredited)
- 1954: Captain Kidd And The Slave Girl as Bonnett
- 1958: Orders To Kill as Kimball
- 1958: The Key as American Captain
- 1958: Intent To Kill as Boyd
- 1958: Blind Spot as Doctor
- 1958: Floods Of Fear as Murphy
- 1959: John Paul Jones as George Washington
- 1959: Solomon and Sheba as Joab
- 1960: Hell Is A City as Don Starling
- 1960: I Aim At The Stars as Dr. Bosco
- 1960: Piccadilly Third Stop as Joe Preedy
- 1960: Exodus as Capt. Hank Schlosberg
- 1960: The Man Who Was Nobody as South Africa Smith
- 1961: The Impersonator as Sgt. Jimmy Bradford
- 1961: The Long Shadow as Kelly
- 1962: The 300 Spartans as Agathon the Spartan Spy
- 1962: The Longest Day as Col. Caffey (uncredited)
- 1963: The Quick and the Dead as American Officer
- 1963: Come Fly With Me as Co-Pilot
- 1963: Captain Sindbad as Aram
- 1963: Jason and the Argonauts as Polydeuces (uncredited)
- 1963: The Victors as US Army Captain at Rest Area
- 1964: The Americanization of Emily as Chief Petty Officer Paul Adams
- 1965: The Greatest Story Ever Told as Alexander
- 1965: I Saw What You Did as State Trooper
- 1966: Duel At Diablo as Clay Dean
- 1966: Return Of The Gunfighter as Butch Cassidy
- 1967: Spring Night Summer Night as Father
- 1969: The Ravine as Captain Keller (uncredited) (also writer)
- 1971: JW Coop as Rancher
- 1972: Killer By Night as Counterman
- 1972: Napoleon And Samantha as Desk Sergeant
- 1972: Trouble Man as Sgt. Koeppler
- 1972: The Poseidon Adventure as Chief Engineer
- 1973: Brother My Song as Dr. Bennet
- 1973: The Severed Arm as Dr. Ray Sanders
- 1973: Message To My Daughter as Abortionist
- 1974: Strange Homecoming as Winston
- 1974: The Towering Inferno as Callahan
- 1975: Night Moves as Tom Iverson
- 1975: The Swiss Family Robinson as Nate Bidwell
- 1975: Guilty Or Innocent The Sam Sheppard Murder Case as Fred Stoner
- 1976: The Enforcer as The Mayor
- 1977: Outlaw Blues as Buzz Cavenaugh
- 1978: The Two Five as Capt. Paul Carter
- 1978: Lawman Without A Gun as Sgt. Hunt
- 1979: Dreamer as Riverboat Captain
- 1979: Tilt as Mickey
- 1979: Hard Knocks as Josh
- 1979: The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again as Sherick
- 1981: Elvis And The Beauty Queen as Vernon Presley
- 1981: The Boogens as Brian Deering
- 1989: Grave Secrets as Homer
Television Roles
- 1951: The Living Christ Series as Joel
- 1951-1958: Adventures Of Wild Bill Hickok as Johnny Hendericks/Sgt. MacLaren/King Bradshaw (3 episodes)
- 1952: The Roy Rogers Show as Henchman Jim/Frank Latimer/Pete (3 episodes)
- 1952: Boston Blackie as Jim Marcum
- 1952: Family Theatre as Gaspar
- 1952-1953: Hopalong Cassidy as Sid Michael/Frank Dale/Ross (3 episodes)
- 1952-1953: Adventures Of Superman as Jack Morrell/Ambulance Driver (2 episodes)
- 1953: The George Burns And Gracie Allen Show as Jim
- 1953: The Lone Ranger as Otto/Deputy Watts/Gig Austin (3 episodes)
- 1954: The Cisco Kid as Sheriff Todd/Sheriff Al White (2 episodes)
- 1955: Commando Cody Sky Marshal Of The Universe as Narkos/Alien/M27 Guard Captain (5 episodes)
- 1956: The Adventures Of Rin Tin Tin as Johnny Thor
- 1956: The Sheriff Of Cochise as Larry Turner
- 1956: Telephone Time as Charlie Hatfield
- 1956: Playhouse 90 as Gunman
- 1956: The Loretta Young Show as Arthur Mullen
- 1956: Circus Boy as Matt
- 1956: The Ford Television Theatre as Mike Healy/Don Weller (2 episodes)
- 1957: State Trooper as Fred Thompson
- 1957: ITV Play Of The Week as Larry Toms
- 1957: The Silent Service as Leaper
- 1957: White Hunter as Brady
- 1957: OSS as Crawford
- 1959: Tales Of The Vikings as Hagar
- 1959: Thirteen Demon Street as Donald Powell/Henry Walker (2 episodes)
- 1959-1960: Interpol Calling as Ben Stack/Keflik/Kustrinski (3 episodes)
- 1959-1974: Gunsmoke as various (14 episodes)
- 1960: The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre as South Africa Smith
- 1960: Danger Man as Dr. Keller
- 1961: The Twilight Zone (1959) as Joe
- 1961: The Untouchables as Johnny Acropolis
- 1961: Wagon Train as Edwin Booth
- 1961: The Pursuers as Portugenna
- 1961: Ghost Squad as Pavelich
- 1961: Shotgun Slade as Thief from Oklahoma
- 1962: Zero One as Rikki Jordan
- 1963-1965: Combat! (1962) as Capt. Werner/Gunnar (2 episodes)
- 1964: The Third Man as Simon Baird
- 1965: Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre as Emmet Dalkins
- 1965: The Fugitive as Sergeant
- 1965: My Favorite Martian as Announcer
- 1965: The F.B.I. as TV Reporter
- 1965-1966: Daniel Boone as Press Boker/Tolliver/Jeremy Cain (3 episodes)
- 1965-1970: Hogan's Heroes as various (7 episodes)
- 1966: Never Too Young as Mr. Walker
- 1966: Batman (1966) as Printer's Devil
- 1966: Jericho (1966) as Capt. Eric Harnack
- 1966-1967: The Time Tunnel as Henderson/Major/John Poe/King John (4 episodes)
- 1967: Star Trek: The Original Series as Commissioner Ferris
- 1967: Hondo as Gar Harker
- 1967: Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea as Alpha
- 1967: Mannix as Traynor
- 1967: Tarzan as Captain
- 1967-1968: The Big Valley as Gandy/Jim Stone (2 episodes)
- 1967-1972: Mission: Impossible as Paul Ostro/Art Warner/Orin Selby/Dr. Lubell (4 episodes)
- 1968: Lost in Space as Dr. Chronos
- 1968: The Wild Wild West as Prof. Philip Colecrest
- 1969: The Guns Of Will Sonnett as Charlie
- 1970: Bonanza as Barton Roberts
- 1970: Medical Center as Pat Dugan
- 1970: Land of the Giants as Tagor
- 1971-1972: Nichols as Sgt. Kessler/Marshall (2 episodes)
- 1972-1981: The Waltons as Sheriff Ep Bridges (40 episodes)
- 1973: The Rookies as Sgt. Hughes
- 1974: Banacek as Owen Summers
- 1974-1975: The Rockford Files as Christian/Dr. Kenilworth (2 episodes)
- 1974-1975: Harry O as Hal Follet/Coroner (2 episodes)
- 1974-1977: Police Story (1973) as Tommy Tirdell/Sgt. Riles (2 episodes)
- 1974-1978: Police Woman as various (12 episodes)
- 1975: Petrocelli as Billy Elwood/Joe Tuttle (2 episodes)
- 1975: Rhoda as Man in Bar
- 1975: Bronk as Omar
- 1975: The Invisible Man (1975) as Coner
- 1976: Swiss Family Robinson as Dominique You/Jared Oakes (3 episodes)
- 1976: The Blue Knight as Sally G.
- 1976-1979: How The West Was Won as Marshal Towne/Hale Crowley (2 episodes)
- 1977: The Bionic Woman as Crowley
- 1977-1978: The Tony Randall Show as Inspector/The Immigration Official (2 episodes)
- 1978: The Bob Newhart Show as Vern Hackler
- 1978: Charlie's Angels as Lt. Francona
- 1978: The Incredible Hulk (1977) as Tom Edler
- 1978: Wheels as Parkland
- 1978: The Amazing Spider-Man (1978) as Evans
- 1979: From Here To Eternity as Maj. Thompson
- 1979: Salvage 1 as Sanders
- 1979: Friends as Dr. Ross
- 1979: The Magical World Of Disney as Mark Sanders
- 1979: Trapper John, M.D. as Det. Judson
- 1980: Eight is Enough as Paul Armstrong
- 1980: Alice as Officer
- 1980: Dallas as Mort Wilkinson
- 1980-1982: The Dukes of Hazzard as Randall/Buchanon (2 episodes)
- 1981: Lou Grant as Martin Loper
- 1982: Mc Clains Law as Tulio
- 1982: The Powers of Matthew Star as Gen. F.J. Tucker
- 1982-1983: Dynasty as Dan Cassidy (4 episodes)
- 1983: Gun Shy as Big Jim
- 1983-1985: Knight Rider as Mac Thomas/Sheriff Moore (2 episodes)
- 1984: The Mississippi as Sheriff Fred Kyle
- 1984: Falcon Crest as Buck (Deleted Role)
- 1985: Matt Houston as Sheriff Ferris
- 1986: Hardcastle and McCormick as Charlie
Shorts
- 1968: The Man From The25the Century as Bonti
Writer
Director
- 1985: Yaks Best Ride (short)
