Bob Crane

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

0.7145

Gender

Male

Birthday

13-Jul-1928

Age

(98 years old)

Place of Birth

Waterbury, Connecticut, USA

Also Known As
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Bob Crane

Biography

Bob Crane (July 13, 1928 – June 29, 1978) as an American actor, drummer, radio personality, and disc jockey best known for starring as Colonel Robert Hogan in the CBS sitcom Hogan's Heroes from 1965 to 1971. Born Robert Edward Crane in Waterbury, Connecticut, he began drumming at age 11 and started his career in radio in Hornell, New York, before hosting a top-rated morning show in Los Angeles. Crane transitioned to acting in the early 1960s with guest roles on shows like The Twilight Zone, The Dick Van Dyke Show, and The Donna Reed Show, where he played Dr. Dave Kelsey for 62 episodes. His big break came with Hogan's Heroes, earning two Emmy nominations for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series in 1966 and 1967. Post-Hogan's Heroes, Crane appeared in films like Superdad (1973) and Gus (1976), guest-starred on shows such as Police Woman and The Love Boat, and briefly led The Bob Crane Show in 1975. He was found murdered on June 29, 1978, in Scottsdale, Arizona, in an unsolved case involving blunt force trauma.


Credits

Patriotism Patriotism (1972) Character: Self
A short on the meaning of patriotism and how you can get involved.
Death In Hollywood Death In Hollywood (1990) Character: N/A
HOLLYWOOD. Tinseltown. Land of the stars. A city where an actor can reach the greatest heights overnight - and descend just as rapidly. What goes up must come down, and Hollywood's failing stars leave a legacy of sadness, pain and disappointment in their wake. Here, in graphic detail, are the shocking stories behind the deaths of the silver screen's most beloved celebrities, as well as it's lesser known players. Packed with stunning newsreel footage, and previously unrevealed facts, DEATH IN HOLLYWOOD documents many a celebrity's morbid demise due to suicide, drug and alcohol abuse, disease, and even murder. From the outrageous to the tragic, DEATH IN HOLLYWOOD leaves no tombstone unturned in it's quest to dig up the truth about Hollywood's dearly departed.
Bing Crosby Color Christmas Show Bing Crosby Color Christmas Show (1965) Character: Self/Col. Hogan
Bing emcees and performs in this special Christmas show packed with guest stars including the cast of Hogan's Heroes, a comedy dog, and more.
Arsenic and Old Lace Arsenic and Old Lace (1969) Character: Mortimer Brewster
A drama critic learns on his wedding day that his beloved maiden aunts are homicidal maniacs, and that insanity runs in his family.
Mitzi & 100 Guys Mitzi & 100 Guys (1975) Character: Self
Mitzi Gaynor in a song and dance hour with an all-male, star-studded ensemble featuring her main guests Michael Landon (Little House on the Prairie) and Jack Albertson (Chico and the Man), plus 28 celebrities as her "Million Dollar Chorus." Songs performed include: "I Got the Music in Me," "The Most Beautiful Guy in the World," and "You Are the Sunshine of My Life."
Murder in Scottsdale Murder in Scottsdale (2003) Character: Self
An overview of the murder of Bob Crane and an assessment of the investigation which was carried out.
Superdad Superdad (1973) Character: Charlie McCready
A dad tries to impress the daughter -- a soon-to-be college student he thinks is hanging around with a bad crowd.
The Wicked Dreams of Paula Schultz The Wicked Dreams of Paula Schultz (1968) Character: Bill Mason
A beautiful East German Olympic hopeful pole-vaults over the Berlin Wall to freedom.
The Delphi Bureau: The Merchant of Death Assignment The Delphi Bureau: The Merchant of Death Assignment (1972) Character: Charlie Taggert
The Delphi Bureau is a top-secret spy cadre answerable only to the U.S. president. The organization may have just one field operative, a supposed researcher named Glenn Garth Gregory. He gets his orders from an in-the-know Washington, D.C. socialite, and he relies on a resource that makes him a one-of-a-kind asset: his photographic memory. This adventure-packed, tongue-in-cheek pilot sets the pace and style for the 1972-73 series it launched. In it, Gregory sets out to find who's behind the disappearance of jets, tanks and other surplus weaponry. He'll be variously hunted by an assassin, tossed in jail for murder, half-buried inside a grain elevator and forced to cling to the undercarriage of a tractor while the driver tries to shred him under its tilling blades. One breathless escape after another invariably seems to land our hero in another jam.
The New Interns The New Interns (1964) Character: Drunken Prankster at Baby Shower (uncredited)
Young doctors mix romance with their careers in a big-city hospital.
Man-Trap Man-Trap (1961) Character: Ralph Turner
Helmed by Edmond O'Brien, this slick crime thriller stars Jeffrey Hunter as naïve Matt Jameson, whose Korean War pal Vince Biskay talks Matt into helping commandeer nearly $4 million from a Central American dictator. After Vince is wounded in a gun battle as they're making off with the loot, the duo holes up at Matt's house -- where his boozy, promiscuous wife puts the moves on Vince.
Return to Peyton Place Return to Peyton Place (1961) Character: Peter White (uncredited)
Residents of the small town of Peyton Place aren't pleased when they realize they're the characters in local writer Allison MacKenzie's controversial first novel. A sequel to the hit 1957 film.
Gus Gus (1976) Character: Pepper
The California Atoms are in last place with no hope of moving up. But by switching the mule from team mascot to team member, (He can kick 100 yard field goals!) they start winning, and move up in the rankings, Hurrah! The competition isn't so happy.
The Last Laugh The Last Laugh (2016) Character: Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Feature documentary about humor and the Holocaust, examining whether it is ever acceptable to use humor in connection with a tragedy of that scale, and the implications for other seemingly off-limits topics in a society that prizes free speech.



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