Johnny Crawford

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

1.2097

Gender

Male

Birthday

26-Mar-1946

Age

(80 years old)

Place of Birth

Los Angeles, California, USA

Also Known As
  • John E. Crawford
  • John Ernest Crawford
  • Johnnie Crawford
  • John Crawford
  • Johnny

Johnny Crawford

Biography

John Ernest Crawford (March 26, 1946 – April 29, 2021) was an American actor, singer, and musician. He first performed before a national audience as a Mouseketeer. At age 12, Crawford rose to prominence playing Mark McCain in the ABC Western series, The Rifleman. Crawford was nominated for an Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actor at age 13 for his work on The Rifleman, which aired from 1958 to 1963. Disney started out with 24 original Mouseketeers. However, at the end of the first season, the studio reduced the number to 12, and Crawford was released from his contract. His first important break as an actor followed with the title role in a Lux Video Theatre production of "Little Boy Lost", a live NBC broadcast on March 15, 1956. He also appeared in the popular Western series The Lone Ranger, in 1956, in one of the few color episodes of that series. Following that performance, the young actor worked steadily with many seasoned actors and directors. Freelancing for two and one-half years, he accumulated almost 60 television credits, including featured roles in three episodes of NBC's The Loretta Young Show and an appearance as Manuel in, "I Am an American", an episode of the syndicated crime drama Sheriff of Cochise. He starred as Bobby Adams in the 1958 drama "Courage of Black Beauty". By the spring of 1958, he had also performed 14 demanding roles in live teleplays for NBC's Matinee Theatre, appeared on CBS's sitcom, Mr. Adams and Eve, in the Wagon Train episode "The Sally Potter Story" (in which Martin Milner also appeared) and on the syndicated series, Crossroads, Sheriff of Cochise, and Whirlybirds, and made three pilots of TV series. The third pilot, which was made as an episode of Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater, was picked up by ABC and the first season of The Rifleman began filming in July 1958. Crawford had a brief career as a recording artist in the 1950s and 1960s. He continued to act on television and in film as an adult. Beginning in 1992, Crawford led the California-based Johnny Crawford Orchestra, a vintage dance orchestra that performed at special events.


Credits

The inbreaker The inbreaker (1974) Character: N/A
Film directed by George Mccowan
Sonic Boom Sonic Boom (1974) Character: Charlton Heston
Comedy short about a supersonic jet that lands in a small town and creates hysteria about an impending sonic boom that never happens.
One Man's Challenge One Man's Challenge (1962) Character: Self
A documentary about teenage social clubs in Southern California.
Crossbow: The Movie Crossbow: The Movie (1989) Character: Prince Ignatius
A made-for-tv movie based on tv series 'Crossbow'.
When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion (1979) Character: Self
Some of TV and film's popular western actors reunite in this tribute special hosted by Glenn Ford.
The Space Children The Space Children (1958) Character: Ken Brewster
A glowing brain-like creature arrives on a beach near a rocket test site via a teleportation beam. The alien communicates telepathically with the children of scientists. The kids start doing the alien's bidding as the adults try to find out what's happening to their unruly offspring.
The Shootist The Shootist (1976) Character: Books' Victim in Flashback (archive footage / uncredited)
Afflicted with a terminal illness John Bernard Books, the last of the legendary gunfighters, quietly returns to Carson City for medical attention from his old friend Dr. Hostetler. Aware that his days are numbered, the troubled man seeks solace and peace in a boarding house run by a widow and her son. However, it is not Books' fate to die in peace, as he becomes embroiled in one last valiant battle.
Village of the Giants Village of the Giants (1965) Character: Horsey
"Genius" accidentally invents "goo" which causes living things to rapidly grow to an enormous size. Seeing an opportunity to get rich, some delinquent teenagers steal the "goo" and, as a result of a sophomoric dare, consume it themselves and become thirty feet tall. They then take over control of the town by kidnapping the sheriff's daughter and dancing suggestively.
The Great Texas Dynamite Chase The Great Texas Dynamite Chase (1976) Character: Slim
Candy and Ellie Jo are a pair of sexy bank robbers who blast their way into small-town banks with a carload of dynamite! When they take Slim hostage, it begins a thrill-packed crime spree across the state of Texas.
The Restless Ones The Restless Ones (1965) Character: David Winton
A reporter doing a story on a Christian pastor who ministers to troubled teens doesn't realize that his own son is getting mixed up with a disturbed young girl and that both of them are headed for trouble.
Bloodhounds of Broadway Bloodhounds of Broadway (1989) Character: Musician
On New Year's Eve 1928, in the New York underworld, a gambler sells his body to science, a gangster needs a transfusion, and a gambler is on the run
The Movie Orgy The Movie Orgy (1968) Character: Self (archive footage)
Clips from assorted television programs, B-movies, commercials, music performances, newsreels, bloopers, satirical short films and promotional and government films of the 1950s and 1960s are intercut together to tell a single story of various creatures and societal ills attacking American cities.
The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw (1991) Character: Mark McCain
Hawkes, Jones and Cassidy are on their way to the biggest poker game in history. But a few folks want to see them fold before they even get there.
Bill Tilghman and the Outlaws Bill Tilghman and the Outlaws (2019) Character: N/A
A movie company comes to Oklahoma to convince legendary lawmen Bill Tilghman to star in a bank robbery silent film featuring real outlaws. Tilghman reluctantly agrees, not realizing everyone's lives will never be the same.
The Thirteenth Floor The Thirteenth Floor (1999) Character: Singer
In Los Angeles, a wealthy man, known as Mr. Fuller, discovers a shocking secret about the world he lives in. Fearing for his life, he leaves a desperate message for a friend of his in the most unexpected place.
Courage of Black Beauty Courage of Black Beauty (1957) Character: Bobby Adams
A young boy is given a colt to raise as his own.
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (1956) Character: Italian Boy with Groceries (uncredited)
Tom Rath is a suburban father and husband haunted by his memories of World War II, including a wartime romance with Italian village girl Maria, which resulted in an illegitimate son he's never seen. Pressed by his unhappy wife to get a higher-paying job, Rath goes to work as a public relations man for television network president Ralph Hopkins. Drawn into poisonous office politics, Tom finds he must choose his career or his family.
The Naked Ape The Naked Ape (1973) Character: Lee
Somewhat based on Desmond Morris's fascinating book of pop anthropology, this partially animated satirical docudrama produced by Playboy Magazine publisher Hugh Hefner, traces the evolution of human kind and offers insight into the reasons why we behave the way we do. Though often dealing with sexuality, nothing in the film is terribly offensive or graphic. A prime example of mainstream experimental film-making from the early 70's featuring a young and breathtakingly lovely Victoria Principal.
Indian Paint Indian Paint (1965) Character: Nishko
Nishko is a chief's son in the Great Plains, before Europeans arrive. During his rite of passage, he's determined to tame a painted pony. He approaches manhood while his peaceful clan is set upon by a nearby tribe willing to break a treaty. He must also contend with the kidnapping of three young women from his village, his pony's illness behind enemy lines, his mother's coma after a rattlesnake bite, the medicine man's urging that he sacrifice what he loves best, the attack of a cougar and of wolves, and his own injury while alone in the woods. His kindness, bravery, and quick thinking serve him well, but rescue come from an unexpected source.
The Gambler: The Adventure Continues The Gambler: The Adventure Continues (1983) Character: Masket
Brady Hawkes, Billy Montana, and Jeremiah Hawkes are on a train bound for a huge gambling event when the train is taken over by a gang of vicious killers in search of money. As ransom, the gang takes young Jeremiah hostage. Brady and Billy embark on a quest to rescue him and form a small gang of their own along the way.
Macbeth Macbeth (1981) Character: Seyton
An adaptation of Shakespeare's play.
The Resurrection of Broncho Billy The Resurrection of Broncho Billy (1970) Character: Broncho Billy
The story of a young man, a self-styled cowboy; His dreams of the Old West and its film heroes frequently crushed by the rhythms of modern, urban life.
El Dorado El Dorado (1966) Character: Luke MacDonald
Cole Thornton, a gunfighter for hire, joins forces with an old friend, Sheriff J.P. Harrah. Together with a fighter and a gambler, they help a rancher and his family fight a rival rancher that is trying to steal their water.



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