John Crawford (actor)
John Crawford (* September 13, 1920 in Colfax, Washington and Cleveland Richardson, † 21 September 2010 in Newbury Park, California ) was an American actor.
Crawford, Jack Crawford and Johnny Crawford, was a prolific supporting actor of the American cinema and television. In his nearly 50 year career, he played in almost 100 films and more than 100 different television series and television movies. His first role in 1933 as native dancers in the movie King Kong and the white woman. He was initially seen in small supporting roles in U.S. films before he got the late 1950s and in the 1960s in the UK even larger roles in films.
Since the mid- 1940s Crawford was a regular in films to be seen in television roles since 1952. He was in numerous films and on television as a guest star in series such as FBI, Star Trek, Time Tunnel, Batman, Bonanza, Cobra to accept or Knight Rider. A multiple recurring role played Crawford as a Gestapo officer in Hogan's Heroes, and also larger roles in Gunsmoke, makeup and pistols and Dynasty. His most famous role was that of the Sheriff Ep Bridges in the series The Waltons. Settled for Sam Peckinpah's film is finally (1970 ) he wrote the screenplay with Edmund Penney. In 1985, he also conducted the short film Yak 's Best Ride with Clyde Lucas wrote and directed the music.