Most Recent Role: Kern Barnett on Simon and Simon
Gender: Male
Birthplace: Philadelpha, Pennsylvania, USA
Birthday: 12-9-1911
Birth Name: William Broderick Crawford
Date of Death: 4-26-1986
Cause of Death: Details of death and place of death Rancho Mirage California, USA (after a series of strokes)
Gender: Male
Birthplace: Philadelpha, Pennsylvania, USA
Birthday: 12-9-1911
Birth Name: William Broderick Crawford
Date of Death: 4-26-1986
Cause of Death: Details of death and place of death Rancho Mirage California, USA (after a series of strokes)
Big, gravelly voiced actor best known for playing tough guys and heavies on the big and small screens. Crawford got his show biz start in vaudeville with his parents who were vaudevillians and stage actors. He won acclaim on Broadway in 1937 for his portrayal of Lenny in Of Mice and Men but success in Hollywood eluded him until 1949 when he won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his...
Most Recent Appearance
Rough Rider Rides Again
Thursday 18 November 1982 on CBS
An old-time TV cowboy, a former Saturday morning hero of Rick and A.J.'s, is accused of killing the show's producer after a young actor is hired to revive his old role.
Served in the Army Air Corps during World War II.
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Crawford is buried in Ferndale Cemetary in Johnstown, New York.
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Played the title role in the 1977 film The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover.
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Broderick Crawford was not related to Joan Crawford.
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Was the narrator for the 1972 film The Candidate.
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Crawford: My trademarks are a hoarse, grating voice and the face of a retired pugilist.
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Crawford: I'm no up-and-coming starlet.
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Crawford: I have a jaundiced eye but a young mind.
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Crawford: I'm no up-and-coming starlet.
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Crawford: I'm what you call a deathbed Catholic.
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Other Appearances
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Highway Patrol
Chief Dan Matthews |
King of Diamonds
Johnny King |
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The Interns
Dr. Peter Goldstone |
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Alias Smith and Jones
The Man Who Broke the Bank at Red Gap Powers |
Arrest and Trial
A Flame In The Dark Grant Randolph |
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Banacek
No Sign Of The Cross Gilbert Deretzo |
Bat Masterson
Two Graves for Swan Valley Ben Thompson |
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Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre
March From Camp Tyler Harper |
Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre
Brilliant Benjamin Boggs Bill Thayer |
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Highway Patrol
Destined to become one of the most popular syndicated television shows of all time, Highway Patrol screamed onto the scene with fast cars and the catch phrase "10-4". Each week, Chief Dan Matthews... more King of Diamonds
Broderick Crawford was a tough, grouchy private detective who worked for firms in the diamond industry. He worked out of New York City. Ray Hamilton was his handsome young associate. The show was... more The Interns
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Destined to become one of the most popular syndicated television shows of all time, Highway Patrol screamed onto the scene with fast cars and the catch phrase "10-4". Each week, Chief Dan Matthews... more King of Diamonds
Broderick Crawford was a tough, grouchy private detective who worked for firms in the diamond industry. He worked out of New York City. Ray Hamilton was his handsome young associate. The show was... more The Interns
The Interns was a CBS medical drama that ran from 1970-1971 and focussed on the lives of five medical professionals in a busy city hospital. More serious than the 1990s series Chicago Hope and... more
