John Crawford (actor)

John Crawford
Screenshot of John Crawford from the trailer for 1962's The 300 Spartans
Born
Cleve Allen Richardson

(1920-09-13)September 13, 1920
DiedSeptember 21, 2010(2010-09-21) (aged 90)
OccupationActor
Years active1944–1989
Spouses
Lorraine Crawford
(m. 1945; div. 1953)
Anne Wakefield
(m. 1956; div. 1966)
Nancy D. Jeris
(m. 1968; div. 1974)
  • Beverly Long (m. 1976; div. ?)
Children3

John Crawford (born Cleve Allen Richardson; September 13, 1920 – September 21, 2010) was an American actor.[1] He appeared in a 1961 episode of The Twilight Zone, called "A Hundred Yards Over the Rim", and in several Gunsmoke episodes. He had a key role in the 1975 film Night Moves, a crime thriller starring Gene Hackman. He also played the mayor of San Francisco in 1976's The Enforcer, the third Dirty Harry film featuring Clint Eastwood, as well as the Chief Engineer in Irwin Allen's classic 1972 box-office smash and disaster-film epic The Poseidon Adventure.

  1. ^ "John Crawford". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2012. Archived from the original on March 30, 2012. Retrieved January 24, 2012.