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John Crawford

John Crawford

19 movies on Netflix

Biography

John Crawford was an American actor who began in bit parts in films during the 1940s after studying at the University of Washington's School of Drama. Born in Colfax, Washington, he moved into leads in British films in the late 1950s and early 1960s, playing the antagonist in Hammer's Hell Is a City opposite Stanley Baker, and appeared in Danger Man. Back in the United States he worked steadily in character roles on television, most notably as Sheriff Ep Bridges on The Waltons, and in scores of series. His film credits included Night Moves (1975), The Enforcer (1976), The Poseidon Adventure (1972), I Saw What You Did (1965), and The Boogens (1981). He also co-wrote the screenplay for Sam Peckinpah's The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970). He died in 2010.

90years old at death

  • Born Colfax
  • Died Thousand Oaks
  • Star sign: VirgoThe sign runs August 23 to September 22
  • Also credited as Cleve Allen Richardson

Movie Career

Films
19
Career span
43 years1946 to 1989

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  1. Behind the camera

    Crawford co-wrote the screenplay for Sam Peckinpah's 1970 film The Ballad of Cable Hogue, a writing credit beyond his acting work.

John Crawford movies on Netflix

Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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  1. Night Moves1975 Crime, Mystery, Thrilleras Tom Iverson

    IMDb rating 7.122K votes

  2. The Enforcer1976 Action, Crime, Thrilleras The Mayor

    IMDb rating 6.754K votes

  3. Hell Is a City1960as Don Starling

    IMDb rating 7.01.8K votes

  4. The Boogens1981as Brian Deering

    IMDb rating 5.53.7K votes

  5. Solomon and Sheba1959as Joab

    IMDb rating 6.24.5K votes

  6. Spring Night, Summer Night1967as Virgil

    IMDb rating 7.0879 votes

  7. Duel at Diablo1966as Clay Dean

    IMDb rating 6.55.0K votes

  8. The Poseidon Adventure1972as Chief Engineer

    IMDb rating 7.155K votes

Most often with

Seven actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Films together

Box office

What John Crawford's films earned in cinemas worldwide.

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Combined worldwide box office

$166 million

5 of the 19 films have a worldwide figure.

Of the 19 films: 5 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only; 13 figure not found.

  • 5Worldwide figure
  • 1US gross only
  • 13Figure not found

Highest grossing

The five biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.

  1. 1
    The Poseidon Adventure1972as Chief Engineer
    $85M50.9% of the total
  2. 2
    The Enforcer1976as The Mayor
    $46M27.8% of the total
  3. 3
    $21M12.6% of the total
  4. 4
    $12M7.3% of the total
  5. 5
    Jason and the Argonauts1963as Polydeuces
    $2.1M1.3% of the total