Johnny Crawford
Biography: John Ernest Crawford 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.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: March 26, 1946
Deathday: April 29, 2021
Popularity:
Known For
The Movie Orgy
1968-01-01
The Movie Orgy
Overview: 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.
Genres: Comedy Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-01-01
Popularity:
El Dorado
1966-12-17
El Dorado
Overview: 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.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-12-17
Popularity:
Village of the Giants
1965-10-20
Village of the Giants
Overview: "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.
Genres: Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-10-20
Popularity:
The Great Texas Dynamite Chase
1976-07-01
The Great Texas Dynamite Chase
Overview: 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.
Genres: Action Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-07-01
Popularity:
Bloodhounds of Broadway
1989-11-03
Bloodhounds of Broadway
Overview: This musical is based on four short stories by Damon Runyon. In one tale, gambler Feet Samuels sells his body to science just as he realizes that Hortense loves him and that he would rather live than die. In another story, Harriet's parrot is killed, and she has problems dealing with her loss. Then, there is a gambler, "Regret", who has bloodhounds on his trail when he becomes a murder suspect. Finally, "The Brain" is bleeding profusely, and his friends search for a way to save his life through a blood transfusion.
Genres: Drama Comedy Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-11-03
Popularity:
When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion
1979-06-05
When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion
Overview: Some of TV and film's popular western actors reunite in this tribute special hosted by Glenn Ford.
Genres: Documentary Western TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-06-05
Popularity:
The Restless Ones
1965-12-02
The Restless Ones
Overview: 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.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-12-02
Popularity:
The Resurrection of Broncho Billy
1970-06-11
The Resurrection of Broncho Billy
Overview: 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.
Genres: Western Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-06-11
Popularity:
Indian Paint
1965-04-08
Indian Paint
Overview: 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.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-04-08
Popularity:
The Naked Ape
1973-08-01
The Naked Ape
Overview: 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.
Genres: Animation Comedy War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-08-01
Popularity:
Courage of Black Beauty
1957-07-01
Courage of Black Beauty
Overview: A young boy is given a colt to raise as his own.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-07-01
Popularity:
The Gambler: The Adventure Continues
1983-11-28
The Gambler: The Adventure Continues
Overview: 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.
Genres: Western TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-11-28
Popularity:
The Shootist
1976-07-21
The Shootist
Overview: 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.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-07-21
Popularity:
The Thirteenth Floor
1999-04-16
The Thirteenth Floor
Overview: 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.
Genres: Thriller Science Fiction Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-04-16
Popularity:
The Space Children
1958-06-01
The Space Children
Overview: 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.
Genres: Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-06-01
Popularity:
Bill Tilghman and the Outlaws
2019-02-07
Bill Tilghman and the Outlaws
Overview: 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.
Genres: Western Comedy Action Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-02-07
Popularity:
Sonic Boom
1974-01-01
Sonic Boom
Overview: Comedy short about a supersonic jet that lands in a small town and creates hysteria about an impending sonic boom that never happens.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-01-01
Popularity:
Macbeth
1981-01-01
Macbeth
Overview: An adaptation of Shakespeare's play.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-01-01
Popularity:
The inbreaker
1974-04-04
The inbreaker
Overview: Film directed by George Mccowan
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-04-04
Popularity:
Crossbow: The Movie
1989-01-01
Crossbow: The Movie
Overview: A made-for-tv movie based on tv series 'Crossbow'.
Genres: Drama Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-01-01
Popularity: