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 Johnny Crawford was born on March 26, 1946 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an actor and producer, known for The Rifleman (1958), Hellboy (2004) and The Thirteenth Floor (1999). He was previously married to Charlotte Samco. He died on April 29, 2021 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Bio:
Johnny Crawford was born on March 26, 1946 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an actor and producer, known for The Rifleman (1958), Hellboy (2004) and The Thirteenth Floor (1999). He was previously married to Charlotte Samco. He died on April 29, 2021 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Tivia:
Was one of Walt Disney's original Mouseketeers in 1955.A former member of the PRCA (Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association) and the AJRA (American Junior Rodeo Association), he competed frequently at rodeos throughout the country during the 1960s and early 1970s.With five Top 40 hits in the 1960s, his recording of "Cindy's Birthday" peaked at #8 on Billboard's Top 40 in 1962.In 2006 he directed a live orchestra using authentic period orchestrations for the premiere screening of the newly restored silent version of Chicago (1927) at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences in Los Angeles.His maternal grandfather, Belgian violinist Alfred Megerlin (1880-1941), was concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic (1918-22), the Minneapolis Symphony (1923-26) and The Los Angeles Philharmonic (1927-29).While serving in the Army in the late 1960s, he appeared in a number of period training films remembered by veterans of the times.Had a key role in the early career of Victoria Jackson of Saturday Night Live (1975) fame. In 1980 she was a college student in Birmingham, AL, earning credit doing flip-flops as a member of the chorus, in a summer stock production of "Meet Me in St. Louis", featuring Crawford. He presented her with a one-way plane ticket and encouraged her to pursue a career in Hollywood. This led to her 22 appearances on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962), before she was cast as a regular on Saturday Night Live (1975).Announced that he's suffering from Alzheimer's disease. [23 February 2019].He has been a competitive trick-roper ever since Montie Montana got him spinning a "flat loop" in the early seasons of The Rifleman (1958), and horse wrangler Buster Trow taught him the "butterfly." After wrapping "The Rifleman", Johnny was coached by Gene McLaughlin for many years.His paternal grandfather, Robert "Bobby" Crawford (1889-1941), was a horse jockey from Chicago who changed his occupation to song "plugger" and became a very successful music publisher as the founder of De Sylva, Brown & Henderson and Crawford Music Corp. Robert was born Samuel Faden to Russian Jewish parents, Isaac Faden and Rose Isserman.Continued performing in theater and nightclubs after his early TV and pop-music heydays.Released August 5, Sweepin' the Clouds Away is the first album offered by Johnny Crawford And His Orchestra. It features fifteen authentic dance band orchestrations from the 1920s and 1930s, recorded during live performances at the L.A. County Museum of Art and in the historic Gold Room of the Los Angeles Biltmore Hotel. Vocals by Crawford. Music by Jerome Kern, 'Richard Rodgers', 'Harry Warren', Nacio Herb Brown, Duke Ellington and other music icons of that dance band era. (August 2008)After the original "Mickey Mouse Club", Crawford's second lead role was that of the title character's son in The Rifleman (1958). John stayed with the show for its entire run, co-starring in all but one of the series' 168 episodes.He was a guest at the 2012 Memphis Film Festival's "A Gathering of Guns 4: A TV Western Reunion" at the Whispering Woods Hotel and Conference Center in Olive Branch, MS.He credits his "Rifleman" co-star Chuck Connors with being a surrogate parent, acting mentor, and close confidante. When Connors passed away in 1992, Crawford served as one of his TV-father's pallbearers.Has dementia. Has a Gofundme account for the Johnny Crawford Alzheimer's Fund run by fellow child actor Paul Petersen.Profiled in the 2016 book "X Child Stars: Where Are They Now?" the Kathy Garver and Fred Ascher.He was of Russian Jewish (his paternal grandfather), English, German, Belgian Flemish, Scottish, and Swiss-German descent.Brother of Robert Crawford Jr., son of Elizabeth and Robert Crawford.Upon his death, he was cremated and his ashes returned to his surviving wife.He was a lifelong Republican.Dated Debra Tate. |
| Name: |
Johnny Crawford |
Type: |
Actor,Music Department,Producer (IMDB) |
| Area: |
All World |
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IMDB |
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Business scope: |
Actor,Music Department,Producer |
| Products for sale: |
Actor,Music Department,Producer |
| Last update: |
2024-07-01 05:27:05 |
| Height: |
5' 8' (1.73 m) |
| Biography: |
Johnny Crawford was born on March 26, 1946 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an actor and producer, known for The Rifleman (1958), Hellboy (2004) and The Thirteenth Floor (1999). He was previously married to Charlotte Samco. He died on April 29 |
| Trivia: |
Was one of Walt Disney's original Mouseketeers in 1955.A former member of the PRCA (Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association) and the AJRA (American Junior Rodeo Association), he competed frequently at rodeos throughout the country during the 1960s and early 1970s.With five Top 40 hits in the 1960s, his recording of "Cindy's Birthday" peaked at #8 on Billboard's Top 40 in 1962.In 2006 he directed a live orchestra using authentic period orchestrations for the premiere screening of the newly restored silent version of Chicago (1927) at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences in Los Angeles.His maternal grandfather, Belgian violinist Alfred Megerlin (1880-1941), was concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic (1918-22), the Minneapolis Symphony (1923-26) and The Los Angeles Philharmonic (1927-29).While serving in the Army in the late 1960s, he appeared in a number of period training films remembered by veterans of the times.Had a key role in the early career of Victoria Jackson of Saturday Night Live (1975) fame. In 1980 she was a college student in Birmingham, AL, earning credit doing flip-flops as a member of the chorus, in a summer stock production of "Meet Me in St. Louis", featuring Crawford. He presented her with a one-way plane ticket and encouraged her to pursue a career in Hollywood. This led to her 22 appearances on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962), before she was cast as a regular on Saturday Night Live (1975).Announced that he's suffering from Alzheimer's disease. [23 February 2019].He has been a competitive trick-roper ever since Montie Montana got him spinning a "flat loop" in the early seasons of The Rifleman (1958), and horse wrangler Buster Trow taught him the "butterfly." After wrapping "The Rifleman", Johnny was coached by Gene McLaughlin for many years.His paternal grandfather, Robert "Bobby" Crawford (1889-1941), was a horse jockey from Chicago who changed his occupation to song "plugger" and became a very successful music publisher as the founder of De Sylva, Brown & Henderson and Crawford Music Corp. Robert was born Samuel Faden to Russian Jewish parents, Isaac Faden and Rose Isserman.Continued performing in theater and nightclubs after his early TV and pop-music heydays.Released August 5, Sweepin' the Clouds Away is the first album offered by Johnny Crawford And His Orchestra. It features fifteen authentic dance band orchestrations from the 1920s and 1930s, recorded during live performances at the L.A. County Museum of Art and in the historic Gold Room of the Los Angeles Biltmore Hotel. Vocals by Crawford. Music by Jerome Kern, 'Richard Rodgers', 'Harry Warren', Nacio Herb Brown, Duke Ellington and other music icons of that dance band era. (August 2008)After the original "Mickey Mouse Club", Crawford's second lead role was that of the title character's son in The Rifleman (1958). John stayed with the show for its entire run, co-starring in all but one of the series' 168 episodes.He was a guest at the 2012 Memphis Film Festival's "A Gathering of Guns 4: A TV Western Reunion" at the Whispering Woods Hotel and Conference Center in Olive Branch, MS.He credits his "Rifleman" co-star Chuck Connors with being a surrogate parent, acting mentor, and close confidante. When Connors passed away in 1992, Crawford served as one of his TV-father's pallbearers.Has dementia. Has a Gofundme account for the Johnny Crawford Alzheimer's Fund run by fellow child actor Paul Petersen.Profiled in the 2016 book "X Child Stars: Where Are They Now?" the Kathy Garver and Fred Ascher.He was of Russian Jewish (his paternal grandfather), English, German, Belgian Flemish, Scottish, and Swiss-German descent.Brother of Robert Crawford Jr., son of Elizabeth and Robert Crawford.Upon his death, he was cremated and his ashes returned to his surviving wife.He was a lifelong Republican.Dated Debra Tate. |
| Quotes: |
[about a concert given by his band] There were only about 50 people there, and they were all enjoying the band, and almost all were dancing. One fellow was standing off to the side watching for the longest time; it was Dustin Hoffman. He loved it. He said it reminded him of when he was a little boy and his parents took him to see Ted Lewis. Martin Short was a riot. He said, "I wanna sing with Johnny Crawford!".
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[on his orchestrated band] It's a unique, romantic sound, and people love to hear it. It takes people back to an older America and a simpler, more elegant time. It's a sound I really love, and I find that once people get a chance to hear it live, in all its glory, that they love it, too.
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[why he thinks his Mark McCain character on The Rifleman (1958) became popular with audiences] What boy wouldn't love dressing up as a cowboy and getting paid for it! It was hard work, and I took it very seriously as an actor, but I was living in a dream.
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I always say that life is not easy for anybody. People hear about the young actors who have a rough life, but there are plenty of other kids who aren't actors who have a rough time, too, and I don't know if the ratio is any different.
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[comparing his character on The Rifleman (1958) to his real-life role as a bandleader] The way I look at it, Mark McCain could have grown up to lead dance bands in the 1920s and '30s. As a young man who sang and played the guitar in two episodes, he might have made his way to Los Angeles, where there was lots of work for musicians in the early 1900s. By 1931, when he would have been the same age that I am now, he might have been leading his own band. I like to think he would have. |
| Job title: |
Actor,Music Department,Producer |
| Others works: |
(1992 - 2010) Leader and vocalist of the Johnny Crawford Dance Orchestra. The traditional dance band is an homage to his paternal grandfather, music publisher Robert "Bobby" Crawford (1889-1941).
(12/19/65-12/19/67) Served a hitch in the U |
| Spouse: |
Charlotte Samco (February 14, 1995 - April 29, 2021) (his death) |
| Parents: |
Robert Crawford
Betty Megerlin
Robert Crawford |
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