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'{{Infobox person | name = Broderick Crawford | image = Broderick Crawford 1970.JPG | caption = Crawford in ''[[The Interns (TV series)|The Interns]]'' (1971) | birth_name = William Broderick Crawford | birth_date = {{Birth date|mf=yes|1911|12|9}} | birth_place = [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]], U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|mf=yes|1986|4|26|1911|12|9}} | resting_place = Ferndale Cemetery, [[Johnstown, New York]],<ref>[https://www.nndb.com/people/744/000063555/ NNDB]</ref> U.S. | spouse = {{marriage|Kay Griffith|1940|1958|end=div}}<br>{{marriage|[[Joan Tabor]]|1962|1967|end=div}}<br>{{marriage|Mary Alice Moore|1973|1986|end=his death}} | children = 2 | death_place = [[Rancho Mirage, California]], U.S. | occupation = Actor | years_active = 1931–1985 }} '''William Broderick Crawford''' (December 9, 1911 – April 26, 1986) was an American stage, film, radio, and television actor, often cast in tough-guy roles and best known for his [[Academy Awards|Oscar]]- and [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama|Golden Globe]]-winning portrayal of Willie Stark in ''[[All the King's Men (1949 film)|All the King's Men]]'' (1949) and for his starring role as Dan Mathews in the television series ''[[Highway Patrol (American TV series)|Highway Patrol]]'' (1955–1959).<ref>Broderick Crawford obituary, ''Variety'', April 30, 1986.</ref> Until filming ''All the King's Men'', Crawford's career had been largely limited to "[[B films]]" in supporting or character roles. He realized he did not fit the role of a handsome leading man, once describing himself as looking like a "retired pugilist". Nevertheless, he excelled in roles playing villains and authoritarian figures. Broderick Crawford had a heavy drinking problem which was noted in an episode where a policeman is shot when he finds evidence on private property. Shot in the back. Crawford is noted to have severe shaking of his right hand while holding his car radio at least 3 times. The shaking is very noticeable while speaking over his radio. ==Early life== Crawford was born in [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]], to Lester Crawford and [[Helen Broderick]], who were both [[vaudeville]] performers, as his grandparents had been.<ref name="Wiggins219">{{cite book|title=501 Movie Stars|editor1-first=Victoria|editor1-last=Wiggins|year=2007|publisher=Quintessence|location=Hauppage, New York|isbn=978-0-7641-6021-9|page=[https://archive.org/details/501moviestars0000unse/page/219 219]|url=https://archive.org/details/501moviestars0000unse/page/219}}</ref> Lester appeared in films in the 1920s and 1930s. Helen Broderick had a career in Hollywood comedies, including a memorable appearance as Madge in the classic musical ''[[Top Hat]]'' and as Mabel Anderson in the Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers film ''[[Swing Time (film)|Swing Time]]''. Young William joined his parents on the stage, working for producer [[Max Gordon (producer)|Max Gordon]]. After graduating from preparatory high school Dean Academy (now [[Dean College]]) in [[Franklin, Massachusetts]], Crawford was accepted by [[Harvard College]] where he enrolled. However, after only three weeks at Harvard he dropped out to work as a [[stevedore]] on the New York docks.<ref name="Wiggins219"/> ==Acting career== [[File:Ford-Crawford-Of-Mice-and-Men-1938-cropped.jpg|thumb|260px|[[Wallace Ford]] and Broderick Crawford (right) in the original Broadway production of ''[[Of Mice and Men (play)|Of Mice and Men]]'' (1938)]] Crawford returned to vaudeville and radio, which included a period with the [[Marx Brothers]] in the radio comedy show ''[[Flywheel, Shyster, and Flywheel]]''.<ref name="Wiggins219"/> He played his first serious character as a footballer in ''She Loves Me Not'' at the [[Adelphi Theatre]], London in 1932. Crawford was originally stereotyped as a fast-talking tough guy early in his career and often played villainous parts. He gained fame in 1937 as Lenny in ''[[Of Mice and Men (play)|Of Mice and Men]]'' on Broadway. He moved to Hollywood and began working in films. ===Early films=== Crawford made his film debut for [[Sam Goldwyn]] in ''[[Woman Chases Man]]'' (1937). He was in ''[[Start Cheering]]'' (1938) at Columbia but missed out on reprising his stage performance as Lenny in the [[Of Mice and Men (1939 film)|film version of ''Of Mice and Men'']], losing it to [[Lon Chaney Jr.]] ===Paramount=== Crawford signed a contract with Paramount. He appeared in some "B" films: ''[[Ambush (1939 film)|Ambush]]'' (1939), ''[[Sudden Money]]'' (1939) and ''[[Undercover Doctor]]'' (1939). He had a good role in the prestigious ''[[Beau Geste (1939 film)|Beau Geste]]''. After appearing in ''[[Island of Lost Men]]'' (1939), Crawford had a ''Beau Geste'' style role in ''[[The Real Glory]]'' (1939). He appeared in two films for [[Walter Wanger]] and [[Tay Garnett]], ''[[Eternally Yours (film)|Eternally Yours]]'' (1939) and ''[[Slightly Honorable]]'' (1939). ===Universal=== Crawford moved over to Universal, where he was given his first starring role, in the "B", ''[[I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby (film)|I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby]]'' (1940). He had support parts in ''[[When the Daltons Rode]]'' (1940); ''[[Seven Sinners (1940 film)|Seven Sinners]]'' (1940), for Garnett; and ''[[Trail of the Vigilantes]]'' (1940). He went back to Paramount for ''[[Texas Rangers Ride Again]]'' (1940) then returned to Universal for ''[[The Black Cat (1941 film)|The Black Cat]]'' (1941), ''[[Tight Shoes (film)|Tight Shoes]]'' (1941), and ''[[Badlands of Dakota]]'' (1941). Crawford had one of the leads in ''[[South of Tahiti]]'' (1941) and ''[[North to the Klondike]]'' (1941). He supported [[Edward G. Robinson]] in ''[[Larceny, Inc.]]'' (1942) and [[George Raft]] in ''[[Broadway (1942 film)|Broadway]]'' (1942), and co-starred with [[Robert Stack]] in ''[[Men of Texas]]'' (1942) and [[Constance Bennett]] in ''[[Sin Town (1942 film)|Sin Town]]'' (1942). During [[World War II]], Crawford enlisted in the [[United States Army Air Corps]]. Assigned to the [[Armed Forces Network]], he was sent to Britain in 1944 as a sergeant, he served as an announcer for the [[Glenn Miller]] American Band. He was one of two announcers on Miller's weekly program ''[[I Sustain the Wings]]'', prior to Miller and the band being shipped to England. He returned to films with roles in ''[[Black Angel (1946 film)|Black Angel]]'' (1946), a [[film noir]] and ''[[Slave Girl (film)|Slave Girl]]'' (1947) with [[Yvonne de Carlo]]. ===Freelance actor=== Crawford made ''[[The Flame (1947 film)|The Flame]]'' (1947) for Republic, and ''[[The Time of Your Life (film)|The Time of Your Life]]'' (1948) for [[James Cagney]]'s company. He went back to Paramount for ''[[Sealed Verdict]]'' (1948) and had a co-starring role in ''[[Bad Men of Tombstone]]'' (1949) for the King Brothers. At Warner Bros Crawford was in ''[[A Kiss in the Dark (1949 film)|A Kiss in the Dark]]'' (1949) with [[David Niven]] and [[Jane Wyman]] and ''[[Night Unto Night]]'' (1949) with [[Ronald Reagan]] and [[Viveca Lindfors]]. He was also in Monogram's ''[[Anna Lucasta (1949 film)|Anna Lucasta]]'' (1949) with [[Paulette Goddard]]. ===''All the King's Men'' and stardom=== [[File:All-the-King's-Men-Willie-Stark.jpg|thumb|left|Crawford as Willie Stark in ''[[All the King's Men (1949 film)|All the King's Men]]'']] In 1949, Crawford reached the pinnacle of his acting career when he was cast as Willie Stark, a character inspired by and closely patterned after the life of [[Louisiana]] politician [[Huey Long]], in ''[[All the King's Men (1949 film)|All the King's Men]]'', a film based on the popular novel by [[Robert Penn Warren]]. The film was a huge hit, and Crawford's performance as the bullying, blustering, yet insecure Governor Stark won him the [[Academy Award for Best Actor]]. The film was made by Columbia who put Crawford under contract. He co-starred with [[Glenn Ford]] in ''[[Convicted (1950 film)|Convicted]]'' (1950), then starred in another hit 'A'-list production with [[William Holden]] and [[Judy Holliday]], ''[[Born Yesterday (1950 film)|Born Yesterday]]'' (1950), directed by [[George Cukor]]. Crawford starred in ''[[The Mob (film)|The Mob]]'' (1951), a crime drama. Under the direction of [[Phil Karlson]] he starred in ''[[Scandal Sheet (1952 film)|Scandal Sheet]]'' (1952), based on a novel by [[Sam Fuller]]. MGM borrowed him to play the villain in ''[[Lone Star (1952 film)|Lone Star]]'' (1952), opposite [[Clark Gable]] and [[Ava Gardner]]. He went to Warner Bros. to star in a comedy, ''[[Stop, You're Killing Me]]'' (1952). Crawford returned to Columbia to star in some Westerns, ''[[Last of the Comanches]]'' (1953), and ''[[The Last Posse]]'' (1954). [[20th Century Fox]] borrowed him to co-star with [[Gregory Peck]] in [[Nunnally Johnson]]'s ''[[Night People (1954 film)|Night People]]'' (1954). Crawford was reunited with Glenn Ford in ''[[Human Desire]]'' (1954), directed by [[Fritz Lang]]. [[Edward Small]] used him in ''[[Down Three Dark Streets]]'' (1954) and ''[[New York Confidential (film)|New York Confidential]]'' (1955). In 1955, Crawford assumed the starring role as Rollo Lamar, the most violent of convicts in ''[[Big House, U.S.A.]]''. In the film, Crawford's character is a hardened convict so violent he commands the obedience of even the most violent and psychotic prisoners in the prison yard, including those portrayed by such famous tough-guy actors as [[Charles Bronson]], [[Ralph Meeker]], [[William Talman (actor)|William Talman]], and [[Lon Chaney Jr.]]. [[Stanley Kramer]] cast him in a good supporting role in ''[[Not as a Stranger]]'' (1955), which was a big hit. He received an offer in Italy to star in ''[[Il bidone]]'' (1955), directed by [[Federico Fellini]]. ===''Highway Patrol''=== In 1955, television producer [[Frederick Ziv]] of [[Ziv Television Programs|ZIV Television Productions]] offered Crawford the lead role as "Dan Mathews" in the police drama ''[[Highway Patrol (U.S. TV series)|Highway Patrol]]'', which dramatized law enforcement activities of the [[California Highway Patrol]] (CHP). ZIV Television Productions operated on an extremely low budget of $25,000 per episode of ''Highway Patrol'' with ten percent of gross receipts going to Crawford as per his contract. While the show's scripts were largely fictional, the use of realistic, rapid-fire dialogue and Crawford's convincing portrayal of a hard-as-nails police official helped make the show an instant success. ''Highway Patrol'' remained popular during its four years (1955–1959) of first-run syndication, and would continue in repeat syndication on local stations across the United States for many years after. For much of the period from 1955 until 1965 most of Crawford's television roles involved ZIV Television, which was among the relative handful of producers willing to accept the occasional challenges inherent with working with the hard-living and hard-drinking Crawford. Years later, Frederick Ziv admitted in an interview, "To be honest, Broderick could be a handful!" {{Clarify|date=September 2013}} {{Citation needed|date=September 2013}} ''Highway Patrol'' helped revive Crawford's career and cement his tough-guy persona, which he used successfully in numerous movie and TV roles for the rest of his life. During the series' run he appeared in ''[[The Fastest Gun Alive]]'' (1956) with Ford at MGM, a successful Western; ''[[Between Heaven and Hell (film)|Between Heaven and Hell]]'' (1956) with [[Robert Wagner]] at Fox, directed by [[Richard Fleischer]]; and ''[[The Decks Ran Red]]'' (1958) with James Mason for [[Andrew L. Stone]]. Fed up with the show's hectic shooting schedule, Crawford quit ''Highway Patrol'' at the end of 1959 in order to make a film in Spain, and try to get his drinking under control.<ref name="JAS">Jason, Rick, ''[http://www.scrapbooksofmymind.com/broderick_crawford.htm Scrapbooks of My Mind: A Hollywood Autobiography]'' (2000)<!-- ISBN needed --></ref> His follow-up role, as diamond industry security man John King in the 1961–62 Ziv series ''King of Diamonds'' was a failure, the show lasting only one season. ===Europe=== Crawford relocated to Europe where he starred in [[Vittorio Cottafavi]]'s ''La vendetta di Ercole'' (1960), known in the U.S. as ''[[Goliath and the Dragon]]''. Crawford's successful run as Dan Mathews in ''Highway Patrol'' earned him some two million dollars under his contract with ZIV, which eventually paid him in exchange for his agreement to sign for the pilot and subsequent production of a new ZIV production, ''[[King of Diamonds (TV series)|King of Diamonds]]''. Recently back from Europe, and having temporarily stopped drinking, Crawford was signed to play the starring role as diamond industry security chief John King.<ref name="JAS"/> ''King of Diamonds'' was picked up for syndication in 1961, but ran for only one season before being cancelled. In 1962, after the end of ''King of Diamonds'', Crawford returned to acting in motion pictures: ''[[Square of Violence]]'' (1962); ''[[Convicts 4]]'' (1962); [[Javier Setó]]'s ''[[The Castilian]]'' (1963); ''[[A House Is Not a Home (film)|A House Is Not a Home]]'' (1964); ''[[Up from the Beach]]'' (1965); ''[[Kid Rodelo]]'' (1966); ''[[The Oscar (film)|The Oscar]]'' (1966); ''[[The Texican]]'' (1966) with [[Audie Murphy]]; ''[[The Vulture (1967 film)|The Vulture]]'' (1967); ''[[Red Tomahawk]]'' (1967). ===1970s=== After 1970, Crawford again returned to television. From 1970–71, he played the role of Dr. Peter Goldstone in ''[[The Interns (TV series)|The Interns]]''. In 1977, he starred as [[J. Edgar Hoover]] in the TV movie ''[[The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover]]''. He would eventually make a series of guest appearances on several TV programs, while starring in several made-for-TV movies. Spoofing his most famous TV role, he wore the trademark fedora and black suit when he made an appearance as guest host of a 1977 episode of [[NBC]]'s ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' that included a spoof of ''Highway Patrol''. In an episode of ''[[CHiPs]]'' Crawford appeared as himself, recognized after being stopped by Officer Poncherello, who presses a reluctant Crawford to give his trademark line from ''Highway Patrol'' ("Twenty-One-Fifty to Headquarters!"). Musician Webb Wilder's instrumental, "Ruff Rider" (on the album ''It Came From Nashville''), is dedicated to Broderick Crawford in admiration of his ''[[Highway Patrol (U.S. TV series)|Highway Patrol]]'' character's ability to solve any crime committed in California by setting up a road block. Crawford worked in 140 motion pictures and television series during his career and remained an especially durable presence in television. Crawford is referenced in the 1977 film ''[[Smokey and the Bandit]]'' in the scene where an Alabama State Patrol officer angrily confronts Sheriff Buford T. Justice ([[Jackie Gleason]]) and his damaged vehicle with its horn that won't stop blaring. When Justice starts to introduce himself, the trooper interrupts him and barks, "I don't care if your name is Broderick Crawford!" In 1979, Crawford had a cameo as himself in the film ''[[A Little Romance]]'' in which he referenced his hard-drinking persona. His last role was as a film producer who is murdered in a 1982 episode of the ''[[Simon & Simon]]'' television series. The actor who played the part of the suspected murderer was [[Stuart Whitman]], who had played the recurring part of Sergeant Walters on ''Highway Patrol''. ==Personal life== Throughout his adult life, Crawford was prone to bouts of heavy alcohol consumption, and was known for eating large meals. These habits contributed to a serious weight gain for Crawford during the 1950s. His weight and penchant for heavy drinking contributed to several injuries suffered on the set of ''Highway Patrol''. It became particularly difficult for Crawford to perform certain scenes, such as when he had to enter and exit a police helicopter. In 1958, Crawford broke his ankle while exiting the helicopter and was forced to wear an ankle cast, which may be seen in some episodes. Crawford's heavy drinking increased during the filming of ''Highway Patrol'', eventually resulting in several arrests and stops for driving under the influence of alcohol (DUI), which eventually gained him a suspended driving license.<ref name="HUF">Huffman, John P., [http://www.motortrend.com/features/archive/112_9706_1955_buick_highway_patrol_car/viewall.html '55 Highway Patrol Buick], Motor Trend (June 1997)</ref> While representing the California Highway Patrol as "Chief Mathews", Crawford was known with considerable embarrassment by the CHP as "Old 502" due to his habit of driving under the influence of alcohol ("Code 502" was the CHP police radio code for drunken driving). According to the show's creator, Guy Daniels, "We got all the dialogue in by noon, or else we wouldn't get it done at all. He [Crawford] would bribe people to bring him booze on the set." The show used their CHP technical advisor, Officer Frank Runyon, to keep the actor sober: "I was told to keep that son of a bitch away from a bottle. I think his license was suspended. Some scenes had to be shot on private roads so that Brod could drive." Eventually the drinking strained the show's relationship with the CHP as well as Crawford's relationship with ZIV.<ref name="HUF"/> Fellow actor [[Stuart Whitman]], became a close friend of Crawford. In an interview Whitman said they both clicked upon meeting when cast in an episode of ''Highway Patrol.'' According to Whitman, who was going through hard financial times, they became fast friends. Crawford would ask Whitman to play his character whenever he was low on cash, so that Whitman would do the dialogue while he was drinking. Whitman said that later down the line he helped to cast Crawford in ''[[The Decks Ran Red]]'' (1958)''.''<ref>{{Citation|title=The Decks Ran Red|date=2019-09-23|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Decks_Ran_Red&oldid=917405840|work=Wikipedia|language=en|access-date=2019-12-17}}</ref> Whitman promised the production that Crawford would stay sober throughout the shoot, and he did.<ref name=":3">{{Cite journal|last=Petkovich|first=Anthony|date=2013|title=Interview with Stuart Whitman (part 1)|url=https://archive.org/details/Shock_Cinema_44_c2c_2013_TLK-EMPIRE|journal=Shock Cinema|volume=44|pages=[https://archive.org/details/Shock_Cinema_44_c2c_2013_TLK-EMPIRE/page/n11 10]-11|via=Archive}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite journal|last=Petkovich|first=Anthony|date=2013|title=Interview with Stuart Whitman (part 2)|url=https://archive.org/details/Shock_Cinema_44_c2c_2013_TLK-EMPIRE|journal=Shock Cinema|volume=44|pages=[https://archive.org/details/Shock_Cinema_44_c2c_2013_TLK-EMPIRE/page/n13 12]-13|via=Archive}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite journal|last=Petkovich|first=Anthony|date=2013|title=Interview with Stuart Whitman (part 3)|url=https://archive.org/details/Shock_Cinema_44_c2c_2013_TLK-EMPIRE|journal=Shock Cinema|volume=44|pages=[https://archive.org/details/Shock_Cinema_44_c2c_2013_TLK-EMPIRE/page/n15 14]-15|via=Archive}}</ref><ref name=":6">{{Cite journal|last=Petkovich|first=Anthony|date=2013|title=Interview with Stuart Whitman (part 4)|url=https://archive.org/details/Shock_Cinema_44_c2c_2013_TLK-EMPIRE|journal=Shock Cinema|volume=44|pages=[https://archive.org/details/Shock_Cinema_44_c2c_2013_TLK-EMPIRE/page/n49 48]|via=Archive}}</ref> Crawford married three times. His first marriage was to actress Kay Griffith in 1940; the couple had two sons together, Christopher Broderick Crawford (1947–2002) and Kelly Griffith Crawford (1951–2012). Through his elder son, Christopher, Crawford has one grandchild, Katherine Lee Crawford (born 1970). Crawford's second marriage was to [[Joan Tabor]] in 1962; they divorced in 1967. His third and final marriage, which lasted until Crawford's death in 1986, was to Mary Alice Moore in 1973. ==Death== Crawford died following a series of [[stroke]]s in 1986 at the age of 74 in [[Rancho Mirage, California]]. He has two stars on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]], one for motion pictures at 6901 Hollywood Boulevard and another for television at 6734 Hollywood Boulevard. ==Filmography== {{Div col}} * ''[[Woman Chases Man]]'' (1937) as Hunk * ''[[Start Cheering]]'' (1938) as Biff Gordon * ''[[Ambush (1939 film)|Ambush]]'' (1939) as Randall * ''[[Sudden Money]]'' (1939) as Archibald 'Doc' Finney * ''[[Undercover Doctor]]'' (1939) as Eddie Krator * ''[[Beau Geste (1939 film)|Beau Geste]]'' (1939) as Hank Miller * ''[[Island of Lost Men]]'' (1939) as Tex Ballister * ''[[The Real Glory]]'' (1939) as Lieut. Larson * ''[[Eternally Yours (film)|Eternally Yours]]'' (1939) as Don Burns * ''[[Slightly Honorable]]'' (1939) as Russ Sampson * ''[[I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby (film)|I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby]]'' (1940) as Michael G. 'Sonny' McGann * ''[[When the Daltons Rode]]'' (1940) as Bob Dalton * ''[[Seven Sinners (1940 film)|Seven Sinners]]'' (1940) as Little Ned * ''[[Trail of the Vigilantes]]'' (1940) as Swanee * ''[[Texas Rangers Ride Again]]'' (1940) as Mace Townsley * ''[[The Black Cat (1941 film)|The Black Cat]]'' (1941) as Hubert A. Gilmore 'Gil' Smith * ''[[Tight Shoes (film)|Tight Shoes]]'' (1941) as Speedy Miller * ''[[Badlands of Dakota]]'' (1941) as Bob Holliday * ''[[South of Tahiti]]'' (1941) as Chuck * ''[[North to the Klondike]]'' (1942) as John Thorn * ''[[Butch Minds the Baby]]'' (1942) as Aloysius 'Butch' Grogan * ''[[Larceny, Inc.]]'' (1942) as Jug Martin * ''[[Broadway (1942 film)|Broadway]]'' (1942) as Steve Crandall * ''[[Men of Texas (film)|Men of Texas]]'' (1942) as Henry Clay Jackson * ''[[Sin Town (1942 film)|Sin Town]]'' (1942) as Dude McNair * ''[[Keeping Fit]]'' (1942) as Brod – Factory Worker * ''[[The Runaround (1946 film)|The Runaround]]'' (1946) as Louis Prentiss * ''[[Black Angel (1946 film)|Black Angel]]'' (1946) as Capt. Flood * ''[[Slave Girl (film)|Slave Girl]]'' (1947) as Chips Jackson * ''[[The Flame (1947 film)|The Flame]]'' (1947) as Ernie Hicks * ''[[The Time of Your Life (film)|The Time of Your Life]]'' (1948) as Krupp (a bewildered policeman) * ''[[Sealed Verdict]]'' (1948) as Capt. Kinsella * ''[[Bad Men of Tombstone]]'' (1949) as William Morgan * ''[[A Kiss in the Dark (1949 film)|A Kiss in the Dark]]'' (1949) as Mr. Botts * ''[[Night Unto Night]]'' (1949) as C.L. Shawn * ''[[Anna Lucasta (1949 film)|Anna Lucasta]]'' (1949) as Frank * ''[[All the King's Men (1949 film)|All the King's Men]]'' (1949) as Willie Stark * ''[[Cargo to Capetown]]'' (1950) as Johnny Phelan * ''[[Convicted (1950 film)|Convicted]]'' (1950) as George Knowland * ''[[Born Yesterday (1950 film)|Born Yesterday]]'' (1950) as Harry Brock * ''Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Awards'' (1951) as Himself * ''[[The Mob (film)|The Mob]]'' (1951) as Johnny Damico * ''[[Scandal Sheet (1952 film)|Scandal Sheet]]'' (1952) as Mark Chapman aka George Grant * ''[[Lone Star (1952 film)|Lone Star]]'' (1952) as Thomas Craden * ''Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder'' (1952) as Broderick Crawford (uncredited) * ''[[Stop, You're Killing Me]]'' (1952) as Remy Marko * ''[[Last of the Comanches]]'' (1953) as Sgt. Matt Trainor * ''[[The Last Posse]]'' (1953) as Sheriff John Frazier * ''[[Night People (1954 film)|Night People]]'' (1954) as Charles Leatherby * ''[[Human Desire]]'' (1954) as Carl Buckley * ''[[Down Three Dark Streets]]'' (1954) as FBI Agent John 'Rip' Ripley * ''[[New York Confidential (film)|New York Confidential]]'' (1955) as Charlie Lupo * ''[[Big House, U.S.A.]]'' (1955) as Rollo Lamar * ''[[Not as a Stranger]]'' (1955) as Dr. Aarons * ''[[Il bidone]]'' (1955) as Augusto * ''[[Man on a Bus]]'' (1955) as Bus driver * ''[[The Fastest Gun Alive]]'' (1956) as Vinnie Harold * ''[[Between Heaven and Hell (film)|Between Heaven and Hell]]'' (1956) as Capt. 'Waco' Grimes - 'G' Co. CO * ''[[The Decks Ran Red]]'' (1958) as Henry Scott * ''[[Goliath and the Dragon]]'' (1960) as King Eurystheus * ''[[Square of Violence]]'' (1961) as Dr. Stefan Bernardi * ''[[Convicts 4]]'' (1962) as Warden * ''[[The Virginian (TV series)|The Virginian]]'' (1963 episode "A Killer in Town") as George Wolfe * ''[[The Castilian]]'' (1963) as Don Sancho * ''No temas a la ley'' (1963) as Man in hotel (uncredited) * ''[[A House Is Not a Home (film)|A House Is Not a Home]]'' (1964) as Harrigan * ''[[Up from the Beach]]'' (1965) as MP Major * ''[[Kid Rodelo]]'' (1966) as Joe Harbin * ''Mutiny at Fort Sharp'' (1966) as Colonel Lenox * ''[[The Oscar (film)|The Oscar]]'' (1966) as Sheriff * ''[[The Texican]]'' (1966) as Luke Starr * ''[[The Vulture (1967 film)|The Vulture]]'' (1966) as Brian F. Stroud * ''[[Red Tomahawk]]'' (1967) as Columbus Smith * ''Ransom Money'' (1970) as Inspector Joseph Medford * ''[[Hell's Bloody Devils]]'' (1970) as Gavin * ''[[The Naughty Cheerleader]]'' (1970) as B.J Hankins * ''Gregorio and His Angel'' (1970) as Gregorio * ''[[The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go]]'' (1970) as Parker * ''Maharlika'' (1970) as Gen. Hadley * ''[[Embassy (film)|Embassy]]'' (1972) as Frank Dunniger * ''[[The Candidate (1972 film)|The Candidate]]'' (1972) as Jarmon as Narrator (voice, uncredited) * ''[[Terror in the Wax Museum]]'' (1973) as Amos Burns * ''[[The Phantom of Hollywood]]'' (1974) as Capt. O'Neal * ''[[Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood]]'' (1976) as Special Effects Man * ''[[Look What's Happened to Rosemary's Baby]]'' (1976) as Sheriff Holtzman * ''[[Mayday at 40,000 Feet!]]'' (1976) as Marshal Riese * ''[[Proof of the Man]]'' (1977) as Police Captain O'Brien * ''[[The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover]]'' (1977) as J. Edgar Hoover * ''The Hughes Mystery'' (1979) * ''[[A Little Romance]]'' (1979) as Broderick 'Brod' Crawford * ''[[Harlequin (film)|Harlequin]]'' (1980) as Doc Wheelan * ''[[There Goes the Bride (1980 film)|There Goes the Bride]]'' (1980) as Gas Station Attendant * ''[[Liar's Moon]]'' (1982) as Col. Tubman * ''The Uppercrust'' (1982) as Mike Carrady * ''[[The Creature Wasn't Nice]]'' (1983) as Max the Computer (voice, uncredited) (final film role) {{div col end}} ==Radio appearances== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year !! Program !! Episode/source |- | 1952|| ''[[Hollywood Star Playhouse]]'' || ''Santa Is No Saint''<ref>{{cite news|last1=Kirby|first1=Walter|title=Better Radio Programs for the Week|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2578496/the_decatur_daily_review/|agency=The Decatur Daily Review|date=December 21, 1952|page=44|via = [[Newspapers.com]]|accessdate = June 8, 2015}} {{Open access}}</ref> |- | 1953|| ''[[Cavalcade of America]]'' || ''Star and Shield''<ref>{{cite news|last1=Kirby|first1=Walter|title=Better Radio Programs for the Week|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2675256/the_decatur_daily_review/|agency=The Decatur Daily Review|date=March 1, 1953|page=46|via = [[Newspapers.com]]|accessdate = June 23, 2015}} {{Open access}}</ref> |- | 1954|| ''[[Suspense (radio drama)|Suspense]]'' || ''Parole to Panic''<ref>{{cite journal|title=Radio's Golden Age|journal=Nostalgia Digest|date=Summer 2015|volume=41|issue=3|pages=40–41.}}</ref> |} == See also == * {{Portal-inline|Biography}} ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== {{Commons category|Broderick Crawford}} * {{IMDb name|0002024}} * {{IBDB name}} * [http://tesla.liketelevision.com/liketelevision/tuner.php?channel=208&format=tv&theme=guide&from=wiki Watch Highway Patrol] * [http://tesla.liketelevision.com/liketelevision/tuner.php?channel=794&format=movie&theme=guide&from=wiki Broderick Crawford in Il Bidone] * [http://www.tcm.com/thismonth/article.jsp?cid=161301 Profile] @ [[Turner Classic Movies]] {{Navboxes |title = Awards for Broderick Crawford |list = {{AcademyAwardBestActor 1941–1960}} {{GoldenGlobeBestActorMotionPictureDrama 1943–1960}} {{New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor}} }} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Crawford, Broderick}} [[Category:1911 births]] [[Category:1986 deaths]] [[Category:20th-century American male actors]] [[Category:American male film actors]] [[Category:American male stage actors]] [[Category:American male television actors]] [[Category:American male radio actors]] [[Category:American army personnel of World War II]] [[Category:Best Actor Academy Award winners]] [[Category:Best Drama Actor Golden Globe (film) winners]] [[Category:Male actors from Philadelphia]] [[Category:People from Freeport, New York]]<!-- had a home there for a long time--> [[Category:People from Rancho Mirage, California]] [[Category:Military personnel from Philadelphia]] [[Category:Harvard College alumni]] [[Category:United States Army Air Forces soldiers]]'