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Broderick Crawford

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American actor (1911-1986)

United StatesActorsLived 1911 to 1986 · aged 74
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William Broderick Crawford was an American actor. Known for his "bulldog face and barking voice", he was initially a character actor often cast tough-guy or slob roles, but gained widespread acclaim for his portrayal of Willie Stark in the 1949 film adaptation of Robert Penn Warren's All the King's Men.

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Wallace Ford and Crawford (right) in the original 1938 Broadway production Of Mice and MenWallace Ford and Crawford (right) in the original 1938 Broadway production Of Mice and MenCrawford, David Niven and Loretta Young in Eternally Yours (1939)Crawford, David Niven and Loretta Young in Eternally Yours (1939)Crawford as Willie Stark in All the King's Men (1949)Crawford as Willie Stark in All the King's Men (1949)

Filmography 40

All the King's Men1949 · ★ 7.0
Born Yesterday1950 · ★ 7.2
The Swindle1955 · ★ 7.3
Human Desire1954 · ★ 6.8
Beau Geste1939 · ★ 7.0
A Little Romance1979 · ★ 6.8
The Fastest Gun Alive1956 · ★ 6.9
Scandal Sheet1952 · ★ 7.0
Black Angel1946 · ★ 6.1
The Mob1951 · ★ 6.7
Harlequin1980 · ★ 6.5
The Black Cat1941
Not as a Stranger1955
Convicted1950
Seven Sinners1940
Look What's Happened to Rosemary's Baby1976
Night People1954
Between Heaven and Hell1956
Larceny, Inc.1942
Spaceship1983
Lone Star1952
Proof of the Man1977
Down Three Dark Streets1954
Last of the Comanches1953
The Revenge of Hercules1960
Big House, U.S.A1955
Eternally Yours1939
Liar's Moon1982
Terror in the Wax Museum1973
The Real Glory1939
When the Daltons Rode1940
The Movie Orgy1968
The Oscar1966
The Texican1966
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood1976
New York Confidential1955
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover1977
The Time of Your Life1948
Hell's Bloody Devils1970
The Last Posse1953

151 credits on file

Television 24

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962
Saturday Night Live1975
Ironside1967
The Mike Douglas Show1961
The Virginian1962
Simon & Simon1981
Bat Masterson1958
Burke's Law1963
Four Star Playhouse1952
Get Smart1965
Rawhide1959
CHiPs1977
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre1963
Love, American Style1969
Land of the Giants1968
Night Gallery1970
The Merv Griffin Show1962
The Ed Sullivan Show1948
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.1966
The Name of the Game1968
The Colgate Comedy Hour1950
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.1964
Vega$1978
Alias Smith and Jones1971

Awards 3

1950Academy Award for Best Actor
1950Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

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Connected to Broderick 6

Marlene DietrichAlso in Seven Sinners (1940)Colonel SandersAlso in Hell's Bloody Devils (1970)Peter LorreAlso in Black Angel (1946)Samuel GoldwynAlso in The Real Glory (1939)Audie MurphyAlso in The Texican (1966)Buddy EbsenAlso in Night People (1954)

About this person

William Broderick Crawford was an American actor. Known for his "bulldog face and barking voice", he was initially a character actor often cast tough-guy or slob roles, but gained widespread acclaim for his portrayal of Willie Stark in the 1949 film adaptation of Robert Penn Warren's All the King's Men. His performance earned him both an Academy Award and a Golden Globe for Best Actor. He was later known for his starring role as Dan Mathews on the television series Highway Patrol (1955-59).

Country
United States
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1911 to 1986 · aged 74
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