Broderick Crawford
American actor (1911-1986) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 74
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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SpaceshipFilm, Max the Computer (voice)1981
Simon & SimonSeries1980
HarlequinFilm, Doc Wheelan1977
Proof of the ManFilm, Detective O'Brien1975
Saturday Night LiveSeries1973
Terror in the Wax MuseumFilm, Amos Burns1970
Night GallerySeries, Joseph Fulton1968
Land of the GiantsSeries, Prof. Gorn
The Movie OrgyFilm, 19681965
Get SmartSeries, C. Errol Madre1962
The Merv Griffin ShowSeries1960
The Revenge of HerculesFilm, Re Eurito (King Eurystheus)1959
RawhideSeries, Jud Hammerklein1956
The Steve Allen ShowSeries
Between Heaven and HellFilm, 1956Capt. 'Waco' Grimes, CO Co.G1954
Down Three Dark StreetsFilm, John 'Ripley1952
Four Star PlayhouseSeries, Mike Dundee
Lone StarFilm, 1952Thomas Craden1950Academy Award for Best ActorAwardGolden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture DramaAward
Born YesterdayFilm, 1950Harry Brock1949
All the King's MenFilm, Willie Stark1948
The Ed Sullivan ShowSeries1946
Black AngelFilm, Captain Flood1941
The Black CatFilm, Hubert A. Gilmore 'Gil' Smith1939
Beau GesteFilm, Hank Miller1911Born9 December 1911People around Broderick
- Russell Rouse Directed The Oscar and New York Confidential
- Clarence Greene Produced New York Confidential (1955)
Tay Garnett Produced Eternally Yours and Slightly Honorable
Kurt Neumann Directed Island of Lost Men (1939)- Edward Small Produced Scandal Sheet and New York Confidential
Albert S. Rogell Directed The Black Cat and Start Cheering
Hal B. Wallis Produced Larceny, Inc. and Submarine D-1
Lloyd Bacon Directed Larceny, Inc. and Submarine D-1- Robert Parrish Directed The Mob and Up from the Beach
Walter Wanger Produced Eternally Yours and Slightly Honorable- Phil Karlson Directed Seven Sinners and Scandal Sheet
George Duning Wrote The Mob, Convicted and Scandal Sheet
Federico Fellini Directed Il bidone (1955)
Glenn Ford Also in Human Desire and Convicted
Yvonne De Carlo Also in Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
Ed Begley Also in The Oscar, Convicted and Lone Star
John Derek Also in Scandal Sheet and All the King's Men
J. Carrol Naish Also in Island of Lost Men (1939)
Albert Dekker Also in Beau Geste, Slave Girl and Seven Sinners
Andy Devine Also in Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
Vittorio Cottafavi Directed Goliath and the Dragon (1960)
Tom Powers Also in The Time of Your Life and The Last Posse
Howard W. Koch Directed Big House (1955)
Grandon Rhodes Also in Born Yesterday and All the King's Men
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The Swindle 1955
Born Yesterday 1950
Scandal Sheet 1952
All the King's Men 1949
Beau Geste 1939
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Television 24
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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).
