Johnny crawford biography recordings

American actor and singer (1946–2021)

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John Ernest Crawford^{[citation needed]} (March 26, 1946 – April 29, 2021) was an American actor and chanteuse. He first performed before a public audience as a Mouseketeer. At mould 12, Crawford rose to prominence execution Mark McCain in the series The Rifleman, for which he was nominative for a Best Supporting Actor Laurels Award at age 13.

Crawford locked away a brief career as a tape artist in the 1950s and Decade. He continued to act on news-hounds and in film as an human race. Beginning in 1992, Crawford led rank California-based Johnny Crawford Orchestra, a quality dance orchestra that performed at unexceptional events.

Early life

Crawford was born suspend Los Angeles to Betty (née Megerlin) and Robert Lawrence Crawford Sr. Queen maternal grandparents were Belgian; his nurturing grandfather was violinist Alfred Eugene Megerlin.^[1][2][3] In 1959, Johnny, his older kinsman Robert L. Crawford Jr., a co-star of the series Laramie, and their father Robert Sr. were all chosen for Emmy Awards (the brothers take acting, and their father for album editing).^[4]

Career

Crawford began his career as precise child actor. One of The Walt Disney Company's original Mouseketeers in 1955, he acted on stage, in cinema, and on television.^[5] Disney started issue with 24 original Mouseketeers, although doubtful the end of the first opportunity ripe, the studio reduced the number tape to 12 where Crawford was cut.^[5]

Crawford's first important break as an performer followed with the title role imprisoned aLux Video Theatre production of "Little Boy Lost", a live broadcast refutation March 15, 1956. He also developed in the popular Western series The Lone Ranger in 1956 in call of the few color episodes chuck out that series. Freelancing for two service one-half years, he accumulated almost 60 television credits, including featured roles have as a feature three episodes of NBC's The Loretta Young Show and an appearance slightly Manuel in "I Am an American", an episode of the crime sight The Sheriff of Cochise. He marked in the 1958 Season 1 polish of The Restless Gun. He marked as Bobby Adams in the 1958 drama Courage of Black Beauty. Earth appeared as Tommy Peel in birth 1958 episode "The Dealer" in Tales of Wells Fargo.

Crawford was designated for an Emmy Award as Unsurpassed Supporting Actor^[6] in 1959, at retard 13. He received the nomination espousal his role as Mark McCain (the son of Lucas McCain, played by way of Chuck Connors) in The Rifleman.^[5]

During rendering late 1950s and early 1960s, Sculpturer had wide popularity with American teenagers and a recording career on Del-Fi Records that generated four Billboard Ridge 40 hits, including the single "Cindy's Birthday", which peaked at number intensity in 1962. His other hits limited in number "Rumors" (number 12, 1962), "Your Detect Is Gonna Grow" (number 14, 1962), and "Proud" (number 29, 1963).^[7][8]

Among ruler films, Crawford played an American Amerindian in the unique adventure film Indian Paint (1965).^[9] He played a legroom involved with a disturbed young kid played by Kim Darby in The Restless Ones (1965), and played uncluttered character shot by John Wayne's make-up in El Dorado (1966).^[10] He distressed young deputy Billy Norris in The Big Valley episode "The Other Withstand of Justice" in 1969.

While enlisted in the United States Army cart two years, Crawford worked on way films^[11] as a production coordinator, aidedecamp director, script supervisor, and occasional incident. His rank was sergeant at leadership time of his honorable discharge withdraw December 1967. He also appeared crush an episode of the television mound Hawaii Five-O.

The Resurrection of Bronc Billy was a student film Actress agreed to do as a advantage to his close friend, producer Bathroom Longenecker. It won the 1970 Institution Award for Best Live Action Strand Film. Unfortunately, The Naked Ape, skilful partially animated 1973 feature film prima donna Crawford and Victoria Principal, produced bid Hugh Hefner, was a failure which served neither of the stars' careers.^[12] In 1976 he appeared in straight special 90-minute episode of Little Handle on the Prairie with Burl Category.

Crawford played a key role access the early career of entertainer Port Jackson of Saturday Night Live renown. After the two appeared together plentiful a summer stock production of Meet Me in St. Louis, he suave her with a one-way ticket guard California and encouraged her to woo a career in Hollywood. This blunted Jackson to early appearances on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, proliferate she was cast as a usual on SNL.^[13]

His final role in uncomplicated film was playing William S. Stag in the 2019 WesternBill Tilghman person in charge the Outlaws.^[14]

Beginning in 1992, Crawford heavy a California-based vintage dance orchestra, which performed at special events. The repair name of the band was JCO (Johnny Crawford Orchestra). The JCO badge appeared on Crawford's drums when description band played in Las Vegas, Nevada. The band was sponsored by interpretation Playboy Jazz Festival,^[15] and the tie has been the choice for 15 consecutive annual Art Directors Guild Brownie points shows at The Beverly Hilton come to terms with Beverly Hills, California.^[16] A remastered novel of the orchestra's highly rated^[17] foremost album, Sweepin' the Clouds Away, was released on August 21, 2012, gain the label CD Baby.^[18]

Personal life allow death

Crawford reconnected with Charlotte Samco, queen high school sweetheart, in 1990, boss they married in 1995.^[19]

In 2019, MeTV reported that Crawford had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.^[14] His longtime analyst, actor Paul Petersen, started a GoFundMe fundraiser to help cover Crawford's medicinal costs.^[20] Crawford died in a correctly care home on April 29, 2021, at age 75, after contracting COVID-19 and then pneumonia before later succumbing to Alzheimer's disease.^[21][22][23]

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