1. John Ernest Crawford was an American actor and singer.
22 Facts About Johnny Crawford
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Johnny Crawford first performed before a national audience as a Mouseketeer.
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At age 12, Johnny Crawford rose to prominence playing Mark McCain in the series The Rifleman, for which he was nominated for a Best Supporting Actor Emmy Award at age 13.
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Johnny Crawford had a brief career as a recording artist in the 1950s and 1960s.
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Johnny Crawford continued to act on television and in film as an adult.
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Johnny Crawford was born in Los Angeles to Betty and Robert Lawrence Johnny Crawford Sr.
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Johnny Crawford appeared in the popular Western series The Lone Ranger in 1956 in one of the few color episodes of that series.
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Johnny Crawford starred in the 1958 Season 1 finale of The Restless Gun.
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Johnny Crawford starred as Bobby Adams in the 1958 drama Courage of Black Beauty.
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Johnny Crawford appeared as Tommy Peel in the 1958 episode "The Dealer" in Tales of Wells Fargo.
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Johnny Crawford was nominated for an Emmy Award as Best Supporting Actor in 1959, at age 13.
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Johnny Crawford received the nomination for his role as Mark McCain in The Rifleman.
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Johnny Crawford played a character involved with a disturbed young girl played by Kim Darby in The Restless Ones, and played a character shot by John Wayne's character in El Dorado.
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Johnny Crawford played young deputy Billy Norris in The Big Valley episode "The Other Face of Justice" in 1969.
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Johnny Crawford's rank was sergeant at the time of his honorable discharge in December 1967.
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Johnny Crawford appeared in an episode of the television series Hawaii Five-O.
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The Resurrection of Broncho Billy was a student film Johnny Crawford agreed to do as a favor to his close friend, producer John Longenecker.
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Unfortunately, The Naked Ape, a partially animated 1973 feature film starring Johnny Crawford and Victoria Principal, produced by Hugh Hefner, was a failure which served neither of the stars' careers.
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Johnny Crawford played a key role in the early career of entertainer Victoria Jackson of Saturday Night Live fame.
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Johnny Crawford reconnected with Charlotte Samco, his high school sweetheart, in 1990, and they married in 1995.
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In 2019, MeTV reported that Johnny Crawford had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.
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Johnny Crawford died in a personal care home on April 29,2021, at age 75, after contracting COVID-19 and then pneumonia before later succumbing to Alzheimer's disease.