John Crawford (actor)

John Crawford
John Crawford as the Mayor in The Enforcer
Born	Cleve Allen Richardson (1920-09-13)September 13, 1920 Colfax, Washington, U.S.
Died	September 21, 2010(2010-09-21) (aged 90) Newbury Park, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1944–1986
Spouse(s)	Lorraine Crawford (1945–1953) (divorced) 2 children Anne Wakefield (1956–1966) (divorced) 1 child Nancy D. Jeris (1968–1974) (divorced) Beverly Long (1976–?) (divorced)

John Crawford (September 13, 1920 – September 21, 2010) was an American actor. He appeared in a 1961 episode of The Twilight Zone, called "A Hundred Yards Over the Rim", and in several Gunsmoke episodes. He had a key role in the 1975 film Night Moves, a crime thriller starring Gene Hackman, and played the mayor of San Francisco in 1976's The Enforcer, the third Dirty Harry film featuring Clint Eastwood.

Crawford was born Cleve Allen Richardson in Colfax, Washington. In films from the 1940s, Crawford appeared in bit parts for many years before playing leads in several films in the United Kingdom in the late 1950s and early 1960s.

When he returned to the US, he played supporting roles in several films but was more prolific on TV in character roles, in scores of series such as State Trooper (in the episode "The Last Stage Robbery"), Gunsmoke, The Twilight Zone, Combat!, The Fugitive, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Wheels, The Dukes of Hazzard, The Incredible Hulk, The Time Tunnel, Lost in Space, Star Trek, Mission: Impossible, Hogan's Heroes, The Rockford Files and most notably as Sheriff Ep Bridges on CBS' The Waltons.