Richard Crane
Born: 1918-06-06 in New Castle, Indiana , USA
Died: 1969-03-09
Known For: Acting
Biography
Richard Ollie Crane (June 6, 1918–March 9, 1969) was a veteran character actor whose career spanned three decades in films and television. His early career included many uncredited performances in feature films made in the 1940s. He may be best-remembered for his portrayal of the title role in the TV science fiction series Rocky Jones, Space Ranger, which ran for two seasons starting in 1954. Crane died of a heart attack at the age of 50. He is buried in Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery.
Filmography
1968
- Adam-12 as Sergeant
1965
- Honey West as Master of Ceremonies
1964
- Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
- Surf Party as Sgt. Wayne Neal
- Fraternity of Horror ... (Director)
1963
- House of the Damned as Joseph Schiller
1962
- The Virginian as Paul Denning
1961
- Devil's Partner as David Simpson
- Boy Who Caught a Crook as Connors
1960
- Surfside 6
- Michael Shayne
- 13 Fighting Men as Loomis
1959
- Hawaiian Eye
- Philip Marlowe
- The Alligator People as Paul Webster
- Battle Flame as Dr. Bill Stoddard
- Please Don't Touch Me!
1958
- Wanted: Dead or Alive as Paul Cameron
- 77 Sunset Strip
- Bronco
- The Deep Six as Lieutenant j.g. Swanson
- No Time at All as Alvy Webber
1957
- Perry Mason as George Moore
- Maverick as Jedd Ferris
- Sugarfoot as Sheriff Andy Horton
- Richard Diamond, Private Detective as Arnie Baselice
- Trackdown
- 26 Men
- Official Detective
- Guns Don't Argue as Homer Van Meter
- Bailout at 43,000 as Captain Jack Nolan
1956
- Playhouse 90 as Alvy Webber
- State Trooper
- Forbidden Moon as Rocky Jones
- Menace from Outer Space as Rocky Jones
1955
- The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
- The 20th Century Fox Hour
- Navy Log
- Commando Cody: Sky Marshal of the Universe as Dick Preston
- No Man's Woman as Dick Sawyer
- The Eternal Sea as Lt. Johnson
- Day is Done as Pvt. Archer
- Bobby Ware Is Missing as Police Car Deputy in Car #12 (as Dick Crane)
1954
- Rocky Jones, Space Ranger
- Crash of Moons as Rocky Jones
- Manhunt in Space as Rocky Jones
- Silver Needle in the Sky as Rocky Jones
- The Gypsy Moon as Rocky Jones
- Beyond the Moon as Rocky Jones
1953
- General Electric Theater as Billy
- The Neanderthal Man as Dr. Ross Harkness
- Woman They Almost Lynched as Yankee Lieutenant (uncredited)
- Commando Cody: Sky Marshal of the Universe as Dick Preston
- The Great Adventures of Captain Kidd as Richard Dale
- Winning of the West as Jack Autry
1952
- Hopalong Cassidy
- Gang Busters
- Thundering Caravans as Deputy Dan Reed
- Leadville Gunslinger as Jim Blanchard
1951
- Racket Squad
- Boston Blackie
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Chuck Carmody
- The Last Outpost as McReady (uncredited)
- Man in the Saddle as Juke Vird
- Mysterious Island as Capt. Cyrus Harding
1950
- A Lady Without Passport as Lt. Maxon, Navy Flyer
1949
- Dynamite as Johnny Brown
1948
- Angel on the Amazon as Johnny MacMahon
- Arthur Takes Over as James Clark
- Waterfront at Midnight as Denny Hanrohan
- Triple Threat
- Campus Honeymoon as Robert Watson
1946
- Behind Green Lights as Johnny Williams, Reporter
- The Flying Serpent as Hanson, station XOR broadcaster
- Johnny Comes Flying Home as Johnny Martin
1944
- Follow the Boys as Marine Officer (uncredited)
- None Shall Escape as Willie Grimm as a Man
- Patrolling the Ether as Phillip
- Primary Flight Training: Flight Sense as Second Dive-bomber Pilot
1943
- Happy Land as Rusty Marsh
- Cry 'Havoc' as Man
- This Is the Army as Sergeant on Field March (uncredited)
- So Proudly We Hail as Georgie Larson (Uncredited)
- Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case as Sailor at Dance (uncredited)
- Proceed and Report as Lt. (jg) Lee
- Corvette K-225 as Leading Torpedo Man
- Riders of the Deadline as Tim Mason
- For God and Country as Medical Orderly
- Someone to Remember as Paul Parker
1942
- Eagle Squadron as Griffith
- This Time for Keeps as Eustace Andrews
- The Phantom Plainsmen as Tad Marvin
1941
- In the Navy as Office Boy (uncredited)
- Keep 'Em Flying as Cadet Stevens (uncredited)
1940
- Meet the Wildcat as Bill--Office Worker
- Susan and God as Bob
- We Who Are Young as Savoy-Carlton Bellboy (uncredited)
- Keeping Company as Eddie Lane