Broderick Crawford: News Report of His Death

Broderick Crawford: News Report of His Death - April 26, 1986

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Popular 1950's actor, Broderick Crawford, has died. He was 74 years old.
William Broderick Crawford (December 9, 1911 - April 26, 1986) was an American stage, film, radio, and television actor, often cast in tough-guy roles and best known for his Oscar- and Golden Globe-winning portrayal of Willie Stark in All the King's Men (1949) and for his starring role as Dan Mathews in the television series Highway Patrol (1955-1959).
Until filming All the King's Men, Crawford's career had been largely limited to "B films" in supporting or character roles. He realized he did not fit the role of a handsome leading man, once describing himself as looking like a "retired pugilist".

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@moncorp1 Жыл бұрын

On Highway Patrol they'd have to get all his speaking scenes in by noon. Otherwise he'd be too drunk. Was once hammered during filming the show and broke his ankle in a scene stepping out of a helicopter. Can be seen wearing an ankle cast in a few other episodes.

@retrodave3819 Жыл бұрын

LT. Dan Mathews, not Capt.

@daveb970 7 ай бұрын

Sgt. Dan Matthews, Det. Lt. Highway Patrol. LOL

@joedicesare6295 Жыл бұрын

Highway Patrol stars Broderick Crawford as Dan Mathews, the gruff and dedicated head of a police force in an unidentified Western state. Mathews had "no particular title - just the boss," Crawford said.

@almostasgoodastheoriginals7856 9 ай бұрын

I remember Broderick Crawford and "Highway.Patrol" great series.

@privateprivate1865 8 ай бұрын

@@almostasgoodastheoriginals7856 i only discovered highway patrol from KZfaq a few months ago ... I wasnt born until 76, so i never knew it existed.. But i love pre early 60s black and white tv shows. I escaped the madness of today through the magic of classic tv and film. I watch a few shows from my childhood.. and found out Brodrick Crawford was in a short scene in an episode of Chips. I gre up as a child in southern California.. so i enjoy watching street scenes of my childhood. I often say o wish i wern born a child of the 30s/50s.. but i imagine id be even more depressed to have seen how much this place went to the dumb since then. Must have been paradise. 😢.. George carlin said it used to be paradise.. and that is just a shopping mall now, and that its going to be nothing more than a big steaming pile of sh@t. Thanks for hearing my words random stranger ☮️