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Where Are They Now - May 30, 2014
Hello fans, I had a reader request to catch up with actor Johnny Crawford. Your wish is my command, so this issue will focus on Crawford, who is known for his role on the TV series The Rifleman. Thanks for writing in!
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Email Melissa *View Past Issues: Where Are They Now Archives*--DEAD OR ALIVE?--See if you know if the following celebrities have had a visit from the "Grim Reaper":
Shirley Hemphill: Played Shirley on the TV series "What's Happening!"
Ronnie Spector: Lead singer of the group The Ronettes, "Be My Baby"
Polly Bergen: She was a panelist on the TV game show "To Tell the Truth", she co-starred in the original version of the movie "Cape Fear"
(Answer at the bottom)*Johnny CrawfordLearn More About Johnny Crawford on Celebrity Nooz BIRTH DATE: March 26, 1946 in, Los Angeles, California
CLAIM TO FAME: He is most famous for portraying Chuck Connors' son, Mark McCain, on TV series "The Rifleman". He also sang and had a few hits.
FAMILY LIFE: Charlotte (1995 - present) - his high school sweetheart whom he was reunited with in 1990.
INFO: As a child, he began a TV career as one of Walt Disney's original Mouseketeers. It wasn't long before he landed the role of Mark McCain in ABC-TV's popular Western series, The Rifleman, starring Chuck Connors.
Johnny's recordings of the songs, Cindy's Birthday, Rumors and Patti Ann, just to name a few, are very well remembered to this day by teenaged girls who "grew up" with him.
TRIVIA: Was one of Walt Disney's original Mouseketeers in 1955.
Brother of Robert Crawford Jr., son of Robert Crawford.
His maternal grandfather, Belgian violinist Alfred Megerlin (1880-1941), was concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic (1918-1922), the Minneapolis Symphony (1923-1926), and the Los Angeles Philharmonic (1927-1929).
His paternal grandfather, Robert "Bobby" Crawford (1889-1941), was a horse jockey from Chicago who changed his occupation to song "plugger" and became a very successful music publisher as the founder of De Sylva, Brown & Henderson and Crawford Music Corp.
A former member of the PRCA (Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association) and the AJRA (American Junior Rodeo Association), he competed frequently at rodeos throughout the country during the 1960s and early 1970s.
Is of Russian, German, English and Irish ancestry.
WHERE IS HE NOW: Since 1992, he has led a California-based vintage dance orchestra which performs at special events.
His orchestra has been the choice for 15-consecutive, annual Art Directors Guild Awards shows at the Beverly Hilton, in Beverly Hills, CA.
A remastered version of the orchestra's first album, Sweepin' the Clouds Away, was released on August 21, 2012.
In 2012, Crawford did an introductory commercial for The Rifleman for MeTV, saying, "Watch me on 'me,' MeTV, on The Rifleman!"
WRITE TO JOHNNY CRAWFORD: Johnny Crawford
c/o Johnny Crawford Ent.
P.O. Box 1851 Los Angeles, CA 90078
* CREDITS:1999 The Thirteenth Floor...Singer
1997 Rupert Patterson Wants to be a Super Hero (TV Movie)...Art / Gus
1991 The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw (TV Movie)...Mark McCain
1989-1990 Guns of Paradise (TV Series)...Doug McKay / McKay
Crossfire (1990) ... Doug McKay
A Gathering of Guns (1989) ... McKay
1989 Bloodhounds of Broadway...Musician (uncredited)
1987-1988 William Tell (TV Series)...Crown Prince Ignatius / Prince Ignatius
1985 The All American Cowboy (TV Movie)
1985 Murder, She Wrote (TV Series)...Noah Paisley
A Lady in the Lake (1985)
1984 Movie Macabre (TV Series)...Horsey
Village of the Giants (1984)
1983 Kenny Rogers as The Gambler: The Adventure Continues (TV Movie)...Masket
1981 Macbeth (Video)...Seyton
1976 Little House on the Prairie (TV Series)...Ben Shelby
The Hunters (1976)
1976 The Great Texas Dynamite Chase...Slim
1974 Sonic Boom (Short)...Charlton Heston
1974 The Inbreaker...Chris MacRae
1973 The Naked Ape...Lee
1971 Cade's County (TV Series)...Billy Don Bucknell
Requiem for Miss Madrid (1971)
1970 The Resurrection of Broncho Billy (Short)...Broncho Billy
1969 The Big Valley (TV Series)...Deputy Sheriff Billy Norris
The Other Face of Justice (1969)
1968 Hawaii Five-O (TV Series)...Private Jerry Franklin
By the Numbers (1968)
1968 Lancer (TV Series)...Jeff Dane
The Prodigal (1968)
1966 El Dorado...Luke MacDonald
1965 Rawhide (TV Series)...Aaron Bolt
Crossing at White Feather (1965)
1965 The Restless Ones...David Winton
1965 Village of the Giants...Horsey
1965 Mister Ed (TV Series)...Jeff Kerrigan
Ed a Go-Go (1965)
1965 Indian Paint...Nishko
1964-1965 Mr. Novak (TV Series)...USSR - United Nations Assembly / JoJo Rizzo
1965 Branded (TV Series)...Deputy Sheriff Clay Holden
Coward Step Aside (1965)
1958-1963 The Rifleman (TV Series)...Mark McCain
1963 The Dick Powell Theatre (TV Series)...Pete Johnson
Apples Don't Fall Far (1963)
1961 The Donna Reed Show (TV Series)...Victor
A Very Bright Boy (1961)
1958 Tales of Wells Fargo (TV Series)...Tommy Peel
The Dealer (1958)
1958 The Restless Gun (TV Series)...Ned Timberlake
Gratitude (1958)
1958 The Space Children...Ken Brewster
1956-1958 Matinee Theatre (TV Series)...Dickie Browning / Young Heathcliff / Son / ...
1958 Trackdown (TV Series)...Eric Paine
The Deal (1958) ... Eric Paine
The Boy (1958) ... Eric Paine (as Johnnie Crawford)
1958 Playhouse 90 (TV Series)...Chuck Ohringer
The Dungeon (1958)
1958 Wagon Train (TV Series)...Jimmy Bennett
The Sally Potter Story (1958)
1958 Zane Grey Theater (TV Series)...Mark McCain / Billy Prescott
The Sharpshooter (1958)
Man Unforgiving (1958)
1957-1958 Whirlybirds (TV Series)...Timmy Thompson / Jimmy Aldane / Ricky Scott
1958 Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (TV Series)...Johnny
Spurs for Johnny (1958)
1956-1958 Make Room for Daddy (TV Series)...Peter Lorenzo / Rusty's Friend
Pardon My Accent (1958) ... Peter Lorenzo
Wyatt Earp Visits the Williamses (1956) ... Rusty's Friend
1957 Have Gun - Will Travel (TV Series)...Robbie AKA Chiwa
The Hanging Cross (1957)
1957 Mr. Adams and Eve (TV Series)
The Producers (1957)
1956-1957 The Loretta Young Show (TV Series)...Bobby Wright / Arthur Mullen / Freddy
1957 The Millionaire (TV Series)...Wally
The Frank Keegan Story (1957)
1957 The Frank Sinatra Show (TV Series)...Gaby
That Hogan Man (1957)
1957 Courage of Black Beauty...Bobby Adams
1957 Crossroads (TV Series)...Kenny
Patchwork Family (1957)
1956-1957 Telephone Time (TV Series)...Chuckie LaPlante
Bullet Lou Kirn (1957)
Fortunatus (1956)
1957 Sheriff of Cochise (TV Series)...Manuel
I Am an American (1957)
1957 The O. Henry Playhouse (TV Series)...Hermitage
Hearts and Hands (1957)
1957 Climax! (TV Series)
Stain of Honor (1957)
1956 The Count of Monte Cristo (TV Series)...Gerard
Andorra (1956)
1956 Cavalcade of America (TV Series)...Billy Brandon (as a boy)
1956 The Lone Ranger (TV Series)...Tommy McQueen
The Cross of Santo Domingo (1956)
1956 Lux Video Theatre (TV Series)...Jerry / Jean
Road of Fear (1956)
Little Boy Lost (1956)
1956 Chevron Hall of Stars (TV Series)...Samson Hoytfire
A Man Named March (1956)
1956 The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit...Italian Boy with Groceries (uncredited)
1950 The Pinky Lee Show (TV Series)
Episode dated 26 January 1950 (1950)
To see Then & Now pictures of Johnny Crawford, visit: Celebrity Nooz*--Answers to DEAD OR ALIVE--Shirley Hemphill - DEAD (Kidney failure)
Born: 07/01/1947 Died: 12/10/1999
Ronnie Spector - ALIVE
Born: 08/10/1943
Polly Bergen - ALIVE
Born: 07/14/1930
*WHO PASSED ON THIS WEEK...5/27
Koji Kojima, 83, Japanese Olympic volleyball coach (1972), pneumonia.
Kevin Mitchell, 84, Australian jockey.
Sir Robert Porter, 90, Northern Irish politician, Minister of Home Affairs and Health and Social Services (1969), MNIP for Queen's University of Belfast (1966-1969) and Lagan Valley (1969-1973).
Massimo Vignelli, 83, Italian graphic designer, illness.
5/26
Roland Dille, 89, American educator, President of Minn. St. Moorhead (1968-1994).
Father Shaheed, American rapper, disc jockey and producer (Poor Righteous Teachers), traffic collision.
Sir John Gorman, 91, British politician, MLA for North Down (1998-2003).
Ma Man-kei, 94, Chinese Macanese politician.
William R. Roy, 88, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Kansas's 2nd District (1971-1975).
Manuel Uribe, 48, Mexican computer repairman, was world's third-heaviest person, liver failure.
Yu Chen Yueh-ying, 87, Taiwanese politician and judge, MP for Kaohsiung (1982-1985).
5/25
David Allen, 78, English cricketer (Gloucestershire, national team).
Saleh al-Tais, Yemeni militant (AQAP), shot.
Tommy Blom, 67, Swedish radio host and singer (Tages).
Marcel Cote, 71, Canadian economist and politician.
Wojciech Jaruzelski, 90, Polish military officer and politician, Prime Minister (1981-1985), Chairman of the Council of State (1985-1989), President (1989-1990).
Herb Jeffries, 100, American jazz and traditional pop singer and actor, heart failure.
John Maginnis, 66, American political writer, commentator and journalist.
Elmer Osmar Ramón Miani, 81, Argentinian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Catamarca (1989-2007).
Matthew Saad Muhammad, 59, American Hall of Fame light heavyweight boxer, WBC champion (1979-1980), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Koichi Otani, 90, Japanese writer.
Washington Cesar Santos, 54, Brazilian footballer (national team), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Malcolm Simmons, 68, British motorcycle speedway racer (Poole Pirates), World Team Cup Winner (1974, 1975, 1977), World Pairs Champion (1976, 1977, 1978), emphysema.
Bunny Yeager, 85, American model and photographer.
Muftah Abu Zaid, Libyan journalist and editor, shot.
5/24
Bob Bailey, 87, American entertainer and civil rights activist, Parkinson's disease.
Luis Carbonell, 90, Cuban poetry reader and storyteller, heart attack.
Lakshmi Kumari Chundawat, 97, Indian author and politician, MP (1972-1978) and Rajasthan MLA (1962-1971) for Devgarh, recipient of Padma Shri (1984), lung infection.
Saad Hagras, 68, Egyptian newspaper journalist and editor (Al-Gomhouriya), cancer.
Mahafarid Amir Khosravi, Iranian billionaire industrialist, convicted of embezzlement, execution by hanging.
John McCormack, 79, Scottish professional light middleweight boxer, Olympic bronze medalist (1956).
Masautso Mwale, 51, Zambian football coach and trainer (Nkana, national team), traffic collision.
Knowlton Nash, 86, Canadian journalist, author, and news anchor (The National).
Nitya Pibulsonggram, 72, Thai diplomat, Foreign Minister (2006-2008), Ambassador to the United States (1984-2000) and United Nations, stroke.
Theodosia Murphy Nolan, 96, American oil company executive and philanthropist, co-founder of Murphy Oil, complications following surgery.
Uña Ramos, 80, Argentine musician.
Robia Kosai, 65, Malaysian politician, MP for Muar (1999-2004), Johor MLA for Sungai Balang (2004-2013), heart attack.
Michael Schmidt, 68, German photographer, winner of the Prix Pictet (2014).
Mark Selbee, 45, American kickboxer, drowning.
E. Don Taylor, 76, Jamaican Anglican prelate, Bishop of the Virgin Islands (1986-1994), Vicar of New York City (1994-2009), heart disease.
John Vasconcellos, 82, American politician, member of the California State Assembly (1966-1996) and Senate (1996-2004), organ failure.
5/23
Ranjit Abeysuriya, 82, Sri Lankan lawyer.
Shady al-Meniey, 26, Egyptian militant, shot.
Owen Bannigan, 51, Irish Fine Gael politician, heart attack.
Joel Camargo, 67, Brazilian footballer (Santos), renal failure.
Herman Dillon, 82, American Puyallup tribal executive, chairman and tribal leader, heart failure.
Michael Gottlieb, 69, American film director, screenwriter and video game producer, traffic collision.
Sam Harvey, 91, New Zealand cartoonist (Goodnight Kiwi).
Jack MacAndrew, 81, Canadian television journalist, broadcaster and theatre producer, cancer.
Madhav Mantri, 92, Indian cricketer, was oldest-living Indian Test player, heart attack.
Anand Modak, 63, Indian musician and film composer, heart attack.
Nikolai Pastukhov, 91, Soviet-born Russian theatre actor, People's Artist of the RSFSR.
Panagiotis Pikilidis, 49, Greek Olympic wrestler (1984, 1992, 1996).
Elliott Rodger, 22, British-born American mass murder suspect (2014 Isla Vista killings), gunshot wound.
Francisco Tantoco, 75, Filipino Roman Catholic priest, Director of Caritas-Manila (1985-2004), Parkinson's disease.
5/22
Farid Aksheh, 93, Jordanian politician, Minister of Social Development and Labour (1967), Minister of Health (1972-1973).
Sergio de Bustamante, 79, Mexican actor, heart attack.
Matthew Cowles, 69, American actor and playwright (All My Children, Law & Order, Oz).
Edmund Farrell, 57, Irish financier, Director of Irish Permanent.
Imre Gedovari, 62, Hungarian fencer, Olympic champion (1988) and bronze medalist (1980).
Laurie Hill, 71, Australian VFL player (Collingwood).
Godfrey Kamanya, Malawian politician, MP for Lilongwe Msozi North, suicide by gunshot.
Donald Levine, 86, American toy executive, developer of the first action figure and G. I. Joe, cancer.
Wes Lofts, 71, Australian VFL player and administrator (Carlton), emphysema.
Dragoljub Velimirovic, 72, Serbian chess grandmaster.
Paolo Vigano, 64, Italian footballer.
Guy Walter, 59, Australian racehorse trainer (Tie the Knot), heart attack.
Saleh Wreikat, 74, Jordanian politician, MP for Amman's fifth district.