Richard Crane


Actor

About

Birth Place
Newcastle, Indiana, USA
Born
June 06, 1918
Died
March 09, 1969
Cause of Death
Heart Attack

Biography

Richard Crane was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Crane began his acting career with roles in such films as "Susan and God" (1940), "This Time For Keeps" (1942) and the Claudette Colbert drama "So Proudly We Hail" (1943). He also appeared in the drama "Happy Land" (1943) with Don Ameche, the western "Riders of the Deadline" (1943) with Andy Clyde and "None Shall Esca...

Biography

Richard Crane was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Crane began his acting career with roles in such films as "Susan and God" (1940), "This Time For Keeps" (1942) and the Claudette Colbert drama "So Proudly We Hail" (1943). He also appeared in the drama "Happy Land" (1943) with Don Ameche, the western "Riders of the Deadline" (1943) with Andy Clyde and "None Shall Escape" (1944). He continued to work steadily in film throughout the forties and the fifties, appearing in "Triple Threat" (1948), the George Brent adventure "Angel on the Amazon" (1948) and the action film "Dynamite" (1949) with William Gargan. He also appeared in the drama "A Lady Without Passport" (1950) with Hedy Lamarr. In the latter part of his career, he continued to act in the Tyrone Power biopic "The Eddy Duchin Story" (1956), "The Deep Six" (1957) with Alan Ladd and "The Alligator People" (1959) with Beverly Garland. He also appeared in the drama "The Boy Who Caught a Crook" (1961) with Wanda Hendrix and the Bobby Vinton action movie "Surf Party" (1964). Crane was most recently credited in the thriller "The Unborn" (1991) with Brooke Adams. Crane passed away in March 1969 at the age of 51.

Filmography

 

Cast (Feature Film)

Surf Party (1964)
Sgt. Wayne Neal
House of the Damned (1963)
Joseph Schiller
The Boy Who Caught a Crook (1961)
Connors
The Devil's Partner (1961)
David
13 Fighting Men (1960)
Loomis
The Alligator People (1959)
Paul Webster
Battle Flame (1959)
Dr. Bill Stoddard
The Deep Six (1958)
Lt. j.g. Swanson
Guns Don't Argue (1958)
Bailout at 43,000 (1957)
Capt. Jack Nolan
The Eddy Duchin Story (1956)
Seaman
The Eternal Sea (1955)
Lt. Johnson
No Man's Woman (1955)
Dick Sawyer
Sea of Lost Ships (1954)
Radar man
Flight Nurse (1954)
Lt. Will Cary
Woman They Almost Lynched (1953)
Yankee lieutenant
Winning of the West (1953)
Jack Austin, formerly known as Jack Autry
The Neanderthal Man (1953)
Dr. Ross Harkness
The Great Adventures of Captain Kidd (1953)
Thundering Caravans (1952)
Dan Reed
Leadville Gunslinger (1952)
Jim Blanchard
Man in the Saddle (1951)
Juke Virk
The Last Outpost (1951)
Lt. McReady
Mysterious Island (1951)
A Lady Without Passport (1950)
Navy flyer
Dynamite (1949)
Johnny Brown
Angel on the Amazon (1948)
Johnny MacMahon
Arthur Takes Over (1948)
James Clark
Triple Threat (1948)
Don Whitney
Campus Honeymoon (1948)
Bob Watson
Waterfront at Midnight (1948)
Denny Hanrahan
Johnny Comes Flying Home (1946)
Johnny Martin
Behind Green Lights (1946)
Johnny Williams
Captain Eddie (1945)
Capt. Bill Cherry
Ladies Courageous (1944)
Carl
Wing and a Prayer (1944)
Ensign Gus Chisholm
Follow the Boys (1944)
Marine officer
None Shall Escape (1944)
Willie Grimm, as a man
Cry 'Havoc' (1944)
Someone to Remember (1943)
Paul Parker
Riders of the Deadline (1943)
Tim Mason
Happy Land (1943)
Russell "Rusty" Marsh
This Is the Army (1943)
Camp Cooke soldier
Corvette K-225 (1943)
Leading torpedo man
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case (1943)
Sailor
So Proudly We Hail! (1943)
Georgie Larson
Flying Tigers (1942)
Radio operator
Her Cardboard Lover (1942)
Page
The Phantom Plainsmen (1942)
Tad Marvin
This Time for Keeps (1942)
Eustace
Eagle Squadron (1942)
Griffith
Sweater Girl (1942)
Freshman
Keep 'Em Flying (1941)
Cadet Stevens
The Saint in Palm Springs (1941)
Whitey
In the Navy (1941)
Office boy
Double Date (1941)
Boy
Tillie the Toiler (1941)
Young man
Meet the Wildcat (1940)
Copy boy
Susan and God (1940)
Bob
Keeping Company (1940)
Eddie Lane

Art Department (Feature Film)

The Flaming Teenage (1956)
Props Master

Misc. Crew (Feature Film)

The Unborn (1991)
Other

Visual Effects (Special)

Watch Me Move! (1987)
Special Effects

Cast (Short)

Patrolling the Ether (1944)

Life Events

Bibliography