Richard Crane
Birthday: 1918-06-06
Deathday: 1969-03-09
Birthplace: New Castle, Indiana , USA
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned
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.
Credits
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1964-01-30 | Surf Party | Sgt. Wayne Neal |
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1963-03-01 | House of the Damned | Joseph Schiller |
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1961-10-01 | Boy Who Caught a Crook | Connors |
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1961-09-19 | Devil's Partner | David Simpson |
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1960-03-31 | 13 Fighting Men | Loomis |
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1959-07-26 | Battle Flame | Dr. Bill Stoddard |
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1959-07-16 | The Alligator People | Paul Webster |
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1959-01-01 | Please Don't Touch Me! | |
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1958-02-13 | No Time at All | Alvy Webber |
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1958-01-15 | The Deep Six | Lieutenant j.g. Swanson |
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1957-05-01 | Bailout at 43,000 | Captain Jack Nolan |
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1957-01-01 | Guns Don't Argue | Homer Van Meter |
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1956-01-01 | Menace from Outer Space | Rocky Jones |
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1956-01-01 | Forbidden Moon | Rocky Jones |
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1955-10-27 | No Man's Woman | Dick Sawyer |
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1955-10-23 | Bobby Ware Is Missing | Police Car Deputy in Car #12 (as Dick Crane) |
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1955-10-12 | Day is Done | Pvt. Archer |
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1955-04-19 | The Eternal Sea | Lt. Johnson |
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1954-12-25 | The Gypsy Moon | Rocky Jones |
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1954-07-10 | Crash of Moons | Rocky Jones |
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1954-05-29 | Silver Needle in the Sky | Rocky Jones |
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1954-04-05 | Beyond the Moon | Rocky Jones |
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1954-01-01 | Manhunt in Space | Rocky Jones |
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1953-09-17 | The Great Adventures of Captain Kidd | Richard Dale |
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1953-06-19 | The Neanderthal Man | Dr. Ross Harkness |
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1953-03-20 | Woman They Almost Lynched | Yankee Lieutenant (uncredited) |
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1953-02-17 | Commando Cody: Sky Marshal of the Universe | Dick Preston |
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1953-01-01 | Winning of the West | Jack Autry aka Jack Austin |
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1952-06-20 | Thundering Caravans | Deputy Dan Reed |
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1952-03-22 | Leadville Gunslinger | Jim Blanchard |
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1951-12-02 | Man in the Saddle | Juke Vird |
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1951-09-13 | Mysterious Island | Capt. Cyrus Harding |
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1951-04-04 | The Last Outpost | McReady (uncredited) |
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1950-08-03 | A Lady Without Passport | Lt. Maxon, Navy Flyer |
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1949-01-18 | Dynamite | Johnny Brown |
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1948-11-01 | Angel on the Amazon | Johnny MacMahon |
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1948-09-30 | Triple Threat | |
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1948-06-25 | Waterfront at Midnight | Denny Hanrohan |
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1948-04-07 | Arthur Takes Over | James Clark |
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1948-02-01 | Campus Honeymoon | Robert Watson |
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1946-04-05 | Johnny Comes Flying Home | Johnny Martin |
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1946-02-15 | Behind Green Lights | Johnny Williams, Reporter |
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1946-02-01 | The Flying Serpent | Hanson, station XOR broadcaster |
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1944-04-10 | Patrolling the Ether | Phillip |
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1944-03-13 | Primary Flight Training: Flight Sense | Second Dive-bomber Pilot |
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1944-02-03 | None Shall Escape | Willie Grimm as a Man |
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1943-12-03 | Riders of the Deadline | Tim Mason |
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1943-11-23 | Cry 'Havoc' | Man |
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1943-11-10 | Happy Land | Rusty Marsh |
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1943-11-03 | Proceed and Report | Lt. (jg) Lee |
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1943-09-29 | Corvette K-225 | Leading Torpedo Man |
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1943-09-09 | So Proudly We Hail | Georgie Larson (Uncredited) |
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1943-08-21 | Someone to Remember | Paul Parker |
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1943-05-15 | For God and Country | Medical Orderly |
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1943-05-08 | Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case | Sailor at Dance (uncredited) |
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1942-06-16 | The Phantom Plainsmen | Tad Marvin |
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1942-06-16 | Eagle Squadron | Griffith |
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1942-03-01 | This Time for Keeps | Eustace Andrews |
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1941-11-27 | Keep 'Em Flying | Cadet Stevens (uncredited) |
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1941-05-30 | In the Navy | Office Boy (uncredited) |
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1940-12-27 | Keeping Company | Eddie Lane |
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1940-10-22 | Meet the Wildcat | Bill--Office Worker |
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1940-07-19 | We Who Are Young | Savoy-Carlton Bellboy (uncredited) |
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1940-06-07 | Susan and God | Bob |