Richard Crane

DirectorActor Jun 6 (died age 50) New Castle, Indiana , USA 1940–1968 (28 year career)

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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.

Known For

Film

The Alligator People

Paul Webster

Film

In the Navy

Office Boy (uncredited)

Film

None Shall Escape

Willie Grimm as a Man

Film

Man in the Saddle

Juke Vird

Film

Woman They Almost Lynched

Yankee Lieutenant (uncredited)

Film

Keep 'Em Flying

Cadet Stevens (uncredited)

Film

This Is the Army

Sergeant on Field March (uncredited)

Film

Behind Green Lights

Johnny Williams, Reporter

Filmography

Acting (97)

Movies (66)

Surf Party

as Sgt. Wayne Neal

House of the Damned

as Joseph Schiller

Boy Who Caught a Crook

as Connors

Devil's Partner

as David Simpson

13 Fighting Men

as Loomis

The Alligator People

as Paul Webster

Please Don't Touch Me!

Battle Flame

as Dr. Bill Stoddard

The Deep Six

as Lieutenant j.g. Swanson

5.5

No Time at All

1958

as Alvy Webber

Guns Don't Argue

1957

as Homer Van Meter

4.0

Bailout at 43,000

1957

as Captain Jack Nolan

4.8

Menace from Outer Space

as Rocky Jones

Forbidden Moon

as Rocky Jones

Day is Done

as Pvt. Archer

The Eternal Sea

as Lt. Johnson

No Man's Woman

as Dick Sawyer

Bobby Ware Is Missing

1955

as Police Car Deputy in Car #12 (as Dick Crane)

Crash of Moons

as Rocky Jones

Beyond the Moon

as Rocky Jones

The Gypsy Moon

as Rocky Jones

Manhunt in Space

as Rocky Jones

Silver Needle in the Sky

as Rocky Jones

The Neanderthal Man

as Dr. Ross Harkness

Commando Cody: Sky Marshal of the Universe

1953

as Dick Preston

5.0

Woman They Almost Lynched

1953

as Yankee Lieutenant (uncredited)

6.3

Winning of the West

1953

as Jack Autry

5.5

The Great Adventures of Captain Kidd

1953

as Richard Dale

3.8

Thundering Caravans

1952

as Deputy Dan Reed

Leadville Gunslinger

1952

as Jim Blanchard

The Last Outpost

1951

as McReady (uncredited)

Man in the Saddle

as Juke Vird

Mysterious Island

as Capt. Cyrus Harding

5.6

A Lady Without Passport

1950

as Lt. Maxon, Navy Flyer

Dynamite

as Johnny Brown

Angel on the Amazon

as Johnny MacMahon

Waterfront at Midnight

1948

as Denny Hanrohan

4.0

Campus Honeymoon

1948

as Robert Watson

Triple Threat

1948

Arthur Takes Over

1948

as James Clark

2.0

Johnny Comes Flying Home

1946

as Johnny Martin

The Flying Serpent

1946

as Hanson, station XOR broadcaster

4.6

Behind Green Lights

1946

as Johnny Williams, Reporter

5.5

Primary Flight Training: Flight Sense

1944

as Second Dive-bomber Pilot

None Shall Escape

1944

as Willie Grimm as a Man

6.3

Follow the Boys

1944

as Marine Officer (uncredited)

Patrolling the Ether

as Phillip

So Proudly We Hail

as Georgie Larson (Uncredited)

Cry 'Havoc'

as Man

This Is the Army

as Sergeant on Field March (uncredited)

5.6

Proceed and Report

1943

as Lt. (jg) Lee

Riders of the Deadline

1943

as Tim Mason

4.1

Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case

1943

as Sailor at Dance (uncredited)

5.5

Corvette K-225

1943

as Leading Torpedo Man

Someone to Remember

as Paul Parker

For God and Country

as Medical Orderly

Happy Land

as Rusty Marsh

Eagle Squadron

as Griffith

The Phantom Plainsmen

as Tad Marvin

This Time for Keeps

as Eustace Andrews

Keep 'Em Flying

as Cadet Stevens (uncredited)

6.0

In the Navy

1941

as Office Boy (uncredited)

6.3

Meet the Wildcat

1940

as Bill--Office Worker

We Who Are Young

1940

as Savoy-Carlton Bellboy (uncredited)

Susan and God

as Bob

Keeping Company

as Eddie Lane

Television (31)

Adam-12

1968

as Sergeant

7.0

Honey West

1965

as Master of Ceremonies

Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.

The Virginian

as Paul Denning

Surfside 6

Michael Shayne

Hawaiian Eye

Philip Marlowe

77 Sunset Strip

Bronco

Wanted: Dead or Alive

as Paul Cameron

Perry Mason

as George Moore

Maverick

as Jedd Ferris

Trackdown

Sugarfoot

as Sheriff Andy Horton

4.8

Richard Diamond, Private Detective

as Arnie Baselice

Official Detective

26 Men

State Trooper

Playhouse 90

as Alvy Webber

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

Navy Log

The 20th Century Fox Hour

1955

5.4

Commando Cody: Sky Marshal of the Universe

1955

as Dick Preston

5.0

Rocky Jones, Space Ranger

1954

5.3

General Electric Theater

as Billy

Hopalong Cassidy

Gang Busters

Racket Squad

Boston Blackie

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

1951

as Chuck Carmody

7.2

Crew (1)

Movies (1)

Fraternity of Horror

1964

Director

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