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William Broderick Crawford 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).
Birth Name
William Broderick Pendergast
Born
Saturday, 09 December 1911
Died
Saturday, 26 April 1986
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Boulevard! A Hollywood Story | Self | 2021 |
| Fellini of the Spirits | Augusto | 2020 |
| I Am a Disciple | Gen. Meeker | 2016 |
| Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! | Self | 2008 |
| Ni muy, muy... ni tan, tan... simplemente Tin Tan | (archive footage) | 2005 |
| Dragnet | Chief Dan Mathews | 1987 |
| Death Brings Roses | Bartender | 1987 |
| Biography | Willie Stark | 1987 |
| Dealers in Death: Murder and Mayhem in America | Narrator | 1984 |
| Liar's Moon | Col. Tubman | 1982 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Boulevard! A Hollywood Story | Self | 2021 |
| Fellini of the Spirits | Augusto | 2020 |
| I Am a Disciple | Gen. Meeker | 2016 |
| Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! | Self | 2008 |
| Ni muy, muy... ni tan, tan... simplemente Tin Tan | (archive footage) | 2005 |
| Dragnet | Chief Dan Mathews | 1987 |
| Death Brings Roses | Bartender | 1987 |
| Biography | Willie Stark | 1987 |
| Dealers in Death: Murder and Mayhem in America | Narrator | 1984 |
| Liar's Moon | Col. Tubman | 1982 |
| Simon & Simon | Kern Barnett | 1981 |
| The Creature Wasn't Nice | Max the Computer / Max the Computer (voice) | 1981 |
| The Uppercrust | Mike Carrady | 1981 |
| There Goes the Bride | Gas Station Attendant | 1980 |
| Harlequin | Doc Wheelan | 1980 |
| A Little Romance | Brod | 1979 |
| Flying High | Willard | 1978 |
| Vega$ | Winslow | 1978 |
| The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover | J. Edgar Hoover | 1977 |
| Proof of the Man | Detective O'Brien / Police Captain O'Brien | 1977 |
| CHiPs | Broderick Crawford | 1977 |
| Fantasy Island | Jake Dutton | 1977 |
| Mayday at 40, 000 Feet! | Marshal Riese | 1976 |
| Look What's Happened to Rosemary's Baby | Sheriff Holtzman | 1976 |
| Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood | Special Effects Man | 1976 |
| City of Angels | Burton Macklin | 1976 |
| Saturday Night Live | J. Edgar Hoover / Various / Self - Host | 1975 |
| Medical Story | Joe Hudson | 1975 |
| Paradise | Patsy | 1974 |
| The Phantom of Hollywood | Capt. O'Neal | 1974 |
| Terror in the Wax Museum | Amos Burns | 1973 |
| Harry O | John Mackenzie | 1973 |
| The Candidate | Jarmon as Narrator | 1972 |
| Banacek | Gilbert Deretzo | 1972 |
| Embassy | Frank Dunniger | 1972 |
| Adventures of Nick Carter | Otis Duncan | 1972 |
| A Tattered Web | Willard Edson | 1971 |
| Cade's County | Wes Novak | 1971 |
| The Man and the City | Holland Sr. | 1971 |
| Alias Smith and Jones | Chester E. Powers | 1971 |
| The Interns | Dr. Peter Goldstone | 1970 |
| Maharlika | Gen. Hadley | 1970 |
| Gregorio and His Angel | Gregorio | 1970 |
| The Challenge | Gen. Lewis Meyers | 1970 |
| Mir hat es immer Spaß gemacht | B.J Hankins | 1970 |
| Hell's Bloody Devils | Gavin | 1970 |
| The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go | Parker | 1970 |
| Ransom Money | Inspector Joseph Medford | 1970 |
| Night Gallery | Joseph Fulton (segment "You Can't Get Help Like That Anymore") | 1969 |
| Love, American Style | Francis Adams (segment "Love and the Dating Computer") | 1969 |
| Bracken's World | Inspector Ed Harlow | 1969 |
| Land of the Giants | Prof. Gorn | 1968 |
| The Name of the Game | Wolf Lang / Harry Ricco / Bianchi | 1968 |
| It Takes a Thief | Harvey Galishaw | 1968 |
| The Movie Orgy | Self (archival footage) | 1968 |
| Ironside | Jack Stuart | 1967 |
| Cimarron Strip | A-1 Joe Lehigh | 1967 |
| Red Tomahawk | Columbus Smith | 1967 |
| The Vulture | Brian F. Stroud | 1966 |
| The Texican | Luke Starr | 1966 |
| The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. | Soyil Irosian | 1966 |
| The Oscar | Sheriff | 1966 |
| Mutiny at Fort Sharpe | Colonel Lenox / Col. Lenox | 1966 |
| Kid Rodelo | Joe Harbin | 1966 |
| Get Smart | C. Errol Madre | 1965 |
| Up from the Beach | MP Major | 1965 |
| The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | Mark Tenza | 1964 |
| The Rogues | Amos Cavanaugh | 1964 |
| A House Is Not a Home | Harrigan | 1964 |
| Destry | Oakley | 1964 |
| Kraft Suspense Theatre | Walter 'Pop' Tullett | 1963 |
| Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Mike Finneran / Col. Harper / Bill Thayer | 1963 |
| Burke's Law | Tristram Corporal / Milhew Court / Hamilton Talbert / Carlos Varga | 1963 |
| Arrest and Trial | Grant Randolph | 1963 |
| No temas a la ley | Man in hotel | 1963 |
| The Castilian | Don Sancho | 1963 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self / Himself | 1962 |
| The Virginian | George Wolfe | 1962 |
| Convicts 4 | Warden | 1962 |
| The Mike Douglas Show | Himself - Actor | 1961 |
| King of Diamonds | John King | 1961 |
| Kraft Mystery Theater | Keyes | 1961 |
| Square of Violence | Dr. Stefan Bernardi | 1961 |
| Here's Hollywood | Self | 1960 |
| Goliath and the Dragon | Re Eurito (King Eurystheus) / King Eurystheus | 1960 |
| Rawhide | Jud Hammerklein | 1959 |
| The Decks Ran Red | Henry Scott | 1958 |
| Bat Masterson | Sgt. Foley | 1958 |
| The Rough Riders | William Quantrill | 1958 |
| Between Heaven and Hell | Capt. 'Waco' Grimes - 'G' Co. CO / Capt. 'Waco' Grimes, CO Co.G | 1956 |
| The Fastest Gun Alive | Vinnie Harold | 1956 |
| The Steve Allen Plymouth Show | Self - Guest | 1956 |
| The Swindle | Augusto / Augusto Rocco | 1955 |
| Highway Patrol | Chief Dan Mathews / Dan Mathews | 1955 |
| Not as a Stranger | Dr. Aarons | 1955 |
| Damon Runyon Theater | Heine Schmitz | 1955 |
| Big House, U.S.A. | Rollo Lamar | 1955 |
| New York Confidential | Charlie Lupo | 1955 |
| Producers' Showcase | Walter Reed | 1954 |
| Down Three Dark Streets | FBI Agent John 'Rip' Ripley / John 'Ripley | 1954 |
| Human Desire | Carl Buckley | 1954 |
| Night People | Charles Leatherby | 1954 |
| The Last Posse | Sheriff John Frazier | 1953 |
| General Electric Theater | Scott | 1953 |
| Last of the Comanches | Sgt. Matt Trainor | 1953 |
| Stop, You're Killing Me | Remy Marko | 1952 |
| The Ford Television Theatre | Lt. Mike Fargo | 1952 |
| Four Star Playhouse | Mike Dundee | 1952 |
| Footlights Theater | Lt. Mike Fargo | 1952 |
| Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder | Broderick Crawford | 1952 |
| Lone Star | Thomas Craden | 1952 |
| Scandal Sheet | Mark Chapman | 1952 |
| Schlitz Playhouse | Joe Mitchell / Tim | 1951 |
| The Mob | Johnny Damico | 1951 |
| Crawford Mystery Theatre | Self - celebrity contestant | 1951 |
| Born Yesterday | Harry Brock | 1950 |
| The Frank Sinatra Show | Self - Sketch Actor | 1950 |
| Lux Video Theatre | Socko Renard / David | 1950 |
| The Colgate Comedy Hour | Self - Actor / Self | 1950 |
| Convicted | George Knowland | 1950 |
| Cargo to Capetown | Johnny Phelan | 1950 |
| The Ken Murray Show | Self | 1950 |
| All the King's Men | Willie Stark | 1949 |
| Anna Lucasta | Frank | 1949 |
| Night Unto Night | C.L. Shawn | 1949 |
| A Kiss in the Dark | Mr. Botts | 1949 |
| Badmen of Tombstone | William Morgan | 1949 |
| Sealed Verdict | Capt. Kinsella / Captain Kinsella | 1948 |
| The Time of Your Life | Krupp (a bewildered policeman) / Krupp | 1948 |
| The Ed Sullivan Show | Self | 1948 |
| The Milton Berle Show | Self - Actor | 1948 |
| We, the People | Self - Actor | 1948 |
| The Flame | Ernie Hicks | 1947 |
| Slave Girl | Chips Jackson | 1947 |
| Black Angel | Police Captain Flood / Captain Flood | 1946 |
| The Runaround | Louis Prentiss | 1946 |
| Sin Town | Dude McNair | 1942 |
| Men of Texas | Henry Clay Jackson | 1942 |
| Larceny, Inc | Jug Martin | 1942 |
| Broadway | Steve Crandall | 1942 |
| Butch Minds the Baby | Aloysius Grogan, alias 'Butch' / Aloysius 'Butch' Grogan | 1942 |
| North to the Klondike | John Thorn | 1942 |
| Breakdowns of 1942 | Self | 1942 |
| South of Tahiti | Chuck | 1941 |
| Badlands of Dakota | Bob Holliday | 1941 |
| Tight Shoes | Speedy Miller | 1941 |
| The Black Cat | Hubert A. Gilmore 'Gil' Smith / A. Gilmore Smith | 1941 |
| Texas Rangers Ride Again | Mace Townsley | 1940 |
| Trail of the Vigilantes | Swanee | 1940 |
| Seven Sinners | Little Ned / Edward Patrick 'Little Ned' Finnegan | 1940 |
| When the Daltons Rode | Bob Dalton | 1940 |
| I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby | Michael G. 'Sonny' McGann | 1940 |
| Slightly Honorable | Russ Sampson / Russel Sampson | 1939 |
| Eternally Yours | Don Burns | 1939 |
| The Real Glory | Lt. 'Swede' Larsen / Lt. Larson | 1939 |
| Island of Lost Men | Tex Ballister | 1939 |
| Beau Geste | Hank Miller | 1939 |
| Undercover Doctor | Eddie Krator | 1939 |
| Sudden Money | Archibald 'Doc' Finney | 1939 |
| Ambush | Randall | 1939 |
| Start Cheering | Biff Gordon | 1938 |
| Woman Chases Man | Hunk | 1937 |
Producer Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| King of Diamonds | 1961 |
| Four Star Playhouse | 1952 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1950 | Oscar | Best Actor in a Leading Role | Won |
| 1950 | Golden Globe | Best Actor | Won |
