Richard Crane

Born: 1918-06-06

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.


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Happy Land

as Rusty Marsh
Released: 1943-11-10

An Iowa drugstore owner becomes embittered when his son is killed in World War II. The druggist...

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Crash of Moons

as Rocky Jones
Released: 1954-07-10

A three-part episode from the TV series Rocky Jones, Space Ranger edited together and released...

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The Alligator People

as Paul Webster
Released: 1959-07-16

Under therapeutic hypnosis, a seemingly well-adjusted young woman tells a fantastic story,...

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The Last Outpost

as McReady (uncredited)
Released: 1951-04-04

The cavalry defend a small town from indians.

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So Proudly We Hail

as Georgie Larson (Uncredited)
Released: 1943-09-09

During the start of the Pacific campaign in World War II, Lieutenant Janet Davidson is the head...

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Corvette K-225

as Leading Torpedo Man
Released: 1943-09-29

The story of a Canadian WWII naval vessel, with a dramatic subplot concerning her first captain.

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Man in the Saddle

as Juke Vird
Released: 1951-12-02

A small rancher is being harassed by his mighty and powerful neighbor. When the neighbor even...

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Cry 'Havoc'

as Man
Released: 1943-11-23

The Army nurses on Bataan need help badly, but when it arrives, it sure isn't what they...

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Mysterious Island

as Capt. Cyrus Harding
Released: 1951-09-13

It is 1865 and Union prisoners use a military balloon to escape a Southern prison camp near the...

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Behind Green Lights

as Johnny Williams, Reporter
Released: 1946-02-15

An unscrupulous private investigator with a penchant for blackmail is found dead in a car and...

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A Lady Without Passport

as Lt. Maxon, Navy Flyer
Released: 1950-08-03

A secret service agent falls in love with an illegal immigrant.

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Leadville Gunslinger

as Jim Blanchard
Released: 1952-03-22

Arriving in Leadville, Marshal Rocky Lane finds that his friend Nugget is in financial trouble....

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We Who Are Young

as Savoy-Carlton Bellboy (uncredited)
Released: 1940-07-19

A man violates company policy by getting married.

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In the Navy

as Office Boy (uncredited)
Released: 1941-05-30

Popular crooner Russ Raymond abandons his career at its peak and joins the Navy using an alias,...

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Bailout at 43,000

as Captain Jack Nolan
Released: 1957-05-01

An Air Force major feels a volatile mixture of relief and anger when he is excused from...

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Manhunt in Space

as Rocky Jones
Released: 1954-01-01

Rocky Jones, Space Ranger fights space pirates over an invisible spaceship.

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Woman They Almost Lynched

as Yankee Lieutenant (uncredited)
Released: 1953-03-20

Laying on the Missouri-Arkansas border, the neutral Border City, its female mayor and city...

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Devil's Partner

as David Simpson
Released: 1961-09-19

An old man sells his soul to the devil, and turns into a young man. He then uses witchcraft and...

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This Time for Keeps

as Eustace Andrews
Released: 1942-03-01

A young newlywed (Robert Sterling) finds working for his nasty father-in-law difficult.

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Menace from Outer Space

as Rocky Jones
Released: 1956-01-01

A nontheatrical (16mm) film comprise of three contiguous episodes of the TV series "Rocky...

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Eagle Squadron

as Griffith
Released: 1942-06-16

An American joins the British Royal Air Force just before Pearl Harbor is attacked, and falls in...

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Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case

as Sailor at Dance (uncredited)
Released: 1943-05-08

In this 13th entry to the Dr. Kildare series, the medical staff of Blair General hospital are...

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Battle Flame

as Dr. Bill Stoddard
Released: 1959-07-26

The trials and tribulations of a platoon of U.S. Marines, led by 1st Lt. Frank Davis, during the...

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Keep 'Em Flying

as Cadet Stevens (uncredited)
Released: 1941-11-27

When a barnstorming stunt pilot decides to join the air corps, his two goofball assistants...

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The Great Adventures of Captain Kidd

as Richard Dale
Released: 1953-09-17

Two British officers are assigned to collect information to convict Captain Kidd of piracy.

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House of the Damned

as Joseph Schiller
Released: 1963-03-01

An architect and his wife are staying in an empty castle in California. They are joined by an...

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None Shall Escape

as Willie Grimm as a Man
Released: 1944-02-03

Through flashbacks, the story of a Nazi war criminal is exposed.

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13 Fighting Men

as Loomis
Released: 1960-03-31

A group of Union Army soldiers is charged with protecting a box of gold and getting it to its...

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Bobby Ware Is Missing

as Police Car Deputy in Car #12 (as Dick Crane)
Released: 1955-10-23

This suspense film revolves around the crime of child abduction. The parents of the missing...

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Triple Threat

as uncredited
Released: 1948-09-30

An arrogant college football player turns professional, taking his bad attitude with him.

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Surf Party

as Sgt. Wayne Neal
Released: 1964-01-30

Arizona youth enjoy sun, surf and music in Malibu, Calif.

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No Man's Woman

as Dick Sawyer
Released: 1955-10-27

A greedy, scheming woman is found murdered in her studio, and the police find that there is no...

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The Deep Six

as Lieutenant j.g. Swanson
Released: 1958-01-15

The conflict between duty and conscience is explored in the WWII drama The Deep Six. Alan Ladd...

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Winning of the West

as Jack Autry aka Jack Austin
Released: 1953-01-01

A singing territorial ranger (Gene Autry) spots his younger brother in an outlaw gang.

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Dynamite

as Johnny Brown
Released: 1949-01-18

Two members of a dynamite crew--a rugged veteran and a young college drop-out--finds themselves...

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Arthur Takes Over

as James Clark
Released: 1948-04-07

A young woman must find a way to break the news to her parents and a stuffy suitor that she is...

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Keeping Company

as Eddie Lane
Released: 1940-12-27

Wholesome comedy about newlyweds (and the bride's understanding--but sometimes...

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The Neanderthal Man

as Dr. Ross Harkness
Released: 1953-06-19

A scientist develops a formula which will cause animals to regress to the form of their...

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No Time at All

as Alvy Webber
Released: 1958-02-13

An airliner flying nonstop at night from Miami to New York fails to check in, then disappears...

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The Flying Serpent

as Hanson, station XOR broadcaster
Released: 1946-02-01

A demented archaeologist discovers a living, breathing serpent creature known to the Aztecs as...

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The Eternal Sea

as Lt. Johnson
Released: 1955-04-19

Biography of Admiral John Hoskins' efforts to retain active command despite WW2 injury.

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Silver Needle in the Sky

as Rocky Jones
Released: 1954-05-29

Rocky Jones tries to free the hostages and thwart the plans of the evil Queen Cleolantha.

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Susan and God

as Bob
Released: 1940-06-07

A flighty socialite neglects her family to promote a new religious group.

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Boy Who Caught a Crook

as Connors
Released: 1961-10-01

The Boy Who Caught a Crook is a 1961 childrens film about a young boy who tracks down a gangster.

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Riders of the Deadline

as Tim Mason
Released: 1943-12-03

When Ranger Hoppy's falsely accused young ranger friend is killed while supposedly trying to...

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Meet the Wildcat

as Bill--Office Worker
Released: 1940-10-22

Magazine photographer Ann Larkin is snapping photos at Mexico's National Museum when she sees...

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For God and Country

as Medical Orderly
Released: 1943-05-15

The story of the U.S. Army Chaplain Service as dramatized in the stories of three chaplains,...

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Thundering Caravans

as Deputy Dan Reed
Released: 1952-06-20

Marshal Rocky Lane is sent to help the Sheriff who is under attack from both the miners whose...

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Johnny Comes Flying Home

as Johnny Martin
Released: 1946-04-05

Three World War II fliers face financial obstacles threatening to ground their fledgling...

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The Gypsy Moon

as Rocky Jones
Released: 1954-12-25

Rocky Jones and his buddies happen upon two strange moons orbiting each other. They soon...

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Someone to Remember

as Paul Parker
Released: 1943-08-21

An elderly woman whose son disappeared years before refuses to move when her apartment building...

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Waterfront at Midnight

as Denny Hanrohan
Released: 1948-06-25

Hoping to put the cuffs on criminal mastermind Socks Barstow, detective Mike Hanrohan is stymied...

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Angel on the Amazon

as Johnny MacMahon
Released: 1948-11-01

An expedition exploring the Amazon jungle comes across a jungle goddess who lives among the...

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Commando Cody: Sky Marshal of the Universe

as Dick Preston
Released: 1953-02-17

Dangerous climate changes are ravaging Earth and the U.S. government requests an investigation...

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Beyond the Moon

as Rocky Jones
Released: 1956-01-01

This outer space adventure marked the debut of Rocky Jones and his Space Rangers. Two of Rocky's...

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The Phantom Plainsmen

as Tad Marvin
Released: 1942-06-16

In 1937 the life in out West has not changed much. The boys are working at the Wyoming ranch of...

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Guns Don't Argue

as Homer Van Meter
Released: 1957-01-01

The actions of various criminals such as Dillinger, Pretty Boy Floyd, Bonnie and Clyde and Baby...

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Day is Done

as Pvt. Archer
Released: 1955-10-12

During the 1951 rout of the American army in Korea, a battle-hardened sergeant tries to...

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Please Don't Touch Me!

as uncredited
Released: 1959-01-01

A woman who is unable to have sex with her husband goes to a psychiatrist for help. He sends her...

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Patrolling the Ether

as Phillip
Released: 1944-04-10

1940. Sixteen year old Phillip is one of a number of amateur radio operators across the US,...

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Perry Mason

as George Moore
First aired: 1957-09-21

The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most...

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Perry Mason

as Dr. Douglas Keene
First aired: 1957-09-21

The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most...

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Adam-12

as Sergeant
First aired: 1968-09-21

Adam-12 is a television police drama that followed two police officers of the Los Angeles Police...

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Wanted: Dead or Alive

as Paul Cameron
First aired: 1958-09-06

Wanted: Dead or Alive is an American Western television series starring Steve McQueen as the...

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The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

as uncredited
First aired: 1955-09-06

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp is a television western series loosely based on the life of...

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The 20th Century Fox Hour

as uncredited
First aired: 1955-10-05

The 20th Century Fox Hour is an American drama anthology series televised in the United States...

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77 Sunset Strip

as uncredited
First aired: 1958-10-10

Stu Bailey and Jeff Spencer are the wisecracking, womanizing private-detective heroes of this...

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Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.

as uncredited
First aired: 1964-09-25

Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. is an American situation comedy that originally aired on CBS from September...

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Richard Diamond, Private Detective

as Arnie Baselice
First aired: 1957-07-01

Richard Diamond, Private Detective is an American detective drama which aired on radio from 1949...

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Maverick

as Jedd Ferris
First aired: 1957-09-22

Maverick is an American Western television series with comedic overtones created by Roy Huggins....

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Honey West

as Master of Ceremonies
First aired: 1965-09-17

After her father's death, Honey West takes over his high-tech private-detective firm, assisted...

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The Virginian

as Paul Denning
First aired: 1962-09-19

The Shiloh Ranch in Wyoming Territory of the 1890s is owned in sequence by Judge Henry Garth,...

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Hawaiian Eye

as uncredited
First aired: 1959-10-07

Private Eyes Tom Lopaka and Tracy Steele are based out of Hawaiian Village Resort where they...

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Surfside 6

as uncredited
First aired: 1960-10-06

Surfside 6 was an ABC television series which aired from 1960 to 1962. The show centered on a...

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Sugarfoot

as Sheriff Andy Horton
First aired: 1957-09-17

Sugarfoot is an American western television series that aired on ABC from 1957 to 1961. The...

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Trackdown

as uncredited
First aired: 1957-10-04

Trackdown is an American Western television series starring Robert Culp that aired on CBS...

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The Adventures of Boston Blackie

as uncredited
First aired: 1951-09-08

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Bronco

as uncredited
First aired: 1958-09-23

Bronco is a Western series on ABC from 1958 through 1962. It was shown by the BBC in the United...

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State Trooper

as uncredited
First aired: 1956-09-25

State Trooper is an American crime drama set in the 1950s American West, starring Rod Cameron as...

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Racket Squad

as uncredited
First aired: 1951-06-07

Racket Squad is an American TV crime drama series starring Reed Hadley as Captain John Braddock,...

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Rocky Jones, Space Ranger

as uncredited
First aired: 1954-02-23

Rocky Jones, Space Ranger was a syndicated science fiction television serial originally...

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26 Men

as uncredited
First aired: 1957-11-01

26 Men is a syndicated American western television series about the Arizona Rangers, an elite...

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Hopalong Cassidy

as uncredited
First aired: 1952-09-19

Hopalong Cassidy was television's first western program. The series aired on NBC and stared...

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Philip Marlowe

as uncredited
First aired: 1959-10-06

Philip Marlowe is a 1959-1960 half-hour ABC crime series, featuring Philip Carey as Marlowe, the...

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Commando Cody: Sky Marshal of the Universe

as Dick Preston
First aired: 1955-07-16

Masked scientific government agent is pitted against a rogue army, led by a mystery man known...

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General Electric Theater

as Billy
First aired: 1953-02-01

General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was...

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General Electric Theater

as Dr. Reynolds
First aired: 1953-02-01

General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was...

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Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

as Chuck Carmody
First aired: 1951-10-05

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS....

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Michael Shayne

as uncredited
First aired: 1960-09-30

Michael Shayne is an American detective television series starring Richard Denning that aired on...

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