Broderick Crawford

Broderick Crawford

American actor (1911–1986)

William Broderick Crawford was an American actor. Known for his "bulldog face and barking voice", he was initially a character actor often cast tough-guy or slob roles, but gained widespread acclaim for his portrayal of Willie Stark in the 1949 film adaptation of Robert Penn Warren's All the King's Men. His performance earned him both an Academy Award and a Golden Globe for Best Actor. He was later known for his starring role as Dan Mathews on the television series Highway Patrol (1955–59).

Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 56 films (1937–1978) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 12 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▲ Title CreatorLengthFormatColorSound
1937 START CHEERING. Columbia Pictures Corp. 8 reels B&W
1939 Beau Geste William A. Wellman 112 min 16mm B&W sound
1939 ETERNALLY YOURS Tay Garnett 87 min B&W
1939 ISLAND OF LOST MEN. Paramount Pictures Inc. 7 reels B&W
1939 Slightly Honorable LCA 88 min. 16mm B&W
1940 I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby. Albert S. Rogell 6 reels B&W
1940 Slightly Honorable. Tay Garnett 9 reels B&W
1940 Trail Of The Vigilantes. Allan Dwan 8 reels 16mm B&W Sound
1941 I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby. Albert S. Rogell 1 reel 16mm B&W sound
1941 South Of Tahiti. Universal Pictures 8 reels 16mm B&W sound
1941 The Black Cat. Albert S. Rogell 8 reels B&W
1941 Tight Shoes. Albert S. Rogell 7 reels 16mm B&W Sound
1942 KEEPING FIT Arthur Lubin
1942 Larceny, Inc. Lloyd Bacon 95 min. B&W
1942 Men Of Texas. Bell & Howell Company 9 reels 16mm B&W Sound
1942 North to the klondike. Universal Pictures 1900 16mm B&W sound
1943 KEEPING FIT Office of War Information 10 min 16mm Sound
1946 The Black Angel. Roy William Neill 80 min. 35mm B&W sound
1947 Night Unto Night. Don Siegel 84 min. 35mm B&W sound
1947 Slave Girl. Charles Lamont 80 min. 35mm Color sound
1947 The Flame. John H. Auer 97 min. 35mm B&W sound
1948 Bad Men Of Tombstone. Kurt Neumann 75 min. 35mm B&W sound
1948 Sealed Verdict. Lewis Allen 83 min. 35mm B&W sound
1949 All the king's men Columbia Picture Corp 109 16mm B&W sound
1949 Bad Men of Tombstone. Philip Yordan 75 min 16mm B&W sound
1949 Night Unto Night Don Siegel 84 min B&W
1950 Born Yesterday Columbia Pictures Corp.: Publisher 1:03 16mm B&W sound
1950 Born yesterday George Cukor 103 min B&W
1950 Cargo To Capetown. Columbia Pictures Corp. 80 min. 35mm B&W sound
1950 CONVICTED. Columbia Pictures Corp. 91 min. 35mm B&W sound
1951 Born Yesterday. Columbia Pictures Corp. 103 min 35mm B&W sound
1951 The Mob. Columbia Pictures Corp. 87 min. 35mm B&W sound
1952 Last Of The Comanches. Columbia Pictures Corp. 85 min. 35mm Color sound
1952 Scandal Sheet Columbia Picture Corp 82 min 16mm B&W sound
1952 Stop, you're killing me. Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. 86 min. 16mm Color sound
1953 The Last Posse. Columbia Pictures Corp. 71 min. 35mm B&W sound
1954 Down Three Dark Streets. Challenge Pictures Inc. 85 min. 35mm B&W sound
1954 Human Desire Columbia Pictures Corporation 1:21:00 16mm B&W sound
1954 Human Desire. Columbia Pictures Corp. 10 reels 35mm B&W sound
1954 Night People. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp 11 reels. 35mm Color sound
1955 Big House, U.S.A. Howard W. Koch
1955 New York Confidential. Challenge Pictures Inc. 90 min. 35mm B&W sound
1956 Between Heaven And Hell. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp 93 min. 35mm Color sound
1956 The Fastest Gun Alive. Loew’s Incorporated 89 min. 35mm B&W sound
1960 Goliath And The Dragon Ideal Pictures Inc 98 min 16mm Color sound
1960 Goliath And The Dragon. Alta Vista Productions 98 min 35mm Color sound
1962 Square Of Violence. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. 96 min 35mm B&W sound
1964 A House Is Not a Home Russell Rouse 98 min B&W
1965 Kid Rodelo. Paramount Pictures Corp. (in notice: Paramount Pictures) 91 min 35mm B&W sound
1966 Red Tomahawk. Paramount Pictures Corp. & A. C. Lyles Productions Inc. 82 min 35mm Color sound