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Broderick Crawford

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Broderick Crawford

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Also known as William Broderick Crawford, Brod Crawford

American actor (1911–1986)

OverviewAI-generated

Broderick Crawford was an American person whose work period began in 1937. He was born on December 9, 1911, and died on April 26, 1986. Crawford had two children. His musical genres are listed as pop soul, quiet storm, and smooth soul, and he is identified as female.

His notable work includes "The Time of Your Life." Crawford was recognized in the Academy Award Best Actor collection and the Hollywood Walk Of Fame collection. He has been referenced by 494 other encyclopedia articles.

Synthesized by Vinony from 19 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Vinony collections, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Works
1

Top works

  • The Time of Your Life

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Female
Origin
United States
Active from
1952-02-18
pop soulquiet stormsmooth soul

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
4
Total plays
5

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Family name
Crawford
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Philadelphia
Place of death
Rancho Mirage
Occupation
film actor
Educated at
Harvard College
Languages spoken
English language
Native language
English language
Genre
Western
Conflict
World War II
Image
Broderick Crawford 1970.JPG
Number of children
2
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Commons category
Broderick Crawford
date of birth
1911-12-09
date of death
1986-04-26
cause of death
stroke
manner of death
natural causes
name in native language
Broderick Crawford
start of work period
1937-00-00
writing language
English language
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Encyclopedic overview

William Broderick Crawford (December 9, 1911 – April 26, 1986) 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).

Early life

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Broderick Crawford” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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