Bob Crane Biography and Filmography

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Actresses who appeared with Bob Crane on screen:

Barbara Eden
Tuesday Weld
Dawn Wells
Stella Stevens
Sue Lyon
Stefanie Powers
Phyllis Diller
Lillian Gish
Eleonor Parker
Eleanor Parker
Elke Sommer
Carol Lynley
Inger Stevens
Joan Hackett
Phyllis Davis
Luciana Paluzzi

Bob Crane
Birthday: July 13, 1928
Birth Place: Waterbury, Connecticut, USA
Height: 5' 1"

Below is a complete filmography (list of movies he's appeared in) for Bob Crane. If you have any corrections or additions, please email us at corrections@actorsofhollywood.com. We'd also be interested in any trivia or other information you have.

Biography

Handsome Bob Crane had many careers, including working as a disc jockey for a while. He started acting around the age of 33. One of his first acting jobs in Return to Peyton Place (1961). After a guest appearance on "The Dick Van Dyke Show" (1961) and a supporting role on "The Donna Reed Show" (1958), he landed the lead role of Col. Robert Hogan in "Hogan's Heroes" (1965). After the cancellation of that show he was in several TV movies and two Disney films. He also got his own show in 1975, but it was canceled after only a few months. With his career not going too well Bob started doing dinner theater plays. In 1978 he got the lead in a production of the play "Beginner's Luck in Scottsdale, AZ. A month after he started the play he was found murdered in his hotel room. He had one son and was separated from his second wife, Sigrid Valdis.

Movie Credits

Superdad (1976)
[ Ed Begley Jr. ][ Nicholas Hammond ]

Gus (1976)
[ Don Knotts ][ Richard Kiel ][ Tom Bosley ][ Harold Gould ][ Dick Van Patten ]

Superdad (1973)
[ Kurt Russell ][ Bruno Kirby ][ Ed Begley Jr. ][ Nicholas Hammond ][ Dick Van Patten ]

The Delphi Bureau (1972)

Love and the Boss/Love and the Jury/Love and the Logical Explanation/Love and the Pregnancy (1971)
[ Paul Lynde ]

Love and the Fighting Couple/Love and the Pick-Up/Love and the Proposal (1970)

One Army at a Time (1970)

Gowns by Yvette (1970)
[ Bruce Kirby ]

The Softer They Fall (1970)

Fat Hermann, Go Home (1970)

Love and the Modern Wife/Love and the Phonies/Love and the Single Couple (1969)

Arsenic and Old Lace (1969)
[ Fred Gwynne ]

The Wicked Dreams of Paula Schultz (1968)
[ Werner Klemperer ]

The New Interns (1964)
[ Telly Savalas ][ George Segal ][ Michael Callan ]

Man-Trap (1961)
[ Jeffrey Hunter ]

Return to Peyton Place (1961)

Ride the River (1953)

Trivia

Bob Crane was one of the first disc jockeys in the country to earn in excess of 0,000 per year (1960).
Bob discovered singer Marilyn McCoo, on the 60s show Hollywood Talent Scouts
2002: Was the subject of a "noise opera" by the experimental band Facetious (released on CD under the title "Raw Biscuits: The Bob Crane Story").
Raised Catholic, he was in the process of seriously re-evaluating his life, and possibily reuniting with his first wife and family, at the time of his murder.
Hobby was playing the drums. He was a life-long jazz buff who played with several amateur jazz groups over the years.
Originally buried at Oakwood Memorial Park in Chatsworth, Los Angeles County. In 2003, many years after his death, he was moved to the prestigious Westwood Memorial Park on Glendon Avenue in Los Angeles. His marker is very elaborate and beautiful with writings and photographs of him and his widow Sigrid Valdis. It is located in the middle of the memorial park.
Father of Robert David Crane, and Scotty Crane.
Cause of death was strangulation with TV cable, indicating the killer was a very strong person.
His last recorded public appearance, just a few days for his death, was on "Celebrity Cooks" (1975).

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