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Bob Crane (I) (1928–1978)

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Bob Crane was born in Waterbury, CT, the youngest of two sons. In school, he was known for being a class clown, and an intense music lover. His favorites were jazz and big band. Bob's specialty was the drums. After dropping out of high school, he turned his attention to his love for music. He became a drummer with the Connecticut Symphony Orchestra for about a year... See full bio »

Born:

Robert Edward Crane
in Waterbury, Connecticut, USA

Died:

(age 49) in Scottsdale, Arizona, USA
Bob Crane during the wedding to his second wife Sigrid Valdis on the set of Bob Crane circa 1960 Still of Bob Crane and Werner Klemperer in Hogan's Heroes Bob Crane and Angelique Pettyjohn
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1978 The Love Boat (TV series)
Edward 'Teddy' Anderson
– Too Hot to Handle/Family Reunion/Cinderella Story (1978) … Edward 'Teddy' Anderson
 
1977 The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries (TV series)
Danny Day
– A Haunting We Will Go (1977) … Danny Day
 
1977 Quincy M.E. (TV series)
Dr. Jamison
– Has Anybody Here Seen Quincy? (1977) … Dr. Jamison
 
1976 Gibbsville (TV series)
Lawyer
– Trapped (1976) … Lawyer
 
1976 Spencer's Pilots (TV series)
Cozens
– The Search (1976) … Cozens
 
1976 Gus
Pepper
 
1976 Ellery Queen (TV series)
Jerry Crabtree
– The Adventure of the Hardhearted Huckster (1976) … Jerry Crabtree
 
1976 Joe Forrester (TV series)
– The Invaders (1976)
 
1975 The Bob Crane Show (TV series)
Bob Wilcox
– The Son of the Campus Capers (1975) … Bob Wilcox
– The Embezzler (1975) … Bob Wilcox
– The Doctor Sings the Blues (1975) … Bob Wilcox
– An American Fiasco (1975) … Bob Wilcox
– The Lyle Principle (1975) … Bob Wilcox
See all 14 episodes »
 
1974 Police Woman (TV series)
Larry Brooks
– Requiem for Bored Wives (1974) … Larry Brooks
 
1974 Tenafly (TV series)
Sid Pierce
– Man Running (1974) … Sid Pierce
 
1973 Superdad
Charlie McCready
 
1972 The Delphi Bureau (TV series)
Charlie Taggart
– Pilot (1972) … Charlie Taggart
 
1972 Patriotism (short)
Narrator
 
1969-1971 Love, American Style (TV series)
(segment "Love and the Logical Explanation") / (segment 'Love and the Waitress') / Howard (segment "Love and the Modern Wife")
– Love and the Particular Girl/Love and the Fountain of Youth/Love and the House Bachelor/Love and the Waitress (1971) … (segment 'Love and the Waitress')
– Love and the Boss/Love and the Jury/Love and the Logical Explanation/Love and the Pregnancy (1971) … (segment "Love and the Logical Explanation")
– Love and the Modern Wife/Love and the Phonies/Love and the Single Couple (1969) … Howard (segment "Love and the Modern Wife")
 
1971 Rod Serling's Night Gallery (TV series)
Ellis Travers
– House - With Ghost/A Midnight Visit to the Neighborhood Blood Bank/Dr. Stringfellow's Rejuvenator/Hell's Bells (1971) … Ellis Travers
 
1971 The Doris Day Show (TV series)
Bob Carter
– And Here's... Doris (1971) … Bob Carter
 
1965-1971 Hogan's Heroes (TV series)
Col. Robert E. Hogan
– Rockets or Romance (1971) … Col. Robert E. Hogan
– Look at the Pretty Snowflakes (1971) … Col. Robert E. Hogan
– Hogan's Double Life (1971) … Col. Robert E. Hogan
– Kommandant Gertrude (1971) … Col. Robert E. Hogan
– The Kamikazes Are Coming (1971) … Col. Robert E. Hogan
See all 168 episodes »
 
1969 Arsenic and Old Lace (TV movie)
Mortimer Brewster
 
1968 The Wicked Dreams of Paula Schultz
Bill Mason
 
1967 The Red Skelton Hour (TV series)
Col. Hogan
– Freddie's Heroes (1967) … Col. Hogan
 
1963-1965 The Donna Reed Show (TV series)
Dr. Dave Kelsey
– Indoor Outing (1965) … Dr. Dave Kelsey
– The Rolling Stones (1965) … Dr. Dave Kelsey
– The Mysterious Smile (1965) … Dr. Dave Kelsey
– The Unheroic Hero (1965) … Dr. Dave Kelsey
– Guests, Guests, Who Needs Guests? (1965) … Dr. Dave Kelsey
See all 62 episodes »
 
1964 The New Interns
Drunken Prankster at Baby Shower (uncredited)
 
1963 Channing (TV series)
– A Hall Full of Strangers (1963)
 
1963 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (TV series)
Charlie Lessing
– The Thirty-First of February (1963) … Charlie Lessing
 
1962 The Dick Van Dyke Show (TV series)
Harry Rogers
– Somebody Has to Play Cleopatra (1962) … Harry Rogers
 
1953-1961 G.E. True Theater (TV series)
Harry
– The $200 Parlay (1961) … Harry
– Ride the River (1953)
 
1961 Man-Trap
Ralph Turner
 
1961 Return to Peyton Place
Peter White (uncredited)
 
1961 Twilight Zone (TV series)
Disc Jockey
– Static (1961) … Disc Jockey (uncredited)
 
1954 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (TV series)
– The Survival of Sam the Pelican
 
Show ShowSelf (50 titles)
2000 Biography (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Bob Crane: Double Life (2000) … Himself
 
1978 Celebrity Cooks (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 23 June 1978 (1978) … Himself
 
1977 Dinah! (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 1 September 1977 (1977) … Himself
 
1976-1977 Break the Bank (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 27 January 1977 (1977) … Himself
– Episode dated 26 January 1977 (1977) … Himself
– Episode dated 25 January 1977 (1977) … Himself
– Episode dated 24 January 1977 (1977) … Himself
– Episode dated 9 October 1976 (1976) … Himself
See all 6 episodes »
 
1975 You Don't Say (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 18 August 1975 (1975) … Himself
– Episode dated 14 July 1975 (1975) … Himself
 
1970-1975 The Mike Douglas Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 28 July 1975 (1975) … Himself
– Episode dated 19 March 1970 (1970) … Himself
 
1975 Celebrity Sweepstakes (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 14 April 1975 (1975) … Himself
– Episode dated 7 March 1975 (1975) … Himself
– Episode dated 6 March 1975 (1975) … Himself
– Episode dated 5 March 1975 (1975) … Himself
– Episode dated 4 March 1975 (1975) … Himself
See all 6 episodes »
 
1975 Mitzi and a Hundred Guys (TV movie)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1968-1975 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 4 March 1975 (1975) … Himself
– Episode dated 23 August 1971 (1971) … Himself
– Episode dated 18 November 1968 (1968) … Himself
 
1974 Herbie Day at Disneyland (TV documentary short)
Himself
 
1974 Tattletales (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 25 June 1974 (1974) … Himself
 
1972-1974 Stand Up and Cheer (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #3.12 (1974) … Himself
– Episode #2.3 (1972) … Himself
– Episode #1.16 (1972) … Himself
 
1972 Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #6.10 (1972) … Himself
– Episode #6.3 (1972) … Himself
 
1972 Make Mine Red, White and Blue (TV movie)
Himself
 
1966-1972 The Hollywood Squares (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 15 May 1972 (1972) … Himself
– Episode dated 3 May 1971 (1971) … Himself
– Episode dated 13 July 1970 (1970) … Himself
– Episode #3.89 (1969) … Himself
– Episode #3.88 (1969) … Himself
See all 12 episodes »
 
1972 Rollin' on the River (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 15 January 1972 (1972) … Himself
 
1971 The Virginia Graham Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 15 October 1971 (1971) … Himself
 
1971 The Pet Set (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 10 October 1971 (1971) … Himself
– Episode dated 24 June 1971 (1971) … Himself
 
1971 The Honeymoon Game (TV movie)
Himself
 
1971 Can You Top This (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 19 June 1971 (1971) … Himself
 
1971 The 13th Annual TV Week Logie Awards (TV movie)
Himself
 
1970 The Barbara McNair Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 15 March 1970 (1970) … Himself
 
1969 The Rosey Grier Show (TV series)
Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 29 November 1969 (1969) … Himself - Guest
 
1969 The Leslie Uggams Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.3 (1969) … Himself
 
1969 The Steve Allen Show (TV series)
Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 18 September 1969 (1969) … Himself - Guest
 
1969 Della (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.35 (1969) … Himself
 
1969 Allen Ludden's Gallery (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.18 (1969) … Himself
 
1969 The Joan Rivers Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 11 July 1969 (1969) … Himself
 
1969 It's Happening (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 22 June 1969 (1969) … Himself
 
1969 The Match Game (TV series)
Team Captain
– Episode dated 5 May 1969 (1969) … Team Captain
 
1968 Funny You Should Ask (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 11 November 1968 (1968) … Himself
 
1968 Operation: Entertainment (TV series)
Himself - Host
– Episode #2.5 (1968) … Himself - Host
 
1968 The Pat Boone Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 16 January 1968 (1968) … Himself
 
1967 Everybody's Talking (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 2 November 1967 (1967) … Himself
 
1967 The Woody Woodbury Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.4 (1967) … Himself
 
1967 Dateline: Hollywood (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 8 August 1967 (1967) … Himself
 
1967 The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.4 (1967) … Himself
 
1967 P.D.Q. (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 8 February 1967 (1967) … Himself
 
1965-1966 The Linkletter Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 28 December 1966 (1966) … Himself
– Episode dated 27 October 1965 (1965) … Himself
 
1966 What's My Line? (TV series)
Himself - Guest Panelist
– Episode dated 11 December 1966 (1966) … Himself - Guest Panelist
 
1966 Password All-Stars (TV series)
Himself
– Irene Ryan vs. Bob Crane (1966) … Himself
 
1966 The Merv Griffin Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 8 August 1966 (1966) … Himself
 
1966 Hollywood Talent Scouts (TV series)
Himself / Himself-- Guest
– Episode dated 1 August 1966 (1966) … Himself-- Guest
– Episode dated 7 March 1966 (1966) … Himself
 
1966 The Face Is Familiar (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.1 (1966) … Himself
 
1966 The Lucy Show (TV series)
Himself
– Lucy and Bob Crane (1966) … Himself
 
1966 The Danny Kaye Show (TV series)
Himself - Sketch Actor
– Episode #3.18 (1966) … Himself - Sketch Actor
 
1965 The Hollywood Palace (TV series)
Himself - Singer
– Episode #3.13 (1965) … Himself - Singer
 
1964 Stella Adler and the Actor (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1963 The New Steve Allen Show (TV series)
Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 31 May 1963 (1963) … Himself - Guest
 
1962 Your First Impression (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 10 October 1962 (1962) … Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (5 titles)
2012 Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl (TV special)
Himself
 
2006 Battleground (TV series documentary)
 
2003 Murder in Scottsdale (video documentary)
Himself
 
1998 E! True Hollywood Story (TV series documentary)
 
1976-1977 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (TV series)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

Appeared in the stage play "Beginner's Luck". See more »

Publicity Listings:

3 Biographical Movies  | 1 Print Biography  | 4 Articles  | 1 Magazine Cover Photo  | See more »

Official Sites:

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Height:

5' 10" (1.78 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

I don't smoke, I don't drink. Two out of three ain't bad. See more »

Trivia:

His last recorded public appearance, just a few days before his death, was on Celebrity Cooks. See more »

Star Sign:

Cancer