Biography

Robert Crawford was a TV editor and occasional actor who had the honor of being nominated for an Emmy the same year his two sons were also Emmy-nominated. In 1959, Crawford was nominated for editing the The Bob Cummings Show (1955) while his sons Robert Crawford Jr. and Johnny Crawford were nominated for acting awards, Bobby for the Playhouse 90 (1956) episode "Child of Our Time" and Johnny for playing Chuck Connors son Mark in The Rifleman (1958). In addition to editing, Crawford, Sr. portrayed Detective Phil Burns on the syndicated TV series Manhunt (1959).
- IMDb mini biography by: Jon C. Hopwood

Father of Nance, Robert Crawford Jr. and Johnny Crawford.

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He was the son of Thelma (Briney) and Robert Lawrence "Bobby" Crawford (1889-1941), a horse jockey from Chicago who changed his occupation to song "plugger," and became a very successful music publisher as the founder of De Sylva, Brown & Henderson and Crawford Music Corp. Bobby was born Samuel Faden to Russian Jewish parents, Isaac Faden and Rose Isserman.