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Broderick Crawford (1911-1986) was an Oscar®-winning American actor. He was often cast in tough-guy roles and best known for his Oscar® role in All the King’s Men (1949) and for his starring role as Dan Mathews in the television series Highway Patrol (1955–1959). His IMDb page shows 145 acting credits between 1937 and 1982. This page will rank, many but not all, Broderick Crawford movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television shows, shorts, cameos, uncredited roles and movies that were not released in North American and many of his low budget movies were not included in the rankings. This page was requested by UMR Hall Of Famer, John, many many moons ago.
Broderick Crawford Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.
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Best IMDb Trivia on Broderick Crawford
1. William Broderick Crawford was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1911. His parents and grandparents were all both vaudeville performers. His mom, Helen Broderick had a career in Hollywood comedies, including a memorable appearance as Madge in the classic musical Top Hat and as Mabel Anderson in the Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers film Swing Time.
2. Broderick Crawford performed on the vaudeville stage with his parents. He was accepted into Harvard College but dropped out to return to vaudeville. This included a period with the Marx Brothers in the radio comedy show Flywheel, Shyster, and Flywheel.
3. Broderick Crawford gained fame in 1937 as Lenny in Of Mice and Men on Broadway. He moved to Hollywood and began working in films.
4. During World War II, Crawford enlisted in the United States Army Air Corps. Assigned to the Armed Forces Network, he was sent to Britain in 1944 as a sergeant, he served as an announcer for the Glenn Miller American Band. He was one of two announcers on Miller’s weekly program I Sustain the Wings, prior to Miller and the band being shipped to England.
5. Broderick Crawford is probably best known for the “10-4” sign off on his patrol car radio in the TV series Highway Patrol (1955) of the ’50s.
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I saw Liars Moon in a Los Angeles theater in 1982, I don’t think the film played New York. Brod is # 613 on the Oracle of Bacon Top 1000 Center of the Hollywood Universe list: these are the others on the list he appeared with.
12 MAX VON SYDOW Embassy (1972)
14 ERNEST BORGNINE The Mob (1951)
14 ERNEST BORGNINE The Oscar (1966)
30 ANTHONY QUINN Island of Lost Men (1939)
30 ANTHONY QUINN Larceny, Inc. (1942)
30 ANTHONY QUINN The Texas Rangers Ride Again (1940)
36 ROD STEIGER Convicts 4 (1962)
44 JAMES MASON The Decks Ran Red (1958)
44 JAMES MASON The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go (1970)
48 JOHN CARRADINE Hell’s Bloody Devils (1970)
48 JOHN CARRADINE Terror in the Wax Museum (1973)
48 JOHN CARRADINE Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
49 GEORGE KENNEDY Ningen no shômei (1977)
55 KLAUS KINSKI Mir hat es immer Spaß gemacht (1970)
79 BRUCE DERN Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
102 RIP TORN The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover (1977)
105 ROBERT MITCHUM Not as a Stranger (1955)
109 DAVID NIVEN A Kiss in the Dark (1949)
109 DAVID NIVEN Eternally Yours (1939)
109 DAVID NIVEN The Real Glory (1939)
119 DEAN STOCKWELL Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
137 SHELLEY WINTERS A House Is Not a Home (1964)
146 MARTIN BALSAM There Goes the Bride (1980)
168 ROBERT WAGNER Between Heaven and Hell (1956)
175 BEN GAZZARA Convicts 4 (1962)
182 BURGESS MEREDITH The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go (1970)
193 WILLIAM HOLDEN Born Yesterday (1950)
223 JEFF BRIDGES The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go (1970)
228 JOSE FERRER The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover (1977)
230 JEFF COREY North to the Klondike (1942)
230 JEFF COREY The Flame (1947)
241 AKIM TAMIROFF The Texas Rangers Ride Again (1940)
241 AKIM TAMIROFF The Vulture (1967)
242 AVA GARDNER Lone Star (1952)
260 DAVID HEMMINGS Harlequin (1980)
261 PETER BOYLE The Candidate (1972)
269 JOHN WAYNE Seven Sinners (1940)
291 ANNE BANCROFT New York Confidential (1955)
302 GREGORY PECK Night People (1954)
305 JOSEPH COTTEN The Oscar (1966)
308 GLENN FORD Convicted (1950)
308 GLENN FORD Human Desire (1954)
308 GLENN FORD The Fastest Gun Alive (1956)
309 ROBERT TAYLOR A House Is Not a Home (1964)
334 ROBERT REDFORD The Candidate (1972)
341 CHARLES BRONSON Big House, U.S.A. (1955)
341 CHARLES BRONSON The Mob (1951)
347 DIANE LANE A Little Romance (1979)
375 TERI GARR Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
379 JOHN IRELAND All the King’s Men (1949)
379 JOHN IRELAND Anna Lucasta (1949)
379 JOHN IRELAND Cargo to Capetown (1950)
380 LAURENCE OLIVIER A Little Romance (1979)
391 LLOYD BRIDGES Last of the Comanches (1953)
408 GRAHAM STARK There Goes the Bride (1980)
409 MICHAEL LERNER The Candidate (1972)
435 ROBERT STACK Badlands of Dakota (1941)
435 ROBERT STACK Men of Texas (1942)
439 RICHARD ROUNDTREE Embassy (1972)
465 STUART WHITMAN Convicts 4 (1962)
465 STUART WHITMAN The Decks Ran Red (1958)
467 PAUL FIX Trail of the Vigilantes (1940)
469 VINCENT PRICE Convicts 4 (1962)
479 VIVECA LINDFORS Night Unto Night (1949)
501 RAY MILLAND Beau Geste (1939)
501 RAY MILLAND Embassy (1972)
501 RAY MILLAND Sealed Verdict (1948)
501 RAY MILLAND Terror in the Wax Museum (1973)
503 MICHAEL PARKS The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover (1977)
510 ALLEN GARFIELD The Candidate (1972)
512 KEYE LUKE North to the Klondike (1942)
512 KEYE LUKE Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
517 ELKE SOMMER The Oscar (1966)
564 MATT DILLON Liar’s Moon (1982)
570 CLIFF ROBERTSON Up from the Beach (1965)
595 SLIM PICKENS Up from the Beach (1965)
605 LIONEL STANDER Mir hat es immer Spaß gemacht (1970)
661 ANN DORAN Sealed Verdict (1948)
661 ANN DORAN Start Cheering (1938)
672 WALTER PIDGEON Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
682 JOHN HOWARD The Texas Rangers Ride Again (1940)
687 FRANK SINATRA Not as a Stranger (1955)
691 DUB TAYLOR The Fastest Gun Alive (1956)
696 RAQUEL WELCH A House Is Not a Home (1964)
698 ALDO RAY Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
708 JOHN DEHNER The Fastest Gun Alive (1956)
712 SALLY KELLERMAN A Little Romance (1979)
717 ROBERT RYAN The Texas Rangers Ride Again (1940)
725 BARRY SULLIVAN Bad Men of Tombstone (1949)
725 BARRY SULLIVAN The Candidate (1972)
760 LEE MARVIN Not as a Stranger (1955)
770 MADELINE KAHN Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
782 EDWARD G. ROBINSON Larceny, Inc. (1942)
784 CESAR ROMERO A House Is Not a Home (1964)
784 CESAR ROMERO El valle de las espadas (1963)
785 JAMES BROWN ANNA LUCASTA (1949)
805 CHARLES LANE Broadway (1942)
805 CHARLES LANE I Can’t Give You Anything But Love, Baby (1940)
805 CHARLES LANE The Texas Rangers Ride Again (1940)
809 ALDO SAMBRELL The Texican (1966)
827 GEORGE HAMILTON Lone Star (1952)
854 PAT O’BRIEN Broadway (1942)
854 PAT O’BRIEN Slightly Honorable (1939)
857 JOHN CRAWFORD Stop, You’re Killing Me (1952)
864 ANNA MASSEY A LITTLE ROMANCE (1979)
867 PETER LAWFORD The Oscar (1966)
867 PETER LAWFORD Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
877 LLOYD NOLAN The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover (1977)
904 JACK ALBERTSON CONVICTS 4 (1962)
940 SYLVIA SIMS There Goes the Bride (1980)
942 RUSS TAMBLYN The Fastest Gun Alive (1956)
964 STEPHEN BOYD The Oscar (1966)
966 JIM BACKUS There Goes the Bride (1980)
970 YVONNE DE CARLO Liar’s Moon (1982)
970 YVONNE DE CARLO Slave Girl (1947)
970 YVONNE DE CARLO Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
Did you notice that John Carradine who Brod was in 3 films with, appeared with 74 Oscar winners, more than Big Mike.
Broderick appeared with 41 Oscar winners.
ANNE BANCROFT New York Confidential (1955)
ANTHONY QUINN Island of Lost Men (1939)
ANTHONY QUINN Larceny, Inc. (1942)
ANTHONY QUINN The Texas Rangers Ride Again (1940)
ART CARNEY Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
CELESTE HOLM The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover (1977)
CLAIRE TREVOR Stop, You’re Killing Me (1952)
CLARK GABLE Lone Star (1952)
CLIFF ROBERTSON Up from the Beach (1965)
DAVID NIVEN A Kiss in the Dark (1949)
DAVID NIVEN Eternally Yours (1939)
DAVID NIVEN The Real Glory (1939)
DONNA REED Scandal Sheet (1952)
DOROTHY MALONE Convicted (1950)
ERNEST BORGNINE The Mob (1951)
ERNEST BORGNINE The Oscar (1966)
FRANK SINATRA Not as a Stranger (1955)
GALE SONDERGAARD THE BLACK CAT (1941)
GARY COOPER Beau Geste (1939)
GARY COOPER The Real Glory (1939)
GEORGE KENNEDY Ningen no shômei (1977)
GLORIA GRAHAME Human Desire (1954)
GLORIA GRAHAME Not as a Stranger (1955)
GREGORY PECK Night People (1954)
HATTIE MCDANIEL THE FLAME (1947)
JAMES CAGNEY The Time of Your Life (1948)
JAMES DUNN The Oscar (1966)
JANE DARWELL Men of Texas (1942)
JANE WYMAN A Kiss in the Dark (1949)
JANE WYMAN Larceny, Inc. (1942)
JEFF BRIDGES The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go (1970)
JOHN WAYNE Seven Sinners (1940)
JOSE FERRER The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover (1977)
JUDY HOLLIDAY Born Yesterday (1950)
LAURENCE OLIVIER A Little Romance (1979)
LEE MARVIN Not as a Stranger (1955)
LIONEL BARRYMORE Lone Star (1952)
LORETTA YOUNG Eternally Yours (1939)
MARTIN BALSAM There Goes the Bride (1980)
MELVYN DOUGLAS The Candidate (1972)
MERCEDES MCCAMBRIDGE ALL THE KING’S MEN (1949)
OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND Not as a Stranger (1955)
RAY MILLAND Beau Geste (1939)
RAY MILLAND Embassy (1972)
RAY MILLAND Sealed Verdict (1948)
RAY MILLAND Terror in the Wax Museum (1973)
RED BUTTONS Up from the Beach (1965)
ROD STEIGER Convicts 4 (1962)
SHELLEY WINTERS A House Is Not a Home (1964)
SUSAN HAYWARD Beau Geste (1939)
WALTER BRENNAN The Oscar (1966)
WILLIAM HOLDEN Born Yesterday (1950)
Broderick was in Island of Lost Men with Anthony Quinn who was in The Magus with Michael Caine.
Broderick was in There Goes the Bride with Martin Balsam who was in Silver Bears with Michael Caine. I went to Silver Bears back then, probably the first Michael Caine film I saw in a cinema, maybe ever.
Broderick was in A House is Not a Home with Shelley Winters who was in Alfie with Mike.
Brod was in The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover witj Lloyd Nolan who was in Hannah and Her Sisters with Mike.
Enough of Mike.
Brod was in The Decks Ran Red with James Mason who was in The Verdict with Bruce Willis.
Brod was in The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover with Michael Parks who was in Planet Terror/Grindhouse with Bruce Willis.
Brod was in Up From the Beach with Red Buttons who was in The Story of Us with Bruce.
Brod was in Between Heaven and Hell with Frank Gorshin who was in 12 Monkeys with Bruce.
Per the Oracle of Bacon ? Wikipedia, Broderick appeared with 1012 actors while Deja Scene / IMDB has him with 2734 actors
First, an editing note: Number 35 should read “Stop, YOU’RE Killing Me” not “Stop, YOUR Killing Me.”
I have seen 15 Broderick Crawford movies.
The HIGHEST rated movie I have seen is All The King’s Men.
The highest rated movie I have NOT seen is The Real Glory.
The LOWEST rated movie I have seen is The Decks Ran Red.
Favourite Broderick Crawford Movies:
All The King’s Men
Born Yesterday
Beau Geste
The Fastest Gun Alive
Human Desire
Larceny, Inc
A Little Romance – plays himself
Not as a Stranger
Scandal Sheet
Slightly Honorable
Lone Star
Convicted
Black Angel
Other Broderick Movies I Have Seen:
Night People – has a spider in it so I saw it only once
The Decks Ran Red
In terms of stardom Brodie had two biggies in All the King’s men and Born Yesterday and then mysteriously largely settled for supporting roles or/and unimportant parts. Despite Brodie and Golden Holden being in Born Yesterday I couldn’t stand Judy Holliday’s dumb blonde act so I have never seen that movie. [Nice little miniature above however. You know how I adore good stills]
I did like All the King’s Men though and other movies in which I have enjoyed Brodie regardless of the quality of the parts are Not as a Stranger/Fastest Gun Alive/Lone Star/Sin Town/New York Confidential/The Decks Ran Red/Stop Your Killing me [a remake of Edward G’s 1938 A Slight Case of Murder]/and Cargo to Capetown a 1950 film that reunited Brodie with his Kings Men pal John Ireland but which I don’t see listed above.
Down the years my brother who lives in Australia has fondly kept quoting Brodie from 1956’s The Fastest Gun Alive. In that one Crawford’s bad-hat Vinnie Harold has a compulsion to prove himself the fastest man with a gun that is almost a strong as is your addiction to quoting Joel to us.
My brother has never forgotten the scene near the end where Vinnie is waiting for Charlie Bill Stuart to emerge from the church and draw against him and Vinnie is beside himself with impatience to confirm he is faster than Charlie Bill’s George Temple. As he waits Vinnie with his hands hovering and twitching above his guns keeps muttering “I gotta know! I gotta know!”
Anyhow I am really pleased with this new page and will end as I began with well done Work Horse. Keep safe and remember one of the primary scholarly rules for good writing – “look after the commas and the rest will look after itself!”
Well done Work Horse. Brodie was one of my own fave supporting performers in the 1950s and it has been ages since I have seen him get any mention at all elsewhere the Cogerson site and Steve’s videos apart. Indeed I think the last article I read about Brodie is around 60 years old now and I believe I mentioned it on this site previously.
Around 1960 he was allowed to join Sinatra’s Rat Pack aka The Clan honorary members of which were the likes of Shirley MacLaine and Gary Cooper before his death and it was rumoured that Mr Mumbles turned down an invitation to join even though initially Sinatra and Mr M hadn’t got along.
[Rumours that they did mellow towards each other may have had some truth because in an interview Frankie did definitely say “When I’m in two minds about how to approach a dramatic part I take a leaf out of Marlon Brando’s book.”]
Anyway one night Frankie hired a plush hall for one of the Rat Pack/Clan booze-ups and every one of the gang got roaring drunk with Sinatra sleeping it off in once corner, Brodie virtually legless in another and Sammy Davis Junior allegedly teasing Kin Novak who was reportedly a regular guest at Rat Pack/Clan apartments.
After a while one of the other drunken celebs at the gathering bet Brodie that he couldn’t make it across the floor and eat Sinatra’s wig. Brodie duly obliged albeit having to crawl on his hands and knees. When the wig came off Sinatra awoke and the next day Brodie was expelled from the Rat Pack/Clan.
“If Frankie ever gets to Heaven he’ll scold God for making him bald!” – The Great Mumbler again.
Well done Work Horse. Brodie was one of my own fave supporting performers in the 1950s and it has been ages since I have seen him get any mention at all elsewhere the Cogerson site and Steve’s videos apart. Indeed I think the last article I read about Brodie is around 60 years old now and I believe I mentioned it on this site previously.
Around 1960 he was allowed to join Sinatra’s Rat Pack aka The Clan honorary members of which were the likes of Shirley MacLaine and Gary Cooper before his death and it was rumoured that Mr Mumbles turned down an invitation to join even though initially Sinatra and Mr M hadn’t got along.
[Rumours that they did mellow towards each other may have had some truth because in an interview Frankie did definitely say “When I’m in two minds about how to approach a dramatic part I take a leaf out of Marlon Brando’s book.”]
Anyway one night Frankie hired a plush hall for one of the Rat Pack/Clan booze-ups and every one of the gang got roaring drunk with Sinatra sleeping it off in once corner, Brodie virtually legless in another and Sammy Davis Junior allegedly flirting with Kin Novak who was reportedly a regular guest at Rat Pack/Clan apartments.
After a while one of the other drunken celebs at the gathering bet Brodie that he couldn’t make it across the floor and eat Sinatra’s wig. Brodie duly obliged albeit having to crawl on his hands and knees. When the wig came off Sinatra awoke and the next day Brodie was expelled from the Rat Pack/Clan.
“If Frankie ever gets to Heaven he’ll scold God for making him bald!” – The Great Mumbler again.