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"The Outer Limits" (1963): Season 1: Episode 28 -- An alien plans to use a gifted child to help it take over Earth.

"The Big Valley" (1965): Season 1: Episode 9 -- An earthquake traps Victoria in a cave with a violent drunk and a pregnant Indian; guest Charles Bronson.

Overview

Date of Birth:

12 August 1917, Chicago, Illinois, USA more

Date of Death:

24 September 2008, Los Angeles, California, USA more

Trivia:

Is one of the ten percent of writers who recouped their careers after... more

STARmeter:

Up 21% in popularity this week. See why on IMDbPro.

Awards:

2 wins more

NewsDesk:

TV Writer Crawford Dead
(From WENN. 1 October 2008, 5:14 AM, PDT)

Filmography

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			Year	Gross (USD)	Rating
1.	The Execution (1985) (TV)	(novel) (screenplay)	1985	-	5.1 (46)

2.	"Kaz" (1978)	(1 episode, 1978)	1978	-	7.2 (19)
	1 TV episode: Who's on First... and Sixth? (1978) (writer)
3.	"Kojak" (1973)	(1 episode, 1977)	1977	-	7.3 (799)
	1 TV episode: Kiss It All Goodbye (1977) (story)
4.	"The Bionic Woman" (1976)	(2 episodes, 1976)	1976	-	6.3 (548)
	2 TV episodes: Kill Oscar: Part 3 (1976) (teleplay) Kill Oscar (1976) (story)
5.	"The Six Million Dollar Man" (1974)	(1 episode, 1976)	1976	-	7.3 (823)
	1 TV episode: Kill Oscar: Part 2 (1976) (story)
6.	"Bronk" (1975)	(1 episode, 1976)	1976	-	7.0 (19)
	1 TV episode: The Ordeal (1976) (writer)
7.	"The Blue Knight" (1975)	(1 episode, 1976)	1976	-	7.1 (26)
	1 TV episode: Cop Killer (1976) (written by)
8.	"Swiss Family Robinson" (1976)	(2 episodes, 1976)	1976	-	7.0 (32)
	2 TV episodes: Attack of the Cat (1976) (writer) The Monsoon (1976) (writer)
9.	"Doctors' Hospital" (1975)	(1 episode, 1975)	1975	-	-
	1 TV episode: Surgeon, Heal Thyself (1975) (written by)
10.	"Ironside" (1967)	(1 episode, 1974)	1974	-	7.1 (312)
	AKAs: The Raymond Burr Show (USA: syndication title) 1 TV episode: Speak No Evil (1974) (writer)
11.	"Petrocelli" (1974)	(1 episode, 1974)	1974	-	7.4 (140)
	1 TV episode: Music to Die By (1974) (writer)
12.	"Medical Center" (1969)	(9 episodes, 1969-1974)	1974	-	7.3 (133)
	9 TV episodes: Trial by Knife (1974) (written by) Gladiator (1972) (story) (teleplay) Double Jeopardy (1971) (written by) Deadly Encounter (1970) (teleplay) Ghetto Clinic (1970) (writer) 4 episodes not shown.
13.	"Mannix" (1967)	(2 episodes, 1970-1972)	1972	-	7.3 (319)
	2 TV episodes: Cry Silence (1972) (teleplay) Harlequin's Gold (1970) (teleplay)
14.	"Love, American Style" (1969)	(1 episode, 1970)	1970	-	6.5 (290)
	1 TV episode: Love and Grandma/Love and the Other Guy (1970) (writer)
15.	"Land of the Giants" (1968)	(1 episode, 1969)	1969	-	6.9 (273)
	1 TV episode: The Clones (1969) (story) (teleplay)
16.	"The Wild Wild West" (1965)	(2 episodes, 1965-1969)	1969	-	8.3 (741)
	2 TV episodes: The Night of the Cossacks (1969) (writer) The Night of Sudden Death (1965) (written by)
17.	"Star Trek" (1966)	(3 episodes, 1967-1969)	1969	-	8.6 (8,349)
	AKAs: Star Trek: TOS (USA: promotional abbreviation) Star Trek: The Original Series (USA: informal title) 3 TV episodes: The Cloud Minders (1969) (story) Let That Be Your Last Battlefield (1969) (teleplay) The Galileo Seven (1967) (story) (teleplay)
18.	"Here Come the Brides" (1968)	(1 episode, 1968)	1968	-	7.5 (161)
	1 TV episode: A Jew Named Sullivan (1968) (written by)
19.	"I Spy" (1965)	(1 episode, 1967)	1967	-	7.5 (262)
	1 TV episode: Red Sash of Courage (1967) (writer)
20.	"The Iron Horse" (1966)	(2 episodes, 1966-1967)	1967	-	6.6 (24)
	2 TV episodes: The Silver Bullet (1967) (writer) Hellcat (1966) (writer)
21.	"Bonanza" (1959)	(2 episodes, 1960-1967)	1967	-	7.3 (1,150)
	AKAs: Ponderosa (USA: rerun title) 2 TV episodes: Joe Cartwright, Detective (1967) (story) The Stranger (1960) (story)
22.	"The Fugitive" (1963)	(3 episodes, 1963-1967)	1967	-	8.4 (504)
	3 TV episodes: There Goes the Ballgame (1967) (writer) Death Is the Door Prize (1966) (writer) Ticket to Alaska (1963) (writer)
23.	"Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea" (1964)	(1 episode, 1966)	1966	-	7.5 (375)
	1 TV episode: The Lost Bomb (1966) (writer)
24.	"Tarzan" (1966)	(1 episode, 1966)	1966	-	6.9 (88)
	1 TV episode: Leopard on the Loose (1966) (writer)
25.	"The Long, Hot Summer" (1965)	(2 episodes, 1965)	1965	-	9.1 (15)
	2 TV episodes: Track the Man Down (1965) (writer) The Desperate Innocent (1965) (writer)
26.	"Ben Casey" (1961)	(5 episodes, 1962-1965)	1965	-	7.6 (108)
	5 TV episodes: The Man from Quasilia (1965) (writer) Money, a Horse and a Knowledge of Latin (1964) (writer) The Light That Loses, the Night That Wins (1964) (writer) The Night That Nothing Happened (1962) (writer) Monument to an Aged Hunter (1962) (story)
27.	"The Big Valley" (1965)	(1 episode, 1965)	1965	-	7.8 (390)
	1 TV episode: Earthquake! (1965) (written by)
28.	"Gilligan's Island" (1964)	(1 episode, 1965)	1965	-	7.8 (1,350)
	1 TV episode: Plant You Now, Dig You Later (1965) (written by)
29.	"The Outer Limits" (1963)	(1 episode, 1964)	1964	-	8.4 (841)
	1 TV episode: The Special One (1964) (written by)
30.	"The Rifleman" (1958)	(1 episode, 1962)	1962	-	8.1 (409)
	1 TV episode: Mark's Rifle (1962) (written by)
31.	"Checkmate" (1960)	(1 episode, 1962)	1962	-	8.3 (58)
	1 TV episode: Brooding Fixation (1962) (story) (teleplay)
32.	"Perry Mason" (1957)	(1 episode, 1962)	1962	-	8.5 (555)
	1 TV episode: The Case of the Tarnished Trademark (1962) (writer)
33.	"The Aquanauts" (1960)	(1 episode, 1961)	1961	-	7.6 (12)
	AKAs: Malibu Run 1 TV episode: Niagara Dive (1961) (written by)
34.	"Wagon Train" (1957)	(1 episode, 1960)	1960	-	7.5 (212)
	AKAs: Major Adams, Trail Master 1 TV episode: The Marie Brant Story (1960) (story)
35.	"Man with a Camera" (1958)	(3 episodes, 1958-1960)	1960	-	8.5 (33)
	3 TV episodes: Touch-Off (1960) (written by) The Positive Negative (1959) (written by) Lady on the Loose (1958) (written by)
36.	"Rawhide" (1959)	(3 episodes, 1959)	1959	-	8.2 (408)
	3 TV episodes: Incident of the Stalking Death (1959) (story) Incident of the Haunted Hills (1959) (story) Incident of the Town in Terror (1959) (writer)
37.	"Startime" (1959)	(1 episode, 1959)	1959	-	7.2 (29)
	AKAs: Ford Startime Lincoln-Mercury Startime 1 TV episode: The Jazz Singer (1959) (adaptation)
38.	"Lawman" (1958)	(2 episodes, 1959)	1959	-	8.1 (60)
	AKAs: The Lawman (USA: alternative title) 2 TV episodes: The Bandit (1959) (writer) The Brand Release (1959) (story) (teleplay)
39.	"The Third Man" (1959)	(1 episode, 1959)	1959	-	8.4 (30)
	1 TV episode: Five Hours to Kill (1959) (writer)
40.	"Armchair Theatre" (1956)	(1 episode, 1959)	1959	-	7.4 (22)
	1 TV episode: A Phone Call for Matthew Quade (1959) (writer)
41.	"The Grand Jury" (1959)	(1 episode)	1959	-	-
	1 TV episode: Accident by Appointment (????) (writer)
42.	"U.S. Marshal" (1958)	(1 episode, 1958)	1958	-	7.0 (16)
	1 TV episode: Check Artist (1958) (writer)
43.	Girl in the Woods (1958)	(story and screenplay)	1958	-	-

44.	"Climax!" (1954)	(6 episodes, 1956-1958)	1958	-	7.8 (40)
	AKAs: Climax Mystery Theater (USA: alternative title) 6 TV episodes: The Deadly Tattoo (1958) (adaptation) Four Hours in White (1958) (adaptation) Jacob and the Angels (1957) (adaptation) Payment for Judas (1957) (writer) The Garsten Case (1956) (adaptation) (teleplay) 1 episode not shown.
45.	"The Restless Gun" (1957)	(1 episode, 1958)	1958	-	7.5 (28)
	1 TV episode: The Whip (1958) (writer)
46.	"Lux Video Theatre" (1950)	(1 episode, 1957)	1957	-	6.4 (31)
	AKAs: Summer Video Theatre (USA: summer title) 1 TV episode: Edge of Doubt (1957) (teleplay)
47.	"Kraft Television Theatre" (1947)	(2 episodes, 1955-1957)	1957	-	8.2 (28)
	AKAs: Kraft Mystery Theatre (USA: new title) Kraft Theatre (USA: new title) 2 TV episodes: A Matter of Life (1957) (writer) Spur of the Moment (1955) (writer)
48.	The Steel Cage (1954)	(segment "Hostages, The")	1954	-	-

49.	The Man from the Alamo (1953)	(story)	1953	-	6.6 (408)

50.	"Boston Blackie" (1951)	(1 episode, 1952)	1952	-	7.7 (34)
	1 TV episode: So Was Goliath (1952) (writer)
51.	"Terry and the Pirates" (1952)	(5 episodes)	1952	-	6.2 (9)
	5 TV episodes: Boxer's Rebellion (????) (writer) Chinese Coffin (????) (original television screenplay) Chinese Legacy (????) (writer) Co-Pilots (????) (writer) Little Mandarin (????) (writer)
52.	"The Stu Erwin Show" (1950)	(1 episode, 1951)	1951	-	6.2 (31)
	AKAs: Trouble with Father (USA: alternative title) 1 TV episode: The Great Debate (1951) (writer)

Producer View by NEW				Year	Gross (USD)	Rating
	1.	The Execution (1985) (TV)	(producer)	1985	-	5.1 (46)

Additional Details

Other Works:

Writer, the Bob Hope Bicentennial Record Album "This Country is Two Hundred Years old and There's Still Hope" (Capitol Records). more

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Genres:

Drama | Adventure | Crime | Action more

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