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Actor Born: December 9, 1911 in Philadelphia, PA Death: April 26, 1986 in Rancho Mirage, CA Biography:Broderick Crawford was the typical example of "overnight" success in Hollywood -- the 1949 release of "All the King's Men" turned him into one of the most popular "character" leads in Hollywood, a successor to "Wallace Beery" and a model for such unconventional leading men to come as "Ernest Borgnine". His "overnight" success, however, involved more than a decade of work in routine supporting roles in more than 20 movies, before he was ever considered as much more than a supporting player. Crawford was born into a performing family -- both of his maternal grandparents, William Broderick and Emma Kraus, were opera singers, and his mother, "Helen Broderick", was a Broadway and screen actress, while his father, Lester Crawford, was a vaudeville performer.
Born in Philadelphia, PA, he accompanied his parents on tour as a boy and later joined them on-stage. He attended the Dean Academy in Franklin, MA,... Full Biography
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