What is Broderick Crawford?
{{Infobox person | name = Broderick Crawford | image = Broderick Crawford 1970.JPG | alt = | caption = | birth_name = William Broderick Crawford | birth_date = December 9, 1911 | birth_place = [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]], [[U.S.]] | death_date = | death_place = [[Rancho Mirage]], [[California]], [[U.S.]] | nationality = American | other_names = | known_for = | occupation = actor }} '''William Broderick Crawford''' (December 9, 1911 – April 26, 1986) was an [[Americans|American]] [[actor]]. == Career == Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., his first film was ''Woman Chases Man'' (1937). He was in ''Beau Geste'' (1939), a classic starring [[Gary Cooper]]. His got an Academy Award and a Golden Globe in 1950 for his role in the 1949 movie ''Decepción'', directed by [[Robert Rossen]]. In the 1950s he worked with [[Glenn Ford]] in ''Convicted'' (1950, directed by [[Henry Levin]]), ''Human Desire'' (1954, directed by [[Fritz Lang]]) and the western classic ''The Fastest Gun Alive'' (1956), where he played a gunslinger who wants to prove he is the fastest gun. He starred in the famous Italian film directed by [[Federico Fellini]], ''Il bidone'' (1955). In 1966 he co-starred with [[Audie Murphy]] in ''The Texican'' (1966). In 1970 he starred in ''Ransom Money'', where he played a police inspector who led the rescue of a child who was kidnapped by a gang. He narrated the film ''The Candidate'' (1972) and starred ''Terror in the Wax Museum'' (1973), a horror film starring [[Ray Milland]] and [[John Carradine]]. Towards the end of the 1970s, he had a great performance in the film ''The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover'' (1977), directed by [[Larry Cohen]]. == Television == Crawford starred in ''[[Highway Patrol]]'' (1955-1959). He played Chief Dan Mathews, an experienced [[highway]] police chief. Crawford also worked on films for television such as ''[[The Challenge]]'' (1970), ''[[The Phantom of Hollywood]]'' (1974), ''[[Look What's Happened to Rosemary's Baby]]''