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Bob Crane
Waterbury, Connecticut, USA
Bob Crane (July 13, 1928 – June 29, 1978) as an American actor, drummer, radio personality, and disc jockey best known for starring as Colonel Robert Hogan in the CBS sitcom Hogan…
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Bob Crane (July 13, 1928 – June 29, 1978) as an American actor, drummer, radio personality, and disc jockey best known for starring as Colonel Robert Hogan in the CBS sitcom Hogan's Heroes from 1965 to 1971. Born Robert Edward Crane in Waterbury, Connecticut, he began drumming at age 11 and started his career in radio in Hornell, New York, before hosting a top-rated morning show in Los Angeles. Crane transitioned to acting in the early 1960s with guest roles on shows like The Twilight Zone, The Dick Van Dyke Show, and The Donna Reed Show, where he played Dr. Dave Kelsey for 62 episodes. His big break came with Hogan's Heroes, earning two Emmy nominations for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series in 1966 and 1967. Post-Hogan's Heroes, Crane appeared in films like Superdad (1973) and Gus (1976), guest-starred on shows such as Police Woman and The Love Boat, and briefly led The Bob Crane Show in 1975. He was found murdered on June 29, 1978, in Scottsdale, Arizona, in an unsolved case involving blunt force trauma.
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2016
The Last Laugh
Movie Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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2003
Murder in Scottsdale
Movie Self
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1990
Death In Hollywood
Movie
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1977
The Love Boat
TV show Edward Anderson
- 1977
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1976
Gibbsville
TV show Lawyer
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1976
Quincy, M.E.
TV show Dr. Jamison
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1976
Spencer's Pilots
TV show
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1976
Gus
Movie Pepper
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1975
Ellery Queen
TV show Jerry Crabtree
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1975
Joe Forrester
TV show
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1975
Mitzi & 100 Guys
Movie Self
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1975
The Bob Crane Show
TV show Bob Wilcox
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1974
Police Woman
TV show Larry Brooks
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1973
Superdad
Movie Charlie McCready
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1972
The Delphi Bureau: The Merchant of Death Assignment
Movie Charlie Taggert
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1972
Patriotism
Movie Self
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1971
The Pet Set
TV show Self
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1970
Night Gallery
TV show Ellis Travers
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1969
Love, American Style
TV show Howard
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1969
The Barbara McNair Show
TV show Self
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1969
Arsenic and Old Lace
Movie Mortimer Brewster
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1968
The Doris Day Show
TV show Bob Carter
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1968
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
TV show Self
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1968
The Wicked Dreams of Paula Schultz
Movie Bill Mason
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1966
Hollywood Squares
TV show Self
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1965
Bing Crosby Color Christmas Show
Movie Self/Col. Hogan
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1965
Hogan's Heroes
TV show Robert Hogan
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1964
The New Interns
Movie Drunken Prankster at Baby Shower (uncredited)
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1963
The Danny Kaye Show
TV show Self
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1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV show Self
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1962
The Merv Griffin Show
TV show Self
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1962
The Lucy Show
TV show Bob Crane
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1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
TV show Charlie Lessing
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1961
The Mike Douglas Show
TV show Self
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1961
The Dick Van Dyke Show
TV show Harry Rogers
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1961
Man-Trap
Movie Ralph Turner
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1961
Return to Peyton Place
Movie Peter White (uncredited)
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1959
The Twilight Zone
TV show Disc Jockey (uncredited)
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1958
The Donna Reed Show
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