Robert Edward Crane Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Robert Edward "Bob" Crane (July 13, 1928 – June 29, 1978) was an American actor and disc jockey.Crane began his career as a disc jockey in New York and Connecticut before moving to Los Angeles where he hosted the number-one rated morning show. In the early 1960s, he moved into acting. Crane is best known for his performance as Colonel Robert E. Hogan in the CBS sitcom Hogan's Heroes. The series aired from 1965 to 1971, and Crane received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations for his work on the series.After Hogan's Heroes ended, Crane's career declined. He became frustrated with the few roles he was being offered and began doing dinner theater. In 1975, he returned to television in the NBC series The Bob Crane Show. The series received poor ratings and was canceled after 13 weeks. Afterwards, Crane returned to performing in dinner theaters and also appeared in occasional guest spots on television.While on tour for his play Beginner's Luck in June 1978, Crane was found bludgeoned to death in his Scottsdale apartment, a murder that remains officially unsolved.
Robert Scott Crane, Robert David Crane, Deborah Ann Crane, Karen Leslie Crane, Ana Marie Crane
Parents
Rosemary Crane, Alfred Thomas Crane
Siblings
Robert Scott Crane, Karen Leslie Crane, Ana Marie Crane, Deborah Ann Crane
Nominations
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
Movies
Gus, Superdad, The Wicked Dreams of Paula Schultz, The New Interns
TV Shows
The Bob Crane Show, Hogan's Heroes, The Donna Reed Show
Star Sign
Cancer
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Quote
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If I tell a joke that's not so funny, I have a faster-than-sound plane which shoots it down before it reaches San Francisco.
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Eventually, what you're looking for is gonna happen, and by the time it does happen, you'll be that much better along the way to what you should be. Don't get discouraged, and just keep on plugging along, and what you want will eventually be yours. You know, there's nothing to stop it if you just keep on working hard. And by working hard, I mean doing the best job you possibly can. Everything happens for the best, and I believe it completely.
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When I was a kid, I fell in love with Spencer Tracy in "Captains Courageous." That, to me, was the ideal. A good man, a brave man. What I would want to be. I'm still in love with that.
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It's not a concentration camp. It's a POW camp. We're not making light of atrocities. We're just trying to show how darn clever the Americans were. It was easy to see which letter writers hadn't watched the program. No one could see "Hogan's Heroes" and think we were making fun of war. Our comedy is done with characterization. It's outsmarting the boss; it's the kid with a snowball when the top hat goes by; it's getting the best of authority.
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The first station I started out with was a 250-watt station. I went to a 1,000-watt station, which was the Bridgeport station... And from the 1,000-watt, I went to the 50,000-watt, which is quite a jump, and it has happened to a lot of people. It's a fortunate thing to be in the right place at the right time.
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I don't smoke, I don't drink. Two out of three ain't bad.
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Fact
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Bob actually played the drums in the theme song at the beginning of the show.
His last movie appearance was in the Walt Disney movie, Gus (1976), where he played an announcer named "Pepper Pot".
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Crane was basically bankrupt during the mid- to late-1970's and, shortly after his murder, his estate would come into millions of dollars from a new syndication deal for Hogan's Heroes (1965), which he owned a small part of.
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On January 25, 1978, Bob Crane taped an episode of Celebrity Cooks (1975) in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Crane's episode aired several times in Canada throughout the winter and spring of 1978 without incident. A network affiliate in the U.S. then purchased several episodes of "Celebrity Cooks" to run in syndication in the U.S. Crane's episode was supposed to lead off the U.S. syndicated run of the series, and it was scheduled to air in the U.S. on July 10, 1978. Immediately after Crane's murder on June 29, the episode was canceled. It was reported that Crane made numerous jokes about death, which would have made the episode too eerily prophetic. However, this claim was based on one network representative's uncorroborated opinion made just days after Crane's murder. "Celebrity Cooks" has officially gone on record to refute this false claim about Crane's appearance made by this network representative. Those who were there on the day of taping claim no such eerie or inappropriate behavior occurred, and that Crane was one of their best guests.
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Best remembered by the public for his starring role as Col. Robert Hogan in Hogan's Heroes (1965).
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The cause of death was bludgeoning with a video camera tripod. The video cable was wrapped around his neck postmortem.
Originally buried at Oakwood Memorial Park in Chatsworth, Los Angeles County. In 2003, many years after his death, he was moved to the prestigious Westwood Memorial Park on Glendon Avenue in Los Angeles. His marker is very elaborate and beautiful with writings and photographs of him and his widow Sigrid Valdis. It is located in the middle of the memorial park.
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Hobby was playing the drums. He was a life-long jazz buff who played with several amateur jazz groups over the years.
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2002: Was the subject of a "noise opera" by the experimental band Facetious (released on CD under the title "Raw Biscuits: The Bob Crane Story").
TV Series segment 'Love and the Waitress' / segment "Love and the Logical Explanation" / Howard segment "Love and the Modern Wife"
- Love and the Particular Girl/Love and the Fountain of Youth/Love and the House Bachelor/Love and the Waitress 1971 ... segment 'Love and the Waitress'
Night Gallery
1971
TV Series
Ellis Travers (segment "House - With Ghost")
The Doris Day Show
1971
TV Series
Bob Carter
Hogan's Heroes
1965-1971
TV Series
Col. Robert E. Hogan
Arsenic and Old Lace
1969
TV Movie
Mortimer Brewster (as Robert Crane)
The Wicked Dreams of Paula Schultz
1968
Bill Mason
The Red Skelton Hour
1967
TV Series
Col. Hogan
The Donna Reed Show
1963-1965
TV Series
Dr. Dave Kelsey
Dr. Dave Blevins
The New Interns
1964
Drunken Prankster at Baby Shower (uncredited)
Channing
1963
TV Series
Prof. Arlen
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1963
TV Series
Charlie Lessing
The Dick Van Dyke Show
1962
TV Series
Harry Rogers
General Electric Theater
1953-1961
TV Series
Harry
Man-Trap
1961
Ralph Turner
Return to Peyton Place
1961
Peter White (uncredited)
The Twilight Zone
1961
TV Series
Disc Jockey
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Biography
2000
TV Series documentary
Himself
Celebrity Cooks
1978
TV Series
Himself
Dinah!
1975-1977
TV Series
Himself
Break the Bank
1976-1977
TV Series
Himself
You Don't Say
1975
TV Series
Himself
The Mike Douglas Show
1970-1975
TV Series
Himself - Actor / Himself
Celebrity Sweepstakes
1975
TV Series
Himself
Mitzi and a Hundred Guys
1975
TV Special
Himself (uncredited)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1968-1975
TV Series
Himself - Guest / Himself / Himself - Guest Host
Herbie Day at Disneyland
1974
TV Short documentary
Himself
Tattletales
1974
TV Series
Himself
Stand Up and Cheer
1972-1974
TV Series
Himself
Laugh-In
1972
TV Series
Himself
Make Mine Red, White and Blue
1972
TV Movie
Himself
The Hollywood Squares
1966-1972
TV Series
Himself - Panelist
Rollin' on the River
1972
TV Series
Himself
The Virginia Graham Show
1971
TV Series
Himself
The Honeymoon Game
1971
TV Movie
Himself
The Pet Set
1971
TV Series documentary
Himself
Can You Top This
1971
TV Series
Himself
The 13th Annual TV Week Logie Awards
1971
TV Special
Himself
The Real Tom Kennedy Show
1970
TV Series
Himself
The Barbara McNair Show
1970
TV Series
Himself
The Rosey Grier Show
1969
TV Series
Himself - Guest
The Leslie Uggams Show
1969
TV Series
Himself
The Steve Allen Show
1969
TV Series
Himself - Guest
The Match Game
1969
TV Series
Himself - Team Captain
Della
1969
TV Series
Himself
Allen Ludden's Gallery
1969
TV Series
Himself
The Joan Rivers Show
1969
TV Series
Himself
It's Happening
1969
TV Series
Himself
The Storybook Squares
1969
TV Series
Funny You Should Ask
1968
TV Series
Himself
Operation: Entertainment
1968
TV Series
Himself - Host
The Pat Boone Show
1968
TV Series
Himself
Everybody's Talking
1967
TV Series
Himself
The Woody Woodbury Show
1967
TV Series
Himself
Dateline: Hollywood
1967
TV Series
Himself
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
1967
TV Series
Himself
P.D.Q.
1967
TV Series
Himself
The Linkletter Show
1965-1966
TV Series
Himself
What's My Line?
1966
TV Series
Himself - Panelist
Password All-Stars
1966
TV Series
Himself - Celebrity Contestant
The Merv Griffin Show
1966
TV Series
Himself
Hollywood Talent Scouts
1966
TV Series
Himself-- Guest / Himself
The Face Is Familiar
1966
TV Series
Himself
The Lucy Show
1966
TV Series
Himself
The Danny Kaye Show
1966
TV Series
Himself
The Hollywood Palace
1965
TV Series
Himself - Singer
Stella Adler and the Actor
1964
TV Movie documentary
Himself
The New Steve Allen Show
1963
TV Series
Himself - Guest
Your First Impression
1962
TV Series
Himself
The Jack Paar Tonight Show
1962
TV Series
Himself
The Tonight Show
1962
TV Series
Himself - Actor
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Inside Edition
2015
TV Series documentary
Himself
The Sixties
2014
TV Mini-Series documentary
Col. Robert E. Hogan
Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl
2012
TV Special
Himself
Battleground
2006
TV Series documentary
Himself
Murder in Scottsdale
2003
Video documentary
Himself
E! True Hollywood Story
1998
TV Series documentary
Himself
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color
1976-1977
TV Series
Pepper / Charlie McCready
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1967
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Comedy Series
Hogan's Heroes (1965)
1966
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Comedy Series