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BIRTHDAY

July 13, 1928

Waterbury, CT

DIED

June 29, 1978

RECENT CREDITS

Inside Edition (TV) Oct. 8, 2002

Mitzi and a Hundred Guys (TV) Mar. 24, 1975

Make Mine Red, White, and Blue (TV) Sep. 9, 1972

The Delphi Bureau (TV) Mar. 6, 1972

Alfred Hitchcock Hour (TV) Jan. 4, 1963

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BIOGRAPHY

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American actor Bob Crane is best remembered for playing the crafty POW Col. Hogan on the 1960s television comedy Hogan's Heroes, but he also played leads in a few films during the '50s and '60s. Crane was born in Waterbury, Connecticut. He began his career as a drummer and played with dance bands and a symphony orchestra. He also worked as a radio announcer at various stations around the U.S. before hosting a morning talk show in Hollywood. Next Crane began appearing regularly on the Donna Reed Show. In 1978, he was mysteriously murdered, and the case remains unsolved. He was married to Sigrid Valdis, an actress.

~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide

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Headlines

Role Call: Curtis getting slashed - again

May. 10, 2001

One would think Jamie Lee Curtis - and Michael Myers, for that matter - would have learned their lessons in the previous seven Halloween installments. Michael was beheaded in the last film, the 1998 Halloween: H2O, for heaven's sakes. But, unfortunately, that is not the case. They've decided to come back for one more go around in Dimension Films' Halloween: The Homecoming. A ...

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Role Call: Zeta-Jones goes home

Posted: May. 24, 2001

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