William Broderick Crawford was an American actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Willie Stark in the film All the King's Men (1949), which earned him an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award. Often cast in tough-guy or slob roles, he later achieved recognition for his starring role as Dan Mathews in the crime television series Highway Patrol (1955–1959).
Crawford in The Interns (1971)
Wallace Ford and Crawford (right) in the original 1938 Broadway production Of Mice and Men
Crawford, David Niven and Loretta Young in Eternally Yours (1939)
Crawford as Willie Stark in All the King's Men (1949)
All the King's Men (1949 film)
All the King's Men is a 1949 American political drama film written, produced, and directed by Robert Rossen. It is based on Robert Penn Warren's Pulitzer Prize-winning 1946 novel of the same name. It stars Broderick Crawford, John Ireland, Mercedes McCambridge, and Joanne Dru. The film centers on the rise and fall of an idealistic-but-ruthless politician in the American South, patterned after Louisiana Governor Huey Long.
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Broderick Crawford as Willie Stark in All the King's Men