Following that performance, the young actor worked steadily with many seasoned actors and directors. He also appeared in the popular Western series The Lone Ranger in 1956 in one of the few color episodes of that series. His first important break as an actor followed with the title role in a Lux Video Theatre production of 'Little Boy Lost', a live broadcast on March 15, 1956. ĭisney started out with 24 original Mouseketeers, but at the end of the first season, the studio reduced the number to 12, and Crawford was cut. One of The Walt Disney Company's original Mouseketeers in 1955, he acted on stage, in films, and on television. Career Ĭrawford began his career as a child actor. He was of Russian-Jewish, German, and English ancestry. were all nominated for Emmy Awards (the brothers for acting, and their father for film editing). Crawford Jr., a co-star of the series Laramie, and their father Robert Sr. In 1959, Johnny, his older brother Robert L. His maternal grandparents were Belgian his maternal grandfather was violinist Alfred Eugene Megerlin.
Crawford was born in Los Angeles, California, United States, the son of Betty (née Megerlin) and Robert Lawrence Crawford Sr.
