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Stars of Vaudeville #400: Broderick Crawford by Trav S.D.

A surprise perhaps, given what fans know of Broderick Crawford’s gruff screen persona in tv shows like Highway Patrol (1955-59) and countless westerns and crime drams from the big screen, but Crawford (born this day in 1911) started out his career as a vaudevillian. He was actually a third generation vaudevillian. His mother had been [...]

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:31AM on December 9, 2011

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