Johnny Crawford

Johnny Crawford is a former Emmy-nominated child actor and singer, best known for his co-starring performance as Chuck Connor’s screen son in the long running TV Western show The Rifleman (1958-64). He was also one of the original "Mousketeers" in the first season of the The Mickey Mouse Club (1955-59).

After Crawford signed a recording contract with Del-Fi records in 1960, he became a successful pop singer with teenage songs such as his Top 10 hit Cindy’s Birthday (1962) and other Top 40 songs like Rumors (1962), Proud (1963) and The Girl Next Door(1964).

When The Rifleman ended in 1964 and his singing career started to fade away, Crawford continued to guest star on TV shows and to make movies. However, right after his graduation in the summer of 1964 he left for Texas to become a rodeo cowboy, and as a member of the PRCA (Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association) and the AJRA (American Junior Rodeo Association) he competed frequently at rodeos throughout the country during the 1960s and early 1970s.

Today Johnny Crawford appears on and off in TV series and movies and is additionally director and chief vocalist of his own vintage dance orchestra The Johnny Crawford Orchestra.