Johnny Crawford: The Rifleman’s Son
Monday, September 22nd, 2014
For years I had been sitting on a signed photo of Johnny Crawford. It was a great shot of him with his TV father from the classic western series The Rifleman. It was a show that my Dad had gotten me into at a young age, and one I have long hoped to have a re-acquaintance with. That is now possible since the first season has been released on DVD. But I have had a remarkable time trying actually meet up with Johnny Crawford himself. Although he was making appearances, they were always at shows that I wasn’t attending…or they were at shows I was, but he cancelled. Remarkably, he also often met with Dick Bann and crew at the Culver Hotel for Wednesday lunches, but he wasn’t at the one that I attended. Read the rest of this entry »
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