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Bob Crane

American actor, drummer, radio host, and disc jockey (1928–1978)
Person human Q138053
Bob Crane
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Facts

23 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[15]
Date of birth
July 13, 1928
Date of death
June 29, 1978
Place of birth
Waterbury
Place of death
Scottsdale
Country of citizenship
United States[12]
Occupation
actor, disc jockey, stage actor, television actor, film actor
Educated at
Stamford High School[14]
Spouse
Sigrid Valdis[11]
Official website
www.bobcrane.com[21]
Cause of death
blunt trauma[17]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[23]
Family name
Crane[18]
Given name
Robert, Edward[19][20]
Manner of death
homicide[22]
Military branch
United States Army[16]
Native language
English[13]
Number of children
+5
P14750
4A55-5ED9-53A6-23C9-5453
Place of burial
Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery[10]
Start of work period
1950
Writing language
English
🏷️ Also known as
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🔖 Identifiers · 45
ISNI
0000000116369337
VIAF cluster ID
48429772
Library of Congress authority ID
n92112063
GND ID
1060865661
AdoroCinema person ID
90160
AllMovie person ID
p15609
AlloCiné person ID
90160
American Film Institute person ID
22524
American National Biography ID
1801972
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
15504322t
CONOR.SI ID
241208931
CineMagia person ID
199522
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Cinémathèque québécoise person ID
41389
Disney A to Z ID
crane-bob
Elonet person ID
231633
FAST ID
313102
Fandango person ID
149623
Film.ru person ID
bob-crane
Find a Grave memorial ID
7419, 1628
Freebase ID
/m/012lyg
GeneaStar person ID
craner
Geni.com profile ID
6000000027587821022
George Eastman Museum people ID
124446
IMDb ID
nm0186314
Kinobox person ID
848924
Kinopoisk person ID
179468
LdiF person ID
134181
Movie Walker Press person ID
14095
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007329545005171
Notable Names Database ID
450/000026372
OFDb person ID
59939
Open Media Database person ID
74745
PORT person ID
369379
Prabook ID
1096061
SBN author ID
DDSV308306
SNAC ARK ID
w6cs8qv3
SecondHandSongs artist ID
135942
Swedish Film Database person ID
148270
TCM Movie Database person ID
40700|22524
TMDB person ID
108984
Trading Card Database name ID
184114
WikiTree person ID
Crane-1399
WorldCat Entities ID
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Yale LUX ID
person/b8f72c55-1c65-4891-b3c3-f559922b7504
ČSFD person ID
152796

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🔗 Connections
Occupation 5
actor, disc jockey, film actor, stage actor, television actor
← Cast member 3
Hogan's Heroes, Superdad, Gus
Given name 2
Robert, Edward
Cause of death 1
blunt trauma
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Manner of death 1
homicide
Military branch 1
United States Army
Native language 1
English
Place of birth 1
Waterbury
Place of burial 1
Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery
Place of death 1
Scottsdale
Sex or gender 1
male
Spouse 1
Sigrid Valdis
Spouses 1
Sigrid Valdis
Writing language 1
English
← FactGrid item ID 1
Valcebollère
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Summary

Bob Crane's place of birth was Waterbury[1]. He was born on July 13, 1928[2]. He passed away in Scottsdale[3]. He died on June 29, 1978[4]. He worked as an actor[5], disc jockey[6], stage actor[7], television actor[8], and film actor[9].

FAQs

Where was Bob Crane born?

Bob Crane's place of birth was Waterbury[1].

Where did Bob Crane die?

Bob Crane died in Scottsdale[3].

Who was Bob Crane married to?

Bob Crane's spouses include Sigrid Valdis[11].

What did Bob Crane do for work?

Bob Crane worked as actor[5], disc jockey[6], stage actor[7], television actor[8], and film actor[9].

Where did Bob Crane go to school?

Bob Crane was educated at Stamford High School[14].

Related Entities

United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [5] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [2] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [4] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . CONOR.SI. wikidata.org.

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