Robert Crawford, Jr. was a child actor best known for playing Andy on
the TV Western series Am Fuß der Blauen Berge (1959).
He was nominated for an Emmy Award in 1959 for the
Playhouse 90 (1956) episode
"Child of Our Time" the same year his kid brother
Johnny Crawford was
Emmy-nominated for playing
Chuck Connors son Mark in
Westlich von Santa Fe (1958). Crawford,
who was also billed as "Bobby Crawford", lost to legend
Fred Astaire and was up against such legends as: Mickey Rooney and
Paul Muni and the actor's actors
Christopher Plummer
Rod Steiger.
Although he acted into his mid-20s, his performing career was over by
the age of 24. An association with the director
George Roy Hill (his father
Robert Crawford edited
Zwei Banditen (1969))
got him into the production side of the business, and he later became a
film and TV producer.
