Bob Crane

His son, Scotty Crane, and his second wife, Patricia Olsen, objected to the way Crane was portrayed and took to the media to present their side of the story. and one for television at 6601 Hollywood Blvd. Crane's life and murder was the subject of the 2002 film Auto Focus. Douglas has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, one for movies at 6423 Hollywood Blvd. Prior to the murder, Carpenter and Crane had made pornographic videos of Crane having sex with numerous women. It was Gahagan who gave Nixon his epithet "Tricky Dick.". An associate, John Carpenter, was tried for the murder but was not convicted. Nixon went so far as to call her "pink right down to her underwear".

He was bludgeoned to death in Scottsdale, Arizona, in a murder case that was never officially solved. Nixon accused Gahagan of being a Communist because of her opposition to the House Un-American Activities Committee. He followed on with the lead role in Hogan's Heroes. Crane landed parts in a few feature films but had no breakout roles. As a two-term Congresswoman, she was Richard Nixon's opponent for the United States Senate seat from California in 1950. He soon was a regular on The Donna Reed Show during the 1963 - 1965 seasons. Douglas was married for fifty years to actress-turned-politician Helen Gahagan Douglas. Crane's interest turned to acting, and at the age of 33, he began his acting career. As Douglas grew older, he took on the older-man and father roles, in such movies as The Americanization of Emily, Hud, The Candidate and I Never Sang for My Father, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor.

In 1956, he moved his family to California and started his radio career. Blandings Builds His Dream House, a role that was made for him. In 1949, he married his high school sweetheart; they eventually had three children. During World War II, Douglas worked first as a director of the Office of Civilian Defense, before he left to serve in the United States Army. He returned to such comedy roles as in Mr. He dropped out of high school and became a drummer with the Connecticut Symphony Orchestra. He was the hero in the 1932 horror film The Vampire Bat and the sophisticated leading man in 1935's She Married Her Boss. His first major role was opposite Greta Garbo in Ninotchka in 1939, and he starred with her again in 1941's Two-Faced Woman (they had also appeared together in 1932 in As You Desire Me). Crane was born in Waterbury, Connecticut. Born Melvyn Edouard Hesselberg in Macon, Georgia, he had a long film career, stretching from 1931 until just before his death.