RIP Johnny Crawford

[gunnerk19]

Mark McCain has shuffled off this mortal coil...

Johnny Crawford Dies: ‘The Rifleman’ Child Actor, Original Mousketeer Was 75

Johnny Crawford, an original Mickey Mouse Club Mouseketeer who later co-starred as Chuck Connors' son in 1959-63 series 'The Rifleman,' has died at 75

deadline.com

 

[Ron]

Oh wow. My brother and I got into watching the Rifleman a couple of years ago (we didn't grow up with it). It's always a little sadder to hear of a passing of someone whose most familiar work is when they were young. Even though he starred in other roles when he was older, I mainly think of him as Mark. One of the last remaining members of Hollywood's golden age of Westerns. May he rest in peace.

 

[scarflikeness]

He was better at playing Mark than he was at singing. The Rifleman was better than 99% of the junk on the TV today. RIP Johnny.

 

[Apollo]

Finally reunited with Chuck......

 

[George]

Rest his soul

 

[DarkHelmet]

I grew up watching The Rifleman as reruns and still watch it daily on MeTV. It's still my favorite TV western. Chuck Connors was a great TV Dad.

Johnny was a great actor. Weird that he grew old and died. I'll always think of him as being young.