Biography
Crane was innate around Waterbury, Connecticut. He dropped away from senior high school & became the drummer, performing by having dance orchestrthe & a symphony. Inside 1949, he married his high school sweetheart; they at length got terzetto babies. Within 1956, he moved his family to California and started his radio career.

Crane's interest turned to acting, & at a age of 33 he began his acting career. He shortly was the regular on The Donna Reed Show during the 1963 - 1965 seasons. He followed within by having a lead role in ''Hogan's Heroes''. Crane landed area within two or three feature films but experienced there is no jailbreak roles.

He was bludgeoned to death around Scottsdale, Arizona, in a murder case that was never officially solved. An associate, John Carpenter (does'nt to exist as confused by owning a horror director of the same name), was tried for the murder however was does'nt condemned. Before a slaying, Carpenter & Crane got processed pornographic videos of Crane having sex sustaining many women.

Crane's life & execution was a subject of the 2002 film Auto Focus. His boy, Scotty Crane, & his 2nd married woman, Patricia Olsen, objected to the way Crane was portrayed & took to the media to present their side of the story.

Based on data from an A&E program on the subject, Crane had tired of his libertine lifestyle and wished to resume leading a more normal life. Since this would stand intended cutting off his relationship using Carpenter, this guide of Crane's was presumed to exist as a motive for the slaying. When Carpenter was acquitted, two a manslayer & a motive remain officially open questions.

Selected filmography
Human-Trap (1961) A Donna Reed Indicate (1958 - 1966) (TV series) ''Hogan's Heroes (1965 - 1971) (TV series) A Wicked Dreams of Paula Schultz (1968) Superdad (1973) A Bob Crane Indicate (1975) (TV series) Gus'' (1976)