Roy Crane

born: 31 December 1906
Twin Falls, Idaho,
United States of America
died: 10 April 1947
Los Angeles, California,
United States of America
(heart disease, age 40)

Tall American actor. His WWII Draft Card and a few other sources give his birth year as 1907 but in 1942 in Van Nuys California his Mom swore on the affidavit for his Idaho delayed Birth Certificate that he was born on December 31, 1906 in Twin Falls, Idaho.
Real name: Roy William Crain
Height: 6'5"
Films listed on this page: complete Hal Roach filmography.

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1941
Tanks A Million
Hartfield

BIRTH & DEATH CERTIFICATES
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MISCELLANEOUS
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Acknowledgements:
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/9005:8973 (1906 31 Dec ID Birth Cert: 1942 Mar 26 sworn affidavit of Mom: "Roy William Crain")
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89SK-36L3?view=index&action=view (1947 Apr 10 LA: Heart Disease COD: Death Cert)
Jim Jarvis (research)

This page was last updated on: 08 January 2024