Editing Bob Crane (section)

==Career==
===Early career===
[[File:Bob Crane in 1963.jpg|thumb|right|Crane in 1963]]
In 1950, Crane began his career in radio broadcasting at [[WLEA]] in [[Hornell, New York]]. He soon moved to Connecticut stations [[WLAD]] in Danbury, [[WPRX|WBIS]] in [[Bristol, Connecticut|Bristol]] and then [[WICC-AM 600|WICC]] in [[Bridgeport, Connecticut|Bridgeport]], a 1,000-watt operation with a signal covering the northeastern portion of the [[New York metropolitan area]]. In 1956, Crane was hired by [[CBS Radio]] to host the morning show at its [[West Coast of the United States|West Coast]] flagship [[KNX (AM)|KNX]] in [[Los Angeles]], partly to re-energize that station's ratings and partly to halt his erosion of suburban ratings at [[WCBS (AM)|WCBS]] in [[New York City]]. In Los Angeles, Crane filled the broadcast with sly wit, drumming and such guests as [[Marilyn Monroe]], [[Frank Sinatra]] and [[Bob Hope]]. His show quickly topped the morning ratings with adult listeners, and he became "king of the Los Angeles airwaves."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bob Crane Biography |url=http://www.biography.com/people/bob-crane-9542342 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151027075953/http://www.biography.com/people/bob-crane-9542342 |archive-date=October 27, 2015 |access-date=November 4, 2015 |website=Biography.com}}</ref>

Crane's acting ambitions led to guest-hosting for [[Johnny Carson]] on the daytime game show ''[[Who Do You Trust?]]'' and appearances on ''[[Static (The Twilight Zone)|The Twilight Zone]]'' (uncredited), ''[[Channing (TV series)|Channing]]'', ''[[Alfred Hitchcock Presents]]'' and ''[[General Electric Theater]]''. After [[Carl Reiner]] appeared on his radio show, Crane persuaded Reiner to book him for a guest appearance on ''[[The Dick Van Dyke Show]]''.

===''The Donna Reed Show'' (1963–1964)===
After seeing Crane's performance on ''The Dick Van Dyke Show'', [[Donna Reed]] offered him a guest shot on her program, [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]'s ''[[The Donna Reed Show]]''. After the success of that episode, Crane's character, Dr. David Kelsey, was incorporated into the show's storyline, and Crane became a regular cast member, beginning with the episode "Friends and Neighbors." Crane continued to work full-time at KNX during his stint on ''The Donna Reed Show'', running back and forth from the KNX studio at [[CBS Columbia Square|Columbia Square]] to [[Columbia Studios]]. He left the show in December 1964.<ref name=":0" />

===''Hogan's Heroes'' (1965–1971)===
In 1965, Crane was offered the starring role in a [[CBS]] television [[sitcom]] set in a [[World War II]] [[prisoner of war|POW]] camp. ''[[Hogan's Heroes]]'' involved the sabotage and espionage missions of [[Allied Powers of World War II|Allied]] soldiers, led by Colonel Robert Hogan, from under the noses of the oblivious Germans guarding them. The show was an immediate ratings hit, finishing in the top ten in its first year. The series lasted for six seasons on CBS, and Crane was nominated for an [[Primetime Emmy Awards|Emmy Award]] in 1966 and 1967.

After having a [[Romantic relationship|love affair]] with ''Hogan'' co-star [[Cynthia Lynn]],<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Rice |first=Lynette |date=August 26, 2019 |title=The Tragic, Unsolved Murder of Hogan's Heroes Star Bob Crane |url=https://ew.com/tv/2019/08/26/bob-crane-hogans-heroes-unsolved-murder/ |access-date=September 6, 2021 |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]}}</ref> the actress who played Helga, Crane became romantically involved in 1968 with Lynn's replacement Patricia Olson, who played Hilda under the stage name [[Sigrid Valdis]]. Crane divorced Terzian in 1970, just before their 21st anniversary, and married Olson on the set of the show later that year, with series co-star [[Richard Dawson]] serving as [[best man]].<ref name="people">{{cite magazine |last=Tresniowski |first=Alex |magazine=[[People (magazine)|People]] |date=November 4, 2002 |volume=58 |number=19 |title=What About Bob? |url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20138390,00.html |accessdate=November 3, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081101193558/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20138390,00.html |archive-date=November 1, 2008 |via=[[Wayback Machine]]}}</ref><ref name="milwaukee">{{Cite news |date=November 22, 2007 |title=Sigrid Valdis, 72 |page=8E |work=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ROMqAAAAIBAJ&pg=5507,586277&dq=bob+crane+sigrid&hl=en |access-date=December 15, 2012}}</ref>
The couple's son, Robert Scott "Scotty" Crane, was born in 1971,<ref name="BC's little me's"/> and they later adopted a daughter, Ana Marie. 

Crane's son Robert David later alleged that Crane was not the biological father of any of Olson's children. When they were married in 1970, Olson was already pregnant, but Crane had had a [[vasectomy]] in 1968 while he was still married to Terzian.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Fryer |first=Christopher |title=Crane: Sex, Celebrity, and My Father's Unsolved Murder |publisher=University Press of Kentucky |year=2015 |isbn=9780813160757 |location=Lexington, KY |pages=93–94 |language=English}}</ref> Crane and Olson [[marital separation|separated]] in 1977,<ref name=milwaukee/> and were mere weeks away from finalizing their divorce at the time of Crane's death in June 1978.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Fryer |first=Christopher |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ReptBgAAQBAJ&dq=%E2%80%9CMy+dad+and+Patti+were+just+weeks+from+the+decree+finalizing+their+divorce%E2%80%9D&pg=PA70 |title=Crane: Sex, Celebrity, and My Father's Unsolved Murder |publisher=University Press of Kentucky |year=2015 |isbn=9780813160757 |location=Lexington, KY |pages=70 |language=English}}</ref>

===After ''Hogan's Heroes''===
In 1968, Crane and ''Hogan'' co-stars [[Werner Klemperer]], [[Leon Askin]] and [[John Banner]] appeared with [[Elke Sommer]] in a feature film, ''[[The Wicked Dreams of Paula Schultz]]'', set in the divided city of [[Berlin]] during the [[Cold War]]. In 1969, Crane starred with [[Abby Dalton]] in a [[dinner theater]] production of ''[[Cactus Flower (play)|Cactus Flower]]''.

Following the cancellation of ''Hogan's Heroes'' in 1971, Crane appeared in two [[Walt Disney Pictures|Disney]] films: ''[[Superdad]]'' (1973), in the title role, and a small role in ''[[Gus (1976 film)|Gus]]'' (1976). In 1973, Crane purchased the rights to a comedy play called ''Beginner's Luck'' and began touring it, as its star and director, at the Showboat Dinner Theatre in [[St. Petersburg, Florida]]; the La Mirada Civic Theatre in [[California]]; the Windmill Dinner Theatre in [[Scottsdale, Arizona]]; and other dinner theaters around the country.<ref>Noe, Denise: [http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/notorious_murders/classics/bob_crane/3.html] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080813124623/http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/notorious_murders/classics/bob_crane/3.html|date=August 13, 2008}} TruTV Crime Library, The Bob Crane Case.</ref>

Between theater engagements, Crane guest-starred in a number of television shows, including ''[[Police Woman (TV series)|Police Woman]]'', ''[[Gibbsville (TV series)|Gibbsville]]'', ''[[Quincy, M.E.]]'' and ''[[The Love Boat]]''. In 1975, he returned to television with his own series, ''[[The Bob Crane Show]]'' on [[NBC]], which was cancelled after fourteen episodes. 

In early 1978, Crane taped a travel documentary in [[Hawaii]] and recorded an appearance on the Canadian afternoon cooking show ''[[Celebrity Cooks]]''; neither aired in the U.S. His appearance on ''Celebrity Cooks'' was broadcast on [[CBC Television]] five times beginning in 1978, and was dramatized in the biopic film ''[[Auto Focus]]''.<ref name=":0" /> Claims that Crane had been distraught during the taping and had made inappropriate jokes about death and sex have been denied by the show's producers and production staff, who have stated that taping would have stopped or the episode cancelled if anything inappropriate had been said.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ford |first1=Carol |last2=Groundwater |first2=Linda |title=Flipside: The True Story of Bob Crane (09. Bob Crane's 1978 Appearance on 'Celebrity Cooks') |url=https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/09-bob-cranes-1978-appearance-on-celebrity-cooks/id1477056154?i=1000517293362 |website=Apple Podcasts |access-date=August 13, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Ford |first1=Carol M. |last2=Young |first2=Dee |last3=Groundwater |first3=Linda J. |title=Bob Crane: The Definitive Biography |date=2015 |publisher=AM Ink Publishing |isbn=9780991033072}}</ref>