Wayne Crawford
Wayne David Crawford was an American film and television actor, and film producer, director and screenwriter. Crawford appeared in nearly thirty films, produced fifteen, wrote nine, and directed seven.
Crawford received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Florida Atlantic University and served at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts teaching directing for their School of Filmmaking.
He portrayed the title character in the film Jake Speed, which he also co-wrote and co-produced. Variety Movie Guide said his portrayal was "well played," and that he delivered his lines "as an old-fashioned paperback hero would – in clichés." He directed and starred in Crime Lords, which was called "predictable" by DVD & video guide 2005 while the Variety TV Review called it unpretentious and entertaining.
He co-wrote and co-produced the film Valley Girl with Andrew Lane. He fought against the studio to ensure that Martha Coolidge was maintained as the director.
Filmography
;As actorSometimes Aunt Martha Does Dreadful Things God's Bloody Acre Tomcats Cheering Section Barracuda Trial by Terror Valley Girl Hill Street Blues Cagney & Lacey Showdown at Lincoln High Jake Speed Quiet Thunder White Ghost Rising Storm The Evil Below Headhunter Diary of a Hitman Crime Lords Okavango: The Wild Frontier Rising Storm Amerikanskiy Blyuz Stickfighter U'bejani L.A.P.D.: To Protect and to Serve Snake Island The Company You Keep Rock & Roll Eulogy Forget About It Dog Days of Summer American Heart;As producerSweet Bird of Aquarius God's Bloody Acre Deadbeat Cheering Section Barracuda Valley Girl Night of the Comet Jake Speed Mortal Passions Peacemaker Servants of Twilight Amerikanskiy Blyuz Trade-Off Snake Island South of Hell Space Ninjas
;As screenwriterGod's Bloody Acre Deadbeat Cheering Section Barracuda Trial by Terror Valley Girl Jake Speed U'bejani Snake Island
;As directorBarracuda The Evil Below Crime Lords Amerikanskiy Blyuz U'bejani Snake Island
- ''South of Hell''