R.I.P. Johnny Crawford, Mark McCain on The Rifleman and original Mouseketeer
The former teen idol was 75.
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He seemed like a truly nice guy. I always loved his part on “The Rifleman” as Mark McCain, where Chuck Connors (“Old Yeller”) played his widowed father. Good show.
Few knew that he was also a Mouseketeer (only in one season I think) first and a jazz musician much later.