caption relations birth_place birth_date spouse yearsactive image article_title birth_name occupation
johnny the rifleman '' -lrb- c. 1959 -rrb- crawford with chuck connors in abc 's '' robert l. crawford , jr. -lrb- brother -rrb- los angeles 26 march 1946 charlotte crawford -lrb- 1995 -- present -rrb- 1954 -- 99 chuck connors johnny crawford the rifleman 1960.jpg johnny crawford
 john ernest crawford actor , singer , musician , band leader
johnny crawford

john ernest `` johnny '' crawford -lrb- born march 26 , 1946 -rrb- is an american character actor , singer , and musician .
at age 12 , crawford rose to fame for playing mark mccain , the son of lucas mccain -lrb- played by chuck connors -rrb- , in the popular abc western series , `` the rifleman , '' which originally aired from 1958 to 1963 .
crawford first performed before a national audience as a `` mouseketeer '' .
