Secrets Of TV’s The Rifleman: More Than Just Guns And Good Times

Shedding Mouse Ears

Johnny Crawford was one of the original 24 Disney Mouseketeers but was cut from the club after the first year when the membership was reduced to 12 years old. He next starred in a live NBC broadcast of Little Boy Lost, followed by a role on The Lone Ranger and many others. Crawford was 12 when he landed The Rifleman role. And then…