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- ↑ 50 Years of the Television Western by Ronald Jackson, Doug Abbott, AuthorHouse, 2008, p. 206
- ↑ IMDB.com, Retrieved 2011-01-06
- ↑ The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946–Present by Tim Brooks & Earle Marsh, 2007, Random House, page 849
- ↑ Robert Crawford Sr profile
A few references incorrectly credit Robert Jr. as the Manhunt character Detective Phil Burns, rather than Robert Sr. However, Robert Jr. was only 14/15 when the episodes aired in 1959, and multiple references correctly credit the father Robert Sr as the Manhunt character, tvguide.com; retrieved 2012-02-07. - ↑ Bobby Crawford profile, tvguide.com. Retrieved 2012-02-07.
- ↑ Profile, therifleman.net; retrieved 2012-02-07.
- ↑ Douglas Brode, Fess Parker, Shooting stars of the small screen: encyclopedia of TV Western actors, University of Texas Press, 2009, pp. 98-99.
- ↑ IMDb profile, imdb.com. Retrieved 2011-01-06.
