Television Publicity Executive, Robert Crutchfield has been reported dead. According to a family spokesperson, he died after a long illness at the age of 85. He died on Friday, April 7, 2023.
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He started his career in publicity in the ’60s when he dropped out of Lon Morris College in Jacksonville, Texas. He took a job as an office boy at MGM’s publicity department and then graduated as a publicist.
Crutchfield started working on NBC Drama Dr. Kildare and other films including The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964), The Rounders (1965), and more.
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He signed with Fox in 1959 but lost the contract due to the studio facing severe financial issues. He also signed a two-year contract with conditions on terms on the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences publicity committee and was also the founding member of the Television Publicity Executives Committee.
In 1987, he accepted the position of Executive VP of Publicity, Promotion & Advertising at Universal Television. He helped launch several popular tv shows including Law & Order, Quantum Leap, Northern Exposure, Miami Vice, Murder She Wrote, Magnum P. I, and more. He retired after 10 years; in 1997.
In 2000, Crutchfield launched Crutchfield Entertainment. The company is a broadcast production studio that specializes in commercial voiceovers, training videos, documentaries, and audiobooks. It is located in the Palm Springs area.
Before his death, he produced and starred on a weekly podcast channel he created named As I See It, where he talks about his forty years in Hollywood.
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