Actor Crane: A Troubled Life in 'Auto Focus'

By Scott Simon

Published November 1, 2002 at 11:00 PM CST

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Auto Focus is a new movie about Hogan's Heroes star Bob Crane and the obsession -- with sex and sexual photography -- that ended two of his marriages and his career. Host Scott Simon speaks with the actor's son, Bob Crane Jr., who served as a consultant on the film.

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Scott Simon

Scott Simon is one of America's most admired writers and broadcasters. He is the host of Weekend Edition Saturday and is one of the hosts of NPR's morning news podcast Up First. He has reported from all fifty states, five continents, and ten wars, from El Salvador to Sarajevo to Afghanistan and Iraq. His books have chronicled character and characters, in war and peace, sports and art, tragedy and comedy.

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