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Richard Crenna

Richard Crenna

Acting1926Los Angeles, California, USA

Biography

Richard Donald Crenna (November 30, 1926 – January 17, 2003) was an American motion picture, television, and radio actor and occasional television director. He starred in such motion pictures as The Sand Pebbles, Wait Until Dark, Body Heat, the first three Rambo movies, Hot Shots! Part Deux, and The Flamingo Kid. Crenna played "Walter Denton" in the CBS radio and CBS-TV network series Our Miss Brooks, and "Luke McCoy" in ABC's TV comedy series, The Real McCoys, (1957–63), which moved to CBS-TV in September 1962. Crenna was in one of the few TV political dramatic series Slattery's People on CBS. Crenna played "Colonel Trautman" in the first three Rambo movies. He also played "Frank Skimmerhorn" in the critically acclaimed mini-series Centennial.

Acting History

2008
Rambo
as Col. Samuel Trautman (archive footage) (uncredited)
2003
Gisella Perl
as Jake Smith
2001
By Dawn's Early Light
as Ben Maxwell
The Day Reagan Was Shot
as Ronald Reagan
2000
Judging Amy
TVas Jared Duff12 eps
1999
To Serve and Protect
as Howard Carr
Chicago Hope
TVas Martin Rockwell1 eps
1998
Wrongfully Accused
as Fergus Falls
1997
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
as Professor Aronnax
Deep Family Secrets
as Clay Chadway
Heart Full of Rain
as Arliss Dockett
1995
A Pyromaniac's Love Story
as Tom Lumpke (uncredited)
Jade
as Governor Edwards
Sabrina
as Patrick Tyson
JAG
TVas Harmon Rabb Sr. (voice)2 eps
1992
Terror on Track 9
as Det. Frank Janek
Intruders
TVas Dr. Neil Chase
1991
And the Sea Will Tell
as Vincent Bugliosi
1990
Murder Times Seven
as Frank Janek
Last Flight Out
as Dan Hood
Montana
as Hoyce Guthrie
1989
Leviathan
as Dr. Glen 'Doc' Thompson
Stuck with Each Other
as Bert Medwick
1988
Rambo III
as Trautman
Internal Affairs
as Frank Janek
1987
Police Story: The Freeway Killings
as Deputy Chief Bob Devers
Kids Like These
as Bob Goodman
Plaza Suite
as Roy Hubley
1986
A Case of Deadly Force
as Lawrence O'Donnell Sr.
The High Price of Passion
as Williams Douglas
On Wings of Eagles
TVas H. Ross Perot
1985
Summer Rental
as Al Pellet
Doubletake
as Frank Janek
Rambo: First Blood Part II
as Col. Samuel Trautman
1984
Passions
as Richard Kennerly
Squaring the Circle
as The Narrator
The Flamingo Kid
as Phil Brody
1982
First Blood
as Col. Samuel Trautman
The Day the Bubble Burst
as Jesse Livermore
1981
Daniel Boone
as Daniel Boone
Body Heat
as Edmund Walker
1980
Death Ship
as Trevor Marshall
Joshua's World
as Dr. Joshua Torrance
Fugitive Family
as Brian Roberts
1979
1978
The Evil
as C.J. Arnold
First, You Cry
as David Towers
A Fire in the Sky
as Jason Voight
Centennial
TVas Colonel Frank Skimmerhorn12 eps
The Rockford Files
TVDirector1 eps
1977
The War Between the Tates
as Professor Brian Tate
Lou Grant
TVDirector1 eps
1975
Breakheart Pass
as Gov. Richard Fairchild
A Girl Named Sooner
as R.J. 'Mac' McHenry
People's Choice Awards
TVas Self - Host1 eps
Saturday Night Live
TVas Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1974
Nightmare
as Howard Faloon
Double Solitaire
as Charley Potter
Honky Tonk
as Candy Johnson
1973
Double Indemnity
as Walter Neff
The Carol Burnett Show
TVas Self - Guest1 eps
Golden Globe Awards
TVas Self - Host1 eps
1972
Footsteps
as Paddy
A Cop
as Simon
1971
Catlow
as Cowan
Thief
as Neal Wilkinson
Red Sky at Morning
as Frank Arnold
Doctors' Wives
as Pete Brennan
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
TVas Self3 eps
1970
The Deserter
as Major Wade Brown
1969
Marooned
as Jim Pruett
Midas Run
as Mike Warden
1968
Star!
as Richard Aldrich
1967
Wait Until Dark
as Mike Talman
1966
The Sand Pebbles
as Captain Collins
Made in Paris
as Herb Stone
1965
The Danny Kaye Show
TVas Self1 eps
1964
Wendy and Me
TVDirector
1963
Kraft Suspense Theatre
TVas Edward Smalley1 eps
The Andy Griffith Show
TVDirector8 eps
1961
The Real McCoys
TVDirector9 eps
1959
1957
The Real McCoys
TVas Luke McCoy224 eps
1956
Over-Exposed
as Russell Bassett
Our Miss Brooks
as Walter Denton
1955
The Millionaire
TVas Ralph McKnight1 eps
1952
Red Skies of Montana
as Noxon (uncredited)
It Grows on Trees
as Ralph Bowen
Our Miss Brooks
TVas Walter Denton
I Love Lucy
TVas Arthur Morton1 eps
Today
TVas Himself - Actor

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
11/30/1926
Day of Death
1/17/2003
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA