- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- November 30, 1926
- Place of Birth
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Died
- January 17, 2003
Richard Crenna
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.
Filmography
movieRambo
2008 · Col. Samuel Trautman (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieOut of the Ashes
2003 · Jake Smith
movieAfganistan: Land in Crisis
2002 · Self
movieWe Get to Win This Time
2002 · Self
movieGuts and Glory
2002 · Self
movieDrawing First Blood: 20 Years Later
2002 · Self
movieThe Day Reagan Was Shot
2001 · Ronald Reagan
movieBy Dawn's Early Light
2001 · Ben Maxwell
movieMurder, She Wrote: A Story to Die For
2000 · Warren Pierce
tvJudging Amy
1999 · Jared Duff
movieTo Serve and Protect
1999 · Howard Carr
tvTo Serve and Protect
1999 · Howard Carr
movieWrongfully Accused
1998 · Fergus Falls
movieHeart Full of Rain
1997 · Arliss Dockett
movieDeep Family Secrets
1997 · Clay Chadway
movie20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
1997 · Professor Aronnax
movieAtlantis: In Search of a Lost Continent
1997 · Himself / Narrator
movieThe Real Las Vegas
1996 · Narrator (voice)
tvE! True Hollywood Story
1996
movieRace Against Time: The Search for Sarah
1996 · John Porter
movieSabrina
1995 · Patrick Tyson
movieJade
1995 · Governor Edwards
tvJAG
1995 · Harmon Rabb Sr. (voice)
movieIn the Name of Love: A Texas Tragedy
1995 · Luke Constable Sr.
movieA Pyromaniac's Love Story
1995 · Tom Lumpke (uncredited)
Janek: The Silent Betrayal
1994 · Frank Janek
tvChicago Hope
1994 · Martin Rockwell
movieJonathan Stone: Threat of Innocence
1994 · Jonathan Stone
movieThe Forget-Me-Not Murders
1994 · Frank Janek
movieHot Shots! Part Deux
1993 · Col. Denton Walters
movieHearts of Hot Shots! Part Deux—A Filmmaker's Apology
1993
movieA Place to Be Loved
1993 · George Russ
movieTerror on Track 9
1992 · Det. Frank Janek
tvIntruders
1992 · Dr. Neil Chase
tvPros and Cons
1991 · Mitch O'Hannon
movieAnd the Sea Will Tell
1991 · Vincent Bugliosi
tvAnd the Sea Will Tell
1991 · Vincent Bugliosi
movieMurder Times Seven
1990 · Frank Janek
tvGabriel's Fire
1990
Last Flight Out
1990 · Dan Hood
movieMontana
1990 · Hoyce Guthrie
movieMurder in Black and White
1990 · Frank Janek
movieStuck with Each Other
1989 · Bert Medwick
movieMort Sahl: The Loyal Opposition
1989 · Narrator
movieThe Case of the Hillside Stranglers
1989 · Sgt. Bob Grogan
movieLeviathan
1989 · Dr. Glen 'Doc' Thompson
movieInternal Affairs
1988 · Frank Janek
movieRambo III
1988 · Trautman
moviePlaza Suite
1987 · Roy Hubley
movieKids Like These
1987 · Bob Goodman
moviePolice Story: The Freeway Killings
1987 · Deputy Chief Bob Devers
movieThe High Price of Passion
1986 · Williams Douglas
tvOn Wings of Eagles
1986 · H. Ross Perot
A Case of Deadly Force
1986 · Lawrence O'Donnell Sr.
movieDoubletake
1985 · Frank Janek
movieSummer Rental
1985 · Al Pellet
movieThe Rape of Richard Beck
1985 · Richard Beck
movieRambo: First Blood Part II
1985 · Col. Samuel Trautman
movieThe Flamingo Kid
1984 · Phil Brody
moviePassions
1984 · Richard Kennerly
movieSquaring the Circle
1984 · The Narrator
movieAllison Sydney Harrison
1983 · Director
movieTable for Five
1983 · Mitchell
movieThe Magic Statue
1982 · Director
movieFirst Blood
1982 · Col. Samuel Trautman
tvIt Takes Two
1982 · Dr. Sam Quinn
movieThe Day the Bubble Burst
1982 · Jesse Livermore
movieThe Ordeal of Bill Carney
1981 · Mason Rose
movieDaniel Boone
1981 · Daniel Boone
movieBody Heat
1981 · Edmund Walker
movieMusical Comedy Tonight II
1981 · Self
movieFugitive Family
1980 · Brian Roberts
Joshua's World
1980 · Dr. Joshua Torrance
movieDeath Ship
1980 · Trevor Marshall
movieMayflower: The Pilgrims' Adventure
1979 · William Brewster
movieBetter Late Than Never
1979 · Director
movieStone Cold Dead
1979 · Sgt. Boyd
Turnabout
1979 · Director
movieWild Horse Hank
1979 · Pace Bradford
movieA Fire in the Sky
1978 · Jason Voight
movieFirst, You Cry
1978 · David Towers
movieDevil Dog: The Hound of Hell
1978 · Mike Barry
tvCentennial
1978 · Colonel Frank Skimmerhorn
Grandpa Goes to Washington
1978 · Director
movieThe Evil
1978 · C.J. Arnold
tvRosetti and Ryan
1977 · Director
tvLou Grant
1977 · Director
tvJames at 16
1977 · Director
movieThe War Between the Tates
1977 · Professor Brian Tate
tvAll's Fair
1976
movieBreakheart Pass
1975 · Gov. Richard Fairchild
tvSaturday Night Live
1975 · Self - Cameo (uncredited)
movieA Girl Named Sooner
1975 · R.J. 'Mac' McHenry
tvPeople's Choice Awards
1975 · Self - Host
tvThe Rockford Files
1974 · Director
movieHonky Tonk
1974 · Candy Johnson
movieDouble Solitaire
1974 · Charley Potter
movieShootout in a One-Dog Town
1974 · Zack Wells
movieNightmare
1974 · Howard Faloon
movieJonathan Livingston Seagull
1973 · Father (voice)
movieDouble Indemnity
1973 · Walter Neff
movieThe Man Called Noon
1973 · Noon
movieFootsteps
1972 · Paddy
movieUn Flic
1972 · Simon
movieThief
1971 · Neal Wilkinson
movieCatlow
1971 · Cowan
movieRed Sky at Morning
1971 · Frank Arnold
movieDoctors' Wives
1971 · Pete Brennan
movieThe Deserter
1970 · Major Wade Brown
movieMarooned
1969 · Jim Pruett
movieMidas Run
1969 · Mike Warden
movieStar!
1968 · Richard Aldrich
tvRowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968 · Self
movieWait Until Dark
1967 · Mike Talman
tvThe Carol Burnett Show
1967 · Self
movieThe Sand Pebbles
1966 · Captain Collins
Summer Fun
1966 · Director
movieMade in Paris
1966 · Herb Stone
movieJohn Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
1965 · John Goldfarb
tvSlattery's People
1964 · James Slattery
tvWendy and Me
1964 · Director
tvNo Time for Sergeants
1964 · Director
movieThe Long Lost Life of Edward Smalley
1963 · Edward Smalley
tvKraft Suspense Theatre
1963 · Edward Smalley
tvThe Danny Kaye Show
1963 · Self
Vacation Playhouse
1963 · Director
tvThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Self
tvThe Merv Griffin Show
1962 · Self
tvThe Andy Griffith Show
1960 · Director
movieDisneyland '59
1959 · Self
tvThe Real McCoys
1957 · Luke McCoy, Director
movieOur Miss Brooks
1956 · Walter Denton
movieOver-Exposed
1956 · Russell Bassett
tvMatinee Theater
1955
tvFrontier
1955
tvCheyenne
1955
tvThe Millionaire
1955 · Ralph McKnight
tvOur Miss Brooks
1952 · Walter Denton
movieIt Grows on Trees
1952 · Ralph Bowen
movieThe Pride of St. Louis
1952 · Paul Dean
movieRed Skies of Montana
1952 · Noxon (uncredited)
tvToday
1952 · Himself - Actor
tvI Love Lucy
1951 · Arthur Morton
tvGolden Globe Awards
1944 · Self - Nominee, Self - Host
movieThe Making of 'First Blood'
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