Richard Crenna
Known for Acting · 131 credits
- Born
- 1926-11-30
- Died
- 2003-01-17
- Place of birth
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Also known as
- Dick Crenna · Richard McKenna · Charley Weaver · Richard Donald Crenna
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.
Known For
TV Shows (31)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
JAG
1995
as Harmon Rabb Sr. (voice)
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee / Self - Host
Chicago Hope
1994
as Martin Rockwell
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
Judging Amy
1999
as Jared Duff
I Love Lucy
1951
as Arthur Morton
Matinee Theater
1955
Cheyenne
1955
Today
1952
as Himself - Actor
The Carol Burnett Show
1967
as Self
People's Choice Awards
1975
as Self - Host
Our Miss Brooks
1952
as Walter Denton
The Millionaire
1955
as Ralph McKnight
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
as Self
The Real McCoys
1957
as Luke McCoy
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963
as Edward Smalley
The Danny Kaye Show
1963
as Self
Centennial
1978
as Colonel Frank Skimmerhorn
Slattery's People
1964
as James Slattery
Gabriel's Fire
1990
It Takes Two
1982
as Dr. Sam Quinn
All's Fair
1976
Frontier
1955
Intruders
1992
as Dr. Neil Chase
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
On Wings of Eagles
1986
as H. Ross Perot
And the Sea Will Tell
1991
as Vincent Bugliosi
Pros and Cons
1991
as Mitch O'Hannon
To Serve and Protect
1999
as Howard Carr
Movies (100)
First Blood
1982
as Col. Samuel Trautman
Rambo
2008
as Col. Samuel Trautman (archive footage) (uncredited)
Rambo: First Blood Part II
1985
as Col. Samuel Trautman
Rambo III
1988
as Trautman
Hot Shots! Part Deux
1993
as Col. Denton Walters
Body Heat
1981
as Edmund Walker
Sabrina
1995
as Patrick Tyson
Leviathan
1989
as Dr. Glen 'Doc' Thompson
Jade
1995
as Governor Edwards
Wait Until Dark
1967
as Mike Talman
Murder, She Wrote: A Story to Die For
2000
as Warren Pierce
Wrongfully Accused
1998
as Fergus Falls
Summer Rental
1985
as Al Pellet
The Sand Pebbles
1966
as Captain Collins
Breakheart Pass
1975
as Gov. Richard Fairchild
Passions
1984
as Richard Kennerly
Plaza Suite
1987
as Roy Hubley
Un Flic
1972
as Simon
And the Sea Will Tell
1991
as Vincent Bugliosi
Marooned
1969
as Jim Pruett
Wild Horse Hank
1979
as Pace Bradford
Our Miss Brooks
1956
as Walter Denton
The Case of the Hillside Stranglers
1989
as Sgt. Bob Grogan
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
1973
as Father (voice)
The Day Reagan Was Shot
2001
as Ronald Reagan
The Evil
1978
as C.J. Arnold
First, You Cry
1978
as David Towers
The Man Called Noon
1973
as Noon
Made in Paris
1966
as Herb Stone
Star!
1968
as Richard Aldrich
A Pyromaniac's Love Story
1995
as Tom Lumpke (uncredited)
The Flamingo Kid
1984
as Phil Brody
Out of the Ashes
2003
as Jake Smith
Atlantis: In Search of a Lost Continent
1997
as Himself / Narrator
Doctors' Wives
1971
as Pete Brennan
The Rape of Richard Beck
1985
as Richard Beck
The Day the Bubble Burst
1982
as Jesse Livermore
Kids Like These
1987
as Bob Goodman
Internal Affairs
1988
as Frank Janek
A Case of Deadly Force
1986
as Lawrence O'Donnell Sr.
Police Story: The Freeway Killings
1987
as Deputy Chief Bob Devers
Red Skies of Montana
1952
as Noxon (uncredited)
To Serve and Protect
1999
as Howard Carr
By Dawn's Early Light
2001
as Ben Maxwell
Stone Cold Dead
1979
as Sgt. Boyd
Deep Family Secrets
1997
as Clay Chadway
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
1965
as John Goldfarb
Disneyland '59
1959
as Self
Fugitive Family
1980
as Brian Roberts
Double Indemnity
1973
as Walter Neff
A Girl Named Sooner
1975
as R.J. 'Mac' McHenry
Catlow
1971
as Cowan
Table for Five
1983
as Mitchell
Red Sky at Morning
1971
as Frank Arnold
Death Ship
1980
as Trevor Marshall
Murder in Black and White
1990
as Frank Janek
Heart Full of Rain
1997
as Arliss Dockett
The Deserter
1970
as Major Wade Brown
Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell
1978
as Mike Barry
The Forget-Me-Not Murders
1994
as Frank Janek
The Ordeal of Bill Carney
1981
as Mason Rose
Nightmare
1974
as Howard Faloon
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
1997
as Professor Aronnax
Stuck with Each Other
1989
as Bert Medwick
Mayflower: The Pilgrims' Adventure
1979
as William Brewster
Montana
1990
as Hoyce Guthrie
A Fire in the Sky
1978
as Jason Voight
Last Flight Out
1990
as Dan Hood
We Get to Win This Time
2002
as Self
Squaring the Circle
1984
as The Narrator
Guts and Glory
2002
as Self
Doubletake
1985
as Frank Janek
Race Against Time: The Search for Sarah
1996
as John Porter
Terror on Track 9
1992
as Det. Frank Janek
Honky Tonk
1974
as Candy Johnson
Footsteps
1972
as Paddy
Midas Run
1969
as Mike Warden
Thief
1971
as Neal Wilkinson
In the Name of Love: A Texas Tragedy
1995
as Luke Constable Sr.
Janek: The Silent Betrayal
1994
as Frank Janek
Jonathan Stone: Threat of Innocence
1994
as Jonathan Stone
The Pride of St. Louis
1952
as Paul Dean
The Making of 'First Blood'
Double Solitaire
1974
as Charley Potter
Over-Exposed
1956
as Russell Bassett
Joshua's World
1980
as Dr. Joshua Torrance
It Grows on Trees
1952
as Ralph Bowen
Drawing First Blood: 20 Years Later
2002
as Self
Shootout in a One-Dog Town
1974
as Zack Wells
A Place to Be Loved
1993
as George Russ
Murder Times Seven
1990
as Frank Janek
Musical Comedy Tonight II
1981
as Self
The High Price of Passion
1986
as Williams Douglas
Hearts of Hot Shots! Part Deux—A Filmmaker's Apology
1993
Afganistan: Land in Crisis
2002
as Self
The War Between the Tates
1977
as Professor Brian Tate
The Real Las Vegas
1996
as Narrator (voice)
The Long Lost Life of Edward Smalley
1963
as Edward Smalley
Daniel Boone
1981
as Daniel Boone
Mort Sahl: The Loyal Opposition
1989
as Narrator
About 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… With 131 credits spanning from 1944 to 2008, Richard Crenna has appeared in 100 films and 31 TV shows.
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Most Popular Richard Crenna Movies
- First Blood (1982) — as Col. Samuel Trautman
- Rambo (2008) — as Col. Samuel Trautman (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985) — as Col. Samuel Trautman
- Rambo III (1988) — as Trautman
- Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993) — as Col. Denton Walters
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