Richard Crenna

Richard Crenna

Known for
Acting
Born
November 30, 1926
Died
January 17, 2003 (aged 76)
Birthplace
Los 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.

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Filmography

2008
Rambo poster

Rambo

Movie · as Col. Samuel Trautman (archive footage) (uncredited)

2003
Out of the Ashes poster

Out of the Ashes

Movie · as Jake Smith

2002
Afganistan: Land in Crisis poster

Afganistan: Land in Crisis

Movie · as Self

2002
We Get to Win This Time poster

We Get to Win This Time

Movie · as Self

2002
Guts and Glory poster

Guts and Glory

Movie · as Self

2002
Drawing First Blood: 20 Years Later poster

Drawing First Blood: 20 Years Later

Movie · as Self

2001
The Day Reagan Was Shot poster

The Day Reagan Was Shot

Movie · as Ronald Reagan

2001
By Dawn's Early Light poster

By Dawn's Early Light

Movie · as Ben Maxwell

2000
Murder, She Wrote: A Story to Die For poster

Murder, She Wrote: A Story to Die For

Movie · as Warren Pierce

1999
To Serve and Protect poster

To Serve and Protect

Movie · as Howard Carr

1999
Judging Amy poster

Judging Amy

TV · as Jared Duff · 12 eps

1999
To Serve and Protect poster

To Serve and Protect

TV · as Howard Carr · 2 eps

1998
Wrongfully Accused poster

Wrongfully Accused

Movie · as Fergus Falls

1997
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea poster

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

Movie · as Professor Aronnax

1997
Deep Family Secrets poster

Deep Family Secrets

Movie · as Clay Chadway

1997
Atlantis: In Search of a Lost Continent poster

Atlantis: In Search of a Lost Continent

Movie · as Himself / Narrator

1997
Heart Full of Rain poster

Heart Full of Rain

Movie · as Arliss Dockett

1996
Race Against Time: The Search for Sarah poster

Race Against Time: The Search for Sarah

Movie · as John Porter

1996
The Real Las Vegas poster

The Real Las Vegas

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

1996
E! True Hollywood Story poster

E! True Hollywood Story

TV · 1 ep

1995
Jade poster

Jade

Movie · as Governor Edwards

1995
In the Name of Love: A Texas Tragedy poster

In the Name of Love: A Texas Tragedy

Movie · as Luke Constable Sr.

1995
Sabrina poster

Sabrina

Movie · as Patrick Tyson

1995
A Pyromaniac's Love Story poster

A Pyromaniac's Love Story

Movie · as Tom Lumpke (uncredited)

1995
JAG poster

JAG

TV · as Harmon Rabb Sr. (voice) · 2 eps

1994
Jonathan Stone: Threat of Innocence poster

Jonathan Stone: Threat of Innocence

Movie · as Jonathan Stone

1994
The Forget-Me-Not Murders poster

The Forget-Me-Not Murders

Movie · as Frank Janek

1994
Janek: The Silent Betrayal

Janek: The Silent Betrayal

Movie · as Frank Janek

1994
Chicago Hope poster

Chicago Hope

TV · as Martin Rockwell · 1 ep

1993
Hearts of Hot Shots! Part Deux—A Filmmaker's Apology poster

Hearts of Hot Shots! Part Deux—A Filmmaker's Apology

Movie

1993
Hot Shots! Part Deux poster

Hot Shots! Part Deux

Movie · as Col. Denton Walters

1993
A Place to Be Loved poster

A Place to Be Loved

Movie · as George Russ

1992
Terror on Track 9 poster

Terror on Track 9

Movie · as Det. Frank Janek

1992
Intruders poster

Intruders

TV · as Dr. Neil Chase · 2 eps

1991
And the Sea Will Tell poster

And the Sea Will Tell

Movie · as Vincent Bugliosi

1991
Pros and Cons poster

Pros and Cons

TV · as Mitch O'Hannon · 12 eps

1991
And the Sea Will Tell poster

And the Sea Will Tell

TV · as Vincent Bugliosi · 2 eps

1990
Last Flight Out poster

Last Flight Out

Movie · as Dan Hood

1990
Montana poster

Montana

Movie · as Hoyce Guthrie

1990
Murder Times Seven poster

Murder Times Seven

Movie · as Frank Janek

1990
Murder in Black and White poster

Murder in Black and White

Movie · as Frank Janek

1990
Gabriel's Fire poster

Gabriel's Fire

TV

1989
Leviathan poster

Leviathan

Movie · as Dr. Glen 'Doc' Thompson

1989
Mort Sahl: The Loyal Opposition poster

Mort Sahl: The Loyal Opposition

Movie · as Narrator

1989
The Case of the Hillside Stranglers poster

The Case of the Hillside Stranglers

Movie · as Sgt. Bob Grogan

1989
Stuck with Each Other poster

Stuck with Each Other

Movie · as Bert Medwick

1988
Rambo III poster

Rambo III

Movie · as Trautman

1988
Internal Affairs poster

Internal Affairs

Movie · as Frank Janek

1987
Kids Like These poster

Kids Like These

Movie · as Bob Goodman

1987
Police Story: The Freeway Killings poster

Police Story: The Freeway Killings

Movie · as Deputy Chief Bob Devers

1987
Plaza Suite poster

Plaza Suite

Movie · as Roy Hubley

1986
A Case of Deadly Force poster

A Case of Deadly Force

Movie · as Lawrence O'Donnell Sr.

1986
The High Price of Passion poster

The High Price of Passion

Movie · as Williams Douglas

1986
On Wings of Eagles poster

On Wings of Eagles

TV · as H. Ross Perot · 2 eps

1985
Rambo: First Blood Part II poster

Rambo: First Blood Part II

Movie · as Col. Samuel Trautman

1985
Summer Rental poster

Summer Rental

Movie · as Al Pellet

1985
The Rape of Richard Beck poster

The Rape of Richard Beck

Movie · as Richard Beck

1985
Doubletake poster

Doubletake

Movie · as Frank Janek

1984
The Flamingo Kid poster

The Flamingo Kid

Movie · as Phil Brody

1984
Passions poster

Passions

Movie · as Richard Kennerly

1984
Squaring the Circle poster

Squaring the Circle

Movie · as The Narrator

1983
Table for Five poster

Table for Five

Movie · as Mitchell

1982
First Blood poster

First Blood

Movie · as Col. Samuel Trautman

1982
The Day the Bubble Burst poster

The Day the Bubble Burst

Movie · as Jesse Livermore

1982
The Making of 'First Blood' poster

The Making of 'First Blood'

Movie · as Self

1982
It Takes Two poster

It Takes Two

TV · as Dr. Sam Quinn · 22 eps

1981
Body Heat poster

Body Heat

Movie · as Edmund Walker

1981
The Ordeal of Bill Carney poster

The Ordeal of Bill Carney

Movie · as Mason Rose

1981
Daniel Boone poster

Daniel Boone

Movie · as Daniel Boone

1981
Musical Comedy Tonight II poster

Musical Comedy Tonight II

Movie · as Self

1980
Death Ship poster

Death Ship

Movie · as Trevor Marshall

1980
Joshua's World

Joshua's World

Movie · as Dr. Joshua Torrance

1980
Fugitive Family poster

Fugitive Family

Movie · as Brian Roberts

1979
Stone Cold Dead poster

Stone Cold Dead

Movie · as Sgt. Boyd

1979
Wild Horse Hank poster

Wild Horse Hank

Movie · as Pace Bradford

1979
Mayflower: The Pilgrims' Adventure poster

Mayflower: The Pilgrims' Adventure

Movie · as William Brewster

1978
Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell poster

Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell

Movie · as Mike Barry

1978
The Evil poster

The Evil

Movie · as C.J. Arnold

1978
A Fire in the Sky poster

A Fire in the Sky

Movie · as Jason Voight

1978
First, You Cry poster

First, You Cry

Movie · as David Towers

1978
Centennial poster

Centennial

TV · as Colonel Frank Skimmerhorn · 12 eps

1977
The War Between the Tates poster

The War Between the Tates

Movie · as Professor Brian Tate

1976
All's Fair poster

All's Fair

TV · 24 eps

1975
Breakheart Pass poster

Breakheart Pass

Movie · as Gov. Richard Fairchild

1975
A Girl Named Sooner poster

A Girl Named Sooner

Movie · as R.J. 'Mac' McHenry

1975
Saturday Night Live poster

Saturday Night Live

TV · as Self - Cameo (uncredited) · 1 ep

1975
People's Choice Awards poster

People's Choice Awards

TV · as Self - Host · 1 ep

1974
Double Solitaire poster

Double Solitaire

Movie · as Charley Potter

1974
Shootout in a One-Dog Town poster

Shootout in a One-Dog Town

Movie · as Zack Wells

1974
Nightmare poster

Nightmare

Movie · as Howard Faloon

1974
Honky Tonk poster

Honky Tonk

Movie · as Candy Johnson

1973
Double Indemnity poster

Double Indemnity

Movie · as Walter Neff

1973
The Man Called Noon poster

The Man Called Noon

Movie · as Noon

1973
Jonathan Livingston Seagull poster

Jonathan Livingston Seagull

Movie · as Father (voice)

1972
Un Flic poster

Un Flic

Movie · as Simon

1972
Footsteps poster

Footsteps

Movie · as Paddy

1971
Catlow poster

Catlow

Movie · as Cowan

1971
Red Sky at Morning poster

Red Sky at Morning

Movie · as Frank Arnold

1971
Doctors' Wives poster

Doctors' Wives

Movie · as Pete Brennan

1971
Thief poster

Thief

Movie · as Neal Wilkinson

1970
The Deserter poster

The Deserter

Movie · as Major Wade Brown

1969
Marooned poster

Marooned

Movie · as Jim Pruett

1969
Midas Run poster

Midas Run

Movie · as Warden

1968
Star! poster

Star!

Movie · as Richard Aldrich

1968
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In poster

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

TV · as Self · 3 eps

1967
Wait Until Dark poster

Wait Until Dark

Movie · as Mike Talman

1967
The Carol Burnett Show poster

The Carol Burnett Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1966
The Sand Pebbles poster

The Sand Pebbles

Movie · as Captain Collins

1966
Made in Paris poster

Made in Paris

Movie · as Herb Stone

1965
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! poster

John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!

Movie · as John Goldfarb

1964
Slattery's People poster

Slattery's People

TV · as James Slattery · 36 eps

1963
The Long Lost Life of Edward Smalley poster

The Long Lost Life of Edward Smalley

Movie · as Edward Smalley

1963
Kraft Suspense Theatre poster

Kraft Suspense Theatre

TV · as Edward Smalley · 1 ep

1963
The Danny Kaye Show poster

The Danny Kaye Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson poster

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

TV · as Self · 3 eps

1962
The Merv Griffin Show poster

The Merv Griffin Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1959
Disneyland '59 poster

Disneyland '59

Movie · as Self

1957
The Real McCoys poster

The Real McCoys

TV · as Luke McCoy · 224 eps

1956
Over-Exposed poster

Over-Exposed

Movie · as Russell Bassett

1956
Our Miss Brooks poster

Our Miss Brooks

Movie · as Walter Denton

1955
Cheyenne poster

Cheyenne

TV · 1 ep

1955
The Millionaire poster

The Millionaire

TV · as Ralph McKnight · 1 ep

1955
Matinee Theater poster

Matinee Theater

TV · 3 eps

1955
Frontier poster

Frontier

TV · 1 ep

1952
It Grows on Trees poster

It Grows on Trees

Movie · as Ralph Bowen

1952
Red Skies of Montana poster

Red Skies of Montana

Movie · as Noxon (uncredited)

1952
The Pride of St. Louis poster

The Pride of St. Louis

Movie · as Paul Dean

1952
Our Miss Brooks poster

Our Miss Brooks

TV · as Walter Denton · 130 eps

1952
Today poster

Today

TV · as Himself - Actor · 1 ep

1951
I Love Lucy poster

I Love Lucy

TV · as Arthur Morton · 1 ep

1944
Golden Globe Awards poster

Golden Globe Awards

TV · as Self - Nominee, Self - Host · 1 ep