
Richard Crenna
Known for Acting · 126 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

Judging Amy
1999
as Jared Duff

Matinee Theater
1955

The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self

Cheyenne
1955

The Carol Burnett Show
1967
as Self

I Love Lucy
1951
as Arthur Morton

The Real McCoys
1957
as Luke McCoy

People's Choice Awards
1975
as Self - Host

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
as Self

The Millionaire
1955
as Ralph McKnight

Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963
as Edward Smalley

Today
1952
as Himself - Actor

The Danny Kaye Show
1963
as Self

Centennial
1978
as Colonel Frank Skimmerhorn

Frontier
1955

Our Miss Brooks
1952
as Walter Denton

Gabriel's Fire
1990

All's Fair
1976

It Takes Two
1982

E! True Hollywood Story
1996

Slattery's People
1964
as James Slattery

On Wings of Eagles
1986
as H. Ross Perot

Intruders
1992
as Dr. Neil Chase

Pros and Cons
1991
as Mitch O'Hannon

And the Sea Will Tell
1991
as Vincent Bugliosi

To Serve and Protect
1999
as Howard Carr
Movies (95)

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

Body Heat
1981
as Edmund Walker

Sabrina
1995
as Patrick Tyson

Hot Shots! Part Deux
1993
as Col. Denton Walters

Jade
1995
as Governor Edwards

Leviathan
1989
as Dr. Glen 'Doc' Thompson

Breakheart Pass
1975
as Gov. Richard Fairchild

The Sand Pebbles
1966
as Captain Collins

Death Ship
1980
as Trevor Marshall

Wait Until Dark
1967
as Mike Talman

Wrongfully Accused
1998
as Fergus Falls

Star!
1968
as Richard Aldrich

Passions
1984
as Richard Kennerly

Summer Rental
1985
as Al Pellet

Our Miss Brooks
1956
as Walter Denton

The Evil
1978
as C.J. Arnold

Fugitive Family
1980
as Brian Roberts

Marooned
1969
as Jim Pruett

Internal Affairs
1988
as Frank Janek

A Cop
1972
as Simon

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

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
1997
as Professor Aronnax

The Flamingo Kid
1984
as Phil Brody

Out of the Ashes
2003
as Jake Smith

The Rape of Richard Beck
1985
as Richard Beck

Over-Exposed
1956
as Russell Bassett

First, You Cry
1978
as David Towers

Red Skies of Montana
1952
as Noxon (uncredited)

Catlow
1971
as Cowan

John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
1965
as John Goldfarb

The Deserter
1970
as Major Wade Brown

Jonathan Livingston Seagull
1973
as Father (voice)

A Fire in the Sky
1978
as Jason Voight

Montana
1990
as Hoyce Guthrie

Double Indemnity
1973
as Walter Neff

Murder, She Wrote: A Story to Die For
2000
as Warren Pierce

Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell
1978
as Mike Barry

The Day the Bubble Burst
1982
as Jesse Livermore

Table for Five
1983
as Mitchell

And the Sea Will Tell
1991
as Vincent Bugliosi

Made in Paris
1966
as Herb Stone

Deep Family Secrets
1997
as Clay Chadway

The Case of the Hillside Stranglers
1989
as Sgt. Bob Grogan

The Ordeal of Bill Carney
1981
as Mason Rose

Doctors' Wives
1971
as Pete Brennan

The Man Called Noon
1973
as Noon

The Day Reagan Was Shot
2001
as Ronald Reagan

Police Story: The Freeway Killings
1987
as Deputy Chief Bob Devers
A Case of Deadly Force
1986
as Lawrence O'Donnell Sr.

Mayflower: The Pilgrims' Adventure
1979
as William Brewster

Doubletake
1985
as Frank Janek

Plaza Suite
1987
as Roy Hubley

Honky Tonk
1974
as Candy Johnson
Joshua's World
1980
as Dr. Joshua Torrance

By Dawn's Early Light
2001
as Ben Maxwell

Mort Sahl: The Loyal Opposition
1989
as Narrator

Stone Cold Dead
1979
as Sgt. Boyd
Last Flight Out
1990
as Dan Hood

A Pyromaniac's Love Story
1995
as Tom Lumpke (uncredited)

Jonathan Stone: Threat of Innocence
1994
as Jonathan Stone

Murder Times Seven
1990
as Frank Janek

Footsteps
1972
as Paddy

Murder in Black and White
1990
as Frank Janek

Midas Run
1969
as Mike Warden

The High Price of Passion
1986
as Williams Douglas

Thief
1971
as Neal Wilkinson

Double Solitaire
1974
as Charley Potter

Nightmare
1974
as Howard Faloon

Disneyland '59
1959
as Self

Wild Horse Hank
1979
as Pace Bradford

Terror on Track 9
1992
as Det. Frank Janek

The Pride of St. Louis
1952
as Paul Dean

Musical Comedy Tonight II
1981
as Self

Red Sky at Morning
1971
as Frank Arnold

Shootout in a One-Dog Town
1974
as Zack Wells

It Grows on Trees
1952
as Ralph Bowen

Race Against Time: The Search for Sarah
1996
as John Porter

Kids Like These
1987
as Bob Goodman

A Place to Be Loved
1993
as George Russ

The War Between the Tates
1977
as Professor Brian Tate

Squaring the Circle
1984
as The Narrator

A Girl Named Sooner
1975
as R.J. 'Mac' McHenry

The Forget-Me-Not Murders
1994
as Frank Janek

To Serve and Protect
1999
as Howard Carr
Janek: The Silent Betrayal
1994
as Frank Janek

Daniel Boone
1981
as Daniel Boone

Stuck with Each Other
1989
as Bert Medwick

Atlantis: In Search of a Lost Continent
1997
as Himself / Narrator

In the Name of Love: A Texas Tragedy
1995
as Luke Constable Sr.

Afganistan: Land in Crisis
2002
as Self

Heart Full of Rain
1997
as Arliss Dockett

The Real Las Vegas
1996
as Narrator (voice)
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 126 credits spanning from 1944 to 2008, Richard Crenna has appeared in 95 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
- Body Heat (1981) — as Edmund Walker
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