About

Known credits:
107
Birthday:
1926-11-30
Place of birth:
Los Angeles, California, USA
Website:
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Richard Crenna

Overview

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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Known for

Acting
2023 Sly Actor Self (archive footage) (uncredited) 62
Fair
2008 Rambo Actor Col. Samuel Trautman (archive footage) (uncredited) 66
Fair
2003 Out of the Ashes Actor Jake Smith 59
Average
2002 Afganistan: Land in Crisis Actor Self N/A
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2001 The Day Reagan Was Shot Actor Ronald Reagan 59
Average
2001 By Dawn's Early Light Actor Ben Maxwell 59
Average
2000 Murder, She Wrote: A Story to Die For Actor Warren Pierce 59
Average
1999 To Serve and Protect Actor Howard Carr 59
Average
1998 Wrongfully Accused Actor Fergus Falls 58
Average
1997 Heart Full of Rain Actor Arliss Dockett N/A
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1997 Deep Family Secrets Actor Clay Chadway 58
Average
1997 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Actor Professor Aronnax 58
Average
1997 Atlantis: In Search of a Lost Continent Actor Himself / Narrator N/A
N/A
1996 Race Against Time: The Search for Sarah Actor John Porter N/A
N/A
1995 Sabrina Actor Patrick Tyson 60
Fair
1995 Jade Actor Governor Edwards 57
Average
1995 In the Name of Love: A Texas Tragedy Actor Luke Constable Sr. 59
Average
1994 Janek: The Silent Betrayal Actor Frank Janek N/A
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1994 Jonathan Stone: Threat of Innocence Actor Jonathan Stone 59
Average
1994 The Forget-Me-Not Murders Actor Frank Janek 58
Average
1993 Hot Shots! Part Deux Actor Col. Denton Walters 64
Fair
1993 Hearts of Hot Shots! Part Deux—A Filmmaker's Apology Actor 59
Average
1993 A Place To Be Loved Actor George Russ 58
Average
1992 Terror on Track 9 Actor Det. Frank Janek 59
Average
1992 Intruders Actor 59
Average
1992 Intruders Actor Dr. Neil Chase 69
Fair
1991 Pros and Cons Actor Mitch O'Hannon 69
Fair
1991 And the Sea Will Tell Actor Vincent Bugliosi 58
Average
1990 Murder Times Seven Actor Frank Janek N/A
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1990 Last Flight Out Actor Dan Hood N/A
N/A
1990 Montana Actor Hoyce Guthrie 59
Average
1990 Murder in Black and White Actor Frank Janek N/A
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1989 Stuck with Each Other Actor Bert Medwick N/A
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1989 Mort Sahl: The Loyal Opposition Actor Narrator N/A
N/A
1989 The Case of the Hillside Stranglers Actor Sgt. Bob Grogan 59
Average
1989 Leviathan Actor Dr. Glen 'Doc' Thompson 59
Average
1988 Internal Affairs Actor Frank Janek 59
Average
1988 Rambo III Actor Trautman 61
Fair
1987 Plaza Suite Actor Roy Hubley 58
Average
1987 Kids Like These Actor Bob Goodman N/A
N/A
1987 Police Story: The Freeway Killings Actor Deputy Chief Bob Devers 59
Average
1986 The High Price of Passion Actor Williams Douglas 59
Average
1986 On Wings of Eagles Actor H. Ross Perot 68
Fair
1986 A Case of Deadly Force Actor Lawrence O'Donnell Sr. N/A
N/A
1985 Doubletake Actor Frank Janek 59
Average
1985 Summer Rental Actor Al Pellet 59
Average
1985 The Rape of Richard Beck Actor Richard Beck 58
Average
1985 Rambo: First Blood Part II Actor Col. Samuel Trautman 65
Fair
1984 The Flamingo Kid Actor Phil Brody 59
Average
1984 Passions Actor Richard Kennerly 58
Average
1984 Squaring the Circle Actor The Narrator 58
Average
1983 Table for Five Actor Mitchell 59
Average
1982 First Blood Actor Col. Samuel Trautman 73
Good
1982 It Takes Two Actor 69
Fair
1982 The Day the Bubble Burst Actor Jesse Livermore N/A
N/A
1981 The Ordeal of Bill Carney Actor Mason Rose N/A
N/A
1981 Daniel Boone Actor Daniel Boone 59
Average
1981 Body Heat Actor Edmund Walker 64
Fair
1981 Musical Comedy Tonight II Actor Self N/A
N/A
1980 Fugitive Family Actor Brian Roberts N/A
N/A
1980 Joshua's World Actor Dr. Joshua Torrance N/A
N/A
1980 Death Ship Actor Trevor Marshall 57
Average
1979 Mayflower: The Pilgrims' Adventure Actor William Brewster 58
Average
1979 Stone Cold Dead Actor Sgt. Boyd 58
Average
1979 Wild Horse Hank Actor Pace Bradford 58
Average
1978 A Fire in the Sky Actor Jason Voight 58
Average
1978 First, You Cry Actor David Towers N/A
N/A
1978 Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell Actor Mike Barry 59
Average
1978 Centennial Actor Colonel Frank Skimmerhorn 71
Good
1978 The Evil Actor C.J. Arnold 58
Average
1977 The War Between the Tates Actor Professor Brian Tate N/A
N/A
1976 All's Fair Actor 69
Fair
1975 Breakheart Pass Actor Gov. Richard Fairchild 60
Fair
1975 A Girl Named Sooner Actor R.J. 'Mac' McHenry 58
Average
1974 Honky Tonk Actor Candy Johnson N/A
N/A
1974 Double Solitaire Actor Charley Potter N/A
N/A
1974 Shootout in a One-Dog Town Actor Zack Wells N/A
N/A
1974 Nightmare Actor Howard Faloon 58
Average
1973 Jonathan Livingston Seagull Actor Father (voice) 58
Average
1973 Double Indemnity Actor Walter Neff 58
Average
1973 The Man Called Noon Actor Noon 59
Average
1972 Footsteps Actor Paddy N/A
N/A
1972 A Cop Actor Simon 61
Fair
1971 Thief Actor Neal Wilkinson 58
Average
1971 Catlow Actor Cowan 58
Average
1971 Red Sky at Morning Actor Frank Arnold 59
Average
1971 Doctors' Wives Actor Pete Brennan 58
Average
1970 The Deserter Actor Major Wade Brown 58
Average
1969 Marooned Actor Jim Pruett 58
Average
1969 Midas Run Actor Mike Warden 58
Average
1968 Star! Actor Richard Aldrich 61
Fair
1967 Wait Until Dark Actor Mike Talman 66
Fair
1966 The Sand Pebbles Actor Captain Collins 63
Fair
1966 Made in Paris Actor Herb Stone 58
Average
1965 John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! Actor John Goldfarb 58
Average
1964 Slattery's People Actor James Slattery 69
Fair
1959 Disneyland '59 Actor Self 59
Average
1957 The Real McCoys Actor Luke McCoy 67
Fair
1956 Our Miss Brooks Actor Walter Denton 58
Average
1956 Over-Exposed Actor Russell Bassett 58
Average
1952 Our Miss Brooks Actor Walter Denton 69
Fair
1952 It Grows on Trees Actor Ralph Bowen 59
Average
1952 The Pride of St. Louis Actor Paul Dean 59
Average
1952 Red Skies of Montana Actor Noxon (uncredited) 58
Average

Directing
1983 Allison Sydney Harrison Directing Director N/A
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1982 The Magic Statue Directing Director N/A
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1979 Better Late Than Never Directing Director N/A
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