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Richard Crenna

Richard Crenna

Acting November 30, 1926 (76 years old) January 17, 2003 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.

Movies 100

First Blood 7.5

First Blood

as Col. Samuel Trautman

1982
Rambo: First Blood Part II 6.7

Rambo: First Blood Part II

as Col. Samuel Trautman

1985
Rambo 6.7

Rambo

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

2008
Rambo III 6.2

Rambo III

as Trautman

1988
Hot Shots! Part Deux 6.6

Hot Shots! Part Deux

as Col. Denton Walters

1993
Sabrina 6.2

Sabrina

as Patrick Tyson

1995
Body Heat 7.0

Body Heat

as Edmund Walker

1981
Leviathan 6.0

Leviathan

as Dr. Glen 'Doc' Thompson

1989
Wrongfully Accused 6.0

Wrongfully Accused

as Fergus Falls

1998
Wait Until Dark 7.3

Wait Until Dark

as Mike Talman

1967
Jade 5.5

Jade

as Governor Edwards

1995
The Sand Pebbles 7.2

The Sand Pebbles

as Captain Collins

1966
Breakheart Pass 6.6

Breakheart Pass

as Gov. Richard Fairchild

1975
Death Ship 5.1

Death Ship

as Trevor Marshall

1980
Murder, She Wrote: A Story to Die For 6.8

Murder, She Wrote: A Story to Die For

as Warren Pierce

2000
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea 5.8

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

as Professor Aronnax

1997
Un Flic 6.6

Un Flic

as Simon

1972
Summer Rental 6.1

Summer Rental

as Al Pellet

1985
Honky Tonk 8.0

Honky Tonk

as Candy Johnson

1974
Marooned 5.9

Marooned

as Jim Pruett

1969
A Fire in the Sky 5.8

A Fire in the Sky

as Jason Voight

1978
The Evil 5.8

The Evil

as C.J. Arnold

1978
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! 3.8

John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!

as John Goldfarb

1965
Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell 6.2

Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell

as Mike Barry

1978
The Flamingo Kid 6.0

The Flamingo Kid

as Phil Brody

1984
Catlow 5.1

Catlow

as Cowan

1971
Jonathan Livingston Seagull 6.1

Jonathan Livingston Seagull

as Father (voice)

1973
The Rape of Richard Beck 6.8

The Rape of Richard Beck

as Richard Beck

1985
The Man Called Noon 5.9

The Man Called Noon

as Noon

1973
Murder in Black and White 7.0

Murder in Black and White

as Frank Janek

1990
Star! 6.9

Star!

as Richard Aldrich

1968
The Deserter 6.5

The Deserter

as Major Wade Brown

1970
Passions 6.8

Passions

as Richard Kennerly

1984
A Pyromaniac's Love Story 5.3

A Pyromaniac's Love Story

as Tom Lumpke (uncredited)

1995
And the Sea Will Tell 6.2

And the Sea Will Tell

as Vincent Bugliosi

1991
The Case of the Hillside Stranglers 6.5

The Case of the Hillside Stranglers

as Sgt. Bob Grogan

1989
Out of the Ashes 6.1

Out of the Ashes

as Jake Smith

2003
The Day Reagan Was Shot 6.4

The Day Reagan Was Shot

as Ronald Reagan

2001
Nightmare 7.0

Nightmare

as Howard Faloon

1974
Stone Cold Dead 5.9

Stone Cold Dead

as Sgt. Boyd

1979
Police Story: The Freeway Killings 6.2

Police Story: The Freeway Killings

as Deputy Chief Bob Devers

1987
Doubletake 5.0

Doubletake

as Frank Janek

1985
By Dawn's Early Light 6.0

By Dawn's Early Light

as Ben Maxwell

2001
The Day the Bubble Burst 5.0

The Day the Bubble Burst

as Jesse Livermore

1982
Red Skies of Montana 6.0

Red Skies of Montana

as Noxon (uncredited)

1952
In the Name of Love: A Texas Tragedy 7.3

In the Name of Love: A Texas Tragedy

as Luke Constable Sr.

1995
Table for Five 5.7

Table for Five

as Mitchell

1983
Red Sky at Morning 7.1

Red Sky at Morning

as Frank Arnold

1971
Shootout in a One-Dog Town 10.0

Shootout in a One-Dog Town

as Zack Wells

1974
Montana 6.0

Montana

as Hoyce Guthrie

1990
Stuck with Each Other 9.0

Stuck with Each Other

as Bert Medwick

1989
Plaza Suite 8.0

Plaza Suite

as Roy Hubley

1987
We Get to Win This Time 6.0

We Get to Win This Time

as Self

2002
To Serve and Protect 6.7

To Serve and Protect

as Howard Carr

1999
A Place to Be Loved 5.6

A Place to Be Loved

as George Russ

1993
The Making of 'First Blood' 6.0

The Making of 'First Blood'

as Self

1982
A Case of Deadly Force 8.0

A Case of Deadly Force

as Lawrence O'Donnell Sr.

1986
The Pride of St. Louis 7.0

The Pride of St. Louis

as Paul Dean

1952
Drawing First Blood: 20 Years Later 6.3

Drawing First Blood: 20 Years Later

as Self

2002
Hearts of Hot Shots! Part Deux—A Filmmaker's Apology 5.5

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

1993
Heart Full of Rain 5.5

Heart Full of Rain

as Arliss Dockett

1997
It Grows on Trees 8.4

It Grows on Trees

as Ralph Bowen

1952
Mayflower: The Pilgrims' Adventure 6.7

Mayflower: The Pilgrims' Adventure

as William Brewster

1979
A Girl Named Sooner 5.3

A Girl Named Sooner

as R.J. 'Mac' McHenry

1975
Our Miss Brooks 6.6

Our Miss Brooks

as Walter Denton

1956
The Real Las Vegas 9.0

The Real Las Vegas

as Narrator (voice)

1996
Doctors' Wives 4.9

Doctors' Wives

as Pete Brennan

1971
Midas Run 4.7

Midas Run

as Warden

1969
Afganistan: Land in Crisis 9.0

Afganistan: Land in Crisis

as Self

2002
Fugitive Family 8.0

Fugitive Family

as Brian Roberts

1980
The Forget-Me-Not Murders 3.7

The Forget-Me-Not Murders

as Frank Janek

1994
Janek: The Silent Betrayal 3.3

Janek: The Silent Betrayal

as Frank Janek

1994
Daniel Boone 8.3

Daniel Boone

as Daniel Boone

1981
Terror on Track 9 3.8

Terror on Track 9

as Det. Frank Janek

1992
Made in Paris 4.9

Made in Paris

as Herb Stone

1966
Double Solitaire 10.0

Double Solitaire

as Charley Potter

1974
Thief 7.4

Thief

as Neal Wilkinson

1971
Mort Sahl: The Loyal Opposition

Mort Sahl: The Loyal Opposition

as Narrator

1989
Jonathan Stone: Threat of Innocence 3.3

Jonathan Stone: Threat of Innocence

as Jonathan Stone

1994
Internal Affairs 8.0

Internal Affairs

as Frank Janek

1988
Murder Times Seven 7.0

Murder Times Seven

as Frank Janek

1990
Kids Like These 9.0

Kids Like These

as Bob Goodman

1987
Double Indemnity 4.7

Double Indemnity

as Walter Neff

1973
The High Price of Passion 6.7

The High Price of Passion

as Williams Douglas

1986
Squaring the Circle 5.0

Squaring the Circle

as The Narrator

1984
The War Between the Tates

The War Between the Tates

as Professor Brian Tate

1977
Over-Exposed 5.2

Over-Exposed

as Russell Bassett

1956
Last Flight Out

Last Flight Out

as Dan Hood

1990
Disneyland '59 7.3

Disneyland '59

as Self

1959
First, You Cry

First, You Cry

as David Towers

1978
The Ordeal of Bill Carney 10.0

The Ordeal of Bill Carney

as Mason Rose

1981
Race Against Time: The Search for Sarah 7.0

Race Against Time: The Search for Sarah

as John Porter

1996
Deep Family Secrets 3.5

Deep Family Secrets

as Clay Chadway

1997
Wild Horse Hank 5.0

Wild Horse Hank

as Pace Bradford

1979
Footsteps 6.5

Footsteps

as Paddy

1972
Musical Comedy Tonight II 7.0

Musical Comedy Tonight II

as Self

1981
Guts and Glory 6.0

Guts and Glory

as Self

2002
The Long Lost Life of Edward Smalley 9.0

The Long Lost Life of Edward Smalley

as Edward Smalley

1963
Atlantis: In Search of a Lost Continent

Atlantis: In Search of a Lost Continent

as Himself / Narrator

1997
Joshua's World 8.0

Joshua's World

as Dr. Joshua Torrance

1980

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