Richard Crenna
Acting
Born: November 30, 1926 · Los Angeles, California, USA
Died: January 17, 2003 (aged 76)
Highest Rated
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
First Blood
1982
Rambo: First Blood Part II
1985
Rambo
2008
Rambo III
1988
Hot Shots! Part Deux
1993
Sabrina
1995
Body Heat
1981
Wait Until Dark
1967
Leviathan
1989
Wrongfully Accused
1998
JAG
1995
Jade
1995
Photos (3)
Movies (89)
First Blood
Col. Samuel Trautman
Rambo: First Blood Part II
Col. Samuel Trautman
Rambo
Col. Samuel Trautman (archive footage) (uncredited)
Rambo III
Trautman
Hot Shots! Part Deux
Col. Denton Walters
Body Heat
Edmund Walker
Leviathan
Dr. Glen 'Doc' Thompson
Wrongfully Accused
Fergus Falls
Sabrina
Patrick Tyson
Jade
Governor Edwards
Wait Until Dark
Mike Talman
Breakheart Pass
Gov. Richard Fairchild
Summer Rental
Al Pellet
The Sand Pebbles
Captain Collins
Un Flic
Simon
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Professor Aronnax
Death Ship
Trevor Marshall
The Evil
C.J. Arnold
Marooned
Jim Pruett
Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell
Mike Barry
Doubletake
Frank Janek
It Grows on Trees
Ralph Bowen
Out of the Ashes
Jake Smith
Footsteps
Paddy
Honky Tonk
Candy Johnson
Red Skies of Montana
Noxon (uncredited)
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
Father (voice)
A Fire in the Sky
Jason Voight
Police Story: The Freeway Killings
Deputy Chief Bob Devers
Star!
Richard Aldrich
Passions
Richard Kennerly
Murder, She Wrote: A Story to Die For
Warren Pierce
Plaza Suite
Roy Hubley
The Flamingo Kid
Phil Brody
Murder in Black and White
Frank Janek
A Pyromaniac's Love Story
Tom Lumpke (uncredited)
Catlow
Cowan
Made in Paris
Herb Stone
The Man Called Noon
Noon
Table for Five
Mitchell
Stone Cold Dead
Sgt. Boyd
The Deserter
Major Wade Brown
And the Sea Will Tell
Vincent Bugliosi
The Case of the Hillside Stranglers
Sgt. Bob Grogan
First, You Cry
David Towers
Doctors' Wives
Pete Brennan
The Day Reagan Was Shot
Ronald Reagan
Internal Affairs
Frank Janek
By Dawn's Early Light
Ben Maxwell
A Girl Named Sooner
R.J. 'Mac' McHenry
Midas Run
Warden
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
John Goldfarb
Nightmare
Howard Faloon
Montana
Hoyce Guthrie
Double Indemnity
Walter Neff
Our Miss Brooks
Walter Denton
Wild Horse Hank
Pace Bradford
Heart Full of Rain
Arliss Dockett
Jonathan Stone: Threat of Innocence
Jonathan Stone
Daniel Boone
Daniel Boone
Thief
Neal Wilkinson
The Forget-Me-Not Murders
Frank Janek
Red Sky at Morning
Frank Arnold
The War Between the Tates
Professor Brian Tate
The Day the Bubble Burst
Jesse Livermore
The Rape of Richard Beck
Richard Beck
Squaring the Circle
The Narrator
Murder Times Seven
Frank Janek
Over-Exposed
Russell Bassett
Stuck with Each Other
Bert Medwick
Hearts of Hot Shots! Part Deux—A Filmmaker's Apology
1993
Deep Family Secrets
Clay Chadway
A Place to Be Loved
George Russ
Fugitive Family
Brian Roberts
Shootout in a One-Dog Town
Zack Wells
Kids Like These
Bob Goodman
The Pride of St. Louis
Paul Dean
To Serve and Protect
Howard Carr
Race Against Time: The Search for Sarah
John Porter
Terror on Track 9
Det. Frank Janek
Mayflower: The Pilgrims' Adventure
William Brewster
Double Solitaire
Charley Potter
In the Name of Love: A Texas Tragedy
Luke Constable Sr.
The High Price of Passion
Williams Douglas
The Long Lost Life of Edward Smalley
Edward Smalley
The Ordeal of Bill Carney
Mason Rose
A Case of Deadly Force
Lawrence O'Donnell Sr.
Mort Sahl: The Loyal Opposition
Narrator
The Real Las Vegas
Narrator (voice)
TV Shows (22)
JAG
Harmon Rabb Sr. (voice) · 2 eps
Chicago Hope
Martin Rockwell · 1 eps
Judging Amy
Jared Duff · 12 eps
I Love Lucy
Arthur Morton · 1 eps
Cheyenne
1 eps
Matinee Theater
3 eps
The Millionaire
Ralph McKnight · 1 eps
Kraft Suspense Theatre
Edward Smalley · 1 eps
The Real McCoys
Luke McCoy · 224 eps
Centennial
Colonel Frank Skimmerhorn · 12 eps
Our Miss Brooks
Walter Denton · 130 eps
Gabriel's Fire
1990
Frontier
1 eps
Pros and Cons
Mitch O'Hannon · 12 eps
On Wings of Eagles
H. Ross Perot · 2 eps
It Takes Two
Dr. Sam Quinn · 22 eps
All's Fair
24 eps
E! True Hollywood Story
1 eps
Intruders
Dr. Neil Chase · 2 eps
And the Sea Will Tell
Vincent Bugliosi · 2 eps
Slattery's People
James Slattery · 36 eps
To Serve and Protect
Howard Carr · 2 eps
Self / Appearances (18)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self · 3 eps
Saturday Night Live
Self - Cameo (uncredited) · 1 eps
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee · 1 eps
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Host · 1 eps
The Merv Griffin Show
Self · 1 eps
The Carol Burnett Show
Self · 1 eps
Today
Himself - Actor · 1 eps
People's Choice Awards
Self - Host · 1 eps
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self · 3 eps
The Danny Kaye Show
Self · 1 eps
We Get to Win This Time
Self
Disneyland '59
Self
Guts and Glory
Self
Atlantis: In Search of a Lost Continent
Himself / Narrator
Afganistan: Land in Crisis
Self
Drawing First Blood: 20 Years Later
Self
The Making of 'First Blood'
Self
Musical Comedy Tonight II
Self
Directing (11)
The Andy Griffith Show
Director
The Rockford Files
Director
Lou Grant
Director
The Real McCoys
Director
No Time for Sergeants
Director
Wendy and Me
Director
James at 16
Director
Rosetti and Ryan
Director
Better Late Than Never
Director
Allison Sydney Harrison
Director
The Magic Statue
Director