Richard Crenna
Acting
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
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movieRambo
2008
Col. Samuel Trautman (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieOut of the Ashes
2003
Jake Smith
movieThe Day Reagan Was Shot
2001
Ronald Reagan
movieBy Dawn's Early Light
2001
Ben Maxwell
movieMurder, She Wrote: A Story to Die For
2000
Warren Pierce
tvJudging Amy
1999
Jared Duff
movieTo Serve and Protect
1999
Howard Carr
tvTo Serve and Protect
1999
Howard Carr
movieWrongfully Accused
1998
Fergus Falls
movieHeart Full of Rain
1997
Arliss Dockett
movieDeep Family Secrets
1997
Clay Chadway
movie20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
1997
Professor Aronnax
movieAtlantis: In Search of a Lost Continent
1997
Himself / Narrator
movieThe Real Las Vegas
1996
Narrator (voice)
movieSabrina
1995
Patrick Tyson
movieJade
1995
Governor Edwards
tvJAG
1995
Harmon Rabb Sr. (voice)
movieIn the Name of Love: A Texas Tragedy
1995
Luke Constable Sr.
movieA Pyromaniac's Love Story
1995
Tom Lumpke (uncredited)
tvChicago Hope
1994
Martin Rockwell
movieJonathan Stone: Threat of Innocence
1994
Jonathan Stone
movieThe Forget-Me-Not Murders
1994
Frank Janek
movieHot Shots! Part Deux
1993
Col. Denton Walters
movieA Place to Be Loved
1993
George Russ
movieTerror on Track 9
1992
Det. Frank Janek
tvIntruders
1992
Dr. Neil Chase
tvPros and Cons
1991
Mitch O'Hannon
movieAnd the Sea Will Tell
1991
Vincent Bugliosi
tvAnd the Sea Will Tell
1991
Vincent Bugliosi
movieMurder Times Seven
1990
Frank Janek
movieMontana
1990
Hoyce Guthrie
movieMurder in Black and White
1990
Frank Janek
movieStuck with Each Other
1989
Bert Medwick
movieThe Case of the Hillside Stranglers
1989
Sgt. Bob Grogan
movieLeviathan
1989
Dr. Glen 'Doc' Thompson
movieInternal Affairs
1988
Frank Janek
movieRambo III
1988
Trautman
moviePlaza Suite
1987
Roy Hubley
movieKids Like These
1987
Bob Goodman
moviePolice Story: The Freeway Killings
1987
Deputy Chief Bob Devers
movieThe High Price of Passion
1986
Williams Douglas
tvOn Wings of Eagles
1986
H. Ross Perot
A Case of Deadly Force
1986
Lawrence O'Donnell Sr.
movieDoubletake
1985
Frank Janek
movieSummer Rental
1985
Al Pellet
movieThe Rape of Richard Beck
1985
Richard Beck
movieRambo: First Blood Part II
1985
Col. Samuel Trautman
movieThe Flamingo Kid
1984
Phil Brody
moviePassions
1984
Richard Kennerly
movieSquaring the Circle
1984
The Narrator
movieTable for Five
1983
Mitchell
movieFirst Blood
1982
Col. Samuel Trautman
tvIt Takes Two
1982
Dr. Sam Quinn
movieThe Day the Bubble Burst
1982
Jesse Livermore
movieThe Ordeal of Bill Carney
1981
Mason Rose
movieDaniel Boone
1981
Daniel Boone
movieBody Heat
1981
Edmund Walker
movieFugitive Family
1980
Brian Roberts
Joshua's World
1980
Dr. Joshua Torrance
movieDeath Ship
1980
Trevor Marshall
movieMayflower: The Pilgrims' Adventure
1979
William Brewster
movieStone Cold Dead
1979
Sgt. Boyd
movieWild Horse Hank
1979
Pace Bradford
movieA Fire in the Sky
1978
Jason Voight
movieFirst, You Cry
1978
David Towers
movieDevil Dog: The Hound of Hell
1978
Mike Barry
tvCentennial
1978
Colonel Frank Skimmerhorn
movieThe Evil
1978
C.J. Arnold
movieThe War Between the Tates
1977
Professor Brian Tate
movieBreakheart Pass
1975
Gov. Richard Fairchild
tvSaturday Night Live
1975
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
movieA Girl Named Sooner
1975
R.J. 'Mac' McHenry
tvPeople's Choice Awards
1975
Self - Host
movieHonky Tonk
1974
Candy Johnson
movieDouble Solitaire
1974
Charley Potter
movieShootout in a One-Dog Town
1974
Zack Wells
movieNightmare
1974
Howard Faloon
movieJonathan Livingston Seagull
1973
Father (voice)
movieDouble Indemnity
1973
Walter Neff
movieFootsteps
1972
Paddy
movieUn Flic
1972
Simon
movieThief
1971
Neal Wilkinson
movieCatlow
1971
Cowan
movieRed Sky at Morning
1971
Frank Arnold
movieDoctors' Wives
1971
Pete Brennan
movieThe Deserter
1970
Major Wade Brown
movieMarooned
1969
Jim Pruett
movieMidas Run
1969
Mike Warden
movieStar!
1968
Richard Aldrich
movieWait Until Dark
1967
Mike Talman
movieThe Sand Pebbles
1966
Captain Collins
movieMade in Paris
1966
Herb Stone
movieJohn Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
1965
John Goldfarb
tvSlattery's People
1964
James Slattery
movieThe Long Lost Life of Edward Smalley
1963
Edward Smalley
tvKraft Suspense Theatre
1963
Edward Smalley
tvThe Real McCoys
1957
Luke McCoy
movieOur Miss Brooks
1956
Walter Denton
movieOver-Exposed
1956
Russell Bassett
tvThe Millionaire
1955
Ralph McKnight
tvOur Miss Brooks
1952
Walter Denton
movieIt Grows on Trees
1952
Ralph Bowen
movieThe Pride of St. Louis
1952
Paul Dean
movieRed Skies of Montana
1952
Noxon (uncredited)
tvToday
1952
Himself - Actor
tvI Love Lucy
1951
Arthur Morton
tvGolden Globe Awards
1944
Self - Nominee / Self - Host
Directing15
movieAllison Sydney Harrison
1983
Director
movieThe Magic Statue
1982
Director
movieBetter Late Than Never
1979
Director
Turnabout
1979
Director
tvRosetti and Ryan
1977
Director
tvLou Grant
1977
Director
tvJames at 16
1977
Director
tvThe Rockford Files
1974
Director
Summer Fun
1966
Director
tvWendy and Me
1964
Director
tvNo Time for Sergeants
1964
Director
tvThe Andy Griffith Show
1960
Director
tvThe Real McCoys
1957
Director