Richard Crenna

Richard Crenna

1926-11-30 Los Angeles, California, USA Male 126 Known Credits

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.

Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1926-11-30

Place of Birth

Los Angeles, California, USA

Known Credits

126

Known For

Acting

Also Known As

Dick Crenna, Richard McKenna, Charley Weaver, Richard Donald Crenna

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Known For Movies

Known For TV Shows

Movie Credits

First Blood

1982

Col. Samuel Trautman

Rambo: First Blood Part II

1985

Col. Samuel Trautman

Rambo

2008

Col. Samuel Trautman (archive footage) (uncredited)

Rambo III

1988

Trautman

Body Heat

1981

Edmund Walker

Sabrina

1995

Patrick Tyson

Hot Shots! Part Deux

1993

Col. Denton Walters

Jade

1995

Governor Edwards

Leviathan

1989

Dr. Glen 'Doc' Thompson

The Sand Pebbles

1966

Captain Collins

Wait Until Dark

1967

Mike Talman

Breakheart Pass

1975

Gov. Richard Fairchild

Wrongfully Accused

1998

Fergus Falls

Summer Rental

1985

Al Pellet

Marooned

1969

Jim Pruett

Death Ship

1980

Trevor Marshall

A Cop

1972

Simon

Catlow

1971

Cowan

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

1997

Professor Aronnax

Star!

1968

Richard Aldrich

And the Sea Will Tell

1991

Vincent Bugliosi

Doctors' Wives

1971

Pete Brennan

The Evil

1978

C.J. Arnold

A Pyromaniac's Love Story

1995

Tom Lumpke (uncredited)

Out of the Ashes

2003

Jake Smith

The Rape of Richard Beck

1985

Richard Beck

Doubletake

1985

Frank Janek

Fugitive Family

1980

Brian Roberts

The Day the Bubble Burst

1982

Jesse Livermore

Jonathan Livingston Seagull

1973

Father (voice)

Made in Paris

1966

Herb Stone

Internal Affairs

1988

Frank Janek

Honky Tonk

1974

Candy Johnson

Police Story: The Freeway Killings

1987

Deputy Chief Bob Devers

The Flamingo Kid

1984

Phil Brody

Deep Family Secrets

1997

Clay Chadway

The Deserter

1970

Major Wade Brown

Terror on Track 9

1992

Det. Frank Janek

A Case of Deadly Force

1986

Lawrence O'Donnell Sr.

A Fire in the Sky

1978

Jason Voight

Montana

1990

Hoyce Guthrie

By Dawn's Early Light

2001

Ben Maxwell

Red Skies of Montana

1952

Noxon (uncredited)

A Place to Be Loved

1993

George Russ

Table for Five

1983

Mitchell

The Day Reagan Was Shot

2001

Ronald Reagan

Double Indemnity

1973

Walter Neff

Midas Run

1969

Mike Warden

Over-Exposed

1956

Russell Bassett

Squaring the Circle

1984

The Narrator

Thief

1971

Neal Wilkinson

Stone Cold Dead

1979

Sgt. Boyd

Nightmare

1974

Howard Faloon

Our Miss Brooks

1956

Walter Denton

The High Price of Passion

1986

Williams Douglas

Passions

1984

Richard Kennerly

Murder Times Seven

1990

Frank Janek

Red Sky at Morning

1971

Frank Arnold

A Girl Named Sooner

1975

R.J. 'Mac' McHenry

Last Flight Out

1990

Dan Hood

First, You Cry

1978

David Towers

Heart Full of Rain

1997

Arliss Dockett

Wild Horse Hank

1979

Pace Bradford

Joshua's World

1980

Dr. Joshua Torrance

Footsteps

1972

Paddy

The War Between the Tates

1977

Professor Brian Tate

To Serve and Protect

1999

Howard Carr

Double Solitaire

1974

Charley Potter

Kids Like These

1987

Bob Goodman

Stuck with Each Other

1989

Bert Medwick

Daniel Boone

1981

Daniel Boone

It Grows on Trees

1952

Ralph Bowen

Plaza Suite

1987

Roy Hubley

The Real Las Vegas

1996

Narrator (voice)

TV Credits

Saturday Night Live

1975

Self - Cameo (uncredited) (1 episodes)

JAG

1995

Harmon Rabb Sr. (voice) (2 episodes)

Golden Globe Awards

1944

Self - Nominee (1 episodes)

Chicago Hope

1994

Martin Rockwell (1 episodes)

Judging Amy

1999

Jared Duff (12 episodes)

The Merv Griffin Show

1962

Self (1 episodes)

The Carol Burnett Show

1967

Self (1 episodes)

Cheyenne

1955

(1 episodes)

Matinee Theater

1955

(3 episodes)

I Love Lucy

1951

Arthur Morton (1 episodes)

People's Choice Awards

1975

Self - Host (1 episodes)

The Real McCoys

1957

Luke McCoy (224 episodes)

Kraft Suspense Theatre

1963

Edward Smalley (1 episodes)

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

1968

Self (3 episodes)

The Millionaire

1955

Ralph McKnight (1 episodes)

The Danny Kaye Show

1963

Self (1 episodes)

Today

1952

Himself - Actor (1 episodes)

Centennial

1978

Colonel Frank Skimmerhorn (12 episodes)

Frontier

1955

(1 episodes)

Our Miss Brooks

1952

Walter Denton (130 episodes)

Gabriel's Fire

1990

(0 episodes)

Slattery's People

1964

James Slattery (36 episodes)

It Takes Two

1982

(22 episodes)

All's Fair

1976

(24 episodes)

Intruders

1992

Dr. Neil Chase (2 episodes)

E! True Hollywood Story

1996

(1 episodes)

On Wings of Eagles

1986

H. Ross Perot (2 episodes)

Pros and Cons

1991

Mitch O'Hannon (12 episodes)

And the Sea Will Tell

1991

Vincent Bugliosi (2 episodes)

To Serve and Protect

1999

Howard Carr (2 episodes)

Movie Production Credits

TV Production Credits

The Rockford Files

Director

1974

Lou Grant

Director

1977

The Real McCoys

Director

1957

Vacation Playhouse

Director

1963

Wendy and Me

Director

1964

James at 16

Director

1977

Turnabout

Director

1979

Summer Fun

Director

1966

Rosetti and Ryan

Director

1977