Name
Richard Crenna
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1926-11-30
Deathday
2003-01-17 (77 years old)
Place of Birth
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.
Known For
First Blood
(7,061 Votes)
7.516
When former Green Beret John Rambo is harassed by local law enforcement and arrested for v...
Relase Date : 22 Oct, 1982
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Hot Shots! Part Deux
(2,131 Votes)
6.55
Topper Harley is found to be working as an odd-job-man in a monastery. The CIA want him to...
Relase Date : 21 May, 1993
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Wrongfully Accused
(536 Votes)
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Ryan Harrison, a violin god, superstar and sex symbol does not want to cheat on sexy Laure...
Relase Date : 23 Jul, 1998
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Wait Until Dark
(613 Votes)
7.334
After a flight back home, Sam Hendrix returns with a doll he innocently acquired along the...
Relase Date : 26 Oct, 1967
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Movies
Tv Shows
- 1982 First Blood as Col. Samuel Trautman
- 1985 Rambo: First Blood Part II as Col. Samuel Trautman
- 1988 Rambo III as Trautman
- 1993 Hearts of Hot Shots! Part Deux—A Filmmaker's Apology
- 1997 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea as Professor Aronnax
- 1967 Wait Until Dark as Mike Talman
- 1966 The Sand Pebbles as Captain Collins
- 1975 Breakheart Pass as Gov. Richard Fairchild
- 1995 Jade as Governor Edwards
- 1980 Death Ship as Trevor Marshall
- 1984 The Flamingo Kid as Phil Brody
- 1956 Over-Exposed as Russell Bassett
- 1993 Hot Shots! Part Deux as Col. Denton Walters
- 1978 Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell as Mike Barry
- 1969 Marooned as Jim Pruett
- 1981 Body Heat as Edmund Walker
- 1979 Stone Cold Dead as Sgt. Boyd
- 1989 Leviathan as Dr. Glen 'Doc' Thompson
- 1982 The Day the Bubble Burst as Jesse Livermore
- 1972 Un Flic as Simon
- 1978 The Evil as C.J. Arnold
- 1989 Mort Sahl: The Loyal Opposition as Narrator
- 1993 A Place to Be Loved as George Russ
- 2003 Out of the Ashes as Jake Smith
- 1985 Summer Rental as Al Pellet
- 2001 The Day Reagan Was Shot as Ronald Reagan
- 1968 Star! as Richard Aldrich
- 1971 Catlow as Cowan
- 1973 Double Indemnity as Walter Neff
- 1956 Our Miss Brooks as Walter Denton
- 1985 The Rape of Richard Beck as Richard Beck
- 1971 Red Sky at Morning as Frank Arnold
- 1965 John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! as John Goldfarb
- 1996 Race Against Time: The Search for Sarah as John Porter
- 1966 Made in Paris as Herb Stone
- 1970 The Deserter as Major Wade Brown
- 1973 The Man Called Noon as Noon
- 1971 Doctors' Wives as Pete Brennan
- 1986 A Case of Deadly Force as Lawrence O'Donnell Sr.
- 1969 Midas Run as Warden
- 1995 In the Name of Love: A Texas Tragedy as Luke Constable Sr.
- 1997 Deep Family Secrets as Clay Chadway
- 2000 Murder, She Wrote: A Story to Die For as Warren Pierce
- 1989 The Case of the Hillside Stranglers as Sgt. Bob Grogan
- 1971 Thief as Neal Wilkinson
- 1994 Jonathan Stone: Threat of Innocence as Jonathan Stone
- 1952 It Grows on Trees as Ralph Bowen
- 1983 Table for Five as Mitchell
- 1991 And the Sea Will Tell as Vincent Bugliosi
- 1995 Sabrina as Patrick Tyson
- 1974 Double Solitaire as Charley Potter
- 1989 Stuck with Each Other as Bert Medwick
- 1979 Wild Horse Hank as Pace Bradford
- 1986 The High Price of Passion as Williams Douglas
- 2001 By Dawn's Early Light as Ben Maxwell
- 1990 Last Flight Out as Dan Hood
- 1978 A Fire in the Sky as Jason Voight
- 1952 Red Skies of Montana as Noxon (uncredited)
- 2002 Afganistan: Land in Crisis as Self
- 1979 Mayflower: The Pilgrims' Adventure as William Brewster
- 1997 Atlantis: In Search of a Lost Continent as Himself / Narrator
- 1994 The Forget-Me-Not Murders as Frank Janek
- 1952 The Pride of St. Louis as Paul Dean
- 1973 Jonathan Livingston Seagull as Father (voice)
- 1980 Joshua's World as Dr. Joshua Torrance
- 1975 A Girl Named Sooner as R.J. 'Mac' McHenry
- 1981 The Ordeal of Bill Carney as Mason Rose
- 1984 Passions as Richard Kennerly
- 1990 Montana as Hoyce Guthrie
- 1999 To Serve and Protect as Howard Carr
- 1972 Footsteps as Paddy
- 1974 Shootout in a One-Dog Town as Zack Wells
- 1984 Squaring the Circle as The Narrator
- 1990 Murder Times Seven as Frank Janek
- 1987 Kids Like These as Bob Goodman
- 1990 Murder in Black and White as Frank Janek
- 1981 Daniel Boone as Daniel Boone
- 1980 Fugitive Family as Brian Roberts
- 1987 Police Story: The Freeway Killings as Deputy Chief Bob Devers
- 1987 Plaza Suite as Roy Hubley
- 1988 Internal Affairs as Frank Janek
- 1998 Wrongfully Accused as Fergus Falls
- 1985 Doubletake as Frank Janek
- 1974 Nightmare as Howard Faloon
- 2008 Rambo as Col. Samuel Trautman (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1992 Terror on Track 9 as Det. Frank Janek
- 1978 First, You Cry as David Towers
- 1959 Disneyland '59 as Self
- 1994 Janek: The Silent Betrayal as Frank Janek
- 1974 Honky Tonk as Candy Johnson
- 1981 Musical Comedy Tonight II as Self
- 1977 The War Between the Tates as Professor Brian Tate
- 1997 Heart Full of Rain as Arliss Dockett
- 1996 The Real Las Vegas as Narrator (voice)
- 1995 A Pyromaniac's Love Story as Tom Lumpke (uncredited)
- 2002 We Get to Win This Time as Self
- 2002 Guts and Glory as Self
- 1982 The Making of 'First Blood' as Self
- 1963 The Long Lost Life of Edward Smalley as Edward Smalley
- 2002 Drawing First Blood: 20 Years Later as Self
- 1990 Gabriel's Fire ( 0 episode )
- 1955 Cheyenne ( 1 episode )
- 1963 Kraft Suspense Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Edward Smalley
- 1999 Judging Amy ( 12 episodes ) as Jared Duff
- 1996 E! True Hollywood Story ( 1 episode )
- 1951 I Love Lucy ( 1 episode ) as Arthur Morton
- 1976 All's Fair ( 24 episodes )
- 1978 Centennial ( 12 episodes ) as Colonel Frank Skimmerhorn
- 1994 Chicago Hope ( 1 episode ) as Martin Rockwell
- 1955 The Millionaire ( 1 episode ) as Ralph McKnight
- 1968 Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In ( 3 episodes ) as Self
- 1957 The Real McCoys ( 224 episodes ) as Luke McCoy
- 1964 Slattery's People ( 36 episodes ) as James Slattery
- 1955 Matinee Theater ( 3 episodes )
- 1955 Frontier ( 1 episode )
- 1991 Pros and Cons ( 12 episodes ) as Mitch O'Hannon
- 1982 It Takes Two ( 22 episodes ) as Dr. Sam Quinn
- 1952 Our Miss Brooks ( 130 episodes ) as Walter Denton
- 1986 On Wings of Eagles ( 2 episodes ) as H. Ross Perot
- 1962 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson ( 3 episodes ) as Self
- 1992 Intruders ( 2 episodes ) as Dr. Neil Chase
- 1967 The Carol Burnett Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1995 JAG ( 2 episodes ) as Harmon Rabb Sr. (voice)
- 1963 The Danny Kaye Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1944 Golden Globe Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self - Nominee
- 1991 And the Sea Will Tell ( 2 episodes ) as Vincent Bugliosi
- 1962 The Merv Griffin Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1999 To Serve and Protect ( 2 episodes ) as Howard Carr
- 1952 Today ( 1 episode ) as Himself - Actor
- 1944 Golden Globe Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self - Host
- 1975 Saturday Night Live ( 1 episode ) as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
- 1975 People's Choice Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self - Host
