Richard Crenna

Acting

Personal Info

gender

Male

birthday

November 30, 1926

died

January 17, 2003

place of birth

Los Angeles, California, USA

also known as

Dick Crenna · Richard McKenna · Charley Weaver · Richard Donald Crenna

total credits

50 movies

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.

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Known For

Filmography

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First Blood
7.5

First Blood

1982as Col. Samuel Trautman
Rambo
6.7

Rambo

2008as Col. Samuel Trautman (archive footage) (uncredited)
Rambo III
6.2

Rambo III

1988as Trautman
Rambo: First Blood Part II
6.7

Rambo: First Blood Part II

1985as Col. Samuel Trautman
Body Heat
7.0

Body Heat

1981as Edmund Walker
Hot Shots! Part Deux
6.5

Hot Shots! Part Deux

1993as Col. Denton Walters
Sabrina
6.2

Sabrina

1995as Patrick Tyson
Wait Until Dark
7.3

Wait Until Dark

1967as Mike Talman
Jade
5.5

Jade

1995as Governor Edwards
Leviathan
6.0

Leviathan

1989as Dr. Glen 'Doc' Thompson
The Sand Pebbles
7.2

The Sand Pebbles

1966as Captain Collins
Wrongfully Accused
6.0

Wrongfully Accused

1998as Fergus Falls
A Cop
6.6

A Cop

1972as Simon
The Evil
5.8

The Evil

1978as C.J. Arnold
Murder, She Wrote: A Story to Die For
6.8

Murder, She Wrote: A Story to Die For

2000as Warren Pierce
Breakheart Pass
6.6

Breakheart Pass

1975as Gov. Richard Fairchild
Summer Rental
6.1

Summer Rental

1985as Al Pellet
Marooned
6.0

Marooned

1969as Jim Pruett
Star!
6.9

Star!

1968as Richard Aldrich
Death Ship
5.1

Death Ship

1980as Trevor Marshall
The Flamingo Kid
6.0

The Flamingo Kid

1984as Phil Brody
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
6.1

Jonathan Livingston Seagull

1973as Father (voice)
A Fire in the Sky
5.7

A Fire in the Sky

1978as Jason Voight
Doubletake
5.0

Doubletake

1985as Frank Janek
Montana
6.1

Montana

1990as Hoyce Guthrie
Table for Five
5.7

Table for Five

1983as Mitchell
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
5.8

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

1997as Professor Aronnax
Out of the Ashes
6.2

Out of the Ashes

2003as Jake Smith
Honky Tonk
8.0

Honky Tonk

1974as Candy Johnson
Made in Paris
4.9

Made in Paris

1966as Herb Stone
The Case of the Hillside Stranglers
6.5

The Case of the Hillside Stranglers

1989as Sgt. Bob Grogan
Nightmare
7.0

Nightmare

1974as Howard Faloon
Hearts of Hot Shots! Part Deux—A Filmmaker's Apology
5.5

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

1993
Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell
6.4

Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell

1978as Mike Barry
Doctors' Wives
5.0

Doctors' Wives

1971as Pete Brennan
Midas Run
4.7

Midas Run

1969as Mike Warden
By Dawn's Early Light
6.0

By Dawn's Early Light

2001as Ben Maxwell
Police Story: The Freeway Killings
6.3

Police Story: The Freeway Killings

1987as Deputy Chief Bob Devers
And the Sea Will Tell
6.3

And the Sea Will Tell

1991as Vincent Bugliosi
Terror on Track 9
3.8

Terror on Track 9

1992as Det. Frank Janek
The Deserter
6.5

The Deserter

1970as Major Wade Brown
The Day Reagan Was Shot
6.5

The Day Reagan Was Shot

2001as Ronald Reagan
The Man Called Noon
5.9

The Man Called Noon

1973as Noon
The Rape of Richard Beck
6.8

The Rape of Richard Beck

1985as Richard Beck
Double Indemnity
4.7

Double Indemnity

1973as Walter Neff
Over-Exposed
5.2

Over-Exposed

1956as Russell Bassett
To Serve and Protect
6.7

To Serve and Protect

1999as Howard Carr
Catlow
5.1

Catlow

1971as Cowan
Passions
6.8

Passions

1984as Richard Kennerly
Wild Horse Hank
5.0

Wild Horse Hank

1979as Pace Bradford