Richard Crenna

Richard Crenna

1926-11-30 – 2003-01-17 (age 76) Los Angeles, California, USA
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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

First Blood
First Blood

1982

as Col. Samuel Trautman

Rambo
Rambo

2008

as Col. Samuel Trautman (archive footage) (uncredited)

Rambo: First Blood Part II
Rambo: First Blood Part II

1985

as Col. Samuel Trautman

Rambo III
Rambo III

1988

as Trautman

Body Heat
Body Heat

1981

as Edmund Walker

Sabrina
Sabrina

1995

as Patrick Tyson

Hot Shots! Part Deux
Hot Shots! Part Deux

1993

as Col. Denton Walters

Jade
Jade

1995

as Governor Edwards

Leviathan
Leviathan

1989

as Dr. Glen 'Doc' Thompson

Breakheart Pass
Breakheart Pass

1975

as Gov. Richard Fairchild

The Sand Pebbles
The Sand Pebbles

1966

as Captain Collins

Death Ship
Death Ship

1980

as Trevor Marshall

Wait Until Dark
Wait Until Dark

1967

as Mike Talman

Wrongfully Accused
Wrongfully Accused

1998

as Fergus Falls

Star!
Star!

1968

as Richard Aldrich

Passions
Passions

1984

as Richard Kennerly

Summer Rental
Summer Rental

1985

as Al Pellet

Our Miss Brooks
Our Miss Brooks

1956

as Walter Denton

The Evil
The Evil

1978

as C.J. Arnold

Fugitive Family
Fugitive Family

1980

as Brian Roberts