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Richard Crenna

Richard Crenna

Acting
Born: Nov 30, 1926 — Died: Jan 17, 2003
From: Los Angeles, California, USA
Credits: 30 titles

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.

Filmography

Title Character Year Rating
Out of the Ashes Jake Smith 2003 6.207
The Day Reagan Was Shot Ronald Reagan 2001 6.458
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Professor Aronnax 1997 5.808
Jade Governor Edwards 1995 5.493
Hearts of Hot Shots! Part Deux—A Filmmaker's Apology 1993 5.5
Hot Shots! Part Deux Col. Denton Walters 1993 6.543
A Place to Be Loved George Russ 1993 5.571
Leviathan Dr. Glen 'Doc' Thompson 1989 5.991
Mort Sahl: The Loyal Opposition Narrator 1989
Rambo III Trautman 1988 6.2
Rambo: First Blood Part II Col. Samuel Trautman 1985 6.66
Summer Rental Al Pellet 1985 6.135
The Flamingo Kid Phil Brody 1984 5.989
First Blood Col. Samuel Trautman 1982 7.5
The Day the Bubble Burst Jesse Livermore 1982 5.0
Body Heat Edmund Walker 1981 6.989
Death Ship Trevor Marshall 1980 5.146
Stone Cold Dead Sgt. Boyd 1979 5.917
Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell Mike Barry 1978 6.394
The Evil C.J. Arnold 1978 5.777
Breakheart Pass Gov. Richard Fairchild 1975 6.578
Double Indemnity Walter Neff 1973 4.722
A Cop Simon 1972 6.607
Catlow Cowan 1971 5.093
Marooned Jim Pruett 1969 5.931
Star! Richard Aldrich 1968 6.93
Wait Until Dark Mike Talman 1967 7.337
The Sand Pebbles Captain Collins 1966 7.209
Over-Exposed Russell Bassett 1956 5.211
Our Miss Brooks Walter Denton 1956 6.625
Quick Facts
Known forActing
Credits30
Born1926
FromLos Angeles, California, …