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 |
| Known for | Acting |
| Credits | 30 |
| Born | 1926 |
| From | Los Angeles, California, … |