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Gender

Male

Birthday

1926-11-30 (98 years old)

Place of Birth

Los Angeles, California, USA

Richard Crenna

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

Acting

2023

Sly as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2008

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

2003

Out of the Ashes as Jake Smith

2002

2001

The Day Reagan Was Shot as Ronald Reagan
By Dawn's Early Light as Ben Maxwell

2000

1999

To Serve and Protect as Howard Carr
Judging Amy as Jared Duff

1998

Wrongfully Accused as Fergus Falls

1997

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea as Professor Aronnax
Deep Family Secrets as Clay Chadway
Heart Full of Rain as Arliss Dockett

1996

1995

Jade as Governor Edwards
Sabrina as Patrick Tyson
JAG as Harmon Rabb Sr. (voice)

1994

1993

Hot Shots! Part Deux as Col. Denton Walters
A Place To Be Loved as George Russ

1992

Terror on Track 9 as Det. Frank Janek
Intruders as Dr. Neil Chase

1991

And the Sea Will Tell as Vincent Bugliosi
Pros and Cons as Mitch O'Hannon

1990

Last Flight Out as Dan Hood
Montana as Hoyce Guthrie
Murder Times Seven as Frank Janek

1989

Leviathan as Dr. Glen 'Doc' Thompson
Stuck with Each Other as Bert Medwick

1988

Rambo III as Trautman
Internal Affairs as Frank Janek

1987

Kids Like These as Bob Goodman
Police Story: The Freeway Killings as Deputy Chief Bob Devers
Plaza Suite as Roy Hubley

1986

A Case of Deadly Force as Lawrence O'Donnell Sr.
The High Price of Passion as Williams Douglas
On Wings of Eagles as H. Ross Perot

1985

Rambo: First Blood Part II as Col. Samuel Trautman
Summer Rental as Al Pellet
The Rape of Richard Beck as Richard Beck
Doubletake as Frank Janek

1984

The Flamingo Kid as Phil Brody
Passions as Richard Kennerly
Squaring the Circle as The Narrator

1983

Table for Five as Mitchell

1982

First Blood as Col. Samuel Trautman
The Day the Bubble Burst as Jesse Livermore

1981

Body Heat as Edmund Walker
Daniel Boone as Daniel Boone

1980

Death Ship as Trevor Marshall
Joshua's World as Dr. Joshua Torrance
Fugitive Family as Brian Roberts

1979

Stone Cold Dead as Sgt. Boyd
Wild Horse Hank as Pace Bradford

1978

The Evil as C.J. Arnold
A Fire in the Sky as Jason Voight
First, You Cry as David Towers
Centennial as Colonel Frank Skimmerhorn

1977

The War Between the Tates as Professor Brian Tate

1976

1975

Breakheart Pass as Gov. Richard Fairchild
A Girl Named Sooner as R.J. 'Mac' McHenry

1974

Double Solitaire as Charley Potter
Nightmare as Howard Faloon
Honky Tonk as Candy Johnson

1973

Double Indemnity as Walter Neff
Jonathan Livingston Seagull as Father (voice)

1972

A Cop as Simon
Footsteps as Paddy

1971

Catlow as Cowan
Red Sky at Morning as Frank Arnold
Doctors' Wives as Pete Brennan
Thief as Neal Wilkinson

1970

The Deserter as Major Wade Brown

1969

Marooned as Jim Pruett
Midas Run as Mike Warden

1968

Star! as Richard Aldrich

1967

Wait Until Dark as Mike Talman
The Carol Burnett Show as Self - Guest

1966

The Sand Pebbles as Captain Collins
Made in Paris as Herb Stone

1965

1964

Slattery's People as James Slattery

1963

Kraft Suspense Theatre as Edward Smalley

1962

1959

1957

The Real McCoys as Luke McCoy

1956

Over-Exposed as Russell Bassett
Our Miss Brooks as Walter Denton

1955

The Millionaire as Ralph McKnight

1952

It Grows on Trees as Ralph Bowen
Red Skies of Montana as Noxon (uncredited)
Our Miss Brooks as Walter Denton

1951

I Love Lucy as Arthur Morton

1944

Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee

Directing

1983

1982

The Magic Statue as Director

1979

Turnabout as Director

1977

Lou Grant as Director
James at 16 as Director
Rosetti and Ryan as Director

1974

The Rockford Files as Director

1966

Summer Fun as Director

1964

Wendy and Me as Director

1963

Vacation Playhouse as Director

1960

1957

The Real McCoys as Director