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.

Known For

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Saturday Night Live

JAG

Golden Globe Awards

Golden Globe Awards

Judging Amy

Chicago Hope

Matinee Theater

All Movies (98)

• Rambo2008 · as Col. Samuel Trautman (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Out of the Ashes2003 · as Jake Smith
• Afganistan: Land in Crisis2002 · as Self
• We Get to Win This Time2002 · as Self
• Guts and Glory2002 · as Self
• The Day Reagan Was Shot2001 · as Ronald Reagan
• By Dawn's Early Light2001 · as Ben Maxwell
• Murder, She Wrote: A Story to Die For2000 · as Warren Pierce
• To Serve and Protect1999 · as Howard Carr
• Wrongfully Accused1998 · as Fergus Falls
• Heart Full of Rain1997 · as Arliss Dockett
• Deep Family Secrets1997 · as Clay Chadway
• 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea1997 · as Professor Aronnax
• Atlantis: In Search of a Lost Continent1997 · as Himself / Narrator
• The Real Las Vegas1996 · as Narrator (voice)
• Race Against Time: The Search for Sarah1996 · as John Porter
• Sabrina1995 · as Patrick Tyson
• Jade1995 · as Governor Edwards
• In the Name of Love: A Texas Tragedy1995 · as Luke Constable Sr.
• A Pyromaniac's Love Story1995 · as Tom Lumpke (uncredited)
• Janek: The Silent Betrayal1994 · as Frank Janek
• Jonathan Stone: Threat of Innocence1994 · as Jonathan Stone
• The Forget-Me-Not Murders1994 · as Frank Janek
• Hot Shots! Part Deux1993 · as Col. Denton Walters
• Hearts of Hot Shots! Part Deux—A Filmmaker's Apology1993
• A Place to Be Loved1993 · as George Russ
• Terror on Track 91992 · as Det. Frank Janek
• And the Sea Will Tell1991 · as Vincent Bugliosi
• Murder Times Seven1990 · as Frank Janek
• Last Flight Out1990 · as Dan Hood
• Montana1990 · as Hoyce Guthrie
• Murder in Black and White1990 · as Frank Janek
• Stuck with Each Other1989 · as Bert Medwick
• Mort Sahl: The Loyal Opposition1989 · as Narrator
• The Case of the Hillside Stranglers1989 · as Sgt. Bob Grogan
• Leviathan1989 · as Dr. Glen 'Doc' Thompson
• Internal Affairs1988 · as Frank Janek
• Rambo III1988 · as Trautman
• Plaza Suite1987 · as Roy Hubley
• Kids Like These1987 · as Bob Goodman
• Police Story: The Freeway Killings1987 · as Deputy Chief Bob Devers
• The High Price of Passion1986 · as Williams Douglas
• A Case of Deadly Force1986 · as Lawrence O'Donnell Sr.
• Doubletake1985 · as Frank Janek
• Summer Rental1985 · as Al Pellet
• The Rape of Richard Beck1985 · as Richard Beck
• Rambo: First Blood Part II1985 · as Col. Samuel Trautman
• The Flamingo Kid1984 · as Phil Brody
• Passions1984 · as Richard Kennerly
• Squaring the Circle1984 · as The Narrator
• Table for Five1983 · as Mitchell
• First Blood1982 · as Col. Samuel Trautman
• The Day the Bubble Burst1982 · as Jesse Livermore
• The Ordeal of Bill Carney1981 · as Mason Rose
• Daniel Boone1981 · as Daniel Boone
• Body Heat1981 · as Edmund Walker
• Musical Comedy Tonight II1981 · as Self
• Fugitive Family1980 · as Brian Roberts
• Joshua's World1980 · as Dr. Joshua Torrance
• Death Ship1980 · as Trevor Marshall
• Mayflower: The Pilgrims' Adventure1979 · as William Brewster
• Stone Cold Dead1979 · as Sgt. Boyd
• Wild Horse Hank1979 · as Pace Bradford
• A Fire in the Sky1978 · as Jason Voight
• First, You Cry1978 · as David Towers
• Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell1978 · as Mike Barry
• The Evil1978 · as C.J. Arnold
• The War Between the Tates1977 · as Professor Brian Tate
• Breakheart Pass1975 · as Gov. Richard Fairchild
• A Girl Named Sooner1975 · as R.J. 'Mac' McHenry
• Honky Tonk1974 · as Candy Johnson
• Double Solitaire1974 · as Charley Potter
• Shootout in a One-Dog Town1974 · as Zack Wells
• Nightmare1974 · as Howard Faloon
• Jonathan Livingston Seagull1973 · as Father (voice)
• Double Indemnity1973 · as Walter Neff
• The Man Called Noon1973 · as Noon
• Footsteps1972 · as Paddy
• A Cop1972 · as Simon
• Thief1971 · as Neal Wilkinson
• Catlow1971 · as Cowan
• Red Sky at Morning1971 · as Frank Arnold
• Doctors' Wives1971 · as Pete Brennan
• The Deserter1970 · as Major Wade Brown
• Marooned1969 · as Jim Pruett
• Midas Run1969 · as Mike Warden
• Star!1968 · as Richard Aldrich
• Wait Until Dark1967 · as Mike Talman
• The Sand Pebbles1966 · as Captain Collins
• Made in Paris1966 · as Herb Stone
• John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!1965 · as John Goldfarb
• Disneyland '591959 · as Self
• Our Miss Brooks1956 · as Walter Denton
• Over-Exposed1956 · as Russell Bassett
• It Grows on Trees1952 · as Ralph Bowen
• The Pride of St. Louis1952 · as Paul Dean
• Red Skies of Montana1952 · as Noxon (uncredited)
• The Making of 'First Blood'—

All TV Shows (32)

• Judging Amy1999 · as Jared Duff
• To Serve and Protect1999 · as Howard Carr
• E! True Hollywood Story1996
• JAG1995 · as Harmon Rabb Sr. (voice)
• Chicago Hope1994 · as Martin Rockwell
• Intruders1992 · as Dr. Neil Chase
• Pros and Cons1991 · as Mitch O'Hannon
• And the Sea Will Tell1991 · as Vincent Bugliosi
• Gabriel's Fire1990
• On Wings of Eagles1986 · as H. Ross Perot
• It Takes Two1982
• Centennial1978 · as Colonel Frank Skimmerhorn
• All's Fair1976
• Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
• People's Choice Awards1975 · as Self - Host
• Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In1968 · as Self
• The Carol Burnett Show1967 · as Self
• Slattery's People1964 · as James Slattery
• Kraft Suspense Theatre1963 · as Edward Smalley
• The Danny Kaye Show1963 · as Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962 · as Self
• The Merv Griffin Show1962 · as Self
• The Real McCoys1957 · as Luke McCoy
• Matinee Theater1955
• Frontier1955
• Cheyenne1955
• The Millionaire1955 · as Ralph McKnight
• Our Miss Brooks1952 · as Walter Denton
• Today1952 · as Himself - Actor
• I Love Lucy1951 · as Arthur Morton
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Nominee
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Host