Richard Crenna
Acting
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.
Notable Works
Prominent titles featuring Richard Crenna
Filmography
Acting (100)
2008
Ramboas Col. Samuel Trautman (archive footage) (uncredited)
6.7
2003
Out of the Ashesas Jake Smith
6.1
2002
Afganistan: Land in Crisisas Self
9.0
2002
We Get to Win This Timeas Self
6.0
2002
Guts and Gloryas Self
6.0
2002
6.3
2001
The Day Reagan Was Shotas Ronald Reagan
6.5
2001
By Dawn's Early Lightas Ben Maxwell
6.0
2000
Murder, She Wrote: A Story to Die Foras Warren Pierce
6.8
1999
To Serve and Protectas Howard Carr
6.7
1998
Wrongfully Accusedas Fergus Falls
6.0
1997
Heart Full of Rainas Arliss Dockett
5.3
1997
Deep Family Secretsas Clay Chadway
3.5
1997
20,000 Leagues Under the Seaas Professor Aronnax
5.9
1997
Atlantis: In Search of a Lost Continentas Himself / Narrator
1996
The Real Las Vegasas Narrator (voice)
9.0
1996
Race Against Time: The Search for Sarahas John Porter
7.0
1995
Sabrinaas Patrick Tyson
6.2
1995
Jadeas Governor Edwards
5.5
1995
In the Name of Love: A Texas Tragedyas Luke Constable Sr.
7.3
1995
A Pyromaniac's Love Storyas Tom Lumpke (uncredited)
5.3
1994
Janek: The Silent Betrayalas Frank Janek
3.3
1994
Jonathan Stone: Threat of Innocenceas Jonathan Stone
3.3
1994
The Forget-Me-Not Murdersas Frank Janek
3.7
1993
Hot Shots! Part Deuxas Col. Denton Walters
6.5
1993
A Place to Be Lovedas George Russ
5.6
1992
Terror on Track 9as Det. Frank Janek
3.8
1991
And the Sea Will Tellas Vincent Bugliosi
6.3
1990
Murder Times Sevenas Frank Janek
7.0
1990
Last Flight Outas Dan Hood
1990
Montanaas Hoyce Guthrie
6.0
1990
Murder in Black and Whiteas Frank Janek
7.0
1989
Stuck with Each Otheras Bert Medwick
9.0
1989
Mort Sahl: The Loyal Oppositionas Narrator
1989
The Case of the Hillside Stranglersas Sgt. Bob Grogan
6.5
1989
Leviathanas Dr. Glen 'Doc' Thompson
6.0
1988
Internal Affairsas Frank Janek
8.0
1988
Rambo IIIas Trautman
6.2
1987
Plaza Suiteas Roy Hubley
8.0
1987
Kids Like Theseas Bob Goodman
9.0
1987
Police Story: The Freeway Killingsas Deputy Chief Bob Devers
6.3
1986
The High Price of Passionas Williams Douglas
6.7
1986
A Case of Deadly Forceas Lawrence O'Donnell Sr.
8.0
1985
Doubletakeas Frank Janek
5.0
1985
Summer Rentalas Al Pellet
6.1
1985
The Rape of Richard Beckas Richard Beck
6.8
1985
Rambo: First Blood Part IIas Col. Samuel Trautman
6.7
1984
The Flamingo Kidas Phil Brody
6.0
1984
Passionsas Richard Kennerly
6.8
1984
Squaring the Circleas The Narrator
5.0
1983
Table for Fiveas Mitchell
5.7
1982
First Bloodas Col. Samuel Trautman
7.5
1982
The Day the Bubble Burstas Jesse Livermore
5.0
1982
The Making of 'First Blood'as Self
6.0
1981
The Ordeal of Bill Carneyas Mason Rose
10.0
1981
Daniel Booneas Daniel Boone
8.3
1981
Body Heatas Edmund Walker
7.0
1981
Musical Comedy Tonight IIas Self
7.0
1980
Fugitive Familyas Brian Roberts
8.0
1980
Joshua's Worldas Dr. Joshua Torrance
8.0
1980
Death Shipas Trevor Marshall
5.1
1979
Mayflower: The Pilgrims' Adventureas William Brewster
6.7
1979
Stone Cold Deadas Sgt. Boyd
5.9
1979
Wild Horse Hankas Pace Bradford
5.0
1978
A Fire in the Skyas Jason Voight
5.8
1978
First, You Cryas David Towers
1978
Devil Dog: The Hound of Hellas Mike Barry
6.3
1978
The Evilas C.J. Arnold
5.8
1977
The War Between the Tatesas Professor Brian Tate
1975
Breakheart Passas Gov. Richard Fairchild
6.6
1975
A Girl Named Sooneras R.J. 'Mac' McHenry
5.3
1974
Honky Tonkas Candy Johnson
8.0
1974
Double Solitaireas Charley Potter
10.0
1974
Shootout in a One-Dog Townas Zack Wells
10.0
1974
Nightmareas Howard Faloon
7.0
1973
Jonathan Livingston Seagullas Father (voice)
6.1
1973
Double Indemnityas Walter Neff
4.7
1973
The Man Called Noonas Noon
5.9
1972
Footstepsas Paddy
6.5
1972
Un Flicas Simon
6.6
1971
Thiefas Neal Wilkinson
7.4
1971
Catlowas Cowan
5.1
1971
Red Sky at Morningas Frank Arnold
7.1
1971
Doctors' Wivesas Pete Brennan
4.9
1970
The Deserteras Major Wade Brown
6.5
1969
Maroonedas Jim Pruett
6.0
1969
Midas Runas Warden
4.7
1968
Star!as Richard Aldrich
6.9
1967
Wait Until Darkas Mike Talman
7.3
1966
The Sand Pebblesas Captain Collins
7.2
1966
Made in Parisas Herb Stone
4.9
1965
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!as John Goldfarb
3.8
1963
The Long Lost Life of Edward Smalleyas Edward Smalley
9.0
1959
Disneyland '59as Self
7.3
1956
Our Miss Brooksas Walter Denton
6.6
1956
Over-Exposedas Russell Bassett
5.2
1952
It Grows on Treesas Ralph Bowen
8.4
1952
The Pride of St. Louisas Paul Dean
7.0
1952
Red Skies of Montanaas Noxon (uncredited)
6.0
Production & Directing (3)
1983
Allison Sydney HarrisonDirector
8.0
1982
The Magic StatueDirector
1979
Better Late Than NeverDirector
9.0