Richard Crenna



First NameRichard
Last NameCrenna
Full Name at BirthRichard Donald Crenna
Age76 (age at death)
Date of BirthNovember 30, 1926
BirthplaceLos Angeles, California
Date of DeathJanuary 17, 2003
Location of DeathLos Angeles, California, USA
Cause of Death(pancreatic cancer)
Height6' 1" (185 cm)
BuildAverage
Hair ColorGrey
Star SignSagittarius
ReligionChristian
EthnicityWhite
NationalityAmerican
Occupation CategoryActor

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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Filmography

Selected Richard Crenna film and TV show credits:


Acting Credits

2003
Jake Smith

2001
Ronald Reagan

2000
By Dawn's Early Light
Ben Maxwell

2000
Murder, She Wrote: A Story to Die For
Warren Pierce

1999
To Serve and Protect
Howard Carr

1999
Jared Duff

1999
The Man Who Makes Things Happen: David L. Wolper
Narrator

1998
Lieutenant Fergus Falls

1997
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Professor Aronnax

1997
Cold Case
Host

1997
Deep Family Secrets
Clay Chadway

1997
Heart Full of Rain
Arliss Dockett

1996
Texas Graces
Virgil Grace

1995
Tom Lumpke

1995
Gov. Lew Edwards

1995
Patrick Tyson

1995
In the Name of Love: A Texas Tragedy
Lucas Constable, Sr.

1995
JAG
Harm's Dad, Harm's Father

1994
Jonathan Stone: Threat of Innocence
Jonathan Stone

1994
The Forget-Me-Not Murders
Frank Janek

1994
Dr. Martin Rockwell

1994
Janek: The Silent Betrayal
Lt. Frank Janek

1993
Col. Denton Walters

1993
George Russ

1992
Intruders
Dr. Neil Chase

1992
Terror on Track 9
Det. Frank Janek

1991
And the Sea Will Tell
Vincent Bugliosi

1991
Pros and Cons
Mitch O'Hannon

1990
Last Flight Out
Dan Hood

1990
Montana
Hoyce Guthrie

1990
Murder in Black and White
Frank Janek

1990
Murder Times Seven
Frank Janek

1989
Dr. Glen 'Doc' Thompson

1989
The Case of the Hillside Stranglers
Sgt. Bob Grogan

1989
Stuck with Each Other
Bert Medwick

1988
Trautman

1988
Doubletake
Frank Janek

1988
Internal Affairs
Frank Janek

1987
Kids Like These
Bob Goodman

1987
Police Story: The Freeway Killings
Deputy Chief Bob Devers

1987
Plaza Suite
Roy Hubley

1986
On Wings of Eagles
H. Ross Perot

1986
Lawrence O'Donnell Sr.

1986
The High Price of Passion
Williams Douglas

1985
Al Pellet

1985
The Rape of Richard Beck
Richard Beck

1984
Phil Brody

1984
Passions
Richard Kennerly

1984
Squaring the Circle
The Narrator

1983
Mitchell

1982
Trautman

1982
The Day the Bubble Burst
Jesse Livermore

1982
It Takes Two
Dr. Sam Quinn

1981
Edmund Walker

1981
Musical Comedy Tonight II
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1981
Daniel Boone
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1981
The Ordeal of Bill Carney
Mason Rose

1981
Look at Us
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1980
Trevor Marshall

1980
Fugitive Family
Brian Roberts/Matthews

1980
Joshua's World
Dr. Joshua Torrance

1979
Stone Cold Dead
Sgt. Boyd

1979
Pace Bradford

1979
Mayflower: The Pilgrims' Adventure
Rev. William Brewster

1978
C.J. Arnold

1978
Jason Voight

1978
Colonel Frank Skimmerhorn

1978
First, You Cry
David Towers

1977
The War Between the Tates
Professor Brian Tate

1976
Richard C. Barrington

1975
Governor Richard Fairchild

1975
A Girl Named Sooner
R.J. 'Mac' McHenry

1974
Honky Tonk
'Candy' Johnson

1974
Nightmare
Howard Faloon

1974
Shootout in a One-Dog Town
Zack Wells

1974
Double Solitaire
-

1973
Double Indemnity
Walter Neff

1972
Simon

1972
Footsteps
Paddy O'Connor

1971
Cowan

1971
Dr. Peter Brennan

1971
Frank Arnold

1971
Major Wade Brown

1971
Thief
Neal Wilkinson

1969
Jim Pruett

1969
Mike Warden

1968
Richard Aldrich, Producer

1967
Mike Talman

1967
Guest Preformer

1966
Herb Stone

1966
Captain Collins

1964
Slattery's People
James Slattery

1963
Edward Smalley

1959
The Deputy
Andy Willis

1957
Luke McCoy, Luke Mccoy

1956
Walter Denton

1956
Russell Bassett

1955
Curley Galway

1955
Matinee Theatre
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1955
Ralph McKnight

1955
Frontier
John Leslie

1954
Elwood Seastrom

1954
Medic
Donny

1952
Ralph Bowen

1952
Paul Dean

1952
Walter Denton

1951
Arthur

1950
Bit Part

Director Credits

1983
Allison Sydney Harrison
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1979
Turnabout
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1979
Better Late Than Never
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1978
Grandpa Goes to Washington
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1977
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1977
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1976
The Cheerleaders
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1966
Baby Makes Three
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1964
No Time for Sergeants
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1964
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1963
Vacation Playhouse
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Producer Credits

1972
Captain Newman, M.D.
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1966
Baby Makes Three
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