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Home/People/Richard Crenna
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Born
Nov 30, 1926Died: Jan 17, 2003
Lived 76 years
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male

Career Highlights

95
Movies
32
TV Shows
15
Directed
Also Known As
Dick Crenna
Richard McKenna
Charley Weaver
Richard Donald Crenna
IMDb Profile

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.
Rambo poster

Rambo

as Col. Samuel Trautman (archive footage) (uncredited)
2008
Out of the Ashes poster

Out of the Ashes

as Jake Smith
2003
Afganistan: Land in Crisis poster

Afganistan: Land in Crisis

as Self
2002
The Day Reagan Was Shot poster

The Day Reagan Was Shot

as Ronald Reagan
2001
By Dawn's Early Light poster

By Dawn's Early Light

as Ben Maxwell
2001
Murder, She Wrote: A Story to Die For poster

Murder, She Wrote: A Story to Die For

as Warren Pierce
2000
To Serve and Protect poster

To Serve and Protect

as Howard Carr
1999
Wrongfully Accused poster

Wrongfully Accused

as Fergus Falls
1998
Heart Full of Rain poster

Heart Full of Rain

as Arliss Dockett
1997
Deep Family Secrets poster

Deep Family Secrets

as Clay Chadway
1997
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea poster

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

as Professor Aronnax
1997
Atlantis: In Search of a Lost Continent poster

Atlantis: In Search of a Lost Continent

as Himself / Narrator
1997
The Real Las Vegas poster

The Real Las Vegas

as Narrator (voice)
1996
Race Against Time: The Search for Sarah poster

Race Against Time: The Search for Sarah

as John Porter
1996
Sabrina poster

Sabrina

as Patrick Tyson
1995
Jade poster

Jade

as Governor Edwards
1995
In the Name of Love: A Texas Tragedy poster

In the Name of Love: A Texas Tragedy

as Luke Constable Sr.
1995
A Pyromaniac's Love Story poster

A Pyromaniac's Love Story

as Tom Lumpke (uncredited)
1995
Janek: The Silent Betrayal poster

Janek: The Silent Betrayal

as Frank Janek
1994
Jonathan Stone: Threat of Innocence poster

Jonathan Stone: Threat of Innocence

as Jonathan Stone
1994