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
1962
Saturday Night Live
1975
JAG
1995
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
Chicago Hope
1994
Golden Globe Awards
1944
Golden Globe Awards
1944
Matinee Theater
1955
Judging Amy
1999
The Carol Burnett Show
1967
Cheyenne
1955
I Love Lucy
1951
Filmography
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self · 1962
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Cameo (uncredited) · 1975
JAG
as Harmon Rabb Sr. (voice) · 1995
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self · 1962
Chicago Hope
as Martin Rockwell · 1994
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee · 1944
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Host · 1944
Matinee Theater
· 1955
Judging Amy
as Jared Duff · 1999
The Carol Burnett Show
as Self · 1967
Cheyenne
· 1955
I Love Lucy
as Arthur Morton · 1951
Today
as Himself - Actor · 1952
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as Self · 1968
First Blood
as Col. Samuel Trautman · 1982
The Real McCoys
as Luke McCoy · 1957
Kraft Suspense Theatre
as Edward Smalley · 1963
People's Choice Awards
as Self - Host · 1975
The Danny Kaye Show
as Self · 1963
The Millionaire
as Ralph McKnight · 1955
Rambo: First Blood Part II
as Col. Samuel Trautman · 1985
Rambo
as Col. Samuel Trautman (archive footage) (uncredited) · 2008
Rambo III
as Trautman · 1988
Body Heat
as Edmund Walker · 1981
Hot Shots! Part Deux
as Col. Denton Walters · 1993
Centennial
as Colonel Frank Skimmerhorn · 1978
Slattery's People
as James Slattery · 1964
Our Miss Brooks
as Walter Denton · 1952
Frontier
· 1955
Gabriel's Fire
· 1990
It Takes Two
as Dr. Sam Quinn · 1982
All's Fair
· 1976
Sabrina
as Patrick Tyson · 1995
Wait Until Dark
as Mike Talman · 1967
Leviathan
as Dr. Glen 'Doc' Thompson · 1989
Wrongfully Accused
as Fergus Falls · 1998
Breakheart Pass
as Gov. Richard Fairchild · 1975
E! True Hollywood Story
· 1996
Intruders
as Dr. Neil Chase · 1992
The Sand Pebbles
as Captain Collins · 1966
Summer Rental
as Al Pellet · 1985
On Wings of Eagles
as H. Ross Perot · 1986
Death Ship
as Trevor Marshall · 1980
And the Sea Will Tell
as Vincent Bugliosi · 1991
Un Flic
as Simon · 1972
Pros and Cons
as Mitch O'Hannon · 1991
Jade
as Governor Edwards · 1995
Murder, She Wrote: A Story to Die For
as Warren Pierce · 2000
Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell
as Mike Barry · 1978
To Serve and Protect
as Howard Carr · 1999
A Fire in the Sky
as Jason Voight · 1978
The Man Called Noon
as Noon · 1973
The Evil
as C.J. Arnold · 1978
And the Sea Will Tell
as Vincent Bugliosi · 1991
Marooned
as Jim Pruett · 1969
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
as John Goldfarb · 1965
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
as Father (voice) · 1973
Passions
as Richard Kennerly · 1984
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
as Professor Aronnax · 1997
Out of the Ashes
as Jake Smith · 2003
The Flamingo Kid
as Phil Brody · 1984
Heart Full of Rain
as Arliss Dockett · 1997
By Dawn's Early Light
as Ben Maxwell · 2001
The Deserter
as Major Wade Brown · 1970
A Pyromaniac's Love Story
as Tom Lumpke (uncredited) · 1995
The Case of the Hillside Stranglers
as Sgt. Bob Grogan · 1989
Catlow
as Cowan · 1971
Terror on Track 9
as Det. Frank Janek · 1992
The Day Reagan Was Shot
as Ronald Reagan · 2001
A Girl Named Sooner
as R.J. 'Mac' McHenry · 1975
Red Sky at Morning
as Frank Arnold · 1971
The Rape of Richard Beck
as Richard Beck · 1985
Red Skies of Montana
as Noxon (uncredited) · 1952
Plaza Suite
as Roy Hubley · 1987
Star!
as Richard Aldrich · 1968
Doctors' Wives
as Pete Brennan · 1971
In the Name of Love: A Texas Tragedy
as Luke Constable Sr. · 1995
Police Story: The Freeway Killings
as Deputy Chief Bob Devers · 1987
Honky Tonk
as Candy Johnson · 1974
The Pride of St. Louis
as Paul Dean · 1952
Mayflower: The Pilgrims' Adventure
as William Brewster · 1979
Our Miss Brooks
as Walter Denton · 1956
The Forget-Me-Not Murders
as Frank Janek · 1994
The Ordeal of Bill Carney
as Mason Rose · 1981
Stone Cold Dead
as Sgt. Boyd · 1979
We Get to Win This Time
as Self · 2002
Made in Paris
as Herb Stone · 1966
Musical Comedy Tonight II
as Self · 1981
Double Solitaire
as Charley Potter · 1974
The High Price of Passion
as Williams Douglas · 1986
Table for Five
as Mitchell · 1983
Last Flight Out
as Dan Hood · 1990
Stuck with Each Other
as Bert Medwick · 1989
A Place to Be Loved
as George Russ · 1993
To Serve and Protect
as Howard Carr · 1999
The Day the Bubble Burst
as Jesse Livermore · 1982
Afganistan: Land in Crisis
as Self · 2002
Hearts of Hot Shots! Part Deux—A Filmmaker's Apology
· 1993
Jonathan Stone: Threat of Innocence
as Jonathan Stone · 1994
The Making of 'First Blood'
as Self · 1982
Murder in Black and White
as Frank Janek · 1990
The War Between the Tates
as Professor Brian Tate · 1977
Shootout in a One-Dog Town
as Zack Wells · 1974
The Real Las Vegas
as Narrator (voice) · 1996
Murder Times Seven
as Frank Janek · 1990
Over-Exposed
as Russell Bassett · 1956
Montana
as Hoyce Guthrie · 1990
Fugitive Family
as Brian Roberts · 1980
Deep Family Secrets
as Clay Chadway · 1997
Guts and Glory
as Self · 2002
A Case of Deadly Force
as Lawrence O'Donnell Sr. · 1986
First, You Cry
as David Towers · 1978
Nightmare
as Howard Faloon · 1974
Drawing First Blood: 20 Years Later
as Self · 2002
Midas Run
as Warden · 1969
Janek: The Silent Betrayal
as Frank Janek · 1994
Squaring the Circle
as The Narrator · 1984
Disneyland '59
as Self · 1959
Mort Sahl: The Loyal Opposition
as Narrator · 1989
Wild Horse Hank
as Pace Bradford · 1979
It Grows on Trees
as Ralph Bowen · 1952
Double Indemnity
as Walter Neff · 1973
Kids Like These
as Bob Goodman · 1987
Footsteps
as Paddy · 1972
Doubletake
as Frank Janek · 1985
Daniel Boone
as Daniel Boone · 1981
Thief
as Neal Wilkinson · 1971
Internal Affairs
as Frank Janek · 1988
Atlantis: In Search of a Lost Continent
as Himself / Narrator · 1997
The Long Lost Life of Edward Smalley
as Edward Smalley · 1963
Joshua's World
as Dr. Joshua Torrance · 1980
Race Against Time: The Search for Sarah
as John Porter · 1996