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