Richard Crenna

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

124

Gender

Male

Birthday

1926-11-30

Day of death

2003-01-17 (76 years old)

Place of Birth

Los Angeles, California, USA

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

    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

  • JAG

    JAG

  • The Carol Burnett Show

    The Carol Burnett Show

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • The Merv Griffin Show

    The Merv Griffin Show

  • Judging Amy

    Judging Amy

  • Matinee Theater

    Matinee Theater

  • Chicago Hope

    Chicago Hope

  • I Love Lucy

    I Love Lucy

  • Cheyenne

    Cheyenne

  • The Real McCoys

    The Real McCoys

  • Kraft Suspense Theatre

    Kraft Suspense Theatre

  • The Millionaire

    The Millionaire

  • Rambo: First Blood Part II

    Rambo: First Blood Part II

  • The Danny Kaye Show

    The Danny Kaye Show

  • First Blood

    First Blood

  • Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

    Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

  • Today

    Today

  • Rambo

    Rambo

  • Rambo III

    Rambo III

  • Leviathan

    Leviathan

  • The Sand Pebbles

    The Sand Pebbles

  • Wait Until Dark

    Wait Until Dark

  • Marooned

    Marooned

  • Red Skies of Montana

    Red Skies of Montana

  • Centennial

    Centennial

  • Hot Shots! Part Deux

    Hot Shots! Part Deux

  • Death Ship

    Death Ship

  • Police Story: The Freeway Killings

    Police Story: The Freeway Killings

  • Internal Affairs

    Internal Affairs

  • Summer Rental

    Summer Rental

  • Terror on Track 9

    Terror on Track 9

  • In the Name of Love: A Texas Tragedy

    In the Name of Love: A Texas Tragedy

  • Afganistan: Land in Crisis

    Afganistan: Land in Crisis

  • Jonathan Livingston Seagull

    Jonathan Livingston Seagull

  • Joshua's World

    Joshua's World

  • A Place to Be Loved

    A Place to Be Loved

  • The Ordeal of Bill Carney

    The Ordeal of Bill Carney

  • The Day the Bubble Burst

    The Day the Bubble Burst

  • A Fire in the Sky

    A Fire in the Sky

  • Nightmare

    Nightmare

  • By Dawn's Early Light

    By Dawn's Early Light

  • Frontier

    Frontier

  • Our Miss Brooks

    Our Miss Brooks

  • Disneyland '59

    Disneyland '59

  • The Case of the Hillside Stranglers

    The Case of the Hillside Stranglers

  • Star!

    Star!

  • Red Sky at Morning

    Red Sky at Morning

  • Honky Tonk

    Honky Tonk

  • The Pride of St. Louis

    The Pride of St. Louis

  • The Forget-Me-Not Murders

    The Forget-Me-Not Murders

  • Slattery's People

    Slattery's People

  • Jade

    Jade

  • Sabrina

    Sabrina

  • Deep Family Secrets

    Deep Family Secrets

  • Breakheart Pass

    Breakheart Pass

  • John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!

    John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!

  • Body Heat

    Body Heat

  • All's Fair

    All's Fair

  • Wrongfully Accused

    Wrongfully Accused

  • Thief

    Thief

  • Double Indemnity

    Double Indemnity

  • The Deserter

    The Deserter

  • Intruders

    Intruders

  • Musical Comedy Tonight II

    Musical Comedy Tonight II

  • First, You Cry

    First, You Cry

  • Made in Paris

    Made in Paris

  • Murder Times Seven

    Murder Times Seven

  • The Rape of Richard Beck

    The Rape of Richard Beck

  • Catlow

    Catlow

  • It Takes Two

    It Takes Two

  • Montana

    Montana

  • Jonathan Stone: Threat of Innocence

    Jonathan Stone: Threat of Innocence

  • Over-Exposed

    Over-Exposed

  • Gabriel's Fire

    Gabriel's Fire

  • 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

    20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

  • Midas Run

    Midas Run

  • Doubletake

    Doubletake

  • A Pyromaniac's Love Story

    A Pyromaniac's Love Story

  • Daniel Boone

    Daniel Boone

  • Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell

    Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell

  • The Day Reagan Was Shot

    The Day Reagan Was Shot

  • Double Solitaire

    Double Solitaire

  • Shootout in a One-Dog Town

    Shootout in a One-Dog Town

  • A Case of Deadly Force

    A Case of Deadly Force

  • Footsteps

    Footsteps

  • The Flamingo Kid

    The Flamingo Kid

  • Mayflower: The Pilgrims' Adventure

    Mayflower: The Pilgrims' Adventure

  • The Evil

    The Evil

  • Murder, She Wrote: A Story to Die For

    Murder, She Wrote: A Story to Die For

  • It Grows on Trees

    It Grows on Trees

  • Out of the Ashes

    Out of the Ashes

  • Murder in Black and White

    Murder in Black and White

  • On Wings of Eagles

    On Wings of Eagles

  • Wild Horse Hank

    Wild Horse Hank

  • Janek: The Silent Betrayal

    Janek: The Silent Betrayal

  • Squaring the Circle

    Squaring the Circle

  • E! True Hollywood Story

    E! True Hollywood Story

  • The Man Called Noon

    The Man Called Noon

  • A Girl Named Sooner

    A Girl Named Sooner

  • To Serve and Protect

    To Serve and Protect

  • Pros and Cons

    Pros and Cons

  • Passions

    Passions

  • Stuck with Each Other

    Stuck with Each Other

  • Kids Like These

    Kids Like These

  • Plaza Suite

    Plaza Suite

  • A Cop

    A Cop

  • Table for Five

    Table for Five

  • Our Miss Brooks

    Our Miss Brooks

  • Fugitive Family

    Fugitive Family

  • The Real Las Vegas

    The Real Las Vegas

  • To Serve and Protect

    To Serve and Protect

  • And the Sea Will Tell

    And the Sea Will Tell

  • Mort Sahl: The Loyal Opposition

    Mort Sahl: The Loyal Opposition

  • Doctors' Wives

    Doctors' Wives

  • Hearts of Hot Shots! Part Deux—A Filmmaker's Apology

    Hearts of Hot Shots! Part Deux—A Filmmaker's Apology

  • Race Against Time: The Search for Sarah

    Race Against Time: The Search for Sarah

  • Heart Full of Rain

    Heart Full of Rain

  • And the Sea Will Tell

    And the Sea Will Tell

  • The High Price of Passion

    The High Price of Passion

  • Stone Cold Dead

    Stone Cold Dead

  • Last Flight Out

    Last Flight Out

  • The War Between the Tates

    The War Between the Tates

  • Atlantis: In Search of a Lost Continent

    Atlantis: In Search of a Lost Continent