Richard Crenna

Actor
BirthdayNov 30, 1926 (77 years old)
DeathdayJan 17, 2003
Place of birthLos Angeles, California, USA
GenderMale

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Richard Crenna, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Known for

Col. Samuel Trautman

Oct 22, 1982

Col. Samuel Trautman

May 21, 1985

Col. Samuel Trautman (archive footage) (uncredited)

Jan 24, 2008

Trautman

May 24, 1988

Col. Denton Walters

May 21, 1993

Patrick Tyson

Dec 15, 1995

Edmund Walker

Aug 28, 1981

Mike Talman

Oct 26, 1967

Dr. Glen 'Doc' Thompson

Mar 17, 1989

Fergus Falls

Jul 23, 1998

JAG

7.3

Harmon Rabb Sr. (voice)

Sep 23, 1995

Jade

5.4

Governor Edwards

Oct 13, 1995

Simon

Oct 1, 1972

Captain Collins

Dec 20, 1966

Richard Aldrich

Jul 18, 1968

Arthur Morton

Oct 15, 1951

Al Pellet

Aug 9, 1985

Gov. Richard Fairchild

Dec 9, 1975

Sly

7.2

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Sep 16, 2023

Trevor Marshall

Mar 7, 1980

Col. Samuel Trautman

Oct 22, 1982

Col. Samuel Trautman

May 21, 1985

Col. Samuel Trautman (archive footage) (uncredited)

Jan 24, 2008

Trautman

May 24, 1988

Col. Denton Walters

May 21, 1993

Patrick Tyson

Dec 15, 1995

Acting


Participated in 97 movies, 36 TV series

2023

Sly

7.2

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)


2008

Col. Samuel Trautman (archive footage) (uncredited)


2003

Jake Smith



2001

Ronald Reagan


2001

Ben Maxwell



1999

Jared Duff


1999

Howard Carr


1998

Fergus Falls


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