Richard Crenna

Richard Crenna

🎂 30th November 1926 (99 yrs) 📍 Los Angeles, California, USA

Known For

First Blood

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.

Richard Crenna

🎬 Movies Featuring Richard Crenna

Rambo

Rambo (2008)

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

Out of the Ashes (2003)

as Jake Smith
Afganistan: Land in Crisis

Afganistan: Land in Crisis (2002)

as Self
The Day Reagan Was Shot

The Day Reagan Was Shot (2001)

as Ronald Reagan
By Dawn's Early Light

By Dawn's Early Light (2001)

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

Murder, She Wrote: A Story to Die For (2000)

as Warren Pierce
To Serve and Protect

To Serve and Protect (1999)

as Howard Carr
Wrongfully Accused

Wrongfully Accused (1998)

as Fergus Falls
Heart Full of Rain

Heart Full of Rain (1997)

as Arliss Dockett
Deep Family Secrets

Deep Family Secrets (1997)

as Clay Chadway
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1997)

as Professor Aronnax
Atlantis: In Search of a Lost Continent

Atlantis: In Search of a Lost Continent (1997)

as Himself / Narrator
The Real Las Vegas

The Real Las Vegas (1996)

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

Race Against Time: The Search for Sarah (1996)

as John Porter
Sabrina

Sabrina (1995)

as Patrick Tyson
Jade

Jade (1995)

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

In the Name of Love: A Texas Tragedy (1995)

as Luke Constable Sr.
A Pyromaniac's Love Story

A Pyromaniac's Love Story (1995)

as Tom Lumpke (uncredited)
No Image

Janek: The Silent Betrayal (1994)

as Frank Janek
Jonathan Stone: Threat of Innocence

Jonathan Stone: Threat of Innocence (1994)

as Jonathan Stone
The Forget-Me-Not Murders

The Forget-Me-Not Murders (1994)

as Frank Janek
Hot Shots! Part Deux

Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993)

as Col. Denton Walters
Hearts of Hot Shots! Part Deux—A Filmmaker's Apology

Hearts of Hot Shots! Part Deux—A Filmmaker's Apology (1993)

A Place to Be Loved

A Place to Be Loved (1993)

as George Russ
Terror on Track 9

Terror on Track 9 (1992)

as Det. Frank Janek
And the Sea Will Tell

And the Sea Will Tell (1991)

as Vincent Bugliosi
Murder Times Seven

Murder Times Seven (1990)

as Frank Janek
No Image

Last Flight Out (1990)

as Dan Hood
Montana

Montana (1990)

as Hoyce Guthrie
Murder in Black and White

Murder in Black and White (1990)

as Frank Janek
Stuck with Each Other

Stuck with Each Other (1989)

as Bert Medwick
Mort Sahl: The Loyal Opposition

Mort Sahl: The Loyal Opposition (1989)

as Narrator
The Case of the Hillside Stranglers

The Case of the Hillside Stranglers (1989)

as Sgt. Bob Grogan
Leviathan

Leviathan (1989)

as Dr. Glen 'Doc' Thompson
Internal Affairs

Internal Affairs (1988)

as Frank Janek
Rambo III

Rambo III (1988)

as Trautman
Plaza Suite

Plaza Suite (1987)

as Roy Hubley
Kids Like These

Kids Like These (1987)

as Bob Goodman
Police Story: The Freeway Killings

Police Story: The Freeway Killings (1987)

as Deputy Chief Bob Devers
The High Price of Passion

The High Price of Passion (1986)

as Williams Douglas
No Image

A Case of Deadly Force (1986)

as Lawrence O'Donnell Sr.
Doubletake

Doubletake (1985)

as Frank Janek
Summer Rental

Summer Rental (1985)

as Al Pellet
The Rape of Richard Beck

The Rape of Richard Beck (1985)

as Richard Beck
Rambo: First Blood Part II

Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985)

as Col. Samuel Trautman
The Flamingo Kid

The Flamingo Kid (1984)

as Phil Brody
Passions

Passions (1984)

as Richard Kennerly
Squaring the Circle

Squaring the Circle (1984)

as The Narrator
Table for Five

Table for Five (1983)

as Mitchell
First Blood

First Blood (1982)

as Col. Samuel Trautman
The Day the Bubble Burst

The Day the Bubble Burst (1982)

as Jesse Livermore
The Ordeal of Bill Carney

The Ordeal of Bill Carney (1981)

as Mason Rose
Daniel Boone

Daniel Boone (1981)

as Daniel Boone
Body Heat

Body Heat (1981)

as Edmund Walker
Musical Comedy Tonight II

Musical Comedy Tonight II (1981)

as Self
Fugitive Family

Fugitive Family (1980)

as Brian Roberts
No Image

Joshua's World (1980)

as Dr. Joshua Torrance
Death Ship

Death Ship (1980)

as Trevor Marshall
Mayflower: The Pilgrims' Adventure

Mayflower: The Pilgrims' Adventure (1979)

as William Brewster
Stone Cold Dead

Stone Cold Dead (1979)

as Sgt. Boyd
Wild Horse Hank

Wild Horse Hank (1979)

as Pace Bradford
A Fire in the Sky

A Fire in the Sky (1978)

as Jason Voight
First, You Cry

First, You Cry (1978)

as David Towers
Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell

Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell (1978)

as Mike Barry
The Evil

The Evil (1978)

as C.J. Arnold
The War Between the Tates

The War Between the Tates (1977)

as Professor Brian Tate
Breakheart Pass

Breakheart Pass (1975)

as Gov. Richard Fairchild
A Girl Named Sooner

A Girl Named Sooner (1975)

as R.J. 'Mac' McHenry
Honky Tonk

Honky Tonk (1974)

as Candy Johnson
Double Solitaire

Double Solitaire (1974)

as Charley Potter
Shootout in a One-Dog Town

Shootout in a One-Dog Town (1974)

as Zack Wells
Nightmare

Nightmare (1974)

as Howard Faloon
Jonathan Livingston Seagull

Jonathan Livingston Seagull (1973)

as Father (voice)
Double Indemnity

Double Indemnity (1973)

as Walter Neff
The Man Called Noon

The Man Called Noon (1973)

as Noon
Footsteps

Footsteps (1972)

as Paddy
A Cop

A Cop (1972)

as Simon
Thief

Thief (1971)

as Neal Wilkinson
Catlow

Catlow (1971)

as Cowan
Red Sky at Morning

Red Sky at Morning (1971)

as Frank Arnold
Doctors' Wives

Doctors' Wives (1971)

as Pete Brennan
The Deserter

The Deserter (1970)

as Major Wade Brown
Marooned

Marooned (1969)

as Jim Pruett
Midas Run

Midas Run (1969)

as Mike Warden
Star!

Star! (1968)

as Richard Aldrich
Wait Until Dark

Wait Until Dark (1967)

as Mike Talman
The Sand Pebbles

The Sand Pebbles (1966)

as Captain Collins
Made in Paris

Made in Paris (1966)

as Herb Stone
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!

John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! (1965)

as John Goldfarb
Disneyland '59

Disneyland '59 (1959)

as Self
Our Miss Brooks

Our Miss Brooks (1956)

as Walter Denton
Over-Exposed

Over-Exposed (1956)

as Russell Bassett
It Grows on Trees

It Grows on Trees (1952)

as Ralph Bowen
The Pride of St. Louis

The Pride of St. Louis (1952)

as Paul Dean
Red Skies of Montana

Red Skies of Montana (1952)

as Noxon (uncredited)