Richard Crenna

Richard Crenna

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

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Filmography

2023

Sly
Sly
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Movie - Released: 9/16/2023

2008

Rambo
Rambo
as Col. Samuel Trautman (archive footage) (uncredited)
Movie - Released: 1/24/2008

2003

Out of the Ashes
Out of the Ashes
as Jake Smith
Movie - Released: 4/13/2003

2002

Afganistan: Land in Crisis
Afganistan: Land in Crisis
as Self
Movie - Released: 5/28/2002

2001

The Day Reagan Was Shot
The Day Reagan Was Shot
as Ronald Reagan
Movie - Released: 12/9/2001
By Dawn's Early Light
By Dawn's Early Light
as Ben Maxwell
Movie - Released: 4/15/2001

2000

Murder, She Wrote: A Story to Die For
Murder, She Wrote: A Story to Die For
as Warren Pierce
Movie - Released: 5/18/2000

1999

To Serve and Protect
To Serve and Protect
as Howard Carr
Movie - Released: 2/14/1999
Judging Amy
Judging Amy
as Jared Duff
TV - Released: 9/19/1999

1998

Wrongfully Accused
Wrongfully Accused
as Fergus Falls
Movie - Released: 7/23/1998

1997

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
as Professor Aronnax
Movie - Released: 3/23/1997
Deep Family Secrets
Deep Family Secrets
as Clay Chadway
Movie - Released: 4/15/1997
Atlantis: In Search of a Lost Continent
Atlantis: In Search of a Lost Continent
as Himself / Narrator
Movie - Released: 1/14/1997
Heart Full of Rain
Heart Full of Rain
as Arliss Dockett
Movie - Released: 10/5/1997

1996

Race Against Time: The Search for Sarah
Race Against Time: The Search for Sarah
as John Porter
Movie - Released: 1/1/1996
E! True Hollywood Story
E! True Hollywood Story
TV - Released: 8/21/1996

1995

Jade
Jade
as Governor Edwards
Movie - Released: 10/13/1995
In the Name of Love: A Texas Tragedy
In the Name of Love: A Texas Tragedy
as Luke Constable Sr.
Movie - Released: 9/12/1995
Sabrina
Sabrina
as Patrick Tyson
Movie - Released: 12/15/1995
JAG
JAG
as Harmon Rabb Sr. (voice)
TV - Released: 9/23/1995

1994

Jonathan Stone: Threat of Innocence
Jonathan Stone: Threat of Innocence
as Jonathan Stone
Movie - Released: 5/18/1994
The Forget-Me-Not Murders
The Forget-Me-Not Murders
as Frank Janek
Movie - Released: 3/29/1994
Movie
Janek: The Silent Betrayal
as Frank Janek
Movie - Released: 12/20/1994
Chicago Hope
Chicago Hope
TV - Released: 9/18/1994

1993

Hot Shots! Part Deux
Hot Shots! Part Deux
as Col. Denton Walters
Movie - Released: 5/21/1993
A Place To Be Loved
A Place To Be Loved
as George Russ
Movie - Released: 4/4/1993

1992

Terror on Track 9
Terror on Track 9
as Det. Frank Janek
Movie - Released: 9/20/1992
Intruders
Intruders
as Dr. Neil Chase
TV - Released: 5/17/1992

1991

And the Sea Will Tell
And the Sea Will Tell
as Vincent Bugliosi
Movie - Released: 2/24/1991
Pros and Cons
Pros and Cons
as Mitch O'Hannon
TV - Released: 9/26/1991
And the Sea Will Tell
And the Sea Will Tell
TV - Released: 2/24/1991

1990

Movie
Last Flight Out
as Dan Hood
Movie - Released: 5/22/1990
Montana
Montana
as Hoyce Guthrie
Movie - Released: 2/9/1990
Murder Times Seven
Murder Times Seven
as Frank Janek
Movie - Released: 10/14/1990
Murder in Black and White
Murder in Black and White
as Frank Janek
Movie - Released: 1/7/1990
Gabriel's Fire
Gabriel's Fire
TV - Released: 9/12/1990

1989

Leviathan
Leviathan
as Dr. Glen 'Doc' Thompson
Movie - Released: 3/17/1989
Mort Sahl: The Loyal Opposition
Mort Sahl: The Loyal Opposition
as Narrator
Movie - Released: 9/18/1989
The Case of the Hillside Stranglers
The Case of the Hillside Stranglers
as Sgt. Bob Grogan
Movie - Released: 4/2/1989
Stuck with Each Other
Stuck with Each Other
as Bert Medwick
Movie - Released: 10/17/1989

1988

Rambo III
Rambo III
as Trautman
Movie - Released: 5/24/1988
Internal Affairs
Internal Affairs
as Frank Janek
Movie - Released: 11/6/1988

1987

Kids Like These
Kids Like These
as Bob Goodman
Movie - Released: 11/8/1987
Police Story: The Freeway Killings
Police Story: The Freeway Killings
as Deputy Chief Bob Devers
Movie - Released: 5/3/1987
Plaza Suite
Plaza Suite
as Roy Hubley
Movie - Released: 12/3/1987

1986

Movie
A Case of Deadly Force
as Lawrence O'Donnell Sr.
Movie - Released: 4/9/1986
Movie
The High Price of Passion
as Williams Douglas
Movie - Released: 10/29/1986
On Wings of Eagles
On Wings of Eagles
as H. Ross Perot
TV - Released: 5/18/1986

1985

Rambo: First Blood Part II
Rambo: First Blood Part II
as Col. Samuel Trautman
Movie - Released: 5/21/1985
Summer Rental
Summer Rental
as Al Pellet
Movie - Released: 8/9/1985
The Rape of Richard Beck
The Rape of Richard Beck
as Richard Beck
Movie - Released: 5/27/1985
Doubletake
Doubletake
as Frank Janek
Movie - Released: 11/24/1985

1984

The Flamingo Kid
The Flamingo Kid
as Phil Brody
Movie - Released: 12/21/1984
Passions
Passions
as Richard Kennerly
Movie - Released: 10/1/1984
Squaring the Circle
Squaring the Circle
as The Narrator
Movie - Released: 5/23/1984

1983

Table for Five
Table for Five
as Mitchell
Movie - Released: 2/18/1983

1982

First Blood
First Blood
as Col. Samuel Trautman
Movie - Released: 10/22/1982
The Day the Bubble Burst
The Day the Bubble Burst
as Jesse Livermore
Movie - Released: 2/7/1982
It Takes Two
It Takes Two
TV - Released: 10/14/1982

1981

Body Heat
Body Heat
as Edmund Walker
Movie - Released: 8/28/1981
The Ordeal of Bill Carney
The Ordeal of Bill Carney
as Mason Rose
Movie - Released: 12/23/1981
Daniel Boone
Daniel Boone
as Daniel Boone
Movie - Released: 11/27/1981
Musical Comedy Tonight II
Musical Comedy Tonight II
as Self
Movie - Released: 2/11/1981

1980

Death Ship
Death Ship
as Trevor Marshall
Movie - Released: 3/7/1980
Movie
Joshua's World
as Dr. Joshua Torrance
Movie - Released: 8/21/1980
Fugitive Family
Fugitive Family
as Brian Roberts
Movie - Released: 10/1/1980

1979

Stone Cold Dead
Stone Cold Dead
as Sgt. Boyd
Movie - Released: 9/14/1979
Wild Horse Hank
Wild Horse Hank
as Pace Bradford
Movie - Released: 1/1/1979
Movie
Mayflower: The Pilgrims' Adventure
as William Brewster
Movie - Released: 11/21/1979

1978

Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell
Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell
as Mike Barry
Movie - Released: 10/31/1978
The Evil
The Evil
as C.J. Arnold
Movie - Released: 5/5/1978
A Fire in the Sky
A Fire in the Sky
as Jason Voight
Movie - Released: 11/26/1978
First, You Cry
First, You Cry
as David Towers
Movie - Released: 11/8/1978
Centennial
Centennial
as Colonel Frank Skimmerhorn
TV - Released: 10/1/1978

1977

The War Between the Tates
The War Between the Tates
as Professor Brian Tate
Movie - Released: 6/13/1977

1976

All's Fair
All's Fair
TV - Released: 9/20/1976

1975

Breakheart Pass
Breakheart Pass
as Gov. Richard Fairchild
Movie - Released: 12/9/1975
A Girl Named Sooner
A Girl Named Sooner
as R.J. 'Mac' McHenry
Movie - Released: 6/18/1975

1974

Double Solitaire
Double Solitaire
as Charley Potter
Movie - Released: 1/16/1974
Shootout in a One-Dog Town
Shootout in a One-Dog Town
as Zack Wells
Movie - Released: 1/9/1974
Nightmare
Nightmare
as Howard Faloon
Movie - Released: 1/8/1974
Honky Tonk
Honky Tonk
as Candy Johnson
Movie - Released: 4/1/1974

1973

Double Indemnity
Double Indemnity
as Walter Neff
Movie - Released: 10/13/1973
The Man Called Noon
The Man Called Noon
as Noon
Movie - Released: 8/29/1973
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
as Father (voice)
Movie - Released: 10/23/1973

1972

A Cop
A Cop
as Simon
Movie - Released: 10/1/1972
Footsteps
Footsteps
as Paddy
Movie - Released: 10/3/1972

1971

Catlow
Catlow
as Cowan
Movie - Released: 10/1/1971
Red Sky at Morning
Red Sky at Morning
as Frank Arnold
Movie - Released: 5/12/1971
Doctors' Wives
Doctors' Wives
as Pete Brennan
Movie - Released: 2/3/1971
Thief
Thief
as Neal Wilkinson
Movie - Released: 10/9/1971

1970

The Deserter
The Deserter
as Major Wade Brown
Movie - Released: 12/4/1970

1969

Marooned
Marooned
as Jim Pruett
Movie - Released: 12/11/1969
Midas Run
Midas Run
as Mike Warden
Movie - Released: 5/7/1969

1968

Star!
Star!
as Richard Aldrich
Movie - Released: 7/18/1968
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as Self
TV - Released: 1/22/1968

1967

Wait Until Dark
Wait Until Dark
as Mike Talman
Movie - Released: 10/26/1967
The Carol Burnett Show
The Carol Burnett Show
as Self - Guest
TV - Released: 9/11/1967

1966

The Sand Pebbles
The Sand Pebbles
as Captain Collins
Movie - Released: 12/20/1966
Made in Paris
Made in Paris
as Herb Stone
Movie - Released: 2/9/1966

1965

John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
as John Goldfarb
Movie - Released: 3/24/1965

1964

Slattery's People
Slattery's People
as James Slattery
TV - Released: 9/21/1964

1963

Kraft Suspense Theatre
Kraft Suspense Theatre
as Edward Smalley
TV - Released: 10/10/1963
The Danny Kaye Show
The Danny Kaye Show
as Self
TV - Released: 9/25/1963

1962

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
TV - Released: 10/1/1962
The Merv Griffin Show
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
TV - Released: 10/1/1962

1959

Disneyland '59
Disneyland '59
as Self
Movie - Released: 6/15/1959

1957

The Real McCoys
The Real McCoys
as Luke McCoy
TV - Released: 10/3/1957

1956

Over-Exposed
Over-Exposed
as Russell Bassett
Movie - Released: 4/1/1956
Our Miss Brooks
Our Miss Brooks
as Walter Denton
Movie - Released: 4/24/1956

1955

Cheyenne
Cheyenne
TV - Released: 9/20/1955
The Millionaire
The Millionaire
as Ralph McKnight
TV - Released: 1/19/1955
Matinee Theater
Matinee Theater
TV - Released: 10/31/1955
Frontier
Frontier
TV - Released: 9/25/1955

1952

It Grows on Trees
It Grows on Trees
as Ralph Bowen
Movie - Released: 9/2/1952
Red Skies of Montana
Red Skies of Montana
as Noxon (uncredited)
Movie - Released: 1/23/1952
The Pride of St. Louis
The Pride of St. Louis
as Paul Dean
Movie - Released: 5/2/1952
Our Miss Brooks
Our Miss Brooks
as Walter Denton
TV - Released: 10/3/1952

1951

I Love Lucy
I Love Lucy
as Arthur Morton
TV - Released: 10/15/1951

1944

Golden Globe Awards
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
TV - Released: 1/20/1944