Richard Crenna
Acting
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.
TV Shows(31)
Judging Amy
Jared Duff
1999
To Serve and Protect
Howard Carr
1999
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
JAG
Harmon Rabb Sr. (voice)
1995
Chicago Hope
Martin Rockwell
1994
Intruders
Dr. Neil Chase
1992
Pros and Cons
Mitch O'Hannon
1991
And the Sea Will Tell
Vincent Bugliosi
1991
Gabriel's Fire
1990
On Wings of Eagles
H. Ross Perot
1986
It Takes Two
1982
Centennial
Colonel Frank Skimmerhorn
1978
All's Fair
1976
Saturday Night Live
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1975
People's Choice Awards
Self - Host
1975
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self
1968
The Carol Burnett Show
Self
1967
Slattery's People
James Slattery
1964
Kraft Suspense Theatre
Edward Smalley
1963
The Danny Kaye Show
Self
1963
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
1962
The Real McCoys
Luke McCoy
1957
Matinee Theater
1955
Frontier
1955
Cheyenne
1955
The Millionaire
Ralph McKnight
1955
Our Miss Brooks
Walter Denton
1952
Today
Himself - Actor
1952
I Love Lucy
Arthur Morton
1951
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
1944
Movies(95)
Rambo
Col. Samuel Trautman (archive footage) (uncredited)
2008
Out of the Ashes
Jake Smith
2003
Afganistan: Land in Crisis
Self
2002
The Day Reagan Was Shot
Ronald Reagan
2001
By Dawn's Early Light
Ben Maxwell
2001
Murder, She Wrote: A Story to Die For
Warren Pierce
2000
To Serve and Protect
Howard Carr
1999
Wrongfully Accused
Fergus Falls
1998
Heart Full of Rain
Arliss Dockett
1997
Deep Family Secrets
Clay Chadway
1997
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Professor Aronnax
1997
Atlantis: In Search of a Lost Continent
Himself / Narrator
1997
The Real Las Vegas
Narrator (voice)
1996
Race Against Time: The Search for Sarah
John Porter
1996
Sabrina
Patrick Tyson
1995
Jade
Governor Edwards
1995
In the Name of Love: A Texas Tragedy
Luke Constable Sr.
1995
A Pyromaniac's Love Story
Tom Lumpke (uncredited)
1995
Janek: The Silent Betrayal
Frank Janek
1994
Jonathan Stone: Threat of Innocence
Jonathan Stone
1994
The Forget-Me-Not Murders
Frank Janek
1994
Hot Shots! Part Deux
Col. Denton Walters
1993
Hearts of Hot Shots! Part Deux—A Filmmaker's Apology
1993
A Place to Be Loved
George Russ
1993
Terror on Track 9
Det. Frank Janek
1992
And the Sea Will Tell
Vincent Bugliosi
1991
Murder Times Seven
Frank Janek
1990
Last Flight Out
Dan Hood
1990
Montana
Hoyce Guthrie
1990
Murder in Black and White
Frank Janek
1990
Stuck with Each Other
Bert Medwick
1989
Mort Sahl: The Loyal Opposition
Narrator
1989
The Case of the Hillside Stranglers
Sgt. Bob Grogan
1989
Leviathan
Dr. Glen 'Doc' Thompson
1989
Internal Affairs
Frank Janek
1988
Rambo III
Trautman
1988
Plaza Suite
Roy Hubley
1987
Kids Like These
Bob Goodman
1987
Police Story: The Freeway Killings
Deputy Chief Bob Devers
1987
The High Price of Passion
Williams Douglas
1986
A Case of Deadly Force
Lawrence O'Donnell Sr.
1986
Doubletake
Frank Janek
1985
Summer Rental
Al Pellet
1985
The Rape of Richard Beck
Richard Beck
1985
Rambo: First Blood Part II
Col. Samuel Trautman
1985
The Flamingo Kid
Phil Brody
1984
Passions
Richard Kennerly
1984
Squaring the Circle
The Narrator
1984
Table for Five
Mitchell
1983
First Blood
Col. Samuel Trautman
1982
The Day the Bubble Burst
Jesse Livermore
1982
The Ordeal of Bill Carney
Mason Rose
1981
Daniel Boone
Daniel Boone
1981
Body Heat
Edmund Walker
1981
Musical Comedy Tonight II
Self
1981
Fugitive Family
Brian Roberts
1980
Joshua's World
Dr. Joshua Torrance
1980
Death Ship
Trevor Marshall
1980
Mayflower: The Pilgrims' Adventure
William Brewster
1979
Stone Cold Dead
Sgt. Boyd
1979
Wild Horse Hank
Pace Bradford
1979
A Fire in the Sky
Jason Voight
1978
First, You Cry
David Towers
1978
Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell
Mike Barry
1978
The Evil
C.J. Arnold
1978
The War Between the Tates
Professor Brian Tate
1977
Breakheart Pass
Gov. Richard Fairchild
1975
A Girl Named Sooner
R.J. 'Mac' McHenry
1975
Honky Tonk
Candy Johnson
1974
Double Solitaire
Charley Potter
1974
Shootout in a One-Dog Town
Zack Wells
1974
Nightmare
Howard Faloon
1974
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
Father (voice)
1973
Double Indemnity
Walter Neff
1973
The Man Called Noon
Noon
1973
Footsteps
Paddy
1972
A Cop
Simon
1972
Thief
Neal Wilkinson
1971
Catlow
Cowan
1971
Red Sky at Morning
Frank Arnold
1971
Doctors' Wives
Pete Brennan
1971
The Deserter
Major Wade Brown
1970
Marooned
Jim Pruett
1969
Midas Run
Mike Warden
1969
Star!
Richard Aldrich
1968
Wait Until Dark
Mike Talman
1967
The Sand Pebbles
Captain Collins
1966
Made in Paris
Herb Stone
1966
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
John Goldfarb
1965
Disneyland '59
Self
1959
Our Miss Brooks
Walter Denton
1956
Over-Exposed
Russell Bassett
1956
It Grows on Trees
Ralph Bowen
1952
The Pride of St. Louis
Paul Dean
1952
Red Skies of Montana
Noxon (uncredited)
1952