Acting · Los Angeles, California, USA · Born November 30, 1926
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.
MovieRambo
2008
as Col. Samuel Trautman (archive footage) (uncredited)
MovieOut of the Ashes
2003
as Jake Smith
MovieAfganistan: Land in Crisis
2002
as Self
MovieWe Get to Win This Time
2002
as Self
MovieGuts and Glory
2002
as Self
MovieDrawing First Blood: 20 Years Later
2002
as Self
MovieThe Day Reagan Was Shot
2001
as Ronald Reagan
MovieBy Dawn's Early Light
2001
as Ben Maxwell
MovieMurder, She Wrote: A Story to Die For
2000
as Warren Pierce
TVJudging Amy
1999
as Jared Duff
MovieTo Serve and Protect
1999
as Howard Carr
TVTo Serve and Protect
1999
as Howard Carr
MovieWrongfully Accused
1998
as Fergus Falls
MovieHeart Full of Rain
1997
as Arliss Dockett
MovieDeep Family Secrets
1997
as Clay Chadway
Movie20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
1997
as Professor Aronnax
MovieAtlantis: In Search of a Lost Continent
1997
as Himself / Narrator
MovieThe Real Las Vegas
1996
as Narrator (voice)
TVE! True Hollywood Story
1996
MovieRace Against Time: The Search for Sarah
1996
as John Porter
MovieSabrina
1995
as Patrick Tyson
MovieJade
1995
as Governor Edwards
TVJAG
1995
as Harmon Rabb Sr. (voice)
MovieIn the Name of Love: A Texas Tragedy
1995
as Luke Constable Sr.
MovieA Pyromaniac's Love Story
1995
as Tom Lumpke (uncredited)
Janek: The Silent Betrayal
1994
as Frank Janek
TVChicago Hope
1994
as Martin Rockwell
MovieJonathan Stone: Threat of Innocence
1994
as Jonathan Stone
MovieThe Forget-Me-Not Murders
1994
as Frank Janek
MovieHot Shots! Part Deux
1993
as Col. Denton Walters
MovieHearts of Hot Shots! Part Deux—A Filmmaker's Apology
1993
MovieA Place to Be Loved
1993
as George Russ
MovieTerror on Track 9
1992
as Det. Frank Janek
TVIntruders
1992
as Dr. Neil Chase
TVPros and Cons
1991
as Mitch O'Hannon
MovieAnd the Sea Will Tell
1991
as Vincent Bugliosi
TVAnd the Sea Will Tell
1991
as Vincent Bugliosi
MovieMurder Times Seven
1990
as Frank Janek
TVGabriel's Fire
1990
Last Flight Out
1990
as Dan Hood
MovieMontana
1990
as Hoyce Guthrie
MovieMurder in Black and White
1990
as Frank Janek
MovieStuck with Each Other
1989
as Bert Medwick
MovieMort Sahl: The Loyal Opposition
1989
as Narrator
MovieThe Case of the Hillside Stranglers
1989
as Sgt. Bob Grogan
MovieLeviathan
1989
as Dr. Glen 'Doc' Thompson
MovieInternal Affairs
1988
as Frank Janek
MovieRambo III
1988
as Trautman
MoviePlaza Suite
1987
as Roy Hubley
MovieKids Like These
1987
as Bob Goodman
MoviePolice Story: The Freeway Killings
1987
as Deputy Chief Bob Devers
MovieThe High Price of Passion
1986
as Williams Douglas
TVOn Wings of Eagles
1986
as H. Ross Perot
A Case of Deadly Force
1986
as Lawrence O'Donnell Sr.
MovieDoubletake
1985
as Frank Janek
MovieSummer Rental
1985
as Al Pellet
MovieThe Rape of Richard Beck
1985
as Richard Beck
MovieRambo: First Blood Part II
1985
as Col. Samuel Trautman
MovieThe Flamingo Kid
1984
as Phil Brody
MoviePassions
1984
as Richard Kennerly
MovieSquaring the Circle
1984
as The Narrator
MovieTable for Five
1983
as Mitchell
MovieFirst Blood
1982
as Col. Samuel Trautman
TVIt Takes Two
1982
as Dr. Sam Quinn
MovieThe Day the Bubble Burst
1982
as Jesse Livermore
MovieThe Ordeal of Bill Carney
1981
as Mason Rose
MovieDaniel Boone
1981
as Daniel Boone
MovieBody Heat
1981
as Edmund Walker
MovieMusical Comedy Tonight II
1981
as Self
MovieFugitive Family
1980
as Brian Roberts
Joshua's World
1980
as Dr. Joshua Torrance
MovieDeath Ship
1980
as Trevor Marshall
MovieMayflower: The Pilgrims' Adventure
1979
as William Brewster
MovieStone Cold Dead
1979
as Sgt. Boyd
MovieWild Horse Hank
1979
as Pace Bradford
MovieA Fire in the Sky
1978
as Jason Voight
MovieFirst, You Cry
1978
as David Towers
MovieDevil Dog: The Hound of Hell
1978
as Mike Barry
TVCentennial
1978
as Colonel Frank Skimmerhorn
MovieThe Evil
1978
as C.J. Arnold
MovieThe War Between the Tates
1977
as Professor Brian Tate
TVAll's Fair
1976
MovieBreakheart Pass
1975
as Gov. Richard Fairchild
TVSaturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
MovieA Girl Named Sooner
1975
as R.J. 'Mac' McHenry
TVPeople's Choice Awards
1975
as Self - Host
MovieHonky Tonk
1974
as Candy Johnson
MovieDouble Solitaire
1974
as Charley Potter
MovieShootout in a One-Dog Town
1974
as Zack Wells
MovieNightmare
1974
as Howard Faloon
MovieJonathan Livingston Seagull
1973
as Father (voice)
MovieDouble Indemnity
1973
as Walter Neff
MovieThe Man Called Noon
1973
as Noon
MovieFootsteps
1972
as Paddy
MovieUn Flic
1972
as Simon
MovieThief
1971
as Neal Wilkinson
MovieCatlow
1971
as Cowan
MovieRed Sky at Morning
1971
as Frank Arnold
MovieDoctors' Wives
1971
as Pete Brennan
MovieThe Deserter
1970
as Major Wade Brown
MovieMarooned
1969
as Jim Pruett
MovieMidas Run
1969
as Mike Warden
MovieStar!
1968
as Richard Aldrich
TVRowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
as Self
MovieWait Until Dark
1967
as Mike Talman
TVThe Carol Burnett Show
1967
as Self
MovieThe Sand Pebbles
1966
as Captain Collins
MovieMade in Paris
1966
as Herb Stone
MovieJohn Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
1965
as John Goldfarb
TVSlattery's People
1964
as James Slattery
MovieThe Long Lost Life of Edward Smalley
1963
as Edward Smalley
TVKraft Suspense Theatre
1963
as Edward Smalley
TVThe Danny Kaye Show
1963
as Self
TVThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
TVThe Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
MovieDisneyland '59
1959
as Self
TVThe Real McCoys
1957
as Luke McCoy
MovieOur Miss Brooks
1956
as Walter Denton
MovieOver-Exposed
1956
as Russell Bassett
TVMatinee Theater
1955
TVFrontier
1955
TVCheyenne
1955
TVThe Millionaire
1955
as Ralph McKnight
TVOur Miss Brooks
1952
as Walter Denton
MovieIt Grows on Trees
1952
as Ralph Bowen
MovieThe Pride of St. Louis
1952
as Paul Dean
MovieRed Skies of Montana
1952
as Noxon (uncredited)
TVToday
1952
as Himself - Actor
TVI Love Lucy
1951
as Arthur Morton
TVGolden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee
MovieThe Making of 'First Blood'
