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Richard Crenna Biography and Full Filmography - MovieWise

Quick Facts

Born:
1926-11-30

Birthplace:
Los Angeles, California, USA

Credits:
127 Total Roles

Richard Crenna

Acting

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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.

Known For

Full Filmography

Year Title Role
2008 Rambo MOVIE Col. Samuel Trautman (archive footage) (uncredited)
2003 Out of the Ashes MOVIE Jake Smith
2002 Afganistan: Land in Crisis MOVIE Self
2001 The Day Reagan Was Shot MOVIE Ronald Reagan
2001 By Dawn's Early Light MOVIE Ben Maxwell
2000 Murder, She Wrote: A Story to Die For MOVIE Warren Pierce
1999 Judging Amy TV Jared Duff
1999 To Serve and Protect MOVIE Howard Carr
1999 To Serve and Protect TV Howard Carr
1998 Wrongfully Accused MOVIE Fergus Falls

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