Known For
Acting
Known Credits
132
Gender
Male
Birthday
November 30, 1926 (99 years old)
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
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.
| 2008 | Ramboas Col. Samuel Trautman (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| 2003 | Out of the Ashesas Jake Smith | |
| 2002 | Drawing First Blood: 20 Years Lateras Self | |
| 2002 | Afganistan: Land in Crisisas Self | |
| 2002 | Guts and Gloryas Self | |
| 2002 | We Get to Win This Timeas Self | |
| 2001 | The Day Reagan Was Shotas Ronald Reagan | |
| 2001 | By Dawn's Early Lightas Ben Maxwell | |
| 2000 | Murder, She Wrote: A Story to Die Foras Warren Pierce | |
| 1999 | Judging Amyas Jared Duff | |
| 1999 | To Serve and Protectas Howard Carr | |
| 1999 | To Serve and Protectas Howard Carr | |
| 1998 | Wrongfully Accusedas Fergus Falls | |
| 1997 | Heart Full of Rainas Arliss Dockett | |
| 1997 | Deep Family Secretsas Clay Chadway | |
| 1997 | 20,000 Leagues Under the Seaas Professor Aronnax | |
| 1997 | Atlantis: In Search of a Lost Continentas Himself / Narrator | |
| 1996 | The Real Las Vegasas Narrator (voice) | |
| 1996 | E! True Hollywood Storyas | |
| 1996 | Race Against Time: The Search for Sarahas John Porter | |
| 1995 | Sabrinaas Patrick Tyson | |
| 1995 | Jadeas Governor Edwards | |
| 1995 | JAGas Harmon Rabb Sr. (voice) | |
| 1995 | In the Name of Love: A Texas Tragedyas Luke Constable Sr. | |
| 1995 | A Pyromaniac's Love Storyas Tom Lumpke (uncredited) | |
| 1994 | Janek: The Silent Betrayalas Frank Janek | |
| 1994 | Chicago Hopeas Martin Rockwell | |
| 1994 | Jonathan Stone: Threat of Innocenceas Jonathan Stone | |
| 1994 | The Forget-Me-Not Murdersas Frank Janek | |
| 1993 | Hot Shots! Part Deuxas Col. Denton Walters | |
| 1993 | Hearts of Hot Shots! Part Deux—A Filmmaker's Apologyas | |
| 1993 | A Place to Be Lovedas George Russ | |
| 1992 | Terror on Track 9as Det. Frank Janek | |
| 1992 | Intrudersas Dr. Neil Chase | |
| 1991 | Pros and Consas Mitch O'Hannon | |
| 1991 | And the Sea Will Tellas Vincent Bugliosi | |
| 1991 | And the Sea Will Tellas Vincent Bugliosi | |
| 1990 | Murder Times Sevenas Frank Janek | |
| 1990 | Gabriel's Fireas | |
| 1990 | Last Flight Outas Dan Hood | |
| 1990 | Montanaas Hoyce Guthrie | |
| 1990 | Murder in Black and Whiteas Frank Janek | |
| 1989 | Stuck with Each Otheras Bert Medwick | |
| 1989 | Mort Sahl: The Loyal Oppositionas Narrator | |
| 1989 | The Case of the Hillside Stranglersas Sgt. Bob Grogan | |
| 1989 | Leviathanas Dr. Glen 'Doc' Thompson | |
| 1988 | Internal Affairsas Frank Janek | |
| 1988 | Rambo IIIas Trautman | |
| 1987 | Plaza Suiteas Roy Hubley | |
| 1987 | Kids Like Theseas Bob Goodman | |
| 1987 | Police Story: The Freeway Killingsas Deputy Chief Bob Devers | |
| 1986 | The High Price of Passionas Williams Douglas | |
| 1986 | On Wings of Eaglesas H. Ross Perot | |
| 1986 | A Case of Deadly Forceas Lawrence O'Donnell Sr. | |
| 1985 | Doubletakeas Frank Janek | |
| 1985 | Summer Rentalas Al Pellet | |
| 1985 | The Rape of Richard Beckas Richard Beck | |
| 1985 | Rambo: First Blood Part IIas Col. Samuel Trautman | |
| 1984 | The Flamingo Kidas Phil Brody | |
| 1984 | Passionsas Richard Kennerly | |
| 1984 | Squaring the Circleas The Narrator | |
| 1983 | Table for Fiveas Mitchell | |
| 1982 | First Bloodas Col. Samuel Trautman | |
| 1982 | It Takes Twoas Dr. Sam Quinn | |
| 1982 | The Day the Bubble Burstas Jesse Livermore | |
| 1981 | The Ordeal of Bill Carneyas Mason Rose | |
| 1981 | Daniel Booneas Daniel Boone | |
| 1981 | Body Heatas Edmund Walker | |
| 1981 | Musical Comedy Tonight IIas Self | |
| 1980 | Fugitive Familyas Brian Roberts | |
| 1980 | Joshua's Worldas Dr. Joshua Torrance | |
| 1980 | Death Shipas Trevor Marshall | |
| 1979 | Mayflower: The Pilgrims' Adventureas William Brewster | |
| 1979 | Stone Cold Deadas Sgt. Boyd | |
| 1979 | Wild Horse Hankas Pace Bradford | |
| 1978 | A Fire in the Skyas Jason Voight | |
| 1978 | First, You Cryas David Towers | |
| 1978 | Devil Dog: The Hound of Hellas Mike Barry | |
| 1978 | Centennialas Colonel Frank Skimmerhorn | |
| 1978 | The Evilas C.J. Arnold | |
| 1977 | The War Between the Tatesas Professor Brian Tate | |
| 1976 | All's Fairas | |
| 1975 | Breakheart Passas Gov. Richard Fairchild | |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Liveas Self - Cameo (uncredited) | |
| 1975 | A Girl Named Sooneras R.J. 'Mac' McHenry | |
| 1975 | People's Choice Awardsas Self - Host | |
| 1974 | Honky Tonkas Candy Johnson | |
| 1974 | Double Solitaireas Charley Potter | |
| 1974 | Shootout in a One-Dog Townas Zack Wells | |
| 1974 | Nightmareas Howard Faloon | |
| 1973 | Jonathan Livingston Seagullas Father (voice) | |
| 1973 | Double Indemnityas Walter Neff | |
| 1973 | The Man Called Noonas Noon | |
| 1972 | Footstepsas Paddy | |
| 1972 | Un Flicas Simon | |
| 1971 | Thiefas Neal Wilkinson | |
| 1971 | Catlowas Cowan | |
| 1971 | Red Sky at Morningas Frank Arnold | |
| 1971 | Doctors' Wivesas Pete Brennan | |
| 1970 | The Deserteras Major Wade Brown | |
| 1969 | Maroonedas Jim Pruett | |
| 1969 | Midas Runas Mike Warden | |
| 1968 | Star!as Richard Aldrich | |
| 1968 | Rowan & Martin's Laugh-Inas Self | |
| 1967 | Wait Until Darkas Mike Talman | |
| 1967 | The Carol Burnett Showas Self | |
| 1966 | The Sand Pebblesas Captain Collins | |
| 1966 | Made in Parisas Herb Stone | |
| 1965 | John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!as John Goldfarb | |
| 1964 | Slattery's Peopleas James Slattery | |
| 1963 | The Long Lost Life of Edward Smalleyas Edward Smalley | |
| 1963 | Kraft Suspense Theatreas Edward Smalley | |
| 1963 | The Danny Kaye Showas Self | |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin Showas Self | |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carsonas Self | |
| 1959 | Disneyland '59as Self | |
| 1957 | The Real McCoysas Luke McCoy | |
| 1956 | Our Miss Brooksas Walter Denton | |
| 1956 | Over-Exposedas Russell Bassett | |
| 1955 | Matinee Theateras | |
| 1955 | Frontieras | |
| 1955 | Cheyenneas | |
| 1955 | The Millionaireas Ralph McKnight | |
| 1952 | Our Miss Brooksas Walter Denton | |
| 1952 | It Grows on Treesas Ralph Bowen | |
| 1952 | The Pride of St. Louisas Paul Dean | |
| 1952 | Red Skies of Montanaas Noxon (uncredited) | |
| 1952 | Todayas Himself - Actor | |
| 1951 | I Love Lucyas Arthur Morton | |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awardsas Self - Host | |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awardsas Self - Nominee | |
| The Making of 'First Blood'as |
| 1983 | Allison Sydney Harrison...Director | |
| 1982 | The Magic Statue...Director | |
| 1979 | Better Late Than Never...Director | |
| 1979 | Turnabout...Director | |
| 1978 | Grandpa Goes to Washington...Director | |
| 1977 | Rosetti and Ryan...Director | |
| 1977 | Lou Grant...Director | |
| 1977 | James at 16...Director | |
| 1974 | The Rockford Files...Director | |
| 1966 | Summer Fun...Director | |
| 1964 | Wendy and Me...Director | |
| 1964 | No Time for Sergeants...Director | |
| 1963 | Vacation Playhouse...Director | |
| 1960 | The Andy Griffith Show...Director | |
| 1957 | The Real McCoys...Director |
