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