Richard Crenna
Acting
Born: 1926-11-30 in Los Angeles, California, USA
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
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
Saturday Night Live
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
JAG
Harmon Rabb Sr. (voice)
Chicago Hope
Martin Rockwell
Judging Amy
Jared Duff
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
I Love Lucy
Arthur Morton
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Host
Matinee Theater
Cheyenne
The Carol Burnett Show
Self
First Blood
Col. Samuel Trautman
People's Choice Awards
Self - Host
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self
The Millionaire
Ralph McKnight
Today
Himself - Actor
Rambo: First Blood Part II
Col. Samuel Trautman
Kraft Suspense Theatre
Edward Smalley
Rambo
Col. Samuel Trautman (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Real McCoys
Luke McCoy
Rambo III
Trautman
Body Heat
Edmund Walker
The Danny Kaye Show
Self
Our Miss Brooks
Walter Denton
Hot Shots! Part Deux
Col. Denton Walters
Slattery's People
James Slattery
Sabrina
Patrick Tyson
Centennial
Colonel Frank Skimmerhorn
Wrongfully Accused
Fergus Falls
Leviathan
Dr. Glen 'Doc' Thompson
Gabriel's Fire
Frontier
Jade
Governor Edwards
Wait Until Dark
Mike Talman
Summer Rental
Al Pellet
It Takes Two
Dr. Sam Quinn
Un Flic
Simon
Breakheart Pass
Gov. Richard Fairchild
The Evil
C.J. Arnold