Richard Crenna
ActingAlso Known As
Dick Crenna, Richard McKenna, Charley Weaver, Richard Donald Crenna
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.
Movies
(95 total)
First Blood
as Col. Samuel Trautman
Rambo: First Blood Part II
as Col. Samuel Trautman
Rambo
as Col. Samuel Trautman (archive footage) (uncredited)
Rambo III
as Trautman
Hot Shots! Part Deux
as Col. Denton Walters
Sabrina
as Patrick Tyson
Body Heat
as Edmund Walker
Wait Until Dark
as Mike Talman
Leviathan
as Dr. Glen 'Doc' Thompson
Wrongfully Accused
as Fergus Falls
Jade
as Governor Edwards
A Cop
as Simon
The Sand Pebbles
as Captain Collins
Star!
as Richard Aldrich
Summer Rental
as Al Pellet
Breakheart Pass
as Gov. Richard Fairchild
Death Ship
as Trevor Marshall
Marooned
as Jim Pruett
The Flamingo Kid
as Phil Brody
The Evil
as C.J. Arnold
TV Shows
(32 total)
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
JAG
as Harmon Rabb Sr. (voice)
I Love Lucy
as Arthur Morton
Judging Amy
as Jared Duff
Chicago Hope
as Martin Rockwell
The Carol Burnett Show
as Self - Guest
Centennial
as Colonel Frank Skimmerhorn
Intruders
as Dr. Neil Chase
Today
as Himself - Actor
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Host
The Real McCoys
as Luke McCoy
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
People's Choice Awards
as Self - Host