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.
Description above from the Wikipedia article Richard Crenna, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Known For
First Blood
(1982)
Col. Samuel Trautman
Rambo
(2008)
Col. Samuel Trautman (archive footage) (uncredited)
Rambo III
(1988)
Trautman
Rambo: First Blood Part II
(1985)
Col. Samuel Trautman
Hot Shots! Part Deux
(1993)
Col. Denton Walters
Sly
(2023)
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Body Heat
(1981)
Edmund Walker
Breakheart Pass
(1975)
Gov. Richard Fairchild
Wrongfully Accused
(1998)
Fergus Falls
Death Ship
(1980)
Trevor Marshall
Wait Until Dark
(1967)
Mike Talman
Sabrina
(1995)
Patrick Tyson
The Sand Pebbles
(1966)
Captain Collins
Leviathan
(1989)
Dr. Glen 'Doc' Thompson
Un Flic
(1972)
Simon
Jade
(1995)
Governor Edwards
Full Filmography
Acting
It Grows on Trees
(1952)
Ralph Bowen
Red Skies of Montana
(1952)
Noxon (uncredited)
The Pride of St. Louis
(1952)
Paul Dean
Our Miss Brooks
(1956)
Walter Denton
Over-Exposed
(1956)
Russell Bassett
Disneyland '59
(1959)
Self
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
(1965)
John Goldfarb
The Sand Pebbles
(1966)
Captain Collins
Made in Paris
(1966)
Herb Stone
Wait Until Dark
(1967)
Mike Talman
Star!
(1968)
Richard Aldrich
Midas Run
(1969)
Mike Warden
Marooned
(1969)
Jim Pruett
The Deserter
(1970)
Major Wade Brown
Catlow
(1971)
Cowan
Doctors' Wives
(1971)
Pete Brennan
Red Sky at Morning
(1971)
Frank Arnold
Thief
(1971)
Neal Wilkinson
Footsteps
(1972)
Paddy
Un Flic
(1972)
Simon
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
(1973)
Father (voice)
Double Indemnity
(1973)
Walter Neff
The Man Called Noon
(1973)
Noon
Honky Tonk
(1974)
Candy Johnson
Shootout in a One-Dog Town
(1974)
Zack Wells
Nightmare
(1974)
Howard Faloon
Double Solitaire
(1974)
Charley Potter
A Girl Named Sooner
(1975)
R.J. 'Mac' McHenry
Breakheart Pass
(1975)
Gov. Richard Fairchild
The War Between the Tates
(1977)
Professor Brian Tate
The Evil
(1978)
C.J. Arnold
Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell
(1978)
Mike Barry
First, You Cry
(1978)
David Towers
A Fire in the Sky
(1978)
Jason Voight
Stone Cold Dead
(1979)
Sgt. Boyd
Wild Horse Hank
(1979)
Pace Bradford
Mayflower: The Pilgrims' Adventure
(1979)
William Brewster
Fugitive Family
(1980)
Brian Roberts
Death Ship
(1980)
Trevor Marshall
Musical Comedy Tonight II
(1981)
Self
Body Heat
(1981)
Edmund Walker
Daniel Boone
(1981)
Daniel Boone
The Ordeal of Bill Carney
(1981)
Mason Rose
The Day the Bubble Burst
(1982)
Jesse Livermore
First Blood
(1982)
Col. Samuel Trautman
Table for Five
(1983)
Mitchell
Squaring the Circle
(1984)
The Narrator
Terror in the Aisles
(1984)
Mike Talman (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Flamingo Kid
(1984)
Phil Brody
Passions
(1984)
Richard Kennerly
Doubletake
(1985)
Frank Janek
The Rape of Richard Beck
(1985)
Richard Beck
Summer Rental
(1985)
Al Pellet
Rambo: First Blood Part II
(1985)
Col. Samuel Trautman
A Case of Deadly Force
(1986)
Lawrence O'Donnell Sr.
The High Price of Passion
(1986)
Williams Douglas
Kids Like These
(1987)
Bob Goodman
Plaza Suite
(1987)
Roy Hubley
Police Story: The Freeway Killings
(1987)
Deputy Chief Bob Devers
Internal Affairs
(1988)
Frank Janek
Rambo III
(1988)
Trautman
The Case of the Hillside Stranglers
(1989)
Sgt. Bob Grogan
Mort Sahl: The Loyal Opposition
(1989)
Narrator
Leviathan
(1989)
Dr. Glen 'Doc' Thompson
Stuck with Each Other
(1989)
Bert Medwick
Montana
(1990)
Hoyce Guthrie
Murder Times Seven
(1990)
Frank Janek
Last Flight Out
(1990)
Dan Hood
Murder in Black and White
(1990)
Frank Janek
And the Sea Will Tell
(1991)
Vincent Bugliosi
Terror on Track 9
(1992)
Det. Frank Janek
Hearts of Hot Shots! Part Deux—A Filmmaker's Apology
(1993)
A Place To Be Loved
(1993)
George Russ
Hot Shots! Part Deux
(1993)
Col. Denton Walters
The Forget-Me-Not Murders
(1994)
Frank Janek
Jonathan Stone: Threat of Innocence
(1994)
Jonathan Stone
Janek: The Silent Betrayal
(1994)
Frank Janek
Sabrina
(1995)
Patrick Tyson
In the Name of Love: A Texas Tragedy
(1995)
Luke Constable Sr.
Jade
(1995)
Governor Edwards
Race Against Time: The Search for Sarah
(1996)
John Porter
Deep Family Secrets
(1997)
Clay Chadway
Heart Full of Rain
(1997)
Arliss Dockett
Atlantis: In Search of a Lost Continent
(1997)
Himself / Narrator
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
(1997)
Professor Aronnax
Wrongfully Accused
(1998)
Fergus Falls
To Serve and Protect
(1999)
Howard Carr
Murder, She Wrote: A Story to Die For
(2000)
Warren Pierce
By Dawn's Early Light
(2001)
Ben Maxwell
The Day Reagan Was Shot
(2001)
Ronald Reagan
Afganistan: Land in Crisis
(2002)
Self
Out of the Ashes
(2003)
Jake Smith
Rambo
(2008)
Col. Samuel Trautman (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sly
(2023)
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Directing