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