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.
Awards & recognition
- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie · 1985
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
- Golden Raspberry Award — Worst Supporting Actor - Razzie Award · 1989 · nominated
Filmography48 titles
I Love Lucy
The Carol Burnett Show
The Rockford Files
The Andy Griffith Show
First Blood
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Our Miss Brooks
JAG
Wait Until Dark
The Sand Pebbles
Race Against Time: The Search for Sarah
Body Heat
The Pride of St. Louis
Saturday Night Live
Passions
Rambo
Rambo: First Blood Part II
Mayflower: The Pilgrims' Adventure
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Breakheart Pass
A Cop
Our Miss Brooks
Hot Shots! Part Deux
The Case of the Hillside Stranglers
The Deserter
Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell
Sabrina
Rambo III
Summer Rental
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
Cheyenne
By Dawn's Early Light
Wrongfully Accused
Leviathan
Marooned
Stone Cold Dead
The Man Called Noon
The Real McCoys
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
The Evil
A Fire in the Sky
Jade
A Pyromaniac's Love Story
Death Ship
Catlow
Made in Paris
Last Flight Out
To Serve and Protect