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.
Filmography
Cast Credits
Rambo
Character: Col. Samuel Trautman (archive footage) (uncredited)
MOVIE • 2008
Out of the Ashes
Character: Jake Smith
MOVIE • 2003
Afganistan: Land in Crisis
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2002
The Day Reagan Was Shot
Character: Ronald Reagan
MOVIE • 2001
By Dawn's Early Light
Character: Ben Maxwell
MOVIE • 2001
Murder, She Wrote: A Story to Die For
Character: Warren Pierce
MOVIE • 2000
Judging Amy
Character: Jared Duff
TV • 1999
To Serve and Protect
Character: Howard Carr
MOVIE • 1999
To Serve and Protect
Character: Howard Carr
TV • 1999
Wrongfully Accused
Character: Fergus Falls
MOVIE • 1998
Heart Full of Rain
Character: Arliss Dockett
MOVIE • 1997
Deep Family Secrets
Character: Clay Chadway
MOVIE • 1997
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Character: Professor Aronnax
MOVIE • 1997
Atlantis: In Search of a Lost Continent
Character: Himself / Narrator
MOVIE • 1997
The Real Las Vegas
Character: Narrator (voice)
MOVIE • 1996
E! True Hollywood Story
Character:
TV • 1996
Race Against Time: The Search for Sarah
Character: John Porter
MOVIE • 1996
Sabrina
Character: Patrick Tyson
MOVIE • 1995
Jade
Character: Governor Edwards
MOVIE • 1995
JAG
Character: Harmon Rabb Sr. (voice)
TV • 1995
Crew
Crew Credits
Allison Sydney Harrison
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1983
The Magic Statue
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1982
Better Late Than Never
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1979
Turnabout
Role: Director
TV • 1979
Grandpa Goes to Washington
Role: Director
TV • 1978
Rosetti and Ryan
Role: Director
TV • 1977
Lou Grant
Role: Director
TV • 1977
James at 16
Role: Director
TV • 1977
The Rockford Files
Role: Director
TV • 1974
Summer Fun
Role: Director
TV • 1966
Wendy and Me
Role: Director
TV • 1964
No Time for Sergeants
Role: Director
TV • 1964
Vacation Playhouse
Role: Director
TV • 1963
The Andy Griffith Show
Role: Director
TV • 1960
The Real McCoys
Role: Director
TV • 1957