Richard 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.
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Full filmography
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) as Self
- Saturday Night Live (1975) as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
- JAG (1995) as Harmon Rabb Sr. (voice)
- Chicago Hope (1994) as Martin Rockwell
- Golden Globe Awards (1944) as Self - Nominee
- Golden Globe Awards (1944) as Self - Host
- Judging Amy (1999) as Jared Duff
- I Love Lucy (1951) as Arthur Morton
- The Merv Griffin Show (1962) as Self
- Matinee Theater (1955)
- Cheyenne (1955)
- The Carol Burnett Show (1967) as Self
- People's Choice Awards (1975) as Self - Host
- Kraft Suspense Theatre (1963) as Edward Smalley
- The Real McCoys (1957) as Luke McCoy
- First Blood (1982) as Col. Samuel Trautman
- The Millionaire (1955) as Ralph McKnight
- Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1968) as Self
- Rambo (2008) as Col. Samuel Trautman (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985) as Col. Samuel Trautman
- Rambo III (1988) as Trautman
- The Danny Kaye Show (1963) as Self
- Centennial (1978) as Colonel Frank Skimmerhorn
- Today (1952) as Himself - Actor