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

• 2008Rambo — Col. Samuel Trautman (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 2003Out of the Ashes — Jake Smith
• 2001By Dawn's Early Light — Ben Maxwell
• 2001The Day Reagan Was Shot — Ronald Reagan
• 2000Murder, She Wrote: A Story to Die For — Warren Pierce
• Judging Amy — Jared Duff
• 1999To Serve and Protect — Howard Carr
• To Serve and Protect — Howard Carr
• 1998Wrongfully Accused — Fergus Falls
• 199720,000 Leagues Under the Sea — Professor Aronnax
• 1997Deep Family Secrets — Clay Chadway
• 1997Heart Full of Rain — Arliss Dockett
• E! True Hollywood Story
• 1996Race Against Time: The Search for Sarah — John Porter
• 1996The Real Las Vegas — Narrator (voice)
• 1995A Pyromaniac's Love Story — Tom Lumpke (uncredited)
• 1995In the Name of Love: A Texas Tragedy — Luke Constable Sr.
• JAG — Harmon Rabb Sr. (voice)
• 1995Jade — Governor Edwards
• 1995Sabrina — Patrick Tyson
• Chicago Hope — Martin Rockwell
• 1994Janek: The Silent Betrayal — Frank Janek
• 1994Jonathan Stone: Threat of Innocence — Jonathan Stone
• 1994The Forget-Me-Not Murders — Frank Janek
• 1993A Place to Be Loved — George Russ
• 1993Hearts of Hot Shots! Part Deux—A Filmmaker's Apology
• 1993Hot Shots! Part Deux — Col. Denton Walters
• Intruders — Dr. Neil Chase
• 1992Terror on Track 9 — Det. Frank Janek
• 1991And the Sea Will Tell — Vincent Bugliosi
• And the Sea Will Tell — Vincent Bugliosi
• Pros and Cons — Mitch O'Hannon
• Gabriel's Fire
• 1990Last Flight Out — Dan Hood
• 1990Montana — Hoyce Guthrie
• 1990Murder Times Seven — Frank Janek
• 1990Murder in Black and White — Frank Janek
• 1989Leviathan — Dr. Glen 'Doc' Thompson
• 1989Mort Sahl: The Loyal Opposition — Narrator
• 1989Stuck with Each Other — Bert Medwick
• 1989The Case of the Hillside Stranglers — Sgt. Bob Grogan
• 1988Internal Affairs — Frank Janek
• 1988Rambo III — Trautman
• 1987Kids Like These — Bob Goodman
• 1987Plaza Suite — Roy Hubley
• 1987Police Story: The Freeway Killings — Deputy Chief Bob Devers
• 1986A Case of Deadly Force — Lawrence O'Donnell Sr.
• On Wings of Eagles — H. Ross Perot
• 1986The High Price of Passion — Williams Douglas
• 1985Doubletake — Frank Janek
• 1985Rambo: First Blood Part II — Col. Samuel Trautman
• 1985Summer Rental — Al Pellet
• 1985The Rape of Richard Beck — Richard Beck
• 1984Passions — Richard Kennerly
• 1984Squaring the Circle — The Narrator
• 1984The Flamingo Kid — Phil Brody
• 1983Allison Sydney Harrison — Director
• 1983Table for Five — Mitchell
• 1982First Blood — Col. Samuel Trautman
• It Takes Two — Dr. Sam Quinn
• 1982The Day the Bubble Burst — Jesse Livermore
• 1982The Magic Statue — Director
• 1981Body Heat — Edmund Walker
• 1981Daniel Boone — Daniel Boone
• 1981The Ordeal of Bill Carney — Mason Rose
• 1980Death Ship — Trevor Marshall
• 1980Fugitive Family — Brian Roberts
• 1980Joshua's World — Dr. Joshua Torrance
• 1979Better Late Than Never — Director
• 1979Mayflower: The Pilgrims' Adventure — William Brewster
• 1979Stone Cold Dead — Sgt. Boyd
• Turnabout — Director
• 1979Wild Horse Hank — Pace Bradford
• 1978A Fire in the Sky — Jason Voight
• Centennial — Colonel Frank Skimmerhorn
• 1978Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell — Mike Barry
• 1978First, You Cry — David Towers
• Grandpa Goes to Washington — Director
• 1978The Evil — C.J. Arnold
• James at 16 — Director
• Lou Grant — Director
• Rosetti and Ryan — Director
• 1977The War Between the Tates — Professor Brian Tate
• All's Fair
• 1975A Girl Named Sooner — R.J. 'Mac' McHenry
• 1975Breakheart Pass — Gov. Richard Fairchild
• 1974Double Solitaire — Charley Potter
• 1974Honky Tonk — Candy Johnson
• 1974Nightmare — Howard Faloon
• 1974Shootout in a One-Dog Town — Zack Wells
• The Rockford Files — Director
• 1973Double Indemnity — Walter Neff
• 1973Jonathan Livingston Seagull — Father (voice)
• 1973The Man Called Noon — Noon
• 1972Footsteps — Paddy
• 1972Un Flic — Simon
• 1971Catlow — Cowan
• 1971Doctors' Wives — Pete Brennan
• 1971Red Sky at Morning — Frank Arnold
• 1971Thief — Neal Wilkinson
• 1970The Deserter — Major Wade Brown
• 1969Marooned — Jim Pruett
• 1969Midas Run — Warden
• 1968Star! — Richard Aldrich
• 1967Wait Until Dark — Mike Talman
• 1966Made in Paris — Herb Stone
• Summer Fun — Director
• 1966The Sand Pebbles — Captain Collins
• 1965John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! — John Goldfarb
• No Time for Sergeants — Director
• Slattery's People — James Slattery
• Wendy and Me — Director
• Kraft Suspense Theatre — Edward Smalley
• 1963The Long Lost Life of Edward Smalley — Edward Smalley
• Vacation Playhouse — Director
• The Andy Griffith Show — Director
• The Real McCoys — Luke McCoy, Director
• 1956Our Miss Brooks — Walter Denton
• 1956Over-Exposed — Russell Bassett
• Cheyenne
• Frontier
• Matinee Theater
• The Millionaire — Ralph McKnight
• 1952It Grows on Trees — Ralph Bowen
• Our Miss Brooks — Walter Denton
• 1952Red Skies of Montana — Noxon (uncredited)
• 1952The Pride of St. Louis — Paul Dean
• I Love Lucy — Arthur Morton

Appearances as themselves (17)

• 2002Afganistan: Land in Crisis — Self
• 2002Drawing First Blood: 20 Years Later — Self
• 2002Guts and Glory — Self
• 2002We Get to Win This Time — Self
• 1997Atlantis: In Search of a Lost Continent — Himself / Narrator
• 1982The Making of 'First Blood' — Self
• 1981Musical Comedy Tonight II — Self
• People's Choice Awards — Self - Host
• Saturday Night Live — Self - Cameo (uncredited)
• Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In — Self
• The Carol Burnett Show — Self
• The Danny Kaye Show — Self
• The Merv Griffin Show — Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson — Self
• 1959Disneyland '59 — Self
• Today — Himself - Actor
• Golden Globe Awards — Self - Nominee, Self - Host