Richard Donald Crenna (November 30, 1926 – January 17, 2003) was an American actor, director, and producer best known for Rambo III (1988), First Blood (1982), and Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985).
He was married to Joan Grisham and Penni Sweeney and had three children.
Crenna served in the United States Army from 1945 (the end of World War II) to 1946.
He died in 2003 at the age of 76 from pancreatic cancer.
Filmography
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Film roles
- 1950: Lets Dance as Bit Part (uncredited)
- 1951: Starlift as Movie Theater Usher (uncredited)
- 1952: Red Skies Of Montana as Noxon (uncredited)
- 1952: The Pride Of St Louis as Paul Dean
- 1952: It Grows On Trees as Ralph Bowen
- 1956: Our Miss Brooks as Walter Denton
- 1956: Over Exposed as Russell Bassett
- 1965: John Galdfarb Please Come Home as John Goldfarb
- 1966: Made In Paris as Herb Stone
- 1966: The Sand Pebbles as Captain Collins
- 1967: Wait Until Dark as Mike Talman
- 1968: Star as Richard Aldrich
- 1969: Midas Run as Mike Warden
- 1969: Marooned as Jim Pruett
- 1970: The Deserter as Maj. Wade Brown
- 1971: Doctors Wives as Dr. Peter Brennan
- 1971: Red Sky At Mornings as Frank Arnold
- 1971: Catlow as Cowan
- 1971: Thief 1971 as Neal Wilkinson
- 1972: Footsteps as Paddy O'Connor
- 1972: A Cop as Simon
- 1973: The Man Called Noon as Noon
- 1973: Double Indemnity as Walter Neff
- 1973: Jonathan Livingston Seagull as Father (voice)
- 1975: A Girl Named Sooner as R.J. 'Mac' McHenry
- 1975: Breakheart Pass as Gov. Richard Fairchild
- 1977: The War Between The Tates as Prof. Brian Tate
- 1978: The Evil as C.J. Arnold
- 1978: Devil Dog The Hound Of Hell as Mike Barry
- 1979: Stone Cold Dead as Sgt. Boyd
- 1979: Mayflower: The Pilgrims' Adventure as William Brewster
- 1979: Wild Horse Hank as Pace Bradford
- 1980: Death Ship as Trevor Marshall
- 1980: Fugitive Family as Brian Roberts/Matthews
- 1981: Body Heat as Edmund Walker
- 1982: The Day The Bubble Burst as Jesse Livermore
- 1982: First Blood as Col. Samuel Trautman
- 1985: Rambo: First Blood Part II as Col. Samuel Trautman
- 1988: Rambo III as Col. Samuel Trautman
- 1983: Table For Five as Mitchell
- 1984: The Flamingo Kid as Phil Brody
- 1985: The Rape Of Richard Beck as Richard Beck
- 1985: Summer Rental as Al Pellet
- 1986: A Case Of Deadly Force as Lawrence O'Donnell Sr.
- 1987: Plaza Suite as Roy Hubley
- 1988: Internal Affairs as Frank Janek
- 1994: The Forget Me Not Murders as Frank Janek
- 1989: Leviathan as Dr. Glen 'Doc' Thompson
- 1993: Hot Shots! Part Deux as Col. Denton Walters
- 1995: Jade as Gov. Edwards
- 1995: Sabrina (1995) as Patrick Tyson
- 1998: Wrongfully Accused as Fergus Falls
- 2001: The Day Reagan Was Shot as Ronald Reagan
- 2003: Out Of The Ashes as Jake Smith
Television roles
- 1952: I Love Lucy as Arthur Morton
- 1952-1955: Our Miss Brooks as Walter Denton
- 1955: The Millionaire as Ralph McKnight
- 1956: Frontier as John Leslie
- 1956-1958: Matinee Theatre as Sgt. James
- 1956: Medic as Donny
- 1956: Father Knows Best as Elwood Seastrom
- 1957: The Silent Service as Lt. Cmdr. Jeff L..L. Davis
- 1957: Cheyenne as Curley Galway
- 1957-1963: The Real Mc Coys as Luke McCoy
- 1960: The Deputy as Andy Willis
- 1963: Kraft Suspense Theatre as Edward Smalley
- 1964-1965: Slatterys People as James Slattery
- 1968: The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Alexander Smith
- 1971-1972: Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In as Guest Performer
- 1976-1977: Alls Fair as Richard C. Barrington
- 1978-1979: Centennial as Col. Frank Skimmerhorn
- 1982-1983: It Takes Two as Dr. Sam Quinn
- 1985: Doubletake as Frank Janek
- 1991-1992: Pros And Cons as Mitch O'Hannon
- 1995-1996: JAG as Lt. Harmon Rabb, Sr.
- 1996: Nova as Narrator
- 1999: To Serve And Protect as Howard Carr
- 1999: Chicago Hope as Dr. Martin Rockwell
- 2000-2002: Judging Amy as Jared Duff
Director
- 1961-1963: The Real Mc Coys
- 1963-1964: The Andy Griffith Show
- 1964: Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre
- 1977: Lou Grant
- 1977: Rosetti And Ryan
- 1978: The Rockford Files
- 1978: Grandpa Goes To Washington
Producer
- 1970-1971: Make Room For Granddaddy
