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Richard Crenna
Acting
132 known credits
1.8 popularity score 76 years
Biography
About Richard Crenna
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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Career at a glance
Richard Crenna across film and television
131credited titles
100movie credits
31TV credits
1952–2008screen career span
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Awards received
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a MovieFor The Rape of Richard Beck
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