Richard Crenna

American actor, director and producer (1926–2003)

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Born: 1927
Died: 2003
Works: 1

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The Andy Griffith show

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Acting · Los Angeles, California, USA

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…

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Rambo — Col. Samuel Trautman (archive footage) (uncredited)2008
Out of the Ashes — Jake Smith2003
Afganistan: Land in Crisis — Self2002
The Day Reagan Was Shot — Ronald Reagan2001
By Dawn's Early Light — Ben Maxwell2001
Murder, She Wrote: A Story to Die For — Warren Pierce2000
To Serve and Protect — Howard Carr

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Richard Donald Crenna (November 30, 1926 – January 17, 2003) was an American actor and television director.

Crenna starred in such motion pictures as Made in Paris (1966), Marooned (1969), Breakheart Pass (1975), The Evil (1978), The Flamingo Kid (1984), Summer Rental (1985) and Sabrina (1995). His first success came on radio in 1948 as high school student Walter Denton co-starring with Eve Arden and Gale Gordon in the series Our Miss Brooks. Crenna continued with the comedy in its 1952 move into television. He also starred as Luke McCoy in the television series The Real McCoys (1957–1963). In 1985, he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie for his portrayal of the title role in The Rape of Richard Beck (1985). He gained further notoriety for his role as Colonel Samuel Richard "Sam" Trautman in the first three Rambo films (1982–1988).