Richard Crenna, an American actor with a career spanning radio, television, and film, left an indelible mark on the entertainment industry from the late 1940s until his death in 2003. Known for his versatility, he starred in films like "The Sand Pebbles" and "Wait Until Dark," and in television, he was integral to "The Real McCoys" and the CBS radio and TV series "Our Miss Brooks." Crenna's portrayal of Colonel Trautman in the Rambo series solidified his status as a character actor capable of delivering memorable performances across genres, from political drama in "Slattery's People" to the comedic and satirical roles in "Hot Shots! Part Deux" and "The Flamingo Kid.
The roles that explain the career.
61 credits across 3 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Out of the Ashes | Jake Smith | Film |
| 2002 | Afganistan: Land in Crisis | Self | Film |
| 2002 | We Get to Win This Time | Self | Film |
| 2002 | Guts and Glory | Self | Film |
| 2001 | The Day Reagan Was Shot | Ronald Reagan | Film |
| 1998 | Wrongfully Accused | Fergus Falls | Film |
| 1997 | Deep Family Secrets | Clay Chadway | Film |
| 1996 | Race Against Time: The Search for Sarah | John Porter | Film |
| 1995 | Sabrina | Patrick Tyson | Film |
| 1995 | Jade | Governor Edwards | Film |
| 1995 | A Pyromaniac's Love Story | Tom Lumpke (uncredited) | Film |
| 1995 | In the Name of Love: A Texas Tragedy | Luke Constable Sr. | Film |
| 1994 | Jonathan Stone: Threat of Innocence | Jonathan Stone | Film |
| 1993 | A Place to Be Loved | George Russ | Film |
| 1993 | Hot Shots! Part Deux | Col. Denton Walters | Film |
| 1989 | Leviathan | Dr. Glen 'Doc' Thompson | Film |
| 1988 | Rambo III | Trautman | Film |
| 1987 | Police Story: The Freeway Killings | Deputy Chief Bob Devers | Film |
| 1986 | A Case of Deadly Force | Lawrence O'Donnell Sr. | Film |
| 1985 | The Rape of Richard Beck | Richard Beck | Film |
| 1985 | Summer Rental | Al Pellet | Film |
| 1985 | Rambo: First Blood Part II | Col. Samuel Trautman | Film |
| 1984 | The Flamingo Kid | Phil Brody | Film |
| 1984 | Squaring the Circle | The Narrator | Film |
| 1984 | Passions | Richard Kennerly | Film |
| 1982 | It Takes Two | Dr. Sam Quinn | TV |
| 1982 | First Blood | Col. Samuel Trautman | Film |
| 1981 | Body Heat | Edmund Walker | Film |
| 1980 | Death Ship | Trevor Marshall | Film |
| 1979 | Stone Cold Dead | Sgt. Boyd | Film |
| 1979 | Mayflower: The Pilgrims' Adventure | William Brewster | Film |
| 1979 | Better Late Than Never | Director | Film |
| 1978 | Centennial | Colonel Frank Skimmerhorn | TV |
| 1978 | The Evil | C.J. Arnold | Film |
| 1978 | Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell | Mike Barry | Film |
| 1976 | All's Fair | TV | |
| 1975 | A Girl Named Sooner | R.J. 'Mac' McHenry | Film |
| 1975 | Breakheart Pass | Gov. Richard Fairchild | Film |
| 1974 | Shootout in a One-Dog Town | Zack Wells | Film |
| 1973 | Jonathan Livingston Seagull | Father (voice) | Film |
| 1973 | Double Indemnity | Walter Neff | Film |
| 1973 | The Man Called Noon | Noon | Film |
| 1972 | Un Flic | Simon | Film |
| 1972 | Footsteps | Paddy | Film |
| 1971 | Catlow | Cowan | Film |
| 1971 | Red Sky at Morning | Frank Arnold | Film |
| 1971 | Doctors' Wives | Pete Brennan | Film |
| 1970 | The Deserter | Major Wade Brown | Film |
| 1969 | Marooned | Jim Pruett | Film |
| 1968 | Star! | Richard Aldrich | Film |
| 1967 | Wait Until Dark | Mike Talman | Film |
| 1966 | The Sand Pebbles | Captain Collins | Film |
| 1966 | Made in Paris | Herb Stone | Film |
| 1965 | John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! | John Goldfarb | Film |
| 1964 | Slattery's People | James Slattery | TV |
| 1957 | The Real McCoys | Luke McCoy | TV |
| 1956 | Over-Exposed | Russell Bassett | Film |
| 1956 | Our Miss Brooks | Walter Denton | Film |
| 1952 | The Pride of St. Louis | Paul Dean | Film |
| 1952 | Red Skies of Montana | Noxon (uncredited) | Film |
| The Making of 'First Blood' | Film |
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