Acting

Richard Crenna

1926–2003 · Acting

66.9avg grm
12titles
#674best rank
2honors
Wbest title · #674 on siteWait Until Dark1967 · as Mike Talman76.4

Honors

2
1985Emmy — Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie
—star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

Bio

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.

Biography

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

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1980s2 titlesFFirst Blood1982 · as Trautman73.3BBody Heat1981 · as Edmund Walker73.6
1970s4 titlesCCentennial1978 · as Colonel Frank Skimmerhorn · series64.2JJames at 161977 · as Director · series63.8LLou Grant1977 · as Director · series62.8RThe Rockford Files1974 · as Director · series64.5
1960s4 titlesWWait Until Dark1967 · as Mike Talman76.4SThe Sand Pebbles1966 · as Captain Collins69.5BBob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre1963 · as Director · series63.9AThe Andy Griffith Show1960 · as Director · series63.3
1950s2 titlesRThe Real McCoys1957 · as Luke McCoy · series63.6OOur Miss Brooks1952 · as Walter Denton · series64.5

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Richard Crenna

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born1926
died2003
known forActing
titles on site12
best title rank#674 · Wait Until Dark (1967)
avg GRM66.9
honors2 · Emmy — Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie, 1985
Honors
  • 1985Emmy — Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie
  • —star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
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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