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13
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Regular directing credits.
Director
Richard Crenna
Acting
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Directed movies: 3Directed series: 10All crew credits: 13
TMDB ID: 16554
IMDb ID: nm0001077
Known for: Acting
Born: November 30, 1926
Died: January 17, 2003
Age: 76
Place of birth: Los Angeles, California, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1944 - 2008
Years active: 65
Average TMDB rating: 6.64
Wikidata: Q318607
Also known as
Dick Crenna • Richard McKenna • Charley Weaver • Richard Donald Crenna
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Director (13)
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.
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Movies
Directed Movies
Movies directed by Richard Crenna.
Series
Directed Series
Series directed by Richard Crenna.
5.0
Grandpa Goes to Washington
Director • 1 eps
1978 Series
5.0
Rosetti and Ryan
Director • 1 eps
1977 Series
7.3
Lou Grant
Director • 1 eps
1977 Series
6.1
James at 16
Director • 1 eps
1977 Series
7.6
The Rockford Files
Director • 1 eps
1974 Series
1.0
No Time for Sergeants
Director • 1 eps
1964 Series
Wendy and Me
Director • 1 eps
1964 Series
7.0
Vacation Playhouse
Director • 1 eps
1963 Series
7.6
The Andy Griffith Show
Director • 8 eps
1960 Series
5.6
The Real McCoys
Director • 9 eps
1957 Series
Movies
Top Rated Movies
Highest rated movies linked with Richard Crenna.
7.5
First Blood
as Col. Samuel Trautman
1982 Movie
7.3
Wait Until Dark
as Mike Talman
1967 Movie
7.2
The Sand Pebbles
as Captain Collins
1966 Movie
7.0
Body Heat
as Edmund Walker
1981 Movie
6.9
Star!
as Richard Aldrich
1968 Movie
6.7
Rambo
as Col. Samuel Trautman (archive footage) (uncredited)
2008 Movie
6.7
Rambo: First Blood Part II
as Col. Samuel Trautman
1985 Movie
6.6
A Cop
as Simon
1972 Movie
6.6
Breakheart Pass
as Gov. Richard Fairchild
1975 Movie
6.5
Hot Shots! Part Deux
as Col. Denton Walters
1993 Movie
6.2
Sabrina
as Patrick Tyson
1995 Movie
6.2
Rambo III
as Trautman
1988 Movie
Series
Top Rated Series
Highest rated series linked with Richard Crenna.
7.9
I Love Lucy
as Arthur Morton • 1 eps
1951 Series
7.6
The Andy Griffith Show
Director • 8 eps
1960 Series
7.6
The Rockford Files
Director • 1 eps
1974 Series
7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self • 3 eps
1962 Series
7.5
Judging Amy
as Jared Duff • 12 eps
1999 Series
7.3
JAG
as Harmon Rabb Sr. (voice) • 2 eps
1995 Series
7.0
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Cameo (uncredited) • 1 eps
1975 Series
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Richard Crenna.
7.5
First Blood
as Col. Samuel Trautman
1982 Movie
6.7
Rambo: First Blood Part II
as Col. Samuel Trautman
1985 Movie
6.7
Rambo
as Col. Samuel Trautman (archive footage) (uncredited)
2008 Movie
6.2
Sabrina
as Patrick Tyson
1995 Movie
6.2
Rambo III
as Trautman
1988 Movie
6.5
Hot Shots! Part Deux
as Col. Denton Walters
1993 Movie
6.9
Star!
as Richard Aldrich
1968 Movie
5.7
Passions
as Richard Kennerly
1984 Movie
7.0
Body Heat
as Edmund Walker
1981 Movie
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Richard Crenna.
7.3
JAG
as Harmon Rabb Sr. (voice) • 2 eps
1995 Series
7.0
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Cameo (uncredited) • 1 eps
1975 Series
7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self • 3 eps
1962 Series
7.2
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee • 1 eps
1944 Series
7.6
The Andy Griffith Show
Director • 8 eps
1960 Series
7.6
The Rockford Files
Director • 1 eps
1974 Series
7.2
Chicago Hope
as Martin Rockwell • 1 eps
1994 Series
7.9
I Love Lucy
as Arthur Morton • 1 eps
1951 Series
6.0
Cheyenne
1 eps
1955 Series
6.2
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self • 1 eps
1962 Series
7.7
The Carol Burnett Show
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
1967 Series
7.5
Judging Amy
as Jared Duff • 12 eps
1999 Series
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Richard Crenna.
6.7
Rambo
as Col. Samuel Trautman (archive footage) (uncredited)
2008 Movie
6.1
Out of the Ashes
as Jake Smith
2003 Movie
Afganistan: Land in Crisis
as Self
2002 Movie
6.4
The Day Reagan Was Shot
as Ronald Reagan
2001 Movie
5.2
By Dawn's Early Light
as Ben Maxwell
2001 Movie
6.7
Murder, She Wrote: A Story to Die For
as Warren Pierce
2000 Movie
6.5
To Serve and Protect
as Howard Carr
1999 Movie
6.0
Wrongfully Accused
as Fergus Falls
1998 Movie
4.0
Heart Full of Rain
as Arliss Dockett
1997 Movie
2.3
Deep Family Secrets
as Clay Chadway
1997 Movie
5.7
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
as Professor Aronnax
1997 Movie
Atlantis: In Search of a Lost Continent
as Himself / Narrator
1997 Movie
Series
Acting Appearances in Series
Series cast credits for Richard Crenna.
7.5
Judging Amy
as Jared Duff • 12 eps
1999 Series
To Serve and Protect
as Howard Carr • 2 eps
1999 Series
8.1
E! True Hollywood Story
1 eps
1996 Series
7.3
JAG
as Harmon Rabb Sr. (voice) • 2 eps
1995 Series
7.2
Chicago Hope
as Martin Rockwell • 1 eps
1994 Series
6.9
Intruders
as Dr. Neil Chase • 2 eps
1992 Series
6.0
Pros and Cons
as Mitch O'Hannon • 12 eps
1991 Series
And the Sea Will Tell
2 eps
1991 Series
6.8
Gabriel's Fire
1990 Series
5.8
On Wings of Eagles
as H. Ross Perot • 2 eps
1986 Series
5.0
It Takes Two
22 eps
1982 Series
7.7
Centennial
as Colonel Frank Skimmerhorn • 12 eps
1978 Series