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Richard Crenna

Nov 30, 1926 - Jan 17, 2003 (76 years old) in Los Angeles, California, USA

Richard Donald Crenna 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.

Known For

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JAG
Harmon Rabb Sr. (voice)
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Cheyenne
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Chicago Hope
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First Blood
Col. Samuel Trautman
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Judging Amy
Jared Duff
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Rambo: First Blood Part II
Col. Samuel Trautman
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Rambo
Col. Samuel Trautman (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Matinee Theater
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The Carol Burnett Show
Self - Guest
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The Millionaire
Ralph McKnight

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