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Richard Crenna

Actor / Television Director / Television Producer | * 11/30/1926 († 76, 01/17/2003) | Los Angeles, California (United States of America (USA))
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Richard Donald Crenna (November 30, 1926 – January 17, 2003) was an American actor. Crenna starred in such motion pictures as The Sand Pebbles, Wait Until Dark, Un Flic, Body Heat, the first three Rambo films, Hot Shots! Part Deux, and The Flamingo Kid. 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 th... ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | TV Movies | Comedies

Known for these Movies & Shows

When former Green Beret John Rambo is harassed by local law enforcement and arrested for vagrancy, he is forced to flee into the mountains and wage an escalating one-man war against his pursuers. ...

First Blood

R

1982 | 3.7/5 | 1h 33min
Action, Adventure, Thriller, War
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After a flight back home, Sam Hendrix returns with a doll he innocently acquired along the way. As it turns out, the doll is actually stuffed with heroin, and a group of criminals led by the ruthless ...

Wait Until Dark

NR

1967 | 3.7/5 | 1h 48min
Crime, Thriller
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John Rambo is released from prison by the government for a top-secret covert mission to the last place on Earth he'd want to return - the jungles of Vietnam. ...

Rambo: First Blood Part II

R

1985 | 3.3/5 | 1h 36min
Action, Adventure, Thriller, War
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Combat has taken its toll on Rambo, but he's finally begun to find inner peace in a monastery. When Rambo's friend and mentor Col. Trautman asks for his help on a top secret mission to Afghanistan, Ra ...

Rambo III

R

1988 | 3.1/5 | 1h 42min
Action, Adventure, Thriller, War
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Awards & Nominations for Richard Crenna

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie Star On Hollywood Walk of Fame Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actor
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Movies with Richard Crenna as Actor(88)

as Col. Samuel Trautman (archive footage) (uncredited)2008 Rambo
as Jake Smith2003 Out of the Ashes
as Ronald Reagan2001 The Day Reagan Was Shot
as Ben Maxwell2001 By Dawn's Early Light
as Warren Pierce2000 Murder, She Wrote: A Story to Die For
as Howard Carr1999 To Serve and Protect
as Fergus Falls1998 Wrongfully Accused
as Clay Chadway1997 Deep Family Secrets
as Himself / Narrator1997 Atlantis: In Search of a Lost Continent
as Professor Aronnax1997 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
as Arliss Dockett1997 Heart Full of Rain
as John Porter1996 Race Against Time: The Search for Sarah
as Governor Edwards1995 Jade
as Luke Constable Sr.1995 In the Name of Love: A Texas Tragedy
as Patrick Tyson1995 Sabrina
as Frank Janek1994 The Forget-Me-Not Murders
as Frank Janek1994 A Silent Betrayal
as Jonathan Stone1994 Jonathan Stone: Threat of Innocence
1993 Hearts of Hot Shots! Part Deux—A Filmmaker's Apology
as George Russ1993 A Place To Be Loved
as Col. Denton Walters1993 Hot Shots! Part Deux
as Det. Frank Janek1992 Terror on Track 9
as Vincent Bugliosi1991 And the Sea Will Tell
as Dan Hood1990 Last Flight Out
as Frank Janek1990 Murder in Black and White
as Frank Janek1990 Murder Times Seven
as Hoyce Guthrie1990 Montana
as Dr. Glen Thompson1989 Leviathan
as Bert Medwick1989 Stuck with Each Other
as Sgt. Bob Grogan1989 The Case of the Hillside Stranglers
as Narrator1989 Mort Sahl: The Loyal Opposition
as Frank Janek1988 Internal Affairs
as Trautman1988 Rambo III
as Roy Hubley1987 Plaza Suite
as Deputy Chief Bob Devers1987 Police Story: The Freeway Killings
as Bob Goodman1987 Kids Like These
as Lawrence O'Donnell Sr.1986 A Case of Deadly Force
as Williams Douglas1986 The High Price of Passion
as Richard Beck1985 The Rape of Richard Beck
as Col. Samuel Trautman1985 Rambo: First Blood Part II
as Al Pellet1985 Summer Rental
as Frank Janek1985 Doubletake
as Mike Talman (archive footage) (uncredited)1984 Terror in the Aisles
as Phil Brody1984 The Flamingo Kid
as Richard Kennerly1984 Passions
as The Narrator1984 Squaring the Circle
as Mitchell1983 Table for Five
as Col. Samuel Trautman1982 First Blood
as Jesse Livermore1982 The Day the Bubble Burst
as Daniel Boone1981 Daniel Boone
as Mason Rose1981 The Ordeal of Bill Carney
as Edmund Walker1981 Body Heat
as Brian Roberts1980 Fugitive Family
as Trevor Marshall1980 Death Ship
as Pace Bradford1979 Wild Horse Hank
as William Brewster1979 Mayflower: The Pilgrims' Adventure
as Sgt. Boyd1979 Stone Cold Dead
as C.J. Arnold1978 The Evil
as Jason Voight1978 A Fire in the Sky
as David Towers1978 First, You Cry
as Mike Barry1978 Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell
as R.J. 'Mac' McHenry1975 A Girl Named Sooner
as Governor Fairchild1975 Breakheart Pass
as Candy Johnson1974 Honky Tonk
as Zack Wells1974 Shootout in a One-Dog Town
as Howard Faloon1974 Nightmare
as Noon1973 The Man Called Noon
as Walter Neff1973 Double Indemnity
as Father1973 Jonathan Livingston Seagull
as Simon1972 Un Flic
as Paddy1972 Footsteps
as Frank Arnold1971 Red Sky at Morning
as Cowan1971 Catlow
as Pete Brennan1971 Doctors' Wives
as Neal Wilkinson1971 Thief
as Major Wade Brown1970 The Deserter
as Jim Pruett1969 Marooned
as Mike Warden1969 Midas Run
as Richard Aldrich1968 Star!
as Mike Talman1967 Wait Until Dark
as Captain Collins1966 The Sand Pebbles
as Herb Stone1966 Made in Paris
as John Goldfarb1965 John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
as Russell Bassett1956 Over-Exposed
as Walter Denton1956 Our Miss Brooks
as Noxon (uncredited)1952 Red Skies of Montana
as Paul Dean1952 The Pride of St. Louis
as Ralph Bowen1952 It Grows on Trees

TV Shows/Series with Richard Crenna as Actor(23)

as Jared Duff1999 Judging Amy
1996 E! True Hollywood Story
as Harmon Rabb Sr. (voice)1995 JAG
1994 Chicago Hope
as Dr. Neil Chase1992 Intruders
as Mitch O'Hannon1991 Pros and Cons
1990 Gabriel's Fire
as H. Ross Perot1986 On Wings of Eagles
1982 It Takes Two
as Colonel Frank Skimmerhorn1978 Centennial
1976 All's Fair
as himself1967 Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as Self - Guest1967 The Carol Burnett Show
1964 Slattery's People
as Edward Smalley1963 Kraft Suspense Theatre
as himself1963 The Danny Kaye Show
as Luke McCoy1957 The Real McCoys
as Ralph McKnight1955 The Millionaire
1955 Cheyenne
1955 Matinee Theater
1955 Frontier
as Walter Denton1952 Our Miss Brooks
as Arthur Morton1951 I Love Lucy

Movies with Richard Crenna as Crew(1)

Directing/Director1979 Better Late Than Never

TV Shows/Series with Richard Crenna as Crew(9)

Directing/Director1979 Turnabout
Directing/Director1977 Lou Grant
Directing/Director1977 Rosetti and Ryan
Directing/Director1977 James at 16
Directing/Director1974 The Rockford Files
Directing/Director1964 Wendy and Me
Directing/Director1963 Vacation Playhouse
Directing/Director1960 The Andy Griffith Show
Directing/Director1957 The Real McCoys

Full Name: Richard Crenna
Born: Tuesday, 11/30 1926 (November) in Los Angeles, California (United States of America (USA))
Died: Friday, 01/17 2003 (January) in Los Angeles (aged: 76)
Zodiac sign: Sagittarius (Chinese zodiac sign: Tiger)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: University of Southern California, Belmont High School
Other names for Richard Crenna (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Dick Crenna"
"Richard Donald Crenna"
Richard Crenna frequently works together with these people:
Louis Nicoletti (14x, Cast)
Sylvester Stallone (10x, Actor)
Jay Novello (9x, Actor)
Amzie Strickland (9x, Actress)
Charles Lane (9x, Actor)
Jim Nabors (9x, Actor)
Lawrence Dobkin (9x, Actor)
Frank Nelson (9x, Actor)
Richard Reeves (9x, Actor)
Pat Proft (8x, Crew)
Jerry Goldsmith (8x, Crew)
Byron Morrow (8x, Actor)
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