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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.
Richard Crenna was an American actor and director who built a career over six decades, transitioning from radio stardom to a prolific presence in film and television.
He is widely recognized for his role as Colonel Samuel Trautman in the Rambo franchise, as well as his performance in The Sand Pebbles and his long-running television work in The Real McCoys.
His career spanned from the late 1930s until his passing in 2003, covering the golden age of radio through modern action cinema.