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Richard Crenna

American actor (1926–2003)

Richard Crenna

Crenna in a 1961 publicity photo

Born

Richard Donald Crenna


(1926-11-30)November 30, 1926

Los Angeles, California, U.S.

DiedJanuary 17, 2003(2003-01-17) (aged 76)

Los Angeles, California, U.S.

EducationBelmont Senior High School
Alma materUniversity of Southern California(BA)[1]
Occupations
Years active1937–2003
Spouses

Joan Grisham

(m. 1950; div. 1955)​

Penni Sweeney

(m. 1959)​
Children3
Allegiance United States
Service / branch United States Army
Years of service1945–1946[2]
Battles / warsWorld War II

Richard Donald Crenna (November 30, 1926 – January 17, 2003) was an American actor and television director.[3]

Crenna starred in such motion pictures as Made in Paris (1966), Marooned (1969), Breakheart Pass (1975), The Evil (1978), First Blood (1982), Rambo: First Blood Part II (198

Crenna, Richard

Born November 30, 1926, in Los Angeles, CA; died of heart failure, January 17, 2003, in Los Angeles, CA. Actor. Richard Crenna's career spanned more than 60 years from the heyday of radio to the rise of television. He was an actor, a director, a producer, and an active member of the Screen Actors Guild. His varied career included television situation comedies and dramas as well as made–for–TV movies. He acted in films and may be most remembered for his role as Colonel Trautman in Sylvester Stallone's Rambo series.

Crenna grew up in Los Angeles, where his mother managed a small chain of family owned hotels. His father was a pharmacist. While in junior high Crenna signed up for drama classes, because he thought he could goof off while hanging out with the prettiest girls. He became a child radio actor when he was recruited with a number of classmates to play a part on the Boy Scout Jamboree. Crenna was a member of the show's Beaver Patrol for the next eleven years.

Crenna finished high school and studied English at the University of Southern California. During

Richard Crenna


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Biography

Richard Donald Crenna (November 30, 1926 – January 17, 2003) was an American actor. Born in Los Angeles, California to Italian immigrants, Crenna got his acting start on radio, appearing in Boy Scout Jamboree, Date With Judy and Our Miss Brooks. He remained with the cast of the latter show when it transitioned to television. When Our Miss Brooks underwent a format change, writing out his character Walter Denton, he moved to another television program, The Real McCoys.

Crenna had a long career in films, appearing in such movies as The Sand Pebbles, Wait Until Dark, Body Heat, First Blood (and its following Rambo sequels), Hot Shots! Part Deux and The Flamingo Kid.

Suffering from pancreatic cancer, Crenna died of heart failure in Los Angeles, California at the age of 76. At the time of his death, he had a recurring role in the television series Judging Amy.

He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6714 Hollywood Blvd.

Crenna's son Richard Anthony

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