Richard Crenna
Richard Donald Crenna (November 30, 1926 – January 17, 2003) was an American movie, television, stage, voice, radio actor, movie director and producer who is known for his roles in The Sand Pebbles, Wait Until Dark, Body Heat, the first three Rambo movies, Hot Shots! Part Deux, and The Flamingo Kid. He is also known for his television role as Luke McCoy in The Real McCoys, and televisrole as high school student Walter Denton on Our Miss Brooks, starring Eve Arden. He had won an Emmy Award in 1985.
Crenna was born on November 30, 1926 in Los Angeles, California.[1] He studied at Virgil Junior High School, then at Belmont High School, and then at the University of Southern California. He was married to Penni Sweeney from 1959 until his death. Crenna died on January 17, 2003 in Los Angeles, California from pancreatic cancer and heart failure, aged 76.[2]
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Crenna and Kathleen Nolan in The Real McCoys, 1960
Crenna and Bernadette Peters in All's Fair, 1976
From Wash. D.C. N.I.A.F.F October 28, 2000
References
- ↑ Richard Crenna Biography - Yahoo! Movies
- ↑ Kilgannon, Corey (19 January 2003). Richard Crenna, Veteran Actor, Is Dead at 76. https://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/19/nyregion/richard-crenna-veteran-actor-is-dead-at-76.html. Retrieved 17 April 2011.
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