What is Richard Crenna?
[[File:Richard Crenna Luke McCoy 1961.JPG|thumb|right|180px|Crenna in October 1961]] '''Richard Donald Crenna''' (November 30, 1926 &ndash; January 17, 2003) was an [[Americans|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]]''. He had won an [[Emmy Award]] in 1985. Crenna was born on November 30, 1926 in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]].<ref>[https://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800026915/bio Richard Crenna Biography - Yahoo! Movies]</ref> 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.<ref name=nyt>{{cite news|last=Kilgannon|first=Corey|title=Richard Crenna, Veteran Actor, Is Dead at 76|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/19/nyregion/richard-crenna-veteran-actor-is-dead-at-76.html|accessdate=17 April 2011|newspaper=The New York Times|date=19 January 2003}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{commonscat}} *{{IMDb name|1077}} *{{Find a Grave|7093328}} {{US-actor-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Crenna, Richard}} [[Category:1926 births]] [[Category:2003 deaths]] [[Category:Actors from Los Angeles]] [[Category:American movie actors]] [[Category:American radio actors]] [[Category:American stage actors]] [[Category:American television actors]] [[Category:American voice actors]] [[Category:Cancer deaths in Los Angeles]] [[Category:Deaths from heart failure]] [[Category:Deaths from pancreatic cancer]] [[Category:Emmy Award winning actors]] [[Category:Movie directors from Los Angeles]] [[Category:Movie producers from Los Angeles]]