Richard Crenna - actor long on the verge of Stardom

Richard Crenna - actor long on the verge of Stardom

Dead at 76

I see a young Crenna playing a student in the comedy series, Our Miss Brooks.  It's playing today on the Decades Channel.  Eve Arden is the Star and Crenna is the goofy student Walter Denton.  It's hard to imagine the character he plays in this show when you compare it to his serious roles throughout much of the TV and Movie career that followed.  He really did have a great range of skills.  I still remember the exceptional part he played in Rambo.

Looking back to these early parts you realize that many actors have a long and varied list of acting efforts behind careers that we see only later.  I don't remember him in this part but now see that he had to start somewhere and what better place than as comedic actor.  Opposite Eve Arden he is a perfect balance to her caustic humor.

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