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Richard Crenna

Richard Donald Crenna (November 30, 1927 - January 18, 2003) was an American actor. Born in Los Angeles, California, 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 was canceled, 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 75.

He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6714 Hollywood Blvd. Crenna's son Richard Anthony Crenna is also an actor


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Crenna's son Richard Anthony Crenna is also an actor. On April 24, 2001, he was arrested in Los Angeles for being under the influence of a controlled substance after he was found wandering in an alley. He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6714 Hollywood Blvd. After being released for good behaviour, Downey was arrested again in a Palm Springs, California hotel for cocaine and Valium possession and being under the influence of a controlled substance on November 25, 2000. Suffering from pancreatic cancer, Crenna died of heart failure in Los Angeles, California at the age of 75. Eighteen months later, Downey returned to Corcoran State Prison to serve a three-year sentence for a parole violation again on July 16, 1999.[1] (http://www.thesmokinggun.com/mugshots/rdowneymug1.html). 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. However, just over one month later on December 8, 1997, Judge Mira sentenced Downey to six months in jail for violating parole.

He remained with the cast of the latter show when it transitioned to television. When Our Miss Brooks was canceled, he moved to another television program, The Real McCoys. On November 6, Malibu Municipal Judge Lawrence Mira sentenced Downey to three years probation for weapons and drugs charges. Born in Los Angeles, California, Crenna got his acting start on radio, appearing in Boy Scout Jamboree, Date With Judy and Our Miss Brooks. When he was arrested for trespassing, Downey claimed his limo driver dropped him off at the wrong address. Richard Donald Crenna (November 30, 1927 - January 18, 2003) was an American actor. A few weeks later, on July 20, Downey broke into a Malibu, California home and fell asleep in a child's bed. was arrested for driving drunk and being in possession of Mexican Black Tar heroin, crack, cocaine and a .357 Magnum revolver.

On June 23, 1996, Robert Downey, Jr. On November 23, 2004, he released his debut musical album "The Futurist" on Sony Classical. He has been in and out of prison and rehab centers several times. Downey has had a public battle with drug addiction throughout his adult life.

In 2000, he became an acclaimed regular on the television series Ally McBeal, but was fired after a drug-related arrest in April 2001. His other films include Only You, Natural Born Killers and lead role as a seventeenth-century doctor in Restoration, a film adaptation of Rose Tremain's novel of the same name. In 1992 Downey starred as Charlie Chaplin in Chaplin, a role which garnered him an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor. The same year, he portrayed the drug-addicted rich boy in Less Than Zero, a role which came close to his later public life.

He went on to star in The Pick-up Artist in 1987. Having appeared in several small film roles from an early age, at 20 he joined the cast of Saturday Night Live, but only appeared there for one season. Born in New York City, he is the son of director Robert Downey Sr. Robert Downey Jr. (born April 4, 1965) is an American actor.