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Colonel Samuel Richard "Sam" Trautman is a fictional character in the Rambo novel and film series, and other media in the franchise. His first appearance was in David Morrell's novel First Blood.
Crenna played John Rambo's ex-commanding officer Colonel Sam Trautman, [13] in the first three Rambo films, a role for which he was hired after Kirk Douglas left the production a day into filming. Trautman became the veteran actor's most famous role; his performance received wide critical praise. [14] He also spoofed the character in Hot Shots!
Colonel Samuel Richard "Sam" Trautman is the secondary character in the franchise. He was born on July 6, 1929, in Columbus, Ohio.After graduating from Hilldale High School in his hometown and receiving a B.A. in Sociology from University of Texas in 1950, Trautman joined the United States Army through the ROTC.
It also co-stars Richard Crenna as Rambo's mentor Sam Trautman and Brian Dennehy as Sheriff Will Teasle. It is the first installment in the Rambo franchise and is based on the 1972 novel First Blood by David Morrell, which many directors and studios had unsuccessfully attempted to adapt in the 1970s.
Rambo agrees to take the mission in exchange for a presidential pardon. At Thailand, Rambo and Trautman meet helicopter pilot Ericson, his partner Lifer, and Marshall Murdock, the bureaucrat overseeing the operation. He is instructed to take pictures of a suspected POW camp, but not to engage enemy personnel or attempt a rescue.
Actor, voice actor: Years active: 1950–present: ... Colonel Sam Trautman [8] Rambo: First Blood Part II (1993 Fuji TV edition) – Colonel Samuel Trautman; Hot Shots!
Veteran actor Kirk Douglas was originally cast to play Trautman and was given top billing for the film. But Douglas quit the movie a few days before filming was set to begin, specifically over the fact that he wanted the movie to end with Rambo dying at Trautman's hands, but the producers were unwilling to change the film's ending.
In the film, Rambo sets out on a dangerous journey to Afghanistan in order to rescue his former commander and his longtime best friend, Col. Sam Trautman, from the hands of an extremely powerful and ruthless Soviet Army colonel who is bent on killing both Trautman and Rambo, while helping a local band of Afghan rebels fight against Soviet ...