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Richard Crenna
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- Switch was the source for seven television movies, including two four-hour mini-series. In all of them the main character, NYPD Detective Frank Janek, was played by the actor Richard Crenna.
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Crenna portrayed New York City Police Department lieutenant of detectives Frank Janek in a series of seven popular made-for-television films, beginning in 1988 and ending in 1994. The character of Janek had originally appeared in a series of novels by William Bayer .
Jan 22, 2003 · Actor Richard Crenna, who played TV detective Frank Janek and whose credits include the TV series The Real McCoys and the Rambo film trilogy, has died at 76, his daughter confirmed Saturday.
He played another tough cop -- New York City Det. Lt. Frank Janek -- in the 1985 TV movie “Doubletake” and in six sequels.
Nov 4, 1988 · NEW YORK -- Richard Crenna is back as New York detective Frank Janek, a capable cop who gets mixed up in bizarre murders. Crenna stars in 'Internal Affairs,' a two-part four-hour miniseries to...
Jan 17, 2003 · Crenna played "Colonel Trautman" in the first three Rambo movies. He also played "Frank Skimmerhorn" in the critically acclaimed mini-series Centennial. Description above from the Wikipedia article Richard Crenna, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Jan 17, 2003 · Tough cops became a staple for Crenna, epitomized by Lt. Frank Janek, the protagonist he played in a series of TV movies for more a decade, beginning with "Doubletake" (CBS, 1985).
In all of them the main character, NYPD Detective Frank Janek, was played by the actor Richard Crenna. All seven movies were broadcast nationally by CBS in prime time. Bayer's books have been translated into French, Italian, German, Dutch, Japanese, and nine other languages.
