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Richard Donald Crenna's Net Worth as of 2024
$10 Million

Richard Donald Crenna was born on 30 November 1926, in Los Angeles, California USA, to Edith J., a hotel manager, and Domenick Anthony Crenna, a pharmacist of Italian descent. He was a film, television and radio actor and director, best known for his roles in the series “Our Miss Brooks” and “The Real McCoys”, and in the films “The Sand Pebbles”, “Un Flic”, “Wait Until Dark”, “Body Heat”, the first three “Rambo” movies, plus “The Flamingo Kid” and the remake of “Sabrina”.

So just how wealthy was Richard Crenna? Sources state that Crenna acquired a net worth over $10 million during his acting career which spanned over six decades from the late 1930s.

 

Richard Crenna Net Worth $10 Million

Crenna grew up in Los Angeles, where he attended Virgil Junior High School and Belmont High School. He later enrolled in the University of Southern California, majoring in English. His career in the entertainment industry started when he was 11 years old, becoming part of the LA radio show “Boy Scout Jamboree”, remaining on the show on and off for 17 years. Meanwhile, he did numerous other radio shows, such as “The Great Gildersleeve”, “My Favorite Husband” and “The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show”. Upon matriculating, he joined the US Army during World War II, where he served as a radioman.

After the war, Crenna went on with his radio career, playing Walter Denton in “Our Miss Brooks”, which eventually became a hit television show, enabling him to gain recognition in the acting world. He went on to appear in a many more films, including reprise of his role of Denton in the “Our Miss Brooks” movie. By the end of the ’50s, he had landed several television gigs, as well as the leading role as Luke McCoy in the television series “The Real McCoys”, remaining in the show during its six-season run until 1963. It considerably increased his popularity, and greatly added to his net worth. He also served as one of the show’s directors.

Another major television role came in 1964, when Crenna was cast as state legislator James Slattery of California in the short-lived series “Slattery’s People”, and his performance earned him two Emmy and a Golden Globe Award nomination, significantly contributing to his popularity and wealth statuses. From then on, Crenna was rarely absent from both the big and small screen. As for films, notable parts came with the 1966 “The Sand Pebbles”, in which he played the ill-fated captain of an American gunboat, Lieutenant Collins, and with the 1967 psychological thriller “Wait Until Dark”, in which he portrayed con artist Mike Talman. Crenna’s performances in both films earned him raves, intensifying his wealth in a great way.

The next decade brought him more starring roles, among them that of nightclub owner Simon in the French film “Un Flic”, and the role of Colonel Frank Skimmerhorn in the acclaimed mini-series “Centennial”. All added to his net worth.

The actor was involved in a number of major films during the ’80s; he appeared as Edmund Walker in the neo-noir erotic thriller “Body Heat”, and played Colonel Sam Trautman in the first three “Rambo” films. He also appeared as Phil Brody in the comedy “The Flamingo Kid”, and portrayed Richard Beck in the TV film “The Rape of Richard Beck”, which earned him an Emmy Award.

He continued to land big parts in the ’90s as well, spoofing his role from the Rambo films in the parody “Hot Shots! Part Deux”, and playing Patrick Tyson in the remake of “Sabrina”.

In his private life, Crenna was married two times. His first marriage was to Joan Grisham in the ’50s. The couple had one child together. However, the marriage lasted shortly. In 1959 he married Hannah Smith Sweeny, with whom he had two children, and with whom he remained until his death in Los Angeles from heart failure in 2003, aged 76.

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Evel Knievel Net Worth

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Robert Craig Knievel was born on the 17th October 1938, in Butte, Montana USA of German ancestry, and passed away on 30th November 2007 in Clearwater, Florida. He was known for being a stunt performer, perhaps best remembered for his performances with his motorcycle. He also entered in the Guinness Book of World Records for suffering more than 433 bone fractures.

Have you ever wondered how rich was Evel Knievel? According to sources, it was estimated that the overall size of Evel’s net worth was over $3 million, earned through his career as a professional stunt performer.

Evel Knievel Net Worth $3 Million

Evel Knievel was the son of Robert and Ann Marie Keough Knievel, but his parents left him, so he was raised with younger brother by grandparents Ignatius and Emma Knievel. When he was only eight years old, Evel attended a Joie Chitwood Auto Daredevil Show, and from that time he knew what he want to be in life. He finished elementary school, and later attended high school, but he quit to find a job and help the family. Before he decided to become a motorcycle daredevil, Evel had numerous jobs in order to support his family, including being a professional hockey player for the Charlotte Checkers of the Eastern Hockey League, and he also founded Sur-Kill Guide Service, which provided hunting and fishing trips to people for a certain fee, however, this business fell apart, as he broke the la by, taking his customers into Yellowstone National park to hunt. Furthermore, he competed in ski-jumping and was also an insurance salesman, but quit that job after few months.

Kneivel moved to Moses Lake, Washington, and founded a Honda motorcycle dealership store, but it closed pretty soon, as it was hard to sell Japanese motorcycles in 1960s America. After that, Evel found a job at the Don Pomeroy’s motorcycle shop in Sunnyside, Washington, where he befriended Jim Pomeroy, who taught him to do a ‘wheelie’ and ride while standing on the seat of the bike.

From that, he started a career in motorcycle jumps and stunts. His first jump was a 40 feet distance over boxes of rattlesnakes and two mountain lions. In no time he became a celebrity in the Washington area, and was soon able to hire more stunt performers, and also found a sponsor in ZDS Motor Inc.

Evel’s first official stunt was performed at the National Date Festival in Indio, California on the 3rd January 1965. From that point on, his career went only upwards, until his retirement in 1977, when he had a terrible crash and couldn’t fully recover, so Evel decided to retire.

During his career, he completed over 70 spectacular stunts, which gained him the eternal nickname “American Daredevil”, and also an induction into the Motorcycle Hall Of Fame in 1999.

Some of his stunts included jumps over 16 cars, over Snake River Canyon, over 14 Greyhound buses, and numerous other jumps of distances over 100 feet. These shows became the main source of his net worth during those years.

However, some of his jumps were not as successful as others, which resulted in a record setting 433 broken bones over the course of his career, which earned him a Guinness Book of Records induction for the most broken bones.

Several years after his retirement, Evel signed a deal with composer Jeff Beck to create a rock opera about his life, which also added to his net worth, and to speak further of his life after retirement, Evel partnered with the Six Flags St. Louis which resulted in creation of roller coaster named after Evel.

Regarding his personal life, Evel Knievel was married twice. His first wife was Linda Joan Bork, with whom he had four children; the couple was married for 38 years until they divorced in 1997. Two years later, he married Krystal Kennedy. Although they divorced in 2001, she lived with him until his death. He died from Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis at the age of 69.

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Born Jason Christopher Marsden on the 3rd January 1975, in Providence, Rhode Island USA, he is an actor and voice actor, probably best known for starring in the role of Eddie Munster in the TV series “The Munsters Today” (1988-1991), playing Rich Halke in the TV series “Step By Step” (1993-1998), and doing a voice over in the TV series “Transformers: Rescue Bots” (2011-2016).

Have you ever wondered how rich Jason Marsden is? According to authoritative sources, it has been estimated that the total size of Jason’s net worth is over $700,000, as of mid-2017, accumulated through his successful involvement in the entertainment industry, which has been active since the mid-‘80s.

Jason Marsden Net Worth $700,000

Jason Marsden was raised in his hometown by his father, Myles Marsden, who was a premier danseur of the Yugoslav National Ballet, and his mother, Linda Marsden, a former fashion model; his father is also known as the founder of the State Ballet of Rhode Island. When he was 11 years old, the family moved to Fullerton, California, where he attended Laguna Road Elementary School, and later D. Russell Parks Junior High School. Parallel with his education, Jason signed a contract with a model agency, and began to pursue a career initially as a model for commercials and later as an actor.

He made his TV debut in the soap opera “General Hospital” as Alan ‘A.J.’ Quartermine, Jr. in 1986 and for the next two years, then voicing Cavin in the animated series “Adventures of the Gummi Bears” (1988-1990). Jason has since become a ‘go-to’ guy for almost any voice role; his voice acting credits span from Peter Pan in “Peter Pan and the Pirates” (1990-1991), then Shnookums in the animated series “Marsupilami” (1993), Garrett Miller in “Extreme Ghostbusters” (1997), Haku in the English version of the Japanese film “Spirited Away” (2001), Mungo in “The Legend of Tarzan” (2001), also as Tino Tonitini in the animated series “The Weekenders” (2000-2004), then several characters in “Kim Possible” from 2004 to 2007, which includes Felix Renton, among others, also several characters in “G.I.Joe: Renegades” (2010-2011), and also found his place in the animated TV series “Transformers: Rescue Bots” (2011-2016), and in “Young Justice” (2012-2016), among many other characters, all increasing his wealth. His voice can also be heard in video games; so far he has collected over 30 video game titles in which he voiced at least one character. Some of those games include “Fallout 2”, back in 1998, as Myron, and over the years has voiced Max Goof in several Disney video games, and also Max in animated series and films, based on the Disney character, then Rosh Penin in “Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy” (2003), “Xiaolin Showdown” (2006), as Chase Young, and most recently voiced Noel Kreiss in the “Final Fantasy XIII-2” (2012), and “Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII” (2014).

Although he found success as a voice actor, Jason had his way on screen as well; after appearing in “General Hospital”, he portrayed Edward Wolfgang ‘Eddie’ Munster in “The Munsters Today” from 1988 until 1991, and then had success in the TV series “Step by Step” as Rich Halke from 1995 until 1998, plus the thriller film “Locker 13” in 2009, which he also co-directed with Bruce Dellis, George Huang, Rick Schroeder, Donovan Montierth, and Matthew Mebane. His most recent screen roles include Professor Baldini in the action comedy film “Pizza Man” (2011), and as Kenny in the comedy-drama film “Blue Like Jazz” (2012), all of which increased his wealth.

Regarding his personal life, Jason Marsden has been married to actress Christy Hicks since 2004; the couple has a son together, and their current residence is in Nashville, Tennessee.

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