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Glenn Strange

Glenn Strange

Born: 1899-08-16 • Weed, New Mexico, USA

At various times in his life a rancher, deputy sheriff and rodeo performer, this huge, towering (6' 5") beast of a man was born George Glenn Strange in Weed, New Mexico, on August 16, 1899, but grew up a real-life cowboy in Cross Cut, Texas. Of Irish and Cherokee Indian descent, he taught himself (by ear) the fiddle and guitar at a young age and started performing at local functions as a teen. In the late 1920s, Glenn and his cousin, Taylor McPeters, better known later as the western character actor Cactus Mack, joined a radio singing group known as the "Arizona Wranglers" that toured throughout the country.

Filmography
I Was a Teenage Movie Maker: Don Glut's Amateur Movies poster
I Was a Teenage Movie Maker: Don Glut's Amateur Movies
2006 • Self
The Many Faces of Dracula poster
The Many Faces of Dracula
2000 • The Monster (archive footage)
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man' poster
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
1999 • Self (archive footage)
Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld poster
Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld
1994 • Self (archive footage)
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook poster
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991 • The Monster (archive footage)
No Image
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991 • The Monster (archive footage)
The Horror Show poster
The Horror Show
1979 • (archive footage)
Spaceship to the Unknown poster
Spaceship to the Unknown
1966 • Robot / Ming soldier / Gocko (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Adventures of the Spirit poster
The Adventures of the Spirit
1963 • Frankenstein Monster
Last Train from Gun Hill poster
Last Train from Gun Hill
1959 • Gun Hill Bouncer
Alias Jesse James poster
Alias Jesse James
1959 • James Gang Member
Quantrill's Raiders poster
Quantrill's Raiders
1958 • Todd
Gunfire at Indian Gap poster
Gunfire at Indian Gap
1957 • Matt
Last Stagecoach West poster
Last Stagecoach West
1957 • Sheriff
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral poster
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
1957 • Pierce Henchman in Saloon (uncredited)
The Halliday Brand poster
The Halliday Brand
1957 • Townsman
The Fastest Gun Alive poster
The Fastest Gun Alive
1956 • Sheriff in Silver Rapids (uncredited)
Backlash poster
Backlash
1956 • Milliken, Stage Driver (uncredited)
The Vanishing American poster
The Vanishing American
1955 • Beleanth
The Road to Denver poster
The Road to Denver
1955 • Big George
Marty poster
Marty
1955 • Bit Role (uncredited)
Cattle Queen of Montana poster
Cattle Queen of Montana
1954 • Indian Chief (uncredited)
Escape from Fort Bravo poster
Escape from Fort Bravo
1953 • Sergeant Compton (uncredited)
Escape from Fort Bravo poster
Escape from Fort Bravo
1953 • Sgt. Compton (uncredited)
Calamity Jane poster
Calamity Jane
1953 • Prospector (uncredited)
The Veils of Bagdad poster
The Veils of Bagdad
1953 • Mik-Kel
Devil's Canyon poster
Devil's Canyon
1953 • Marshal (uncredited)
The Great Sioux Uprising poster
The Great Sioux Uprising
1953 • Stand Watie
Born to the Saddle poster
Born to the Saddle
1953 • Tom Roper
The Lawless Breed poster
The Lawless Breed
1952 • Ben Hanley
The Lusty Men poster
The Lusty Men
1952 • Rig Ferris - Foreman (uncredited)
Wagons West poster
Wagons West
1952 • Marshal Jim
The Legend Of The Lone Ranger poster
The Legend Of The Lone Ranger
1952 • Butch Cavendish
Callaway Went Thataway poster
Callaway Went Thataway
1951 • Cowboy Actor on Saloon set (uncredited)
Texas Carnival poster
Texas Carnival
1951 • Tex Hodgkins
The Red Badge of Courage poster
The Red Badge of Courage
1951 • Colonel (uncredited)
Comin' Round the Mountain poster
Comin' Round the Mountain
1951 • Devil Dan Winfield
Double Crossbones poster
Double Crossbones
1951 • Capt. Ben Avery
Comanche Territory poster
Comanche Territory
1950 • Big Joe
Master Minds poster
Master Minds
1949 • Atlas the Monster
Roll, Thunder, Roll! poster
Roll, Thunder, Roll!
1949 • Ace Hanlon
Rimfire poster
Rimfire
1949 • Curt Calvin
Disaster poster
Disaster
1948 • Foreman Davis (uncredited)
Red River poster
Red River
1948 • Naylor (uncredited)
Four Faces West poster
Four Faces West
1948 • Posse Deputy (uncredited)
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein poster
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein
1948 • The Monster
The Gallant Legion poster
The Gallant Legion
1948 • Renegade
The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap poster
The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap
1947 • Lefty
Hollywood Wonderland poster
Hollywood Wonderland
1947 • Singing Cowboy (clip from "Ride, Cowboy, Ride", 1939) (uncredited)
The Sea of Grass poster
The Sea of Grass
1947 • Bill Roach - Brewton Ranch Hand (uncredited)
Sinbad the Sailor poster
Sinbad the Sailor
1947 • Chief Galley Overseer (uncredited)
Up Goes Maisie poster
Up Goes Maisie
1946 • Cop (Uncredited)
House of Dracula poster
House of Dracula
1945 • The Frankenstein Monster
Saratoga Trunk poster
Saratoga Trunk
1945 • Cowboy (uncredited)
Bad Men of the Border poster
Bad Men of the Border
1945 • Sheriff Peters
Renegades of the Rio Grande poster
Renegades of the Rio Grande
1945 • Bart Drummond
House of Frankenstein poster
House of Frankenstein
1944 • Frankenstein Monster
Harmony Trail poster
Harmony Trail
1944 • Marshal Taylor
Alaska poster
Alaska
1944 • Miner
Trail to Gunsight poster
Trail to Gunsight
1944 • Duke Ellis, Gang Leader
San Antonio Kid poster
San Antonio Kid
1944 • Frank 'Ace' Hanlon
Silver City Kid poster
Silver City Kid
1944 • Henchman Garvey
Forty Thieves poster
Forty Thieves
1944 • Ike Simmons
Sonora Stagecoach poster
Sonora Stagecoach
1944 • Paul Kenton
The Contender poster
The Contender
1944 • Biff Benham
Valley Of Vengeance poster
Valley Of Vengeance
1944 • Barker
The Monster Maker poster
The Monster Maker
1944 • Giant
Knickerbocker Holiday poster
Knickerbocker Holiday
1944 • Big Muscle
The Woman of the Town poster
The Woman of the Town
1943 • Walker
Death Valley Rangers poster
Death Valley Rangers
1943 • The Marshall
False Colors poster
False Colors
1943 • Sonora
Bullets and Saddles poster
Bullets and Saddles
1943 • Jack Hammond
The Return of the Rangers poster
The Return of the Rangers
1943 • Frank Martin
Arizona Trail poster
Arizona Trail
1943 • Henchman Matt
The Kansan poster
The Kansan
1943 • 2nd Gate Guard
Black Market Rustlers poster
Black Market Rustlers
1943 • Corbin (as Glen Strange)
Cattle Stampede poster
Cattle Stampede
1943 • Boss Coulter
Action in the North Atlantic poster
Action in the North Atlantic
1943 • Jake (uncredited)
The Black Raven poster
The Black Raven
1943 • Andy
The Desperadoes poster
The Desperadoes
1943 • Lem - Jack's Gang Member
Western Cyclone poster
Western Cyclone
1943 • Dirk Randall
Mission to Moscow poster
Mission to Moscow
1943 • Southerner in Montage (uncredited)
Wild Horse Stampede poster
Wild Horse Stampede
1943 • Henchman Tip
Haunted Ranch poster
Haunted Ranch
1943 • Rance Austin
The Kid Rides Again poster
The Kid Rides Again
1943 • Tom Slade
Little Joe, the Wrangler poster
Little Joe, the Wrangler
1942 • Banker Jeff Corey
Beyond the Line of Duty poster
Beyond the Line of Duty
1942 • Cal (uncredited)
The Mummy's Tomb poster
The Mummy's Tomb
1942 • Farmer Holding Horse (uncredited)
Overland Stagecoach poster
Overland Stagecoach
1942 • Harlen Kent
Bandit Ranger poster
Bandit Ranger
1942 • Frank Curtis
Texas Trouble Shooters poster
Texas Trouble Shooters
1942 • Roger Denby
The Spoilers poster
The Spoilers
1942 • Deputy (uncredited)
Come on Danger poster
Come on Danger
1942 • Henchman Sloan
Down Texas Way poster
Down Texas Way
1942 • Sheriff Trump
Romance on the Range poster
Romance on the Range
1942 • Lead Henchman Stokes
The Mad Monster poster
The Mad Monster
1942 • Petro
Rolling Down the Great Divide poster
Rolling Down the Great Divide
1942 • Joe Duncan
Boot Hill Bandits poster
Boot Hill Bandits
1942 • The Maverick
Sunset on the Desert poster
Sunset on the Desert
1942 • Deputy Louie Meade
Billy the Kid Trapped poster
Billy the Kid Trapped
1942 • Boss Stanton