Glenn Strange
Actor
Biography
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
Marty
as Bit Role (uncredited) 1955
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
as Pierce Henchman in Saloon (uncredited) 1957
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein
as The Monster 1948
Last Train from Gun Hill
as Gun Hill Bouncer 1959
Calamity Jane
as Prospector (uncredited) 1953
House of Frankenstein
as Frankenstein Monster 1944
House of Dracula
as The Frankenstein Monster 1945
The Lusty Men
as Rig Ferris - Foreman (uncredited) 1952
The Mummy's Tomb
as Farmer Holding Horse (uncredited) 1942
Escape from Fort Bravo
as Sergeant Compton (uncredited) 1953
Escape from Fort Bravo
as Sgt. Compton (uncredited) 1953
The Red Badge of Courage
as Colonel (uncredited) 1951
The Fastest Gun Alive
as Sheriff in Silver Rapids (uncredited) 1956
The Spoilers
as Deputy (uncredited) 1942
Dark Command
as Tough Yankee #1 1940
Action in the North Atlantic
as Jake (uncredited) 1943