Glenn Strange

Known For: Acting
Born: August 16, 1899
Place of Birth: Weed, New Mexico, USA
Died: September 20, 1973

Glenn Strange

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. Gunsmoke Strange first appeared on Gunsmoke in 1960 after James Arness asked him, "When are you going to do a Gunsmoke? I like to work with big guys." During Gunsmoke's sixth season, Strange played a Long Branch customer in "Old Faces" and a cowboy in "Melinda Miles". Strange beg…

Filmography

I Was a Teenage Movie Maker: Don Glut's Amateur Movies

2006 · Self

The Many Faces of Dracula

2000 · The Monster (archive footage)

Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'

1999 · Self (archive footage)

Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld

1994 · Self (archive footage)

Dracula in the Movies

1992 · (archive footage)

Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook

1991 · The Monster (archive footage)

Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook

Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook

1991 · The Monster (archive footage)

The Horror Show

1979 · (archive footage)

Spaceship to the Unknown

1966 · Robot / Ming soldier / Gocko (archive footage) (uncredited)

Petticoat Junction

1963 · Hawley

The Adventures of the Spirit

1963 · Frankenstein Monster

Thriller

1960 · Indian (scenes deleted)

Last Train from Gun Hill

1959 · Gun Hill Bouncer

Alias Jesse James

1959 · James Gang Member

Rawhide

1959 · Bartender

The Rifleman

1958 · Stage Driver

Frontier Doctor

1958

Quantrill's Raiders

1958 · Todd

Gunfire at Indian Gap

1957 · Matt

26 Men

1957

Sugarfoot

1957 · Red Wing

Last Stagecoach West

1957 · Sheriff

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

1957 · Pierce Henchman in Saloon (uncredited)

The Halliday Brand

1957 · Townsman

The Adventures of Jim Bowie

1956

The Fastest Gun Alive

1956 · Sheriff in Silver Rapids (uncredited)

Backlash

1956 · Milliken, Stage Driver (uncredited)

The Vanishing American

1955 · Beleanth

Sergeant Preston of the Yukon

1955

Gunsmoke

1955 · Sam Noonan, Sam (uncredited), Man

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

1955

Judge Roy Bean

1955

The Road to Denver

1955 · Big George

Marty

1955 · Bit Role (uncredited)

Buffalo Bill Jr.

1955

Cattle Queen of Montana

1954 · Indian Chief (uncredited)

Escape from Fort Bravo

1953 · Sergeant Compton (uncredited), Sgt. Compton (uncredited)

Calamity Jane

1953 · Prospector (uncredited)

The Veils of Bagdad

1953 · Mik-Kel

Devil's Canyon

1953 · Marshal (uncredited)

The Great Sioux Uprising

1953 · Stand Watie

Born to the Saddle

1953 · Tom Roper

General Electric Theater

1953 · Red Herring

The Lawless Breed

1952 · Ben Hanley

The Abbott and Costello Show

1952 · Tessie's Steady Boyfriend

The Lusty Men

1952 · Rig Ferris - Foreman (uncredited)

Hopalong Cassidy

1952

Wagons West

1952 · Marshal Jim

The Legend Of The Lone Ranger

1952 · Butch Cavendish

Callaway Went Thataway

1951 · Cowboy Actor on Saloon set (uncredited)

Texas Carnival

1951 · Tex Hodgkins

The Red Badge of Courage

1951 · Colonel (uncredited)

The Adventures of Kit Carson

1951

Comin' Round the Mountain

1951 · Devil Dan Winfield

Double Crossbones

1951 · Capt. Ben Avery

The Colgate Comedy Hour

1950 · The Monster

Comanche Territory

1950 · Big Joe

Master Minds

1949 · Atlas the Monster

The Lone Ranger

1949 · Cavendish, Butch Cavendish

Roll, Thunder, Roll!

1949 · Ace Hanlon

Rimfire

1949 · Curt Calvin

Disaster

1948 · Foreman Davis (uncredited)

Red River

1948 · Naylor (uncredited)

Four Faces West

1948 · Posse Deputy (uncredited)

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein

1948 · The Monster

The Gallant Legion

1948 · Renegade

The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap

1947 · Lefty

Hollywood Wonderland

1947 · Singing Cowboy (clip from "Ride, Cowboy, Ride", 1939) (uncredited)

The Sea of Grass

1947 · Bill Roach - Brewton Ranch Hand (uncredited)

Sinbad the Sailor

1947 · Chief Galley Overseer (uncredited)

Up Goes Maisie

1946 · Cop (Uncredited)

House of Dracula

1945 · The Frankenstein Monster

Saratoga Trunk

1945 · Cowboy (uncredited)

Bad Men of the Border

1945 · Sheriff Peters

Renegades of the Rio Grande

1945 · Bart Drummond

House of Frankenstein

1944 · Frankenstein Monster

Harmony Trail

1944 · Marshal Taylor

Alaska

1944 · Miner

Trail to Gunsight

1944 · Duke Ellis, Gang Leader

San Antonio Kid

1944 · Frank 'Ace' Hanlon

Silver City Kid

1944 · Henchman Garvey

Forty Thieves

1944 · Ike Simmons

Sonora Stagecoach

1944 · Paul Kenton

The Contender

1944 · Biff Benham

Valley Of Vengeance

1944 · Barker

The Monster Maker

1944 · Giant

Knickerbocker Holiday

1944 · Big Muscle

The Woman of the Town

1943 · Walker

Death Valley Rangers

1943 · The Marshall

False Colors

1943 · Sonora

Bullets and Saddles

1943 · Jack Hammond

The Return of the Rangers

1943 · Frank Martin

Arizona Trail

1943 · Henchman Matt

The Kansan

1943 · 2nd Gate Guard

Black Market Rustlers

1943 · Corbin (as Glen Strange)

Cattle Stampede

1943 · Boss Coulter

Action in the North Atlantic

1943 · Jake (uncredited)

The Black Raven

1943 · Andy

The Desperadoes

1943 · Lem - Jack's Gang Member

Western Cyclone

1943 · Dirk Randall

Mission to Moscow

1943 · Southerner in Montage (uncredited)

Wild Horse Stampede

1943 · Henchman Tip

Haunted Ranch

1943 · Rance Austin

The Kid Rides Again

1943 · Tom Slade

Little Joe, the Wrangler

1942 · Banker Jeff Corey

Beyond the Line of Duty

1942 · Cal (uncredited)

The Mummy's Tomb

1942 · Farmer Holding Horse (uncredited)

Overland Stagecoach

1942 · Harlen Kent

Bandit Ranger

1942 · Frank Curtis

Texas Trouble Shooters

1942 · Roger Denby

The Spoilers

1942 · Deputy (uncredited)

Come on Danger

1942 · Henchman Sloan

Down Texas Way

1942 · Sheriff Trump

Romance on the Range

1942 · Lead Henchman Stokes

The Mad Monster

1942 · Petro

Rolling Down the Great Divide

1942 · Joe Duncan

Boot Hill Bandits

1942 · The Maverick

Sunset on the Desert

1942 · Deputy Louie Meade

Billy the Kid Trapped

1942 · Boss Stanton

Raiders of the West

1942 · Hank Reynolds

Stagecoach Buckaroo

1942 · Henchman Bill

Western Mail

1942 · Sheriff Big Bill Collins

The Lone Rider and the Bandit

1942 · Luke Miller

Dude Cowboy

1941 · Henchman Krinkle

Billy The Kid's Round-Up

1941 · Vic Landreau

Lone Star Law Men

1941 · Marshal Scott (as Glen Strange)

Go West, Young Lady

1941 · Townsman

Arizona Cyclone

1941 · Roy Jessup

The Driftin' Kid

1941 · Jeff Payson (as Glen Strange)

The Bandit Trail

1941 · Idaho

Billy the Kid Wanted

1941 · Matt Brawley

Westward Ho-Hum

1941

Badlands of Dakota

1941 · Bob Russell

Wide Open Town

1941 · Henchman Ed Stark

Fugitive Valley

1941 · Gray

Riders of Death Valley

1941 · Tex, a Benton Rider

Saddlemates

1941 · Little Bear

The Kid's Last Ride

1941 · Bart Gill / Ike Breeden

San Francisco Docks

1940 · Mike

The Fargo Kid

1940 · Sheriff Dave

Three Men from Texas

1940 · Stokes

Wagon Train

1940 · Stagecoach driver

Triple Justice

1940 · Frank Wiley

Wyoming

1940 · Bill Smalley - Henchman

The Cowboy from Sundown

1940 · Bret Stockton

Stage to Chino

1940 · Bill Hoagland

Land of the Six Guns

1940 · Manny

Pals of the Silver Sage

1940 · Vic Insley

Dark Command

1940 · Tough Yankee #1

Covered Wagon Trails

1940 · Fletcher - Henchman

Rhythm of the Rio Grande

1940 · Sheriff Hays (as Glen Strange)

Teddy the Rough Rider

1940 · Jim Rawlins

Pioneer Days

1940 · Sheriff

Days of Jesse James

1939 · Cole Younger

The Llano Kid

1939 · Henderson

Overland Mail

1939 · Sheriff Dawson

Law of the Pampas

1939 · Slim Schultz

Range War

1939 · Sheriff

Oklahoma Terror

1939 · Ross Haddon

The Fighting Gringo

1939 · Rance Potter

Across the Plains

1939 · Jeff Masters

Blue Montana Skies

1939 · Bob Causer

The Night Riders

1939 · Angry Riverboat Gambler

Rough Riders' Round-up

1939 · Boggs

The Lone Ranger Rides Again

1939 · Raider Thorne

Sunset Trail

1939 · Bouncer

The Phantom Stage

1939 · Sheriff

Arizona Legion

1939 · George Kirby

Honor of the West

1939 · Bat Morrison

Ghost Town Riders

Ghost Town Riders

1938 · Tex - Henchman

California Frontier

1938 · Blackie

Gun Packer

1938 · Sheriff

Guilty Trails

1938 · Sheriff

The Mysterious Rider

1938 · Henchman Cramer

Black Bandit

1938

The Mexicali Kid

1938 · Foreman Jed

In Old Mexico

1938 · Burke

Pride of the West

1938 · Saunders

Six Shootin' Sheriff

1938 · Kendal Henchman

Air Devils

1938 · Messenger

Whirlwind Horseman

1938 · Henchman Bull

Call of the Rockies

1938 · Henchman Kelso

The Last Stand

1938

State Police

1938 · Henchman

Border Wolves

1938 · Deputy Joe O'Connell

The Painted Trail

1938 · Sheriff Ed

The Spy Ring

1938 · The 'Champ' (uncredited)

Adventure's End

1937 · Barzeck

The Devil's Saddle Legion

1937 · Pewee

Empty Holsters

1937 · Tex Roberts

Blazing Sixes

1937 · Peewee

The Cherokee Strip

1937 · Harry, Fiddle Player and Band Leader

Land Beyond the Law

1937 · Bandy Malarkey

Arizona Days

1937 · Henchman Pete

Guns of the Pecos

1936 · Wedding Groom / Rustler

California Mail

1936 · Henchman Bud

The Sunday Round-Up

1936 · Master of Ceremonies

The Fugitive Sheriff

1936 · Trial Spectator (uncredited)

A Tenderfoot Goes West

1936 · Prankster Butch

Trailin' West

1936 · Henchman Tim / Trooper (uncredited)

Avenging Waters

1936 · Henchman Jake

Flash Gordon

1936 · Gocko/Robot/Soldier

The Law of 45's

1935 · Monte

Lawless Range

1935 · Burn's Henchman

Moonlight on the Prairie

1935 · Stew-Bum

The New Frontier

1935 · Norton

Stormy

1935 · Arizona Wranglers Band Member 'Peewee' Strange (uncredited)

Westward Ho

1935 · Carter

Cyclone of the Saddle

1935 · Singer / Fiddler / Townsman

The Man from Hell

1934 · Singer

The Star Packer

1934 · Loco Frank

The Thrill Hunter

1933 · Studio Western Cowboy

Ride Him, Cowboy

1932 · Hawk Henchman (uncredited), Stunts

The Hurricane Express

1932 · Jim

Cavalier of the West

1931 · Trooper

The Range Feud

1931

Wild Horse

1931 · Cowboy Who Refuses to Ride

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