Glenn Strange
Acting
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…
Filmography
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I Was a Teenage Movie Maker: Don Glut's Amateur Movies
2006
The Many Faces of Dracula
2000
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
1999
Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld
1994
Dracula in the Movies
1992
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991
The Horror Show
1979
Spaceship to the Unknown
1966
Petticoat Junction
1963
The Adventures of the Spirit
1963
Thriller
1960
Last Train from Gun Hill
1959
Alias Jesse James
1959
Rawhide
1959
The Rifleman
1958
Frontier Doctor
1958
Quantrill's Raiders
1958
Gunfire at Indian Gap
1957
26 Men
1957
Sugarfoot
1957
Last Stagecoach West
1957
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
1957
The Halliday Brand
1957
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
The Fastest Gun Alive
1956
Backlash
1956
The Vanishing American
1955
Sergeant Preston of the Yukon
1955
Gunsmoke
1955
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955
Judge Roy Bean
1955
The Road to Denver
1955
Marty
1955
Buffalo Bill Jr.
1955
Cattle Queen of Montana
1954
Escape from Fort Bravo
1953
Calamity Jane
1953
The Veils of Bagdad
1953
Devil's Canyon
1953
The Great Sioux Uprising
1953
Born to the Saddle
1953
General Electric Theater
1953
The Lawless Breed
1952
The Abbott and Costello Show
1952
The Lusty Men
1952
Hopalong Cassidy
1952
Wagons West
1952
The Legend Of The Lone Ranger
1952
Callaway Went Thataway
1951
Texas Carnival
1951
The Red Badge of Courage
1951
The Adventures of Kit Carson
1951
Comin' Round the Mountain
1951
Double Crossbones
1951
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
Comanche Territory
1950
Master Minds
1949
The Lone Ranger
1949
Roll, Thunder, Roll!
1949
Rimfire
1949
Disaster
1948
Red River
1948
Four Faces West
1948
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein
1948
The Gallant Legion
1948
The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap
1947
Hollywood Wonderland
1947
The Sea of Grass
1947
Sinbad the Sailor
1947
Up Goes Maisie
1946
House of Dracula
1945
Saratoga Trunk
1945
Bad Men of the Border
1945
Renegades of the Rio Grande
1945
House of Frankenstein
1944
Harmony Trail
1944
Alaska
1944
Trail to Gunsight
1944
San Antonio Kid
1944