Glenn Strange

ActorCrew Aug 16 (died age 74) Weed, New Mexico, USA 1931–2006 (75 year career)

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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 a…

Known For

Film

Red River

Naylor (uncredited)

Film

Marty

Bit Role (uncredited)

Film

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

Pierce Henchman in Saloon (uncredited)

Film

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein

The Monster

Film

Last Train from Gun Hill

Gun Hill Bouncer

Film

Calamity Jane

Prospector (uncredited)

Film

House of Frankenstein

Frankenstein Monster

Film

The Lusty Men

Rig Ferris - Foreman (uncredited)

Filmography

Acting (216)

Movies (197)

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

2006

as Self

The Many Faces of Dracula

2000

as The Monster (archive footage)

3.5

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

1999

as Self (archive footage)

6.9

Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld

1994

as Self (archive footage)

7.0

Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook

1991

as The Monster (archive footage)

10.0

Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook

1991

as The Monster (archive footage)

5.7

The Horror Show

1979

as (archive footage)

3.8

Spaceship to the Unknown

1966

as Robot / Ming soldier / Gocko (archive footage) (uncredited)

6.0

The Adventures of the Spirit

1963

as Frankenstein Monster

10.0

Last Train from Gun Hill

as Gun Hill Bouncer

Alias Jesse James

as James Gang Member

Quantrill's Raiders

as Todd

Last Stagecoach West

as Sheriff

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

1957

as Pierce Henchman in Saloon (uncredited)

7.0

The Halliday Brand

1957

as Townsman

6.1

Gunfire at Indian Gap

1957

as Matt

5.0

The Fastest Gun Alive

1956

as Sheriff in Silver Rapids (uncredited)

6.9

Backlash

1956

as Milliken, Stage Driver (uncredited)

6.5

The Vanishing American

1955

as Beleanth

4.0

Marty

1955

as Bit Role (uncredited)

7.4

The Road to Denver

1955

as Big George

6.4

Cattle Queen of Montana

1954

as Indian Chief (uncredited)

5.6

Calamity Jane

1953

as Prospector (uncredited)

7.0

Escape from Fort Bravo

1953

as Sergeant Compton (uncredited)

The Veils of Bagdad

as Mik-Kel

Devil's Canyon

as Marshal (uncredited)

4.6

Born to the Saddle

1953

as Tom Roper

5.0

The Great Sioux Uprising

as Stand Watie

The Lawless Breed

as Ben Hanley

The Lusty Men

as Rig Ferris - Foreman (uncredited)

6.7

The Legend Of The Lone Ranger

as Butch Cavendish

Wagons West

as Marshal Jim

Texas Carnival

as Tex Hodgkins

The Red Badge of Courage

1951

as Colonel (uncredited)

6.4

Double Crossbones

1951

as Capt. Ben Avery

5.4

Callaway Went Thataway

1951

as Cowboy Actor on Saloon set (uncredited)

5.1

Comin' Round the Mountain

1951

as Devil Dan Winfield

Comanche Territory

as Big Joe

Master Minds

as Atlas the Monster

Rimfire

as Curt Calvin

Roll, Thunder, Roll!

as Ace Hanlon

Red River

as Naylor (uncredited)

The Gallant Legion

as Renegade

Four Faces West

as Posse Deputy (uncredited)

5.6

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein

1948

as The Monster

7.1

Disaster

1948

as Foreman Davis (uncredited)

5.0

Sinbad the Sailor

1947

as Chief Galley Overseer (uncredited)

5.9

The Sea of Grass

1947

as Bill Roach - Brewton Ranch Hand (uncredited)

6.1

The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap

1947

as Lefty

6.1

Hollywood Wonderland

1947

as Singing Cowboy (clip from "Ride, Cowboy, Ride", 1939) (uncredited)

Up Goes Maisie

as Cop (Uncredited)

House of Dracula

as The Frankenstein Monster

5.5

House of Frankenstein

1945

as Frankenstein Monster

6.0

Saratoga Trunk

1945

as Cowboy (uncredited)

5.7

Bad Men of the Border

1945

as Sheriff Peters

5.0

Renegades of the Rio Grande

1945

as Bart Drummond

The Contender

1944

as Biff Benham

3.0

San Antonio Kid

1944

as Frank 'Ace' Hanlon

The Monster Maker

as Giant

Sonora Stagecoach

as Paul Kenton

Alaska

as Miner

Valley Of Vengeance

as Barker

Harmony Trail

as Marshal Taylor

Silver City Kid

as Henchman Garvey

Knickerbocker Holiday

as Big Muscle

Forty Thieves

as Ike Simmons

Trail to Gunsight

as Duke Ellis, Gang Leader

The Return of the Rangers

1943

as Frank Martin

The Black Raven

as Andy

Wild Horse Stampede

as Henchman Tip

The Desperadoes

as Lem - Jack's Gang Member

5.7

Black Market Rustlers

1943

as Corbin (as Glen Strange)

Western Cyclone

1943

as Dirk Randall

5.0

Action in the North Atlantic

as Jake (uncredited)

Cattle Stampede

as Boss Coulter

Death Valley Rangers

as The Marshall

The Woman of the Town

as Walker

Bullets and Saddles

as Jack Hammond

Mission to Moscow

as Southerner in Montage (uncredited)

False Colors

as Sonora

The Kansan

as 2nd Gate Guard

Arizona Trail

as Henchman Matt

The Kid Rides Again

as Tom Slade

Haunted Ranch

as Rance Austin

Come on Danger

as Henchman Sloan

Billy the Kid Trapped

1942

as Boss Stanton

5.0

Western Mail

1942

as Sheriff Big Bill Collins

5.0

The Mummy's Tomb

1942

as Farmer Holding Horse (uncredited)

5.5

Texas Trouble Shooters

1942

as Roger Denby

6.5

Sunset on the Desert

1942

as Deputy Louie Meade

5.8

The Spoilers

1942

as Deputy (uncredited)

6.2

Romance on the Range

1942

as Lead Henchman Stokes

5.7

Bandit Ranger

1942

as Frank Curtis

3.4

Rolling Down the Great Divide

1942

as Joe Duncan

The Mad Monster

as Petro

Boot Hill Bandits

as The Maverick

Raiders of the West

as Hank Reynolds

Stagecoach Buckaroo

1942

as Henchman Bill

5.0

Little Joe, the Wrangler

1942

as Banker Jeff Corey

6.0

Beyond the Line of Duty

1942

as Cal (uncredited)

5.7

The Lone Rider and the Bandit

1942

as Luke Miller

4.0

Down Texas Way

1942

as Sheriff Trump

Overland Stagecoach

1942

as Harlen Kent

6.0

The Kid's Last Ride

1941

as Bart Gill / Ike Breeden

3.7

Lone Star Law Men

1941

as Marshal Scott (as Glen Strange)

Billy The Kid's Round-Up

1941

as Vic Landreau

5.0

The Driftin' Kid

1941

as Jeff Payson (as Glen Strange)

Billy the Kid Wanted

as Matt Brawley

Fugitive Valley

as Gray

Dude Cowboy

as Henchman Krinkle

Saddlemates

as Little Bear

The Bandit Trail

as Idaho

Badlands of Dakota

as Bob Russell

Wide Open Town

as Henchman Ed Stark

Westward Ho-Hum

Arizona Cyclone

as Roy Jessup

Go West, Young Lady

as Townsman

Riders of Death Valley

1941

as Tex, a Benton Rider

6.5

Pals of the Silver Sage

1940

as Vic Insley

Wyoming

1940

as Bill Smalley - Henchman

5.9

Teddy the Rough Rider

as Jim Rawlins

The Fargo Kid

as Sheriff Dave

Dark Command

as Tough Yankee #1

Pioneer Days

as Sheriff

San Francisco Docks

as Mike

Wagon Train

as Stagecoach driver

The Cowboy from Sundown

1940

as Bret Stockton

Rhythm of the Rio Grande

1940

as Sheriff Hays (as Glen Strange)

Stage to Chino

as Bill Hoagland

Triple Justice

as Frank Wiley

Three Men from Texas

as Stokes

Land of the Six Guns

as Manny

Covered Wagon Trails

1940

as Fletcher - Henchman

Across the Plains

as Jeff Masters

The Phantom Stage

as Sheriff

The Fighting Gringo

as Rance Potter

Overland Mail

as Sheriff Dawson

Sunset Trail

as Bouncer

The Llano Kid

as Henderson

Oklahoma Terror

as Ross Haddon

Law of the Pampas

as Slim Schultz

Rough Riders' Round-up

1939

as Boggs

4.0

The Night Riders

1939

as Angry Riverboat Gambler

Range War

as Sheriff

Blue Montana Skies

as Bob Causer

Honor of the West

as Bat Morrison

The Lone Ranger Rides Again

as Raider Thorne

Days of Jesse James

as Cole Younger

Arizona Legion

as George Kirby

The Last Stand

Pride of the West

as Saunders

Black Bandit

Gun Packer

as Sheriff

The Spy Ring

1938

as The 'Champ' (uncredited)

Air Devils

as Messenger

Border Wolves

as Deputy Joe O'Connell

In Old Mexico

1938

as Burke

3.0

California Frontier

1938

as Blackie

Six Shootin' Sheriff

as Kendal Henchman

Whirlwind Horseman

as Henchman Bull

Call of the Rockies

as Henchman Kelso

State Police

as Henchman

The Painted Trail

as Sheriff Ed

The Mexicali Kid

as Foreman Jed

Guilty Trails

as Sheriff

The Mysterious Rider

1938

as Henchman Cramer

6.0

Ghost Town Riders

1938

as Tex - Henchman

Adventure's End

as Barzeck

Arizona Days

as Henchman Pete

Empty Holsters

as Tex Roberts

The Cherokee Strip

1937

as Harry, Fiddle Player and Band Leader

6.0

The Devil's Saddle Legion

as Pewee

Blazing Sixes

as Peewee

Land Beyond the Law

as Bandy Malarkey

A Tenderfoot Goes West

1936

as Prankster Butch

3.0

Flash Gordon

1936

as Gocko/Robot/Soldier

6.4

Guns of the Pecos

1936

as Wedding Groom / Rustler

California Mail

as Henchman Bud

The Sunday Round-Up

as Master of Ceremonies

10.0

The Fugitive Sheriff

1936

as Trial Spectator (uncredited)

Avenging Waters

1936

as Henchman Jake

6.0

Trailin' West

1936

as Henchman Tim / Trooper (uncredited)

The New Frontier

as Norton

The Law of 45's

as Monte

Westward Ho

as Carter

Cyclone of the Saddle

1935

as Singer / Fiddler / Townsman

Lawless Range

as Burn's Henchman

Stormy

as Arizona Wranglers Band Member 'Peewee' Strange (uncredited)

Moonlight on the Prairie

as Stew-Bum

The Man from Hell

as Singer

The Star Packer

as Loco Frank

The Thrill Hunter

as Studio Western Cowboy

5.7

Ride Him, Cowboy

1932

as Hawk Henchman (uncredited)

4.7

The Hurricane Express

as Jim

The Range Feud

Cavalier of the West

as Trooper

Wild Horse

as Cowboy Who Refuses to Ride

6.5

Television (19)

Petticoat Junction

1963

as Hawley

5.7

Thriller

1960

as Indian (scenes deleted)

Rawhide

as Bartender

The Rifleman

as Stage Diver

Frontier Doctor

Sugarfoot

as Red Wing

26 Men

The Adventures of Jim Bowie

1956

5.0

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

Gunsmoke

as Sam (uncredited)

Sergeant Preston of the Yukon

Judge Roy Bean

Buffalo Bill Jr.

General Electric Theater

1953

as Red Herring

6.4

The Abbott and Costello Show

1952

as Tessie's Steady Boyfriend

7.2

Hopalong Cassidy

1952

5.1

The Adventures of Kit Carson

1951

5.3

The Colgate Comedy Hour

as The Monster

The Lone Ranger

as Cavendish

Crew (1)

Movies (1)

Ride Him, Cowboy

1932

Stunts

4.7