Actor
Glenn Strange
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
Acting
2006 -- I Was a Teenage Movie Maker: Don Glut's Amateur Movies | Self
2000 -- The Many Faces of Dracula | The Monster (archive footage)
1999 -- Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man' | Self (archive footage)
1991 -- Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook | The Monster (archive footage)
1991 -- Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook | The Monster (archive footage)
1979 -- The Horror Show | (archive footage)
1966 -- Spaceship to the Unknown | Robot / Ming soldier / Gocko (archive footage) (uncredited)
1963 -- The Adventures of the Spirit | Frankenstein Monster
1959 -- Last Train from Gun Hill | Gun Hill Bouncer
1959 -- Alias Jesse James | James Gang Member
1958 -- Quantrill's Raiders | Todd
1957 -- Gunfire at Indian Gap | Matt
1957 -- Last Stagecoach West | Sheriff
1957 -- The Halliday Brand | Townsman
1956 -- The Fastest Gun Alive | Sheriff in Silver Rapids (uncredited)
1956 -- Backlash | Milliken, Stage Driver (uncredited)
1955 -- The Vanishing American | Beleanth
1955 -- The Road to Denver | Big George
1955 -- Marty | Bit Role (uncredited)
1954 -- Cattle Queen of Montana | Indian Chief (uncredited)
1953 -- Escape from Fort Bravo | Sergeant Compton
1953 -- Calamity Jane | Prospector (uncredited)
1953 -- The Veils of Bagdad | Mik-Kel
1953 -- Devil's Canyon | Marshal (uncredited)
1953 -- The Great Sioux Uprising | Stand Watie
1953 -- Born to the Saddle | Tom Roper
1952 -- The Lawless Breed | Ben Hanley
1952 -- The Lusty Men | Rig Ferris - Foreman (uncredited)
1952 -- Wagons West | Marshal Jim
1952 -- The Legend Of The Lone Ranger | Butch Cavendish
1951 -- Texas Carnival | Tex Hodgkins
1951 -- The Red Badge of Courage | Colonel (uncredited)
1951 -- Comin' Round the Mountain | Devil Dan Winfield
1951 -- Double Crossbones | Capt. Ben Avery
1950 -- Comanche Territory | Big Joe
1949 -- Master Minds | Atlas the Monster
1949 -- Enter the Lone Ranger | Butch Cavendish
1949 -- Roll, Thunder, Roll! | Ace Hanlon
1949 -- Rimfire | Curt Calvin
1948 -- Disaster | Foreman Davis (uncredited)
1948 -- Red River | Naylor (uncredited)
1948 -- Four Faces West | Posse Deputy (uncredited)
1948 -- Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein | The Monster
1948 -- The Gallant Legion | Renegade
1947 -- The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap | Lefty
1947 -- Hollywood Wonderland | Singing Cowboy (clip from "Ride, Cowboy, Ride", 1939) (uncredited)
1947 -- The Sea of Grass | Bill Roach - Brewton Ranch Hand (uncredited)
1946 -- Up Goes Maisie | Cop (Uncredited)
1945 -- House of Dracula | The Frankenstein Monster
1945 -- Saratoga Trunk | Cowboy (uncredited)
1945 -- Renegades of the Rio Grande | Bart Drummond
1945 -- Bad Men of the Border | Sheriff Peters
1944 -- House of Frankenstein | Frankenstein Monster
1944 -- Harmony Trail | Marshal Taylor
1944 -- Alaska | Miner
1944 -- Trail to Gunsight | Duke Ellis, Gang Leader
1944 -- San Antonio Kid | Frank 'Ace' Hanlon
1944 -- Silver City Kid | Henchman Garvey
1944 -- Forty Thieves | Ike Simmons
1944 -- Sonora Stagecoach | Paul Kenton
1944 -- The Contender | Biff Benham
1944 -- Valley Of Vengeance | Barker
1944 -- The Monster Maker | Giant
1944 -- Knickerbocker Holiday | Big Muscle
1943 -- The Woman of the Town | Walker
1943 -- Death Valley Rangers | The Marshall
1943 -- False Colors | Sonora
1943 -- Bullets and Saddles | Jack Hammond
1943 -- The Return of the Rangers | Frank Martin
1943 -- Arizona Trail | Henchman Matt
1943 -- The Kansan | 2nd Gate Guard
1943 -- Black Market Rustlers | Corbin (as Glen Strange)
1943 -- Cattle Stampede | Boss Coulter
1943 -- Action in the North Atlantic | Jake (uncredited)
1943 -- The Black Raven | Andy
1943 -- The Desperadoes | Lem - Jack's Gang Member
1943 -- Western Cyclone | Dirk Randall
1943 -- Mission to Moscow | Southerner in Montage (uncredited)
1943 -- Wild Horse Stampede | Henchman Tip
1943 -- Haunted Ranch | Rance Austin
1943 -- The Kid Rides Again | Tom Slade
1942 -- Little Joe, the Wrangler | Banker Jeff Corey
1942 -- Beyond the Line of Duty | Cal (uncredited)
1942 -- The Mummy's Tomb | Farmer Holding Horse (uncredited)
1942 -- Overland Stagecoach | Harlen Kent
1942 -- Bandit Ranger | Frank Curtis
1942 -- Texas Trouble Shooters | Roger Denby
1942 -- The Spoilers | Deputy (uncredited)
1942 -- Come on Danger | Henchman Sloan
1942 -- Down Texas Way | Sheriff Trump
1942 -- Romance on the Range | Lead Henchman Stokes
1942 -- The Mad Monster | Petro
1942 -- Boot Hill Bandits | The Maverick
1942 -- Rolling Down the Great Divide | Joe Duncan
1942 -- Sunset on the Desert | Deputy Louie Meade
1942 -- Billy the Kid Trapped | Boss Stanton
1942 -- Raiders of the West | Hank Reynolds
1942 -- Western Mail | Sheriff Big Bill Collins
1942 -- Stagecoach Buckaroo | Henchman Bill
1942 -- The Lone Rider and the Bandit | Luke Miller
1941 -- Billy The Kid's Round-Up | Vic Landreau
1941 -- Dude Cowboy | Henchman Krinkle
1941 -- Lone Star Law Men | Marshal Scott (as Glen Strange)
1941 -- Go West, Young Lady | Townsman
1941 -- Arizona Cyclone | Roy Jessup
1941 -- The Driftin' Kid | Jeff Payson (as Glen Strange)
1941 -- The Bandit Trail | Idaho
1941 -- Billy the Kid Wanted | Matt Brawley
1941 -- Badlands of Dakota | Bob Russell
1941 -- Westward Ho-Hum |
1941 -- Wide Open Town | Henchman Ed Stark
1941 -- Fugitive Valley | Gray
1941 -- Riders of Death Valley | Tex, a Benton Rider
1941 -- Saddlemates | Little Bear
1941 -- The Kid's Last Ride | Bart Gill / Ike Breeden
1940 -- San Francisco Docks | Mike
1940 -- The Fargo Kid | Sheriff Dave
1940 -- Three Men from Texas | Stokes
1940 -- Wagon Train | Stagecoach driver
1940 -- Triple Justice | Frank Wiley
1940 -- Wyoming | Bill Smalley - Henchman
1940 -- The Cowboy from Sundown | Bret Stockton
1940 -- Stage to Chino | Bill Hoagland
1940 -- Land of the Six Guns | Manny
1940 -- Pals of the Silver Sage | Vic Insley
1940 -- Dark Command | Tough Yankee #1
1940 -- Covered Wagon Trails | Fletcher - Henchman
1940 -- Rhythm of the Rio Grande | Sheriff Hays (as Glen Strange)
1940 -- Teddy the Rough Rider | Jim Rawlins
1940 -- Pioneer Days | Sheriff
1939 -- Days of Jesse James | Cole Younger
1939 -- The Llano Kid | Henderson
1939 -- Overland Mail | Sheriff Dawson
1939 -- Law of the Pampas | Slim Schultz
1939 -- Range War | Sheriff
1939 -- Oklahoma Terror | Ross Haddon
1939 -- The Fighting Gringo | Rance Potter
1939 -- Across the Plains | Jeff Masters
1939 -- Blue Montana Skies | Bob Causer
1939 -- The Night Riders | Angry Riverboat Gambler
1939 -- Rough Riders' Round-up | Boggs
1939 -- The Lone Ranger Rides Again | Raider Thorne
1939 -- Sunset Trail | Bouncer
1939 -- The Phantom Stage | Sheriff
1939 -- Arizona Legion | George Kirby
1939 -- Honor of the West | Bat Morrison
1938 -- Ghost Town Riders | Tex - Henchman
1938 -- California Frontier | Blackie
1938 -- Gun Packer | Sheriff
1938 -- The Mysterious Rider | Henchman Cramer
1938 -- Black Bandit |
1938 -- The Mexicali Kid | Foreman Jed
1938 -- In Old Mexico | Burke
1938 -- Pride of the West | Saunders
1938 -- Six Shootin' Sheriff | Kendal Henchman
1938 -- Air Devils | Messenger
1938 -- Whirlwind Horseman | Henchman Bull
1938 -- The Last Stand |
1938 -- State Police | Henchman
1938 -- Border Wolves | Deputy Joe O'Connell
1938 -- The Painted Trail | Sheriff Ed
1938 -- The Spy Ring | The 'Champ' (uncredited)
1937 -- Adventure's End | Barzeck
1937 -- The Devil's Saddle Legion | Pewee
1937 -- Empty Holsters | Tex Roberts
1937 -- Blazing Sixes | Peewee
1937 -- The Cherokee Strip | Harry, Fiddle Player and Band Leader
1937 -- Land Beyond the Law | Bandy Malarkey
1937 -- Arizona Days | Henchman Pete
1936 -- Guns of the Pecos | Wedding Groom / Rustler
1936 -- California Mail | Henchman Bud
1936 -- The Sunday Round-Up | Master of Ceremonies
1936 -- The Fugitive Sheriff | Trial Spectator (uncredited)
1936 -- A Tenderfoot Goes West | Prankster Butch
1936 -- Trailin' West | Henchman Tim / Trooper (uncredited)
1936 -- Avenging Waters | Henchman Jake
1936 -- Flash Gordon | Gocko/Robot/Soldier
1935 -- The Law of 45's | Monte
1935 -- Lawless Range | Burn's Henchman
1935 -- Moonlight on the Prairie | Stew-Bum
1935 -- The New Frontier | Norton
1935 -- Stormy | Arizona Wranglers Band Member 'Peewee' Strange (uncredited)
1935 -- Westward Ho | Carter
1935 -- Cyclone of the Saddle | Singer / Fiddler / Townsman
1934 -- The Man from Hell | Singer
1934 -- The Star Packer | Loco Frank
1933 -- The Thrill Hunter | Studio Western Cowboy
1932 -- Ride Him, Cowboy | Hawk Henchman (uncredited)
1932 -- The Hurricane Express | Jim
1931 -- Cavalier of the West | Trooper
1931 -- The Range Feud |
1931 -- Wild Horse | Cowboy Who Refuses to Ride
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