Glenn Strange
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 16, 1899
- Died
- September 20, 1973 (aged 74)
- Birthplace
- Weed, New Mexico, USA
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. 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 began playing Sam Noonan during the seventh season and continued in the role for 222 episodes. In 1972 Strange was diagnosed with lung cancer but worked as long as he was able. Five of his episodes were broadcast after his death. His last appearance was on the November 26, 1973, episode "The Hanging of Newly O'Brien". Death On September 20, 1973, at age 74, Strange died of lung cancer in Los Angeles, California. Singer Eddie Dean, with whom Strange had collaborated on various songs and opening themes for films, sang at Strange's funeral service as a final tribute. Strange is interred at Forest Lawn - Hollywood Hills Cemetery. CLR
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Filmography
I Was a Teenage Movie Maker: Don Glut's Amateur Movies
Movie · as Self
The Many Faces of Dracula
Movie · as The Monster (archive footage)
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Dracula in the Movies
Movie · as (archive footage)
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
Movie · as The Monster (archive footage)
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
Movie · as The Monster (archive footage)
The Horror Show
Movie · as (archive footage)
Spaceship to the Unknown
Movie · as Robot / Ming soldier / Gocko (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Adventures of the Spirit
Movie · as Frankenstein Monster
Petticoat Junction
TV · as Hawley · 1 ep
Thriller
TV · as Indian (scenes deleted) · 1 ep
Last Train from Gun Hill
Movie · as Gun Hill Bouncer
Alias Jesse James
Movie · as James Gang Member
Rawhide
TV · as Bartender · 1 ep
Quantrill's Raiders
Movie · as Todd
Terror in a Texas Town
Movie · as Train Passenger (uncredited)
The Rifleman
TV · as Stage Driver · 6 eps
Frontier Doctor
TV · 1 ep
Last Stagecoach West
Movie · as Sheriff
The Halliday Brand
Movie · as Townsman
Gunfire at Indian Gap
Movie · as Matt
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Movie · as Pierce Henchman in Saloon (uncredited)
Sugarfoot
TV · as Red Wing · 1 ep
26 Men
TV · 1 ep
Backlash
Movie · as Milliken, Stage Driver (uncredited)
The Fastest Gun Alive
Movie · as Sheriff in Silver Rapids (uncredited)
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
TV · 1 ep
The Vanishing American
Movie · as Beleanth
Marty
Movie · as (uncredited)
The Road to Denver
Movie · as Big George
The Lone Ranger Story
Movie · as Self - Butch Cavendish
Gunsmoke
TV · as Sam Noonan, Sam (uncredited), Man · 180 eps
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
TV · 3 eps
Buffalo Bill Jr.
TV · 2 eps
Sergeant Preston of the Yukon
TV · 1 ep
Judge Roy Bean
TV · 39 eps
Cattle Queen of Montana
Movie · as Indian Chief (uncredited)
Calamity Jane
Movie · as Prospector (uncredited)
Devil's Canyon
Movie · as Marshal (uncredited)
Escape from Fort Bravo
Movie · as Sergeant Compton (uncredited), Sgt. Compton (uncredited)
Born to the Saddle
Movie · as Tom Roper
The Veils of Bagdad
Movie · as Mik-Kel
The Great Sioux Uprising
Movie · as Stand Watie
General Electric Theater
TV · as Red Herring · 1 ep
The Lawless Breed
Movie · as Ben Hanley
The Legend Of The Lone Ranger
Movie · as Butch Cavendish
The Lusty Men
Movie · as Rig Ferris - Foreman (uncredited)
Wagons West
Movie · as Marshal Jim
Hopalong Cassidy
TV · 1 ep
The Abbott and Costello Show
TV · as Tessie's Steady Boyfriend · 1 ep
Comin' Round the Mountain
Movie · as Devil Dan Winfield
Double Crossbones
Movie · as Capt. Ben Avery
Texas Carnival
Movie · as Tex Hodgkins
The Red Badge of Courage
Movie · as Colonel (uncredited)
Callaway Went Thataway
Movie · as Cowboy Actor on Saloon set (uncredited)
The Adventures of Kit Carson
TV · 2 eps
Comanche Territory
Movie · as Big Joe
The Colgate Comedy Hour
TV · as The Monster · 1 ep
Master Minds
Movie · as Atlas the Monster
Roll, Thunder, Roll!
Movie · as Ace Hanlon
Rimfire
Movie · as Curt Calvin
The Lone Ranger
TV · as Cavendish, Butch Cavendish · 1 ep
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein
Movie · as The Monster
Disaster
Movie · as Foreman Davis (uncredited)
The Gallant Legion
Movie · as Renegade
Red River
Movie · as Naylor (uncredited)
Four Faces West
Movie · as Posse Deputy (uncredited)
The Sea of Grass
Movie · as Bill Roach - Brewton Ranch Hand (uncredited)
The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap
Movie · as Lefty
Hollywood Wonderland
Movie · as Singing Cowboy (clip from "Ride, Cowboy, Ride", 1939) (uncredited)
Sinbad the Sailor
Movie · as Chief Galley Overseer (uncredited)
Up Goes Maisie
Movie · as Cop (Uncredited)
House of Dracula
Movie · as The Frankenstein Monster
Saratoga Trunk
Movie · as Cowboy (uncredited)
Bad Men of the Border
Movie · as Sheriff Peters
Renegades of the Rio Grande
Movie · as Bart Drummond
Knickerbocker Holiday
Movie · as Big Muscle
Harmony Trail
Movie · as Marshal Taylor
San Antonio Kid
Movie · as Frank 'Ace' Hanlon
Alaska
Movie · as Miner
The Contender
Movie · as Biff Benham
The Monster Maker
Movie · as Giant
House of Frankenstein
Movie · as Frankenstein Monster
Sonora Stagecoach
Movie · as Paul Kenton
Forty Thieves
Movie · as Ike Simmons
Valley Of Vengeance
Movie · as Barker
Silver City Kid
Movie · as Henchman Garvey
Trail to Gunsight
Movie · as Duke Ellis, Gang Leader
The Kid Rides Again
Movie · as Tom Slade
The Black Raven
Movie · as Andy
Death Valley Rangers
Movie · as The Marshall
The Desperadoes
Movie · as Lem - Jack's Gang Member
False Colors
Movie · as Sonora
Arizona Trail
Movie · as Henchman Matt
Bullets and Saddles
Movie · as Jack Hammond
Black Market Rustlers
Movie · as Corbin (as Glen Strange)
The Return of the Rangers
Movie · as Frank Martin
Western Cyclone
Movie · as Dirk Randall
Haunted Ranch
Movie · as Rance Austin
The Woman of the Town
Movie · as Walker
Cattle Stampede
Movie · as Boss Coulter
Wild Horse Stampede
Movie · as Henchman Tip
The Kansan
Movie · as 2nd Gate Guard
Action in the North Atlantic
Movie · as Jake (uncredited)
Mission to Moscow
Movie · as Southerner in Montage (uncredited)
The Mummy's Tomb
Movie · as Farmer Holding Horse (uncredited)
Billy the Kid Trapped
Movie · as Boss Stanton
The Mad Monster
Movie · as Petro
Stagecoach Buckaroo
Movie · as Henchman Bill
Sunset on the Desert
Movie · as Deputy Louie Meade
Down Texas Way
Movie · as Sheriff Trump
The Lone Rider and the Bandit
Movie · as Luke Miller
Texas Trouble Shooters
Movie · as Roger Denby
Come on Danger
Movie · as Henchman Sloan
Bandit Ranger
Movie · as Frank Curtis
Overland Stagecoach
Movie · as Harlen Kent
Western Mail
Movie · as Sheriff Big Bill Collins
Little Joe, the Wrangler
Movie · as Banker Jeff Corey
Rolling Down the Great Divide
Movie · as Joe Duncan
Boot Hill Bandits
Movie · as The Maverick
Raiders of the West
Movie · as Hank Reynolds
Romance on the Range
Movie · as Lead Henchman Stokes
The Spoilers
Movie · as Deputy (uncredited)
Beyond the Line of Duty
Movie · as Cal (uncredited)
The Kid's Last Ride
Movie · as Bart Gill / Ike Breeden
Lone Star Law Men
Movie · as Marshal Scott (as Glen Strange)
Billy the Kid Wanted
Movie · as Matt Brawley
Wide Open Town
Movie · as Henchman Ed Stark
The Driftin' Kid
Movie · as Jeff Payson (as Glen Strange)
The Bandit Trail
Movie · as Idaho
Riders of Death Valley
Movie · as Tex, a Benton Rider
Dude Cowboy
Movie · as Henchman Krinkle
Arizona Cyclone
Movie · as Roy Jessup
Saddlemates
Movie · as Little Bear
Westward Ho-Hum
Movie
Billy The Kid's Round-Up
Movie · as Vic Landreau
Fugitive Valley
Movie · as Gray
Badlands of Dakota
Movie · as Bob Russell
Go West, Young Lady
Movie · as Townsman
The Fargo Kid
Movie · as Sheriff Dave
Wagon Train
Movie · as Stagecoach driver
Land of the Six Guns
Movie · as Manny
Covered Wagon Trails
Movie · as Fletcher - Henchman
Stage to Chino
Movie · as Bill Hoagland
Pals of the Silver Sage
Movie · as Vic Insley
Triple Justice
Movie · as Frank Wiley
Wyoming
Movie · as Bill Smalley - Henchman
The Cowboy from Sundown
Movie · as Bret Stockton
Three Men from Texas
Movie · as Stokes
Dark Command
Movie · as Tough Yankee #1
Pioneer Days
Movie · as Sheriff
Rhythm of the Rio Grande
Movie · as Sheriff Hays (as Glen Strange)
Teddy the Rough Rider
Movie · as Jim Rawlins
San Francisco Docks
Movie · as Mike
The Lone Ranger Rides Again
Movie · as Raider Thorne
The Llano Kid
Movie · as Henderson
Across the Plains
Movie · as Jeff Masters
Oklahoma Terror
Movie · as Ross Haddon
Overland Mail
Movie · as Sheriff Dawson
Arizona Legion
Movie · as George Kirby
Rough Riders' Round-up
Movie · as Boggs
The Night Riders
Movie · as Angry Riverboat Gambler
Days of Jesse James
Movie · as Cole Younger
The Phantom Stage
Movie · as Sheriff
Sunset Trail
Movie · as Bouncer
Range War
Movie · as Sheriff
Law of the Pampas
Movie · as Slim Schultz
The Fighting Gringo
Movie · as Rance Potter
Blue Montana Skies
Movie · as Bob Causer
Honor of the West
Movie · as Bat Morrison
Whirlwind Horseman
Movie · as Henchman Bull
Black Bandit
Movie
Ghost Town Riders
Movie · as Tex - Henchman
Gun Packer
Movie · as Sheriff
The Mysterious Rider
Movie · as Henchman Cramer
Air Devils
Movie · as Messenger
The Mexicali Kid
Movie · as Foreman Jed
Six Shootin' Sheriff
Movie · as Kendal Henchman
The Painted Trail
Movie · as Sheriff Ed
Pride of the West
Movie · as Saunders
In Old Mexico
Movie · as Burke
The Last Stand
Movie
The Spy Ring
Movie · as The 'Champ' (uncredited)
Border Wolves
Movie · as Deputy Joe O'Connell
State Police
Movie · as Henchman
California Frontier
Movie · as Blackie
Guilty Trail
Movie · as Sheriff
Call of the Rockies
Movie · as Henchman Kelso
Arizona Days
Movie · as Henchman Pete
Adventure's End
Movie · as Barzeck
Land Beyond the Law
Movie · as Bandy Malarkey
The Cherokee Strip
Movie · as Harry, Fiddle Player and Band Leader
Blazing Sixes
Movie · as Peewee
Empty Holsters
Movie · as Tex Roberts
The Devil's Saddle Legion
Movie · as Pewee
The Fugitive Sheriff
Movie · as Trial Spectator (uncredited)
Guns of the Pecos
Movie · as Wedding Groom / Rustler
Avenging Waters
Movie · as Henchman Jake
Flash Gordon
Movie · as Gocko/Robot/Soldier
Trailin' West
Movie · as Henchman Tim / Trooper (uncredited)
California Mail
Movie · as Henchman Bud
The Sunday Round-Up
Movie · as Master of Ceremonies
A Tenderfoot Goes West
Movie · as Prankster Butch
Stormy
Movie · as Arizona Wranglers Band Member 'Peewee' Strange (uncredited)
The Law of 45's
Movie · as Monte
Cyclone of the Saddle
Movie · as Singer / Fiddler / Townsman
Westward Ho
Movie · as Carter
Moonlight on the Prairie
Movie · as Stew-Bum
Lawless Range
Movie · as Burn's Henchman
The New Frontier
Movie · as Norton
The Man from Hell
Movie · as Singer
The Star Packer
Movie · as Loco Frank
The Thrill Hunter
Movie · as Studio Western Cowboy
Ride Him, Cowboy
Movie · as Hawk Henchman (uncredited)
The Hurricane Express
Movie · as Jim
The Range Feud
Movie
Wild Horse
Movie · as Cowboy Who Refuses to Ride
Cavalier of the West
Movie · as Trooper