Glenn Strange
Acting • Born 1899-08-16 – Died 1973-09-20
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.
Filmography
220 credits
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein
Movie • 1948
The Monster
Cattle Queen of Montana
Movie • 1954
Indian Chief (uncredited)
Knickerbocker Holiday
Movie • 1944
Big Muscle
Disaster
Movie • 1948
Foreman Davis (uncredited)
House of Dracula
Movie • 1945
The Frankenstein Monster
Arizona Days
Movie • 1937
Henchman Pete
I Was a Teenage Movie Maker: Don Glut's Amateur Movies
Movie • 2006
Self
Stormy
Movie • 1935
Arizona Wranglers Band Member 'Peewee' Strange (uncredited)
Adventure's End
Movie • 1937
Barzeck
Comin' Round the Mountain
Movie • 1951
Devil Dan Winfield
The Horror Show
Movie • 1979
(archive footage)
The Mummy's Tomb
Movie • 1942
Farmer Holding Horse (uncredited)
The Fargo Kid
Movie • 1940
Sheriff Dave
Billy the Kid Trapped
Movie • 1942
Boss Stanton
The Lawless Breed
Movie • 1952
Ben Hanley
The Range Feud
Movie • 1931
Double Crossbones
Movie • 1951
Capt. Ben Avery
The Kid Rides Again
Movie • 1943
Tom Slade
The Black Raven
Movie • 1943
Andy
Calamity Jane
Movie • 1953
Prospector (uncredited)
Devil's Canyon
Movie • 1953
Marshal (uncredited)
The Fugitive Sheriff
Movie • 1936
Trial Spectator (uncredited)
Saratoga Trunk
Movie • 1945
Cowboy (uncredited)
Last Train from Gun Hill
Movie • 1959
Gun Hill Bouncer
The Mad Monster
Movie • 1942
Petro
Stagecoach Buckaroo
Movie • 1942
Henchman Bill
The Kid's Last Ride
Movie • 1941
Bart Gill / Ike Breeden
Bad Men of the Border
Movie • 1945
Sheriff Peters
Whirlwind Horseman
Movie • 1938
Henchman Bull
Sunset on the Desert
Movie • 1942
Deputy Louie Meade
Harmony Trail
Movie • 1944
Marshal Taylor
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
Movie • 1991
The Monster (archive footage)
Quantrill's Raiders
Movie • 1958
Todd
The Many Faces of Dracula
Movie • 2000
The Monster (archive footage)
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
Movie • 1991
The Monster (archive footage)
The Law of 45's
Movie • 1935
Monte
Master Minds
Movie • 1949
Atlas the Monster
San Antonio Kid
Movie • 1944
Frank 'Ace' Hanlon
Down Texas Way
Movie • 1942
Sheriff Trump
Alaska
Movie • 1944
Miner
The Vanishing American
Movie • 1955
Beleanth
Wagon Train
Movie • 1940
Stagecoach driver
Last Stagecoach West
Movie • 1957
Sheriff
Lone Star Law Men
Movie • 1941
Marshal Scott (as Glen Strange)
The Lone Rider and the Bandit
Movie • 1942
Luke Miller
Land Beyond the Law
Movie • 1937
Bandy Malarkey
The Contender
Movie • 1944
Biff Benham
Black Bandit
Movie • 1938
Ghost Town Riders
Movie • 1938
Tex - Henchman
Gun Packer
Movie • 1938
Sheriff
Texas Trouble Shooters
Movie • 1942
Roger Denby
The Monster Maker
Movie • 1944
Giant
Land of the Six Guns
Movie • 1940
Manny
The Halliday Brand
Movie • 1957
Townsman
The Mysterious Rider
Movie • 1938
Henchman Cramer
Air Devils
Movie • 1938
Messenger
Covered Wagon Trails
Movie • 1940
Fletcher - Henchman
Death Valley Rangers
Movie • 1943
The Marshall
Escape from Fort Bravo
Movie • 1953
Sergeant Compton (uncredited)
Backlash
Movie • 1956
Milliken, Stage Driver (uncredited)
The Lone Ranger Rides Again
Movie • 1939
Raider Thorne
The Llano Kid
Movie • 1939
Henderson
Across the Plains
Movie • 1939
Jeff Masters
The Mexicali Kid
Movie • 1938
Foreman Jed
Six Shootin' Sheriff
Movie • 1938
Kendal Henchman
Wild Horse
Movie • 1931
Cowboy Who Refuses to Ride
Cavalier of the West
Movie • 1931
Trooper
Cyclone of the Saddle
Movie • 1935
Singer / Fiddler / Townsman
Guns of the Pecos
Movie • 1936
Wedding Groom / Rustler
Oklahoma Terror
Movie • 1939
Ross Haddon
Overland Mail
Movie • 1939
Sheriff Dawson
The Man from Hell
Movie • 1934
Singer
Avenging Waters
Movie • 1936
Henchman Jake
Arizona Legion
Movie • 1939
George Kirby
Come on Danger
Movie • 1942
Henchman Sloan
Rough Riders' Round-up
Movie • 1939
Boggs
The Night Riders
Movie • 1939
Angry Riverboat Gambler
House of Frankenstein
Movie • 1944
Frankenstein Monster
The Painted Trail
Movie • 1938
Sheriff Ed
Stage to Chino
Movie • 1940
Bill Hoagland
The Adventures of the Spirit
Movie • 1963
Frankenstein Monster
Days of Jesse James
Movie • 1939
Cole Younger
Flash Gordon
Movie • 1936
Gocko/Robot/Soldier
Born to the Saddle
Movie • 1953
Tom Roper
Billy the Kid Wanted
Movie • 1941
Matt Brawley
The Legend Of The Lone Ranger
Movie • 1952
Butch Cavendish
Wide Open Town
Movie • 1941
Henchman Ed Stark
Marty
Movie • 1955
Bit Role (uncredited)
The Cherokee Strip
Movie • 1937
Harry, Fiddle Player and Band Leader
The Phantom Stage
Movie • 1939
Sheriff
Roll, Thunder, Roll!
Movie • 1949
Ace Hanlon
The Driftin' Kid
Movie • 1941
Jeff Payson (as Glen Strange)
The Desperadoes
Movie • 1943
Lem - Jack's Gang Member
Pals of the Silver Sage
Movie • 1940
Vic Insley
Westward Ho
Movie • 1935
Carter
Rimfire
Movie • 1949
Curt Calvin
Sunset Trail
Movie • 1939
Bouncer
Blazing Sixes
Movie • 1937
Peewee
The Thrill Hunter
Movie • 1933
Studio Western Cowboy
Empty Holsters
Movie • 1937
Tex Roberts
The Devil's Saddle Legion
Movie • 1937
Pewee
Trailin' West
Movie • 1936
Henchman Tim / Trooper (uncredited)
Ride Him, Cowboy
Movie • 1932
Hawk Henchman (uncredited)
Bandit Ranger
Movie • 1942
Frank Curtis
Overland Stagecoach
Movie • 1942
Harlen Kent
The Bandit Trail
Movie • 1941
Idaho
Riders of Death Valley
Movie • 1941
Tex, a Benton Rider
Triple Justice
Movie • 1940
Frank Wiley
The Sea of Grass
Movie • 1947
Bill Roach - Brewton Ranch Hand (uncredited)
Wyoming
Movie • 1940
Bill Smalley - Henchman
Moonlight on the Prairie
Movie • 1935
Stew-Bum
The Cowboy from Sundown
Movie • 1940
Bret Stockton
Pride of the West
Movie • 1938
Saunders
In Old Mexico
Movie • 1938
Burke
Range War
Movie • 1939
Sheriff
Law of the Pampas
Movie • 1939
Slim Schultz
Dark Command
Movie • 1940
Tough Yankee #1
Three Men from Texas
Movie • 1940
Stokes
Sonora Stagecoach
Movie • 1944
Paul Kenton
The Lusty Men
Movie • 1952
Rig Ferris - Foreman (uncredited)
False Colors
Movie • 1943
Sonora
The Fastest Gun Alive
Movie • 1956
Sheriff in Silver Rapids (uncredited)
Western Mail
Movie • 1942
Sheriff Big Bill Collins
The Road to Denver
Movie • 1955
Big George
Texas Carnival
Movie • 1951
Tex Hodgkins
The Red Badge of Courage
Movie • 1951
Colonel (uncredited)
California Mail
Movie • 1936
Henchman Bud
The Veils of Bagdad
Movie • 1953
Mik-Kel
Little Joe, the Wrangler
Movie • 1942
Banker Jeff Corey
Forty Thieves
Movie • 1944
Ike Simmons
Dude Cowboy
Movie • 1941
Henchman Krinkle
The Gallant Legion
Movie • 1948
Renegade
Rolling Down the Great Divide
Movie • 1942
Joe Duncan
Arizona Cyclone
Movie • 1941
Roy Jessup
The Sunday Round-Up
Movie • 1936
Master of Ceremonies
Arizona Trail
Movie • 1943
Henchman Matt
Bullets and Saddles
Movie • 1943
Jack Hammond
Saddlemates
Movie • 1941
Little Bear
Boot Hill Bandits
Movie • 1942
The Maverick
Raiders of the West
Movie • 1942
Hank Reynolds
Black Market Rustlers
Movie • 1943
Corbin (as Glen Strange)
Wagons West
Movie • 1952
Marshal Jim
Romance on the Range
Movie • 1942
Lead Henchman Stokes
Westward Ho-Hum
Movie • 1941
Billy The Kid's Round-Up
Movie • 1941
Vic Landreau
Pioneer Days
Movie • 1940
Sheriff
Rhythm of the Rio Grande
Movie • 1940
Sheriff Hays (as Glen Strange)
Fugitive Valley
Movie • 1941
Gray
The Return of the Rangers
Movie • 1943
Frank Martin
Haunted Ranch
Movie • 1943
Rance Austin
Western Cyclone
Movie • 1943
Dirk Randall
Valley Of Vengeance
Movie • 1944
Barker
Renegades of the Rio Grande
Movie • 1945
Bart Drummond
Silver City Kid
Movie • 1944
Henchman Garvey
Trail to Gunsight
Movie • 1944
Duke Ellis, Gang Leader
The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap
Movie • 1947
Lefty
Badlands of Dakota
Movie • 1941
Bob Russell
The Spoilers
Movie • 1942
Deputy (uncredited)
Comanche Territory
Movie • 1950
Big Joe
The Woman of the Town
Movie • 1943
Walker
Cattle Stampede
Movie • 1943
Boss Coulter
Wild Horse Stampede
Movie • 1943
Henchman Tip
The Great Sioux Uprising
Movie • 1953
Stand Watie
Go West, Young Lady
Movie • 1941
Townsman
The Kansan
Movie • 1943
2nd Gate Guard
Gunfire at Indian Gap
Movie • 1957
Matt
The Hurricane Express
Movie • 1932
Jim
The Last Stand
Movie • 1938
The Spy Ring
Movie • 1938
The 'Champ' (uncredited)
Teddy the Rough Rider
Movie • 1940
Jim Rawlins
The Fighting Gringo
Movie • 1939
Rance Potter
Lawless Range
Movie • 1935
Burn's Henchman
Action in the North Atlantic
Movie • 1943
Jake (uncredited)
Border Wolves
Movie • 1938
Deputy Joe O'Connell
Mission to Moscow
Movie • 1943
Southerner in Montage (uncredited)
State Police
Movie • 1938
Henchman
Red River
Movie • 1948
Naylor (uncredited)
Alias Jesse James
Movie • 1959
James Gang Member
Beyond the Line of Duty
Movie • 1942
Cal (uncredited)
San Francisco Docks
Movie • 1940
Mike
Spaceship to the Unknown
Movie • 1966
Robot / Ming soldier / Gocko (archive footage) (uncredited)
The New Frontier
Movie • 1935
Norton
Hollywood Wonderland
Movie • 1947
Singing Cowboy (clip from "Ride, Cowboy, Ride", 1939) (uncredited)
A Tenderfoot Goes West
Movie • 1936
Prankster Butch
California Frontier
Movie • 1938
Blackie
Blue Montana Skies
Movie • 1939
Bob Causer
Honor of the West
Movie • 1939
Bat Morrison
Up Goes Maisie
Movie • 1946
Cop (Uncredited)
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
Movie • 1999
Self (archive footage)
The Star Packer
Movie • 1934
Loco Frank
Four Faces West
Movie • 1948
Posse Deputy (uncredited)
Sinbad the Sailor
Movie • 1947
Chief Galley Overseer (uncredited)
Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld
Movie • 1994
Self (archive footage)
Callaway Went Thataway
Movie • 1951
Cowboy Actor on Saloon set (uncredited)
Guilty Trails
Movie • 1938
Sheriff
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Movie • 1957
Pierce Henchman in Saloon (uncredited)
Escape from Fort Bravo
Movie • 1953
Sgt. Compton (uncredited)
Call of the Rockies
Movie • 1938
Henchman Kelso
The Lone Ranger
TV • 1949
Cavendish
Petticoat Junction
TV • 1963
Hawley
The Lone Ranger
TV • 1949
Butch Cavendish
Gunsmoke
TV • 1955
Sam Noonan
General Electric Theater
TV • 1953
Red Herring
Rawhide
TV • 1959
Bartender
Thriller
TV • 1960
Indian (scenes deleted)
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
TV • 1955
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
TV • 1956
The Rifleman
TV • 1958
Stage Diver
Sugarfoot
TV • 1957
Red Wing
Frontier Doctor
TV • 1958
Buffalo Bill Jr.
TV • 1955
Sergeant Preston of the Yukon
TV • 1955
The Adventures of Kit Carson
TV • 1951
26 Men
TV • 1957
Judge Roy Bean
TV • 1955
Hopalong Cassidy
TV • 1952
The Abbott and Costello Show
TV • 1952
Tessie's Steady Boyfriend
Gunsmoke
TV • 1955
Sam (uncredited)
Gunsmoke
TV • 1955
Man
The Colgate Comedy Hour
TV • 1950
The Monster