Glenn Strange
195 movies · 19 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Aug 16, 1899
- Died
- Sep 20, 1973 (age 74)
- Place of birth
- Weed, New Mexico, USA
- Also known as
- George Glenn Strange · Glen 'Peewee' Strange · Glen Strange · Peewee 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 actor Cactus Mack, joined a radio singing group known as the "Arizona Wranglers" that toured throughout the country.
Gunsmoke
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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
Profiles IMDb
Known for
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★ 7.3 Red River
1948 · Film
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★ 7.5 Marty
1955 · Film
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★ 7.0 Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
1957 · Film
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★ 7.1 Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein
1948 · Film
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★ 7.1 Last Train from Gun Hill
1959 · Film
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★ 7.0 Calamity Jane
1953 · Film
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★ 6.1 House of Frankenstein
1944 · Film
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★ 5.5 House of Dracula
1945 · Film
Glenn Strange: movies and TV shows
Acting (214)
- 2000 The Many Faces of Dracula
as The Monster (archive footage)
- 1992 Dracula in the Movies
as (archive footage)
- 1991 Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
as The Monster (archive footage)
- 1991 Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
as The Monster (archive footage)
- 1979 The Horror Show
as (archive footage)
- 1966 Spaceship to the Unknown
as Robot / Ming soldier / Gocko (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1963
- 1963 The Adventures of the Spirit
as Frankenstein Monster
- 1960
- 1959 Last Train from Gun Hill
as Gun Hill Bouncer
- 1959 Alias Jesse James
as James Gang Member
- 1959
- 1958
- 1958
- 1958 Quantrill's Raiders
as Todd
- 1957 Gunfire at Indian Gap
as Matt
- 1957
- 1957
- 1957 Last Stagecoach West
as Sheriff
- 1957 Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
as Pierce Henchman in Saloon (uncredited)
- 1957 The Halliday Brand
as Townsman
- 1956
- 1956 The Fastest Gun Alive
as Sheriff in Silver Rapids (uncredited)
- 1956 Backlash
as Milliken, Stage Driver (uncredited)
- 1955 The Vanishing American
as Beleanth
- 1955
- 1955
- 1955
- 1955
- 1955 The Road to Denver
as Big George
- 1955 Marty
as (uncredited)
- 1955
- 1954 Cattle Queen of Montana
as Indian Chief (uncredited)
- 1953 Escape from Fort Bravo
as Sergeant Compton (uncredited) / Sgt. Compton (uncredited)
- 1953 Calamity Jane
as Prospector (uncredited)
- 1953 The Veils of Bagdad
as Mik-Kel
- 1953 Devil's Canyon
as Marshal (uncredited)
- 1953 The Great Sioux Uprising
as Stand Watie
- 1953 Born to the Saddle
as Tom Roper
- 1953
- 1952 The Lawless Breed
as Ben Hanley
- 1952
- 1952 The Lusty Men
as Rig Ferris - Foreman (uncredited)
- 1952
- 1952 Wagons West
as Marshal Jim
- 1952 The Legend Of The Lone Ranger
as Butch Cavendish
- 1951 Callaway Went Thataway
as Cowboy Actor on Saloon set (uncredited)
- 1951 Texas Carnival
as Tex Hodgkins
- 1951 The Red Badge of Courage
as Colonel (uncredited)
- 1951
- 1951 Comin' Round the Mountain
as Devil Dan Winfield
- 1951 Double Crossbones
as Capt. Ben Avery
- 1950
- 1950 Comanche Territory
as Big Joe
- 1949 Master Minds
as Atlas the Monster
- 1949
- 1949 Roll, Thunder, Roll!
as Ace Hanlon
- 1949 Rimfire
as Curt Calvin
- 1948 Disaster
as Foreman Davis (uncredited)
- 1948 Red River
as Naylor (uncredited)
- 1948 Four Faces West
as Posse Deputy (uncredited)
- 1948 Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein
as The Monster
- 1948 The Gallant Legion
as Renegade
- 1947 The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap
as Lefty
- 1947 Hollywood Wonderland
as Singing Cowboy (clip from "Ride, Cowboy, Ride", 1939) (uncredited)
- 1947 The Sea of Grass
as Bill Roach - Brewton Ranch Hand (uncredited)
- 1947 Sinbad the Sailor
as Chief Galley Overseer (uncredited)
- 1946 Up Goes Maisie
as Cop (Uncredited)
- 1945 House of Dracula
as The Frankenstein Monster
- 1945 Saratoga Trunk
as Cowboy (uncredited)
- 1945 Bad Men of the Border
as Sheriff Peters
- 1945 Renegades of the Rio Grande
as Bart Drummond
- 1944 House of Frankenstein
as Frankenstein Monster
- 1944 Harmony Trail
as Marshal Taylor
- 1944 Alaska
as Miner
- 1944 Trail to Gunsight
as Duke Ellis, Gang Leader
- 1944 San Antonio Kid
as Frank 'Ace' Hanlon
- 1944 Silver City Kid
as Henchman Garvey
- 1944 Forty Thieves
as Ike Simmons
- 1944 Sonora Stagecoach
as Paul Kenton
- 1944 The Contender
as Biff Benham
- 1944 Valley Of Vengeance
as Barker
- 1944 The Monster Maker
as Giant
- 1944 Knickerbocker Holiday
as Big Muscle
- 1943 The Woman of the Town
as Walker
- 1943 Death Valley Rangers
as The Marshall
- 1943 False Colors
as Sonora
- 1943 Bullets and Saddles
as Jack Hammond
- 1943 The Return of the Rangers
as Frank Martin
- 1943 Arizona Trail
as Henchman Matt
- 1943 The Kansan
as 2nd Gate Guard
- 1943 Black Market Rustlers
as Corbin (as Glen Strange)
- 1943 Cattle Stampede
as Boss Coulter
- 1943 Action in the North Atlantic
as Jake (uncredited)
- 1943 The Black Raven
as Andy
- 1943 The Desperadoes
as Lem - Jack's Gang Member
- 1943 Western Cyclone
as Dirk Randall
- 1943 Mission to Moscow
as Southerner in Montage (uncredited)
- 1943 Wild Horse Stampede
as Henchman Tip
- 1943 Haunted Ranch
as Rance Austin
- 1943 The Kid Rides Again
as Tom Slade
- 1942 Little Joe, the Wrangler
as Banker Jeff Corey
- 1942 Beyond the Line of Duty
as Cal (uncredited)
- 1942 The Mummy's Tomb
as Farmer Holding Horse (uncredited)
- 1942 Overland Stagecoach
as Harlen Kent
- 1942 Bandit Ranger
as Frank Curtis
- 1942 Texas Trouble Shooters
as Roger Denby
- 1942 The Spoilers
as Deputy (uncredited)
- 1942 Come on Danger
as Henchman Sloan
- 1942 Down Texas Way
as Sheriff Trump
- 1942 Romance on the Range
as Lead Henchman Stokes
- 1942 The Mad Monster
as Petro
- 1942 Rolling Down the Great Divide
as Joe Duncan
- 1942 Boot Hill Bandits
as The Maverick
- 1942 Sunset on the Desert
as Deputy Louie Meade
- 1942 Billy the Kid Trapped
as Boss Stanton
- 1942 Raiders of the West
as Hank Reynolds
- 1942 Stagecoach Buckaroo
as Henchman Bill
- 1942 Western Mail
as Sheriff Big Bill Collins
- 1942 The Lone Rider and the Bandit
as Luke Miller
- 1941 Dude Cowboy
as Henchman Krinkle
- 1941 Billy The Kid's Round-Up
as Vic Landreau
- 1941 Lone Star Law Men
as Marshal Scott (as Glen Strange)
- 1941 Go West, Young Lady
as Townsman
- 1941 Arizona Cyclone
as Roy Jessup
- 1941 The Driftin' Kid
as Jeff Payson (as Glen Strange)
- 1941 The Bandit Trail
as Idaho
- 1941 Billy the Kid Wanted
as Matt Brawley
- 1941
- 1941 Badlands of Dakota
as Bob Russell
- 1941 Wide Open Town
as Henchman Ed Stark
- 1941 Fugitive Valley
as Gray
- 1941 Riders of Death Valley
as Tex, a Benton Rider
- 1941 Saddlemates
as Little Bear
- 1941 The Kid's Last Ride
as Bart Gill / Ike Breeden
- 1940 San Francisco Docks
as Mike
- 1940 The Fargo Kid
as Sheriff Dave
- 1940 Three Men from Texas
as Stokes
- 1940 Wagon Train
as Stagecoach driver
- 1940 Triple Justice
as Frank Wiley
- 1940 Wyoming
as Bill Smalley - Henchman
- 1940 The Cowboy from Sundown
as Bret Stockton
- 1940 Stage to Chino
as Bill Hoagland
- 1940 Land of the Six Guns
as Manny
- 1940 Pals of the Silver Sage
as Vic Insley
- 1940 Dark Command
as Tough Yankee #1
- 1940 Covered Wagon Trails
as Fletcher - Henchman
- 1940 Rhythm of the Rio Grande
as Sheriff Hays (as Glen Strange)
- 1940 Teddy the Rough Rider
as Jim Rawlins
- 1940 Pioneer Days
as Sheriff
- 1939 Days of Jesse James
as Cole Younger
- 1939 The Llano Kid
as Henderson
- 1939 Overland Mail
as Sheriff Dawson
- 1939 Law of the Pampas
as Slim Schultz
- 1939 Range War
as Sheriff
- 1939 Oklahoma Terror
as Ross Haddon
- 1939 The Fighting Gringo
as Rance Potter
- 1939 Across the Plains
as Jeff Masters
- 1939 Blue Montana Skies
as Bob Causer
- 1939 The Night Riders
as Angry Riverboat Gambler
- 1939 Rough Riders' Round-up
as Boggs
- 1939 The Lone Ranger Rides Again
as Raider Thorne
- 1939 Sunset Trail
as Bouncer
- 1939 The Phantom Stage
as Sheriff
- 1939 Arizona Legion
as George Kirby
- 1939 Honor of the West
as Bat Morrison
- 1938 Ghost Town Riders
as Tex - Henchman
- 1938 California Frontier
as Blackie
- 1938 Gun Packer
as Sheriff
- 1938 Guilty Trail
as Sheriff
- 1938 The Mysterious Rider
as Henchman Cramer
- 1938
- 1938 The Mexicali Kid
as Foreman Jed
- 1938 In Old Mexico
as Burke
- 1938 Pride of the West
as Saunders
- 1938 Six Shootin' Sheriff
as Kendal Henchman
- 1938 Air Devils
as Messenger
- 1938 Whirlwind Horseman
as Henchman Bull
- 1938 Call of the Rockies
as Henchman Kelso
- 1938
- 1938 State Police
as Henchman
- 1938 Border Wolves
as Deputy Joe O'Connell
- 1938 The Painted Trail
as Sheriff Ed
- 1938 The Spy Ring
as The 'Champ' (uncredited)
- 1937 Adventure's End
as Barzeck
- 1937 The Devil's Saddle Legion
as Pewee
- 1937 Empty Holsters
as Tex Roberts
- 1937 Blazing Sixes
as Peewee
- 1937 The Cherokee Strip
as Harry, Fiddle Player and Band Leader
- 1937 Land Beyond the Law
as Bandy Malarkey
- 1937 Arizona Days
as Henchman Pete
- 1936 Guns of the Pecos
as Wedding Groom / Rustler
- 1936 California Mail
as Henchman Bud
- 1936 The Sunday Round-Up
as Master of Ceremonies
- 1936 The Fugitive Sheriff
as Trial Spectator (uncredited)
- 1936 A Tenderfoot Goes West
as Prankster Butch
- 1936 Trailin' West
as Henchman Tim / Trooper (uncredited)
- 1936 Avenging Waters
as Henchman Jake
- 1936 Flash Gordon
as Gocko/Robot/Soldier
- 1935 The Law of 45's
as Monte
+ 14 more credits
Behind the camera (1)
- 1932 Ride Him, Cowboy
Stunts
Talk shows and appearances (3)
- 2006
- 1999
- 1994