Glenn Strange
Acting
Born August 16, 1899 · 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 througho…
Known For · 40 titles
The Rifleman
Rawhide
Petticoat Junction
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Gunsmoke
Thriller
The Lone Ranger
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Sugarfoot
The Abbott and Costello Show
The Adventures of Kit Carson
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
Hopalong Cassidy
Sergeant Preston of the Yukon
26 Men
Buffalo Bill Jr.
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
General Electric Theater
Frontier Doctor
Judge Roy Bean
Red River
Last Stagecoach West
Marty
Last Train from Gun Hill
Calamity Jane
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein
House of Dracula
Sinbad the Sailor
The Fastest Gun Alive
Western Mail
Spaceship to the Unknown
Action in the North Atlantic
The Red Badge of Courage
Alias Jesse James
House of Frankenstein
Backlash
Escape from Fort Bravo
Comin' Round the Mountain
Cattle Queen of Montana
The Mummy's Tomb