Glenn Strange

Aug 16, 1899 - Sep 20, 1973 (74 years old) in Weed, New Mexico, USA

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.

Known For

The Rifleman

Stage Diver

Rawhide

Bartender

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

Petticoat Junction

Hawley

Thriller

Indian (scenes deleted)

The Colgate Comedy Hour

The Monster

The Lone Ranger

Cavendish

Gunsmoke

Sam Noonan

Sugarfoot

Red Wing

The Abbott and Costello Show

Tessie's Steady Boyfriend

Credits

I Was a Teenage Movie Maker: Don Glut's Amateur Movies 2006

Self

★ NR
The Many Faces of Dracula 2000

The Monster (archive footage)

★ 3.5
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man' 1999

Self (archive footage)

★ 6.9
Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld 1994

Self (archive footage)

★ 7
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook 1991

The Monster (archive footage)

★ 10
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook 1991

The Monster (archive footage)

★ 5.7
The Horror Show 1979

(archive footage)

★ 3.8
Spaceship to the Unknown 1966

Robot / Ming soldier / Gocko (archive footage) (uncredited)

★ 6
Petticoat Junction 1963

Hawley

★ 5.7
The Adventures of the Spirit 1963

Frankenstein Monster

★ 10
Thriller 1960

Indian (scenes deleted)

★ 6.6
Last Train from Gun Hill 1959

Gun Hill Bouncer

★ 7.1
Alias Jesse James 1959

James Gang Member

★ 5.9
Rawhide 1959

Bartender

★ 7.2
The Rifleman 1958

Stage Diver

★ 7.1
Frontier Doctor 1958

★ 5
Quantrill's Raiders 1958

Todd

★ 6.3
Gunfire at Indian Gap 1957

Matt

★ 5
26 Men 1957

★ 4.2
Sugarfoot 1957

Red Wing

★ 4.8
Last Stagecoach West 1957

Sheriff

★ 4.3
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral 1957

Pierce Henchman in Saloon (uncredited)

★ 7
The Halliday Brand 1957

Townsman

★ 6.1
The Adventures of Jim Bowie 1956

★ 5
The Fastest Gun Alive 1956

Sheriff in Silver Rapids (uncredited)

★ 6.9
Backlash 1956

Milliken, Stage Driver (uncredited)

★ 6.5
The Vanishing American 1955

Beleanth

★ 4
Sergeant Preston of the Yukon 1955

★ 6.3
Gunsmoke 1955

Sam Noonan

★ 6.6
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp 1955

★ 6.8
Judge Roy Bean 1955

★ 5
The Road to Denver 1955

Big George

★ 6.4
Marty 1955

Bit Role (uncredited)

★ 7.4
Buffalo Bill Jr. 1955

★ 5
Cattle Queen of Montana 1954

Indian Chief (uncredited)

★ 5.6
Escape from Fort Bravo 1953

Sergeant Compton (uncredited)

★ 6.2
Calamity Jane 1953

Prospector (uncredited)

★ 7
The Veils of Bagdad 1953

Mik-Kel

★ 6
Devil's Canyon 1953

Marshal (uncredited)

★ 4.6
The Great Sioux Uprising 1953

Stand Watie

★ 5.4
Born to the Saddle 1953

Tom Roper

★ 5
General Electric Theater 1953

Red Herring

★ 6.4
The Lawless Breed 1952

Ben Hanley

★ 6.6
The Abbott and Costello Show 1952

Tessie's Steady Boyfriend

★ 7.2
The Lusty Men 1952

Rig Ferris - Foreman (uncredited)

★ 6.7
Hopalong Cassidy 1952

★ 5.1
Wagons West 1952

Marshal Jim

★ 6.5
The Legend Of The Lone Ranger 1952

Butch Cavendish

★ 6.4
Callaway Went Thataway 1951

Cowboy Actor on Saloon set (uncredited)

★ 5.3
Texas Carnival 1951

Tex Hodgkins

★ 4.7
The Red Badge of Courage 1951

Colonel (uncredited)

★ 6.4
The Adventures of Kit Carson 1951

★ 5.3
Comin' Round the Mountain 1951

Devil Dan Winfield

★ 5.8
Double Crossbones 1951

Capt. Ben Avery

★ 5.4
The Colgate Comedy Hour 1950

The Monster

★ 6.8
Comanche Territory 1950

Big Joe

★ 4.9
Master Minds 1949

Atlas the Monster

★ 6
The Lone Ranger 1949

Cavendish

★ 6.8
Roll, Thunder, Roll! 1949

Ace Hanlon

★ 5.5
Rimfire 1949

Curt Calvin

★ 4.5
Disaster 1948

Foreman Davis (uncredited)

★ 5
Red River 1948

Naylor (uncredited)

★ 7.3
Four Faces West 1948

Posse Deputy (uncredited)

★ 5.6
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein 1948

The Monster

★ 7.1
The Gallant Legion 1948

Renegade

★ 7
The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap 1947

Lefty

★ 6.1
Hollywood Wonderland 1947

Singing Cowboy (clip from "Ride, Cowboy, Ride", 1939) (uncredited)

★ 6.7
The Sea of Grass 1947

Bill Roach - Brewton Ranch Hand (uncredited)

★ 6.1
Sinbad the Sailor 1947

Chief Galley Overseer (uncredited)

★ 5.9
Up Goes Maisie 1946

Cop (Uncredited)

★ 6.7
House of Dracula 1945

The Frankenstein Monster

★ 5.5
Saratoga Trunk 1945

Cowboy (uncredited)

★ 5.7
Bad Men of the Border 1945

Sheriff Peters

★ 5
Renegades of the Rio Grande 1945

Bart Drummond

★ NR
House of Frankenstein 1944

Frankenstein Monster

★ 6
Harmony Trail 1944

Marshal Taylor

★ 4.8
Alaska 1944

Miner

★ 5
Trail to Gunsight 1944

Duke Ellis, Gang Leader

★ NR
San Antonio Kid 1944

Frank 'Ace' Hanlon

★ NR
Silver City Kid 1944

Henchman Garvey

★ NR
Forty Thieves 1944

Ike Simmons

★ 3.5
Sonora Stagecoach 1944

Paul Kenton

★ 5
The Contender 1944

Biff Benham

★ 3
Valley Of Vengeance 1944

Barker

★ 5
The Monster Maker 1944

Giant

★ 5.1
Knickerbocker Holiday 1944

Big Muscle

★ 5
The Woman of the Town 1943

Walker

★ 6.2
Death Valley Rangers 1943

The Marshall

★ 6.7
False Colors 1943

Sonora

★ 3.8
Bullets and Saddles 1943

Jack Hammond

★ 5
The Return of the Rangers 1943

Frank Martin

★ NR
Arizona Trail 1943

Henchman Matt

★ 5.1
The Kansan 1943

2nd Gate Guard

★ 5.4
Black Market Rustlers 1943

Corbin (as Glen Strange)

★ NR
Cattle Stampede 1943

Boss Coulter

★ 5.2
Action in the North Atlantic 1943

Jake (uncredited)

★ 7.1
The Black Raven 1943

Andy

★ 5.2
The Desperadoes 1943

Lem - Jack's Gang Member

★ 5.7
Western Cyclone 1943

Dirk Randall

★ 5
Mission to Moscow 1943

Southerner in Montage (uncredited)

★ 5.4
Wild Horse Stampede 1943

Henchman Tip

★ 3.8
Haunted Ranch 1943

Rance Austin

★ 6
The Kid Rides Again 1943

Tom Slade

★ 5.5
Little Joe, the Wrangler 1942

Banker Jeff Corey

★ 6
Beyond the Line of Duty 1942

Cal (uncredited)

★ 5.7
The Mummy's Tomb 1942

Farmer Holding Horse (uncredited)

★ 5.5
Overland Stagecoach 1942

Harlen Kent

★ 6
Bandit Ranger 1942

Frank Curtis

★ 3.4
Texas Trouble Shooters 1942

Roger Denby

★ 6.5
The Spoilers 1942

Deputy (uncredited)

★ 6.2
Come on Danger 1942

Henchman Sloan

★ 5.7
Down Texas Way 1942

Sheriff Trump

★ NR
Romance on the Range 1942

Lead Henchman Stokes

★ 5.7
The Mad Monster 1942

Petro

★ 3.3
Rolling Down the Great Divide 1942

Joe Duncan

★ NR
Boot Hill Bandits 1942

The Maverick

★ 5.6
Sunset on the Desert 1942

Deputy Louie Meade

★ 5.8
Billy the Kid Trapped 1942

Boss Stanton

★ 5
Raiders of the West 1942

Hank Reynolds

★ NR
Stagecoach Buckaroo 1942

Henchman Bill

★ 5
Western Mail 1942

Sheriff Big Bill Collins

★ 5
The Lone Rider and the Bandit 1942

Luke Miller

★ 4
Dude Cowboy 1941

Henchman Krinkle

★ 6
Billy The Kid's Round-Up 1941

Vic Landreau

★ 5
Lone Star Law Men 1941

Marshal Scott (as Glen Strange)

★ NR
Go West, Young Lady 1941

Townsman

★ 6.5
Arizona Cyclone 1941

Roy Jessup

★ 4
The Driftin' Kid 1941

Jeff Payson (as Glen Strange)

★ NR
The Bandit Trail 1941

Idaho

★ 6.5
Billy the Kid Wanted 1941

Matt Brawley

★ 5.7
Westward Ho-Hum 1941

★ NR
Badlands of Dakota 1941

Bob Russell

★ 5.9
Wide Open Town 1941

Henchman Ed Stark

★ 3
Fugitive Valley 1941

Gray

★ 5.7
Riders of Death Valley 1941

Tex, a Benton Rider

★ 6.5
Saddlemates 1941

Little Bear

★ NR
The Kid's Last Ride 1941

Bart Gill / Ike Breeden

★ 3.7
San Francisco Docks 1940

Mike

★ 6
The Fargo Kid 1940

Sheriff Dave

★ 6.5
Three Men from Texas 1940

Stokes

★ 5.6
Wagon Train 1940

Stagecoach driver

★ 6
Triple Justice 1940

Frank Wiley

★ 6
Wyoming 1940

Bill Smalley - Henchman

★ 5.9
The Cowboy from Sundown 1940

Bret Stockton

★ NR
Stage to Chino 1940

Bill Hoagland

★ 5.4
Land of the Six Guns 1940

Manny

★ NR
Pals of the Silver Sage 1940

Vic Insley

★ NR
Dark Command 1940

Tough Yankee #1

★ 6.3
Covered Wagon Trails 1940

Fletcher - Henchman

★ 5
Rhythm of the Rio Grande 1940

Sheriff Hays (as Glen Strange)

★ NR
Teddy the Rough Rider 1940

Jim Rawlins

★ 6.7
Pioneer Days 1940

Sheriff

★ NR
Days of Jesse James 1939

Cole Younger

★ 4.7
The Llano Kid 1939

Henderson

★ NR
Overland Mail 1939

Sheriff Dawson

★ 2
Law of the Pampas 1939

Slim Schultz

★ 4
Range War 1939

Sheriff

★ 4
Oklahoma Terror 1939

Ross Haddon

★ 6
The Fighting Gringo 1939

Rance Potter

★ 6
Across the Plains 1939

Jeff Masters

★ 3.3
Blue Montana Skies 1939

Bob Causer

★ 2
The Night Riders 1939

Angry Riverboat Gambler

★ 5.5
Rough Riders' Round-up 1939

Boggs

★ 4
The Lone Ranger Rides Again 1939

Raider Thorne

★ 6
Sunset Trail 1939

Bouncer

★ 5
The Phantom Stage 1939

Sheriff

★ NR
Arizona Legion 1939

George Kirby

★ 5
Honor of the West 1939

Bat Morrison

★ NR
Ghost Town Riders 1938

Tex - Henchman

★ NR
California Frontier 1938

Blackie

★ NR
Gun Packer 1938

Sheriff

★ NR
Guilty Trails 1938

Sheriff

★ NR
The Mysterious Rider 1938

Henchman Cramer

★ 6
Black Bandit 1938

★ NR
The Mexicali Kid 1938

Foreman Jed

★ 5
In Old Mexico 1938

Burke

★ 3
Pride of the West 1938

Saunders

★ 4
Six Shootin' Sheriff 1938

Kendal Henchman

★ 5.7
Air Devils 1938

Messenger

★ 2.3
Whirlwind Horseman 1938

Henchman Bull

★ 4
Call of the Rockies 1938

Henchman Kelso

★ NR
The Last Stand 1938

★ NR
State Police 1938

Henchman

★ 6
Border Wolves 1938

Deputy Joe O'Connell

★ NR
The Painted Trail 1938

Sheriff Ed

★ 4
The Spy Ring 1938

The 'Champ' (uncredited)

★ 4.5
Adventure's End 1937

Barzeck

★ 5
The Devil's Saddle Legion 1937

Pewee

★ 0.5
Empty Holsters 1937

Tex Roberts

★ NR
Blazing Sixes 1937

Peewee

★ 6
The Cherokee Strip 1937

Harry, Fiddle Player and Band Leader

★ 6
Land Beyond the Law 1937

Bandy Malarkey

★ 7
Arizona Days 1937

Henchman Pete

★ 4
Guns of the Pecos 1936

Wedding Groom / Rustler

★ 6.2
California Mail 1936

Henchman Bud

★ 4.4
The Sunday Round-Up 1936

Master of Ceremonies

★ 10
The Fugitive Sheriff 1936

Trial Spectator (uncredited)

★ NR
A Tenderfoot Goes West 1936

Prankster Butch

★ 3
Trailin' West 1936

Henchman Tim / Trooper (uncredited)

★ NR
Avenging Waters 1936

Henchman Jake

★ 6
Flash Gordon 1936

Gocko/Robot/Soldier

★ 6.4
The Law of 45's 1935

Monte

★ 5
Lawless Range 1935

Burn's Henchman

★ 4
Moonlight on the Prairie 1935

Stew-Bum

★ 5.5
The New Frontier 1935

Norton

★ 4.6
Stormy 1935

Arizona Wranglers Band Member 'Peewee' Strange (uncredited)

★ NR
Westward Ho 1935

Carter

★ 5.3
Cyclone of the Saddle 1935

Singer / Fiddler / Townsman

★ 5.2
The Man from Hell 1934

Singer

★ 4.5
The Star Packer 1934

Loco Frank

★ 4.4
The Thrill Hunter 1933

Studio Western Cowboy

★ 5.7
Ride Him, Cowboy 1932

Hawk Henchman (uncredited)

★ 4.7
The Hurricane Express 1932

Jim

★ 5.2
Cavalier of the West 1931

Trooper

★ 4.8
The Range Feud 1931

★ 5.1
Wild Horse 1931

Cowboy Who Refuses to Ride

★ 6.5

Glenn Strange

Known For

Credits

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