Glenn Strange
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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
Known for
Credits
Oklahoma Terror (1939)
as Ross Haddon
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957)
as Pierce Henchman in Saloon (uncredited)
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
as The Monster
House of Dracula (1945)
as The Frankenstein Monster
Calamity Jane (1953)
as Prospector (uncredited)
Red River (1948)
as Naylor (uncredited)
Sinbad the Sailor (1947)
as Chief Galley Overseer (uncredited)
Last Train from Gun Hill (1959)
as Gun Hill Bouncer
Marty (1955)
as (uncredited)
Escape from Fort Bravo (1953)
as Sergeant Compton (uncredited)
The Fastest Gun Alive (1956)
as Sheriff in Silver Rapids (uncredited)
Western Mail (1942)
as Sheriff Big Bill Collins
The Lusty Men (1952)
as Rig Ferris - Foreman (uncredited)
Dracula in the Movies (1992)
as (archive footage)
Alaska (1944)
as Miner
Sonora Stagecoach (1944)
as Paul Kenton
Action in the North Atlantic (1943)
as Jake (uncredited)
Alias Jesse James (1959)
as James Gang Member
House of Frankenstein (1944)
as Frankenstein Monster
The Red Badge of Courage (1951)
as Colonel (uncredited)
Guilty Trail (1938)
as Sheriff
Terror in a Texas Town (1958)
as Train Passenger (uncredited)
The Veils of Bagdad (1953)
as Mik-Kel
Dude Cowboy (1941)
as Henchman Krinkle
Pioneer Days (1940)
as Sheriff
Last Stagecoach West (1957)
as Sheriff
The Spoilers (1942)
as Deputy (uncredited)
The Sea of Grass (1947)
as Bill Roach - Brewton Ranch Hand (uncredited)
Call of the Rockies (1938)
as Henchman Kelso
The Mummy's Tomb (1942)
as Farmer Holding Horse (uncredited)
Teddy the Rough Rider (1940)
as Jim Rawlins
Backlash (1956)
as Milliken, Stage Driver (uncredited)
Dark Command (1940)
as Tough Yankee #1
Death Valley Rangers (1943)
as The Marshall
Roll, Thunder, Roll! (1949)
as Ace Hanlon
Flash Gordon (1936)
as Gocko/Robot/Soldier
The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap (1947)
as Lefty
The Spy Ring (1938)
as The 'Champ' (uncredited)
Cattle Queen of Montana (1954)
as Indian Chief (uncredited)
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man' (1999)
as Self (archive footage)
Ride Him, Cowboy (1932)
as Hawk Henchman (uncredited)
The Sunday Round-Up (1936)
as Master of Ceremonies
Bullets and Saddles (1943)
as Jack Hammond
The Great Sioux Uprising (1953)
as Stand Watie
The Desperadoes (1943)
as Lem - Jack's Gang Member
The Painted Trail (1938)
as Sheriff Ed
The Mad Monster (1942)
as Petro
The Road to Denver (1955)
as Big George
Raiders of the West (1942)
as Hank Reynolds
The Night Riders (1939)
as Angry Riverboat Gambler
The Horror Show (1979)
as (archive footage)
The Many Faces of Dracula (2000)
as The Monster (archive footage)
The Lone Ranger Rides Again (1939)
as Raider Thorne
Comin' Round the Mountain (1951)
as Devil Dan Winfield
Texas Trouble Shooters (1942)
as Roger Denby
The Adventures of the Spirit (1963)
as Frankenstein Monster
Devil's Canyon (1953)
as Marshal (uncredited)
Westward Ho (1935)
as Carter
The Lawless Breed (1952)
as Ben Hanley
Mission to Moscow (1943)
as Southerner in Montage (uncredited)
Rhythm of the Rio Grande (1940)
as Sheriff Hays (as Glen Strange)
Westward Ho-Hum (1941)
Actor
Wyoming (1940)
as Bill Smalley - Henchman
Three Men from Texas (1940)
as Stokes
Comanche Territory (1950)
as Big Joe
Riders of Death Valley (1941)
as Tex, a Benton Rider
Knickerbocker Holiday (1944)
as Big Muscle
Callaway Went Thataway (1951)
as Cowboy Actor on Saloon set (uncredited)
Spaceship to the Unknown (1966)
as Robot / Ming soldier / Gocko (archive footage) (uncredited)
Four Faces West (1948)
as Posse Deputy (uncredited)
Wagons West (1952)
as Marshal Jim
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook (1991)
as The Monster (archive footage)
The Woman of the Town (1943)
as Walker
Valley Of Vengeance (1944)
as Barker
The Kid's Last Ride (1941)
as Bart Gill / Ike Breeden
The Legend Of The Lone Ranger (1952)
as Butch Cavendish
Saratoga Trunk (1945)
as Cowboy (uncredited)
Badlands of Dakota (1941)
as Bob Russell
False Colors (1943)
as Sonora
The Devil's Saddle Legion (1937)
as Pewee
The Star Packer (1934)
as Loco Frank
Rough Riders' Round-up (1939)
as Boggs
Double Crossbones (1951)
as Capt. Ben Avery
The New Frontier (1935)
as Norton
The Kansan (1943)
as 2nd Gate Guard
Days of Jesse James (1939)
as Cole Younger
Land Beyond the Law (1937)
as Bandy Malarkey
Billy the Kid Trapped (1942)
as Boss Stanton
Cavalier of the West (1931)
as Trooper
Beyond the Line of Duty (1942)
as Cal (uncredited)
Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld (1994)
as Self (archive footage)
Billy The Kid's Round-Up (1941)
as Vic Landreau
Rimfire (1949)
as Curt Calvin
The Cowboy from Sundown (1940)
as Bret Stockton
Quantrill's Raiders (1958)
as Todd
The Halliday Brand (1957)
as Townsman
The Black Raven (1943)
as Andy
The Cherokee Strip (1937)
as Harry, Fiddle Player and Band Leader
The Hurricane Express (1932)
as Jim
Pride of the West (1938)
as Saunders
Moonlight on the Prairie (1935)
as Stew-Bum
The Contender (1944)
as Biff Benham
The Bandit Trail (1941)
as Idaho
Hollywood Wonderland (1947)
as Singing Cowboy (clip from "Ride, Cowboy, Ride", 1939) (uncredited)
Sunset on the Desert (1942)
as Deputy Louie Meade
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook (1991)
as The Monster (archive footage)
Billy the Kid Wanted (1941)
as Matt Brawley
I Was a Teenage Movie Maker: Don Glut's Amateur Movies (2006)
as Self
A Tenderfoot Goes West (1936)
as Prankster Butch
Western Cyclone (1943)
as Dirk Randall
Pals of the Silver Sage (1940)
as Vic Insley
Born to the Saddle (1953)
as Tom Roper
Triple Justice (1940)
as Frank Wiley
Empty Holsters (1937)
as Tex Roberts
The Lone Rider and the Bandit (1942)
as Luke Miller
Six Shootin' Sheriff (1938)
as Kendal Henchman
Wagon Train (1940)
as Stagecoach driver
Overland Stagecoach (1942)
as Harlen Kent
Border Wolves (1938)
as Deputy Joe O'Connell
Guns of the Pecos (1936)
as Wedding Groom / Rustler
Texas Carnival (1951)
as Tex Hodgkins
Wide Open Town (1941)
as Henchman Ed Stark
The Return of the Rangers (1943)
as Frank Martin
The Range Feud (1931)
Actor
Gunfire at Indian Gap (1957)
as Matt
Bad Men of the Border (1945)
as Sheriff Peters
Forty Thieves (1944)
as Ike Simmons
Go West, Young Lady (1941)
as Townsman
The Monster Maker (1944)
as Giant
The Mysterious Rider (1938)
as Henchman Cramer
Sunset Trail (1939)
as Bouncer
Master Minds (1949)
as Atlas the Monster
The Gallant Legion (1948)
as Renegade
The Law of 45's (1935)
as Monte
The Vanishing American (1955)
as Beleanth
Lawless Range (1935)
as Burn's Henchman
Romance on the Range (1942)
as Lead Henchman Stokes
Renegades of the Rio Grande (1945)
as Bart Drummond
Land of the Six Guns (1940)
as Manny
Little Joe, the Wrangler (1942)
as Banker Jeff Corey
The Llano Kid (1939)
as Henderson
Whirlwind Horseman (1938)
as Henchman Bull
Saddlemates (1941)
as Little Bear
San Francisco Docks (1940)
as Mike
Bandit Ranger (1942)
as Frank Curtis
Wild Horse (1931)
as Cowboy Who Refuses to Ride
Stage to Chino (1940)
as Bill Hoagland
Haunted Ranch (1943)
as Rance Austin
Honor of the West (1939)
as Bat Morrison
Come on Danger (1942)
as Henchman Sloan
Stagecoach Buckaroo (1942)
as Henchman Bill
The Kid Rides Again (1943)
as Tom Slade
The Man from Hell (1934)
as Singer
Cyclone of the Saddle (1935)
as Singer / Fiddler / Townsman
Overland Mail (1939)
as Sheriff Dawson
Rolling Down the Great Divide (1942)
as Joe Duncan
Law of the Pampas (1939)
as Slim Schultz
Black Market Rustlers (1943)
as Corbin (as Glen Strange)
Lone Star Law Men (1941)
as Marshal Scott (as Glen Strange)
Arizona Trail (1943)
as Henchman Matt
Cattle Stampede (1943)
as Boss Coulter
San Antonio Kid (1944)
as Frank 'Ace' Hanlon
Stormy (1935)
as Arizona Wranglers Band Member 'Peewee' Strange (uncredited)
California Mail (1936)
as Henchman Bud
Adventure's End (1937)
as Barzeck
Harmony Trail (1944)
as Marshal Taylor
Up Goes Maisie (1946)
as Cop (Uncredited)
Air Devils (1938)
as Messenger
Blue Montana Skies (1939)
as Bob Causer
Arizona Cyclone (1941)
as Roy Jessup
Arizona Legion (1939)
as George Kirby
Range War (1939)
as Sheriff
Trailin' West (1936)
as Henchman Tim / Trooper (uncredited)
In Old Mexico (1938)
as Burke
California Frontier (1938)
as Blackie
Disaster (1948)
as Foreman Davis (uncredited)
Silver City Kid (1944)
as Henchman Garvey
Black Bandit (1938)
Actor
Boot Hill Bandits (1942)
as The Maverick
Ghost Town Riders (1938)
as Tex - Henchman
The Fargo Kid (1940)
as Sheriff Dave
The Thrill Hunter (1933)
as Studio Western Cowboy
Gun Packer (1938)
as Sheriff
Blazing Sixes (1937)
as Peewee
Wild Horse Stampede (1943)
as Henchman Tip
Trail to Gunsight (1944)
as Duke Ellis, Gang Leader
Down Texas Way (1942)
as Sheriff Trump
The Phantom Stage (1939)
as Sheriff
The Driftin' Kid (1941)
as Jeff Payson (as Glen Strange)
Across the Plains (1939)
as Jeff Masters
Avenging Waters (1936)
as Henchman Jake
The Fugitive Sheriff (1936)
as Trial Spectator (uncredited)
The Fighting Gringo (1939)
as Rance Potter
Covered Wagon Trails (1940)
as Fletcher - Henchman
Fugitive Valley (1941)
as Gray
Arizona Days (1937)
as Henchman Pete
The Last Stand (1938)
Actor
The Mexicali Kid (1938)
as Foreman Jed
State Police (1938)
as Henchman