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