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