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