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