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