Glenn Strange

Biography

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.

Known For

Red River

as Naylor (uncredited)

Marty

as Bit Role (uncredited)

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein

as The Monster

Last Train from Gun Hill

as Gun Hill Bouncer

Calamity Jane

as Prospector (uncredited)

House of Frankenstein

as Frankenstein Monster

House of Dracula

as The Frankenstein Monster

Gunsmoke

as Sam Noonan

Gunsmoke

as Sam (uncredited)

Gunsmoke

as Man