Donald F. Glut

Biography

Donald F. Glut has been active in both the entertainment and publishing industries since 1966, and has had a long and varied career. He has been a professional musician, actor, film director, executive producer, photographer, magazine editor, proofreader and copywriter, but is mostly known for his long career as a freelance writer. He has written and directed feature-length motion pictures, documentaries and music videos, authored approximately 80 fiction and non-fiction published books, TV scripts (live action and animation shows, network and syndicated), comic-book scripts, short stories, magazine articles, even music and theatre. He has been involved with numerous popular franchises such as Star Wars, The Monkees, Tarzan, Spider-Man, Transformers, G.I. Joe, Vampirella, Masters of the Universe, The Flintstones, Jonny Quest and many others, and created original comic-book characters for Gold Key, Marvel and DC. He is arguably best known for his novelization of the second "Star Wars" movie, The Empire Strikes Back.

Known For

The Graduate

as College Student (uncredited)

King Kong

as Guy in Ampitheater

Von Ryan's Express

Schlock

as Movie patron

Spider-Man

as Spider-Man

Bikini Drive-In

Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story

as Self

Countess Dracula's Orgy of Blood

as 'A-List' Strip Club Patron (as Don Glut)

The 'Frankenstein' Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster

as Self

The Man Who Saw Frankenstein Cry

as Self