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Glenn Strange

Acting

Born August 16, 1899 · Weed, New Mexico, USA

Died September 20, 1973

Also known as George Glenn Strange · Glen 'Peewee' Strange · Glen Strange

Biography

George Glenn Strange was an American actor who appeared in hundreds of Western films. He played Sam Noonan, the bartender on CBS's Gunsmoke television series, and Frankenstein's monster in three Universal films during the 1940s.

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Filmography50+ titles

Black Market Rustlers

1943as Corbin (as Glen Strange)

The Cowboy from Sundown

1940as Bret Stockton

Roll, Thunder, Roll!

1949as Ace Hanlon

San Antonio Kid

1944as Frank 'Ace' Hanlon

Haunted Ranch

1943as Rance Austin

Oklahoma Terror

1939as Ross Haddon

Texas Trouble Shooters

1942as Roger Denby

Marty

1955as (uncredited)

Death Valley Rangers

1943as The Marshall

Spaceship to the Unknown

1966as Robot / Ming soldier / Gocko (archive footage) (uncredited)

Wagons West

1952as Marshal Jim

Red River

1948as Naylor (uncredited)

The Mysterious Rider

1938as Henchman Cramer

Rawhide

1959as Bartender

The Abbott and Costello Show

1952as Tessie's Steady Boyfriend

Last Train from Gun Hill

1959as Gun Hill Bouncer

The Rifleman

1958as Stage Driver

Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein

1948as The Monster

Action in the North Atlantic

1943as Jake (uncredited)

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

1957as Pierce Henchman in Saloon (uncredited)

Judge Roy Bean

1955

Calamity Jane

1953as Prospector (uncredited)

Alaska

1944as Miner

Rolling Down the Great Divide

1942as Joe Duncan

The Driftin' Kid

1941as Jeff Payson (as Glen Strange)

The Fargo Kid

1940as Sheriff Dave

The Painted Trail

1938as Sheriff Ed

Gun Packer

1938as Sheriff

Whirlwind Horseman

1938as Henchman Bull

The Fastest Gun Alive

1956as Sheriff in Silver Rapids (uncredited)

The Colgate Comedy Hour

1950as The Monster

Quantrill's Raiders

1958as Todd

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

1955

Sergeant Preston of the Yukon

1955

The Lawless Breed

1952as Ben Hanley

The Lone Ranger

1949as Butch Cavendish

Up Goes Maisie

1946as Cop (Uncredited)

Riders of Death Valley

1941as Tex, a Benton Rider

Thriller

1960as Indian (scenes deleted)

Gunsmoke

1955as Man

The Lusty Men

1952as Rig Ferris - Foreman (uncredited)

Valley Of Vengeance

1944as Barker

In Old Mexico

1938as Burke

Three Men from Texas

1940as Stokes

Backlash

1956as Milliken, Stage Driver (uncredited)

Down Texas Way

1942as Sheriff Trump

Romance on the Range

1942as Lead Henchman Stokes

Wide Open Town

1941as Henchman Ed Stark

Range War

1939as Sheriff

Pride of the West

1938as Saunders