Glenn Strange

Acting · 1.4 popularity

Age

126

Movies

198

Born: August 16, 1899 – September 20, 1973
From: Weed, New Mexico, USA

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. 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

Works

198 films

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

19577.0

Red River

19487.3

Last Train from Gun Hill

19597.1

Calamity Jane

19537.0

House of Dracula

19455.5

Marty

19557.5

Sinbad the Sailor

19476.0

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein

19487.1

The Fastest Gun Alive

19566.9

The Spoilers

19426.2

Last Stagecoach West

19575.5

Alias Jesse James

19596.0

Alaska

19447.0

The Lusty Men

19526.7

Dark Command

19406.4

Escape from Fort Bravo

19536.3

Action in the North Atlantic

19437.1

Flash Gordon

19366.4

Oklahoma Terror

19398.0

House of Frankenstein

19446.1

Rimfire

19495.3

Backlash

19566.5

The Red Badge of Courage

19516.5

Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook

19916.3

The Mummy's Tomb

19425.5

Western Mail

19426.3

Cattle Queen of Montana

19545.7

The Lawless Breed

19526.7

The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap

19476.3

The Desperadoes

19435.9

Riders of Death Valley

19416.8

Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook

19919.5

Death Valley Rangers

19437.5

Dude Cowboy

19416.0

Sonora Stagecoach

19446.0

Four Faces West

19485.7

Texas Trouble Shooters

19427.7

Comin' Round the Mountain

19516.1

Comanche Territory

19505.0

The Sea of Grass

19476.1

The Great Sioux Uprising

19536.0

The Veils of Bagdad

19536.8

The Many Faces of Dracula

20003.5

The Night Riders

19395.8

Pioneer Days

194010.0

Ride Him, Cowboy

19324.9

Dracula in the Movies

199210.0

Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'

19997.3

The Mad Monster

19423.4

Saratoga Trunk

19456.1

Rolling Down the Great Divide

19427.0

Devil's Canyon

19535.0

Rhythm of the Rio Grande

19408.0

Boot Hill Bandits

19425.8

Moonlight on the Prairie

19356.8

The Horror Show

19793.4

The Star Packer

19344.5

Mission to Moscow

19435.7

Valley Of Vengeance

19446.7

The Kansan

19436.0

Double Crossbones

19516.0

The Painted Trail

19387.0

Callaway Went Thataway

19515.6

Lawless Range

19354.3

Billy the Kid Wanted

19415.6

Teddy the Rough Rider

19406.8

Days of Jesse James

19395.1

Triple Justice

19407.5

Up Goes Maisie

19466.8

Cavalier of the West

19315.1

Westward Ho

19355.4

Guns of the Pecos

19366.9

False Colors

19434.7

Arizona Legion

19395.5

Go West, Young Lady

19417.1

Quantrill's Raiders

19586.8

Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld

19948.5

Down Texas Way

19426.5

The Monster Maker

19445.2

Spaceship to the Unknown

19667.3

The Fugitive Sheriff

193610.0

The Legend Of The Lone Ranger

19526.6

Wagon Train

19406.4

Fugitive Valley

19416.0

State Police

19388.0

The Spy Ring

19385.6

The Road to Denver

19557.0

Billy the Kid Trapped

19425.5

Westward Ho-Hum

19418.0

Stage to Chino

19405.9

Bad Men of the Border

19455.5

Sunset on the Desert

19426.0

Adventure's End

19375.5

Badlands of Dakota

19416.0

Rough Riders' Round-up

19395.3

The Lone Ranger Rides Again

19397.3

Three Men from Texas

19406.6

The Cherokee Strip

19376.5

Roll, Thunder, Roll!

19498.0

Wild Horse

19316.2

Trailin' West

19368.0

Overland Mail

19394.5

Six Shootin' Sheriff

19386.3

The Woman of the Town

19436.4

Black Bandit

19388.0

Stagecoach Buckaroo

19427.5

The Thrill Hunter

19336.5

The Lone Rider and the Bandit

19425.0

Ghost Town Riders

19389.0

Romance on the Range

19426.5

Wyoming

19406.7

The Vanishing American

19556.7

The Adventures of the Spirit

196310.0

Master Minds

19496.4

Knickerbocker Holiday

19445.8

Sunset Trail

19396.3

The Hurricane Express

19325.4

Renegades of the Rio Grande

19459.0

Law of the Pampas

19395.0

Range War

19396.5

The Cowboy from Sundown

19409.0

Texas Carnival

19515.4

Hollywood Wonderland

19476.8

Forty Thieves

19445.0

Air Devils

19384.3

The New Frontier

19354.9

The Halliday Brand

19576.2

Pride of the West

19386.5

Cattle Stampede

19435.8

The Fighting Gringo

19397.0

Wild Horse Stampede

19434.5

The Fargo Kid

19407.0

The Range Feud

19315.2

Wagons West

19527.3

Gunfire at Indian Gap

19575.7

Come on Danger

19426.0

Billy The Kid's Round-Up

19417.0

Western Cyclone

19435.3

Blue Montana Skies

19394.5

Raiders of the West

19428.0

Black Market Rustlers

194310.0

Wide Open Town

19416.5

San Antonio Kid

19448.0

Land Beyond the Law

19378.5

Land of the Six Guns

19408.0

The Man from Hell

19345.7

Arizona Days

19375.0

Avenging Waters

19367.0

A Tenderfoot Goes West

19365.0

Arizona Trail

19435.4

Bullets and Saddles

19436.3

Pals of the Silver Sage

19408.0

Haunted Ranch

19438.0

The Kid's Last Ride

19414.8

Cyclone of the Saddle

19355.8

The Bandit Trail

19416.6

Blazing Sixes

19378.0

Harmony Trail

19445.3

Honor of the West

19398.0

Arizona Cyclone

19417.0

California Mail

19364.9

The Black Raven

19435.4

The Sunday Round-Up

19368.0

Guilty Trails

193810.0

Gun Packer

19387.0

In Old Mexico

19386.7

The Kid Rides Again

19436.2

Beyond the Line of Duty

19425.9

The Devil's Saddle Legion

19373.8

The Mysterious Rider

19387.3

The Mexicali Kid

19385.8

Bandit Ranger

19424.7

San Francisco Docks

19407.3

The Llano Kid

19397.0

The Gallant Legion

19487.2

Saddlemates

194110.0

I Was a Teenage Movie Maker: Don Glut's Amateur Movies

2006

The Return of the Rangers

19437.0

Disaster

19486.0

The Law of 45's

19355.3

The Contender

19444.8

Call of the Rockies

193810.0

Little Joe, the Wrangler

19427.5

Overland Stagecoach

19426.5

Stormy

19357.0

Lone Star Law Men

19419.0

California Frontier

19389.0

The Driftin' Kid

19417.0

Trail to Gunsight

194410.0

Across the Plains

19395.0

Whirlwind Horseman

19387.0

The Last Stand

1938

The Phantom Stage

193910.0

Born to the Saddle

19535.7

Silver City Kid

19447.0

Border Wolves

19388.0

Empty Holsters

19378.0

Covered Wagon Trails

19407.5