Glenn Strange
- Recitazione
- 16 agosto 1899 · Weed, New Mexico, USA
- 20 settembre 1973
Biografia
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
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Filmografia
- I Was a Teenage Movie Maker: Don Glut's Amateur Movies · In persona
- The Many Faces of Dracula · The Monster (archive footage)
- Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man' · In persona
- Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld · In persona
- Dracula in the Movies · (archive footage)
- Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook · The Monster (archive footage)
- Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook · The Monster (archive footage)
- The Horror Show · (archive footage)
- Spaceship to the Unknown · Robot / Ming soldier / Gocko (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Petticoat Junction · Hawley
- The Adventures of the Spirit · Frankenstein Monster
- Thriller · Indian (scenes deleted)
- Il giorno della vendetta · Gun Hill Bouncer
- Arriva Jesse James · James Gang Member
- Gli uomini della prateria · Bartender
- The Rifleman · Stage Driver
- Frontier Doctor
- Il terrore del Texas · Train Passenger (uncredited)
- Quantrill il ribelle · Todd
- Gunfire at Indian Gap · Matt
- 26 Men
- Sugarfoot · Red Wing
- Last Stagecoach West · Sheriff
- Sfida all'O.K. Corral · Pierce Henchman in Saloon (uncredited)
- Il marchio dell'odio · Townsman
- The Adventures of Jim Bowie
- La pistola sepolta · Sheriff in Silver Rapids (uncredited)
- La frustata · Milliken, Stage Driver (uncredited)
- The Vanishing American · Beleanth
- Il sergente Preston
- Gunsmoke · Sam Noonan, Sam (uncredited)
- Le leggendarie imprese di Wyatt Earp
- Judge Roy Bean
- Sangue di Caino · Big George
- Marty - Vita di un timido · (uncredited)
- Buffalo Bill, Jr.
- La regina del Far West · Indian Chief (uncredited)
- L'assedio delle sette frecce · Sergeant Compton (uncredited), Sgt. Compton (uncredited)
- Non sparare, baciami! · Prospector (uncredited)
- The Veils of Bagdad · Mik-Kel
- L'inferno di Yuma · Marshal (uncredited)
- Bill West fratello degli indiani · Stand Watie
- Born to the Saddle · Tom Roper
- General Electric Theater · Red Herring
- Sotto il sole rovente - Il diario di un condannato · Ben Hanley
- The Abbott and Costello Show · Tessie's Steady Boyfriend
- Il temerario · Rig Ferris - Foreman (uncredited)
- Hopalong Cassidy
- Wagons West · Marshal Jim
- The Legend Of The Lone Ranger · Butch Cavendish
- Callaway Went Thataway · Cowboy Actor on Saloon set (uncredited)
- Texas Carnival · Tex Hodgkins
- La prova del fuoco · Colonel (uncredited)
- The Adventures of Kit Carson
- Comin' Round the Mountain · Devil Dan Winfield
- I filibustieri delle Antille · Capt. Ben Avery
- The Colgate Comedy Hour · The Monster
- Pelle di bronzo · Big Joe
- Master Minds · Atlas the Monster
- Il cavaliere solitario · Cavendish, Butch Cavendish
- Roll, Thunder, Roll! · Ace Hanlon
- Rimfire · Curt Calvin
- Disaster · Foreman Davis (uncredited)
- Il fiume rosso · Naylor (uncredited)
- Le quattro facce del West · Posse Deputy (uncredited)
- Gianni e Pinotto - Il cervello di Frankenstein · The Monster
- The Gallant Legion · Renegade
- La vedova pericolosa · Lefty
- Hollywood Wonderland · Singing Cowboy (clip from "Ride, Cowboy, Ride", 1939) (uncredited)
- Il mare d'erba · Bill Roach - Brewton Ranch Hand (uncredited)
- Sinbad il marinaio · Chief Galley Overseer (uncredited)
- Up Goes Maisie · Cop (Uncredited)
- La casa degli orrori · The Frankenstein Monster
- Saratoga · Cowboy (uncredited)
- Bad Men of the Border · Sheriff Peters
- Renegades of the Rio Grande · Bart Drummond
- Al di là del mistero · Frankenstein Monster
- Harmony Trail · Marshal Taylor
- Alaska · Miner
- Trail to Gunsight · Duke Ellis, Gang Leader