Cast
Glenn Strange
Acting
Cast
Glenn Strange
Known for
Acting
Born
1899-08-16
From
Weed, New Mexico, USA
Died
1973-09-20
Also known as George Glenn Strange, Glen 'Peewee' Strange, Glen 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. 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
★7.0
MOVIE1953
Calamity Jane
as Prospector (uncredited)
★5.5
MOVIE1957
Last Stagecoach West
as Sheriff
★6.3
MOVIE1942
Western Mail
as Sheriff Big Bill Collins
★7.3
MOVIE1948
Red River
as Naylor (uncredited)
★7.0
MOVIE1957
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
as Pierce Henchman in Saloon (uncredited)
★5.5
MOVIE1945
House of Dracula
as The Frankenstein Monster
★7.0
MOVIE1944
Alaska
as Miner
★7.5
MOVIE1955
Marty
as Bit Role (uncredited)
★7.1
MOVIE1959
Last Train from Gun Hill
as Gun Hill Bouncer
★6.0
MOVIE1944
Sonora Stagecoach
as Paul Kenton
★6.8
MOVIE1953
The Veils of Bagdad
as Mik-Kel
★6.3
MOVIE1953
Escape from Fort Bravo
as Sergeant Compton (uncredited)
★6.3
MOVIE1953
Escape from Fort Bravo
as Sgt. Compton (uncredited)
★6.9
MOVIE1956
The Fastest Gun Alive
as Sheriff in Silver Rapids (uncredited)
★6.0
MOVIE1941
Dude Cowboy
as Henchman Krinkle
★7.5
MOVIE1943
Death Valley Rangers
as The Marshall
★8.0
MOVIE1939
Oklahoma Terror
as Ross Haddon
★3.4
MOVIE1942
The Mad Monster
as Petro
★6.1
MOVIE1947
The Sea of Grass
as Bill Roach - Brewton Ranch Hand (uncredited)
★10.0
MOVIE1940
Pioneer Days
as Sheriff
★6.0
MOVIE1947
Sinbad the Sailor
as Chief Galley Overseer (uncredited)
★6.8
MOVIE1940
Teddy the Rough Rider
as Jim Rawlins
★10.0
MOVIE1992
Dracula in the Movies
as (archive footage)
★6.5
MOVIE1951
The Red Badge of Courage
as Colonel (uncredited)
★7.1
MOVIE1943
Action in the North Atlantic
as Jake (uncredited)
★5.9
MOVIE1943
The Desperadoes
as Lem - Jack's Gang Member
★6.1
MOVIE1944
House of Frankenstein
as Frankenstein Monster
★6.4
MOVIE1936
Flash Gordon
as Gocko/Robot/Soldier
★4.9
MOVIE1932
Ride Him, Cowboy
as Hawk Henchman (uncredited)
★7.1
MOVIE1948
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein
as The Monster
★6.2
MOVIE1942
The Spoilers
as Deputy (uncredited)
★5.6
MOVIE1938
The Spy Ring
as The 'Champ' (uncredited)
★6.7
MOVIE1952
The Lusty Men
as Rig Ferris - Foreman (uncredited)
★8.0
MOVIE1941
Westward Ho-Hum
★5.7
MOVIE1954
Cattle Queen of Montana
as Indian Chief (uncredited)
★7.7
MOVIE1942
Texas Trouble Shooters
as Roger Denby
★6.7
MOVIE1952
The Lawless Breed
as Ben Hanley
★6.0
MOVIE1959
Alias Jesse James
as James Gang Member
★6.3
MOVIE1943
Bullets and Saddles
as Jack Hammond
★6.3
MOVIE1940
Dark Command
as Tough Yankee #1
★7.0
MOVIE1955
The Road to Denver
as Big George
★5.4
MOVIE1935
Westward Ho
as Carter
★10.0
MOVIE1938
Call of the Rockies
as Henchman Kelso
★5.0
MOVIE1950
Comanche Territory
as Big Joe
★8.0
MOVIE1940
Rhythm of the Rio Grande
as Sheriff Hays (as Glen Strange)
★6.7
MOVIE1944
Valley Of Vengeance
as Barker
★6.5
MOVIE1956
Backlash
as Milliken, Stage Driver (uncredited)
★5.8
MOVIE1939
The Night Riders
as Angry Riverboat Gambler
★5.7
MOVIE1948
Four Faces West
as Posse Deputy (uncredited)
★9.5
MOVIE1991
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
as The Monster (archive footage)
★6.0
MOVIE1942
Sunset on the Desert
as Deputy Louie Meade
★5.3
MOVIE1949
Rimfire
as Curt Calvin
★6.1
MOVIE1945
Saratoga Trunk
as Cowboy (uncredited)
★5.7
MOVIE1943
Mission to Moscow
as Southerner in Montage (uncredited)
★5.0
MOVIE1953
Devil's Canyon
as Marshal (uncredited)
★6.7
MOVIE1955
The Vanishing American
as Beleanth
★7.3
MOVIE1948
The Gallant Legion
as Renegade
★7.3
MOVIE1938
The Mysterious Rider
as Henchman Cramer
★6.0
MOVIE1943
The Kansan
as 2nd Gate Guard
★5.6
MOVIE1951
Callaway Went Thataway
as Cowboy Actor on Saloon set (uncredited)
★8.0
MOVIE1936
The Sunday Round-Up
as Master of Ceremonies
★6.2
MOVIE1951
Comin' Round the Mountain
as Devil Dan Winfield
★6.4
MOVIE1943
The Woman of the Town
as Walker
★5.8
MOVIE1935
Cyclone of the Saddle
as Singer / Fiddler / Townsman
★8.0
MOVIE1942
Raiders of the West
as Hank Reynolds
★6.8
MOVIE1941
Riders of Death Valley
as Tex, a Benton Rider
★7.0
MOVIE1938
The Painted Trail
as Sheriff Ed
★7.1
MOVIE1941
Go West, Young Lady
as Townsman
★6.2
MOVIE1957
The Halliday Brand
as Townsman
★4.9
MOVIE1935
The New Frontier
as Norton
★5.1
MOVIE1939
Days of Jesse James
as Cole Younger
★7.0
MOVIE1938
Whirlwind Horseman
as Henchman Bull
★8.0
MOVIE1949
Roll, Thunder, Roll!
as Ace Hanlon
★5.0
MOVIE1939
Law of the Pampas
as Slim Schultz
★5.7
MOVIE1957
Gunfire at Indian Gap
as Matt
★7.5
MOVIE1942
Stagecoach Buckaroo
as Henchman Bill
★6.0
MOVIE1953
The Great Sioux Uprising
as Stand Watie
★3.4
MOVIE1979
The Horror Show
as (archive footage)
★5.2
MOVIE1931
The Range Feud
★5.5
MOVIE1942
The Mummy's Tomb
as Farmer Holding Horse (uncredited)
★6.3
MOVIE1947
The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap
as Lefty
★6.0
MOVIE1941
Badlands of Dakota
as Bob Russell
★5.4
MOVIE1932
The Hurricane Express
as Jim
★6.0
MOVIE1951
Double Crossbones
as Capt. Ben Avery
★4.5
MOVIE1934
The Star Packer
as Loco Frank
★5.0
MOVIE1944
Forty Thieves
as Ike Simmons
★4.7
MOVIE1943
False Colors
as Sonora
★5.2
MOVIE1944
The Monster Maker
as Giant
★6.7
MOVIE1938
In Old Mexico
as Burke
★6.8
MOVIE1958
Quantrill's Raiders
as Todd
★3.5
MOVIE2000
The Many Faces of Dracula
as The Monster (archive footage)
★6.5
MOVIE1941
Wide Open Town
as Henchman Ed Stark
★4.9
MOVIE1936
California Mail
as Henchman Bud
★4.8
MOVIE1944
The Contender
as Biff Benham
★4.7
MOVIE1942
Bandit Ranger
as Frank Curtis
★5.5
MOVIE1937
Adventure's End
as Barzeck
★7.3
MOVIE1952
Wagons West
as Marshal Jim
★5.7
MOVIE1934
The Man from Hell
as Singer
★7.3
MOVIE1999
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
as Self (archive footage)
★5.8
MOVIE1943
Cattle Stampede
as Boss Coulter
★4.3
MOVIE1935
Lawless Range
as Burn's Henchman
★4.8
MOVIE1941
The Kid's Last Ride
as Bart Gill / Ike Breeden
★6.3
MOVIE1991
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
as The Monster (archive footage)
★6.5
MOVIE1938
Pride of the West
as Saunders
★6.6
MOVIE1941
The Bandit Trail
as Idaho
★5.3
MOVIE1935
The Law of 45's
as Monte
★9.0
MOVIE1945
Renegades of the Rio Grande
as Bart Drummond
★6.5
MOVIE1942
Down Texas Way
as Sheriff Trump
★5.4
MOVIE1943
Arizona Trail
as Henchman Matt
★6.3
MOVIE1938
Six Shootin' Sheriff
as Kendal Henchman
★5.5
MOVIE1942
Billy the Kid Trapped
as Boss Stanton
★9.0
MOVIE1940
The Cowboy from Sundown
as Bret Stockton
★5.8
MOVIE1944
Knickerbocker Holiday
as Big Muscle
★6.0
MOVIE1942
Come on Danger
as Henchman Sloan
★5.8
MOVIE1938
The Mexicali Kid
as Foreman Jed
★6.6
MOVIE1952
The Legend Of The Lone Ranger
as Butch Cavendish
★10.0
MOVIE1936
The Fugitive Sheriff
as Trial Spectator (uncredited)
★5.4
MOVIE1943
The Black Raven
as Andy
★6.7
MOVIE1940
Wyoming
as Bill Smalley - Henchman
★6.6
MOVIE1940
Three Men from Texas
as Stokes
★6.3
MOVIE1939
Sunset Trail
as Bouncer
MOVIE2006
I Was a Teenage Movie Maker: Don Glut's Amateur Movies
as Self
★5.6
MOVIE1941
Billy the Kid Wanted
as Matt Brawley
★8.0
MOVIE1938
State Police
as Henchman
★6.5
MOVIE1942
Romance on the Range
as Lead Henchman Stokes
★6.8
MOVIE1935
Moonlight on the Prairie
as Stew-Bum
★6.2
MOVIE1943
The Kid Rides Again
as Tom Slade
★6.5
MOVIE1937
The Cherokee Strip
as Harry, Fiddle Player and Band Leader
★4.5
MOVIE1939
Blue Montana Skies
as Bob Causer
★6.8
MOVIE1947
Hollywood Wonderland
as Singing Cowboy (clip from "Ride, Cowboy, Ride", 1939) (uncredited)
★6.0
MOVIE1941
Fugitive Valley
as Gray
★5.5
MOVIE1945
Bad Men of the Border
as Sheriff Peters
★7.5
MOVIE1940
Triple Justice
as Frank Wiley
★7.3
MOVIE1939
The Lone Ranger Rides Again
as Raider Thorne
★8.0
MOVIE1937
Blazing Sixes
as Peewee
★5.0
MOVIE1936
A Tenderfoot Goes West
as Prankster Butch
★6.4
MOVIE1949
Master Minds
as Atlas the Monster
★8.5
MOVIE1994
Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld
as Self (archive footage)
★5.8
MOVIE1942
Boot Hill Bandits
as The Maverick
★5.4
MOVIE1951
Texas Carnival
as Tex Hodgkins
★7.3
MOVIE1966
Spaceship to the Unknown
as Robot / Ming soldier / Gocko (archive footage) (uncredited)
★8.0
MOVIE1936
Trailin' West
as Henchman Tim / Trooper (uncredited)
★9.0
MOVIE1938
California Frontier
as Blackie
★8.5
MOVIE1937
Land Beyond the Law
as Bandy Malarkey
★6.8
MOVIE1946
Up Goes Maisie
as Cop (Uncredited)
★6.9
MOVIE1936
Guns of the Pecos
as Wedding Groom / Rustler
★6.5
MOVIE1939
Range War
as Sheriff
★5.3
MOVIE1939
Rough Riders' Round-up
as Boggs
★6.5
MOVIE1933
The Thrill Hunter
as Studio Western Cowboy
★4.5
MOVIE1943
Wild Horse Stampede
as Henchman Tip
★7.5
MOVIE1942
Little Joe, the Wrangler
as Banker Jeff Corey
★8.0
MOVIE1944
San Antonio Kid
as Frank 'Ace' Hanlon
★7.0
MOVIE1936
Avenging Waters
as Henchman Jake
★5.1
MOVIE1931
Cavalier of the West
as Trooper
★7.0
MOVIE1939
The Llano Kid
as Henderson
★5.0
MOVIE1939
Across the Plains
as Jeff Masters
★7.0
MOVIE1935
Stormy
as Arizona Wranglers Band Member 'Peewee' Strange (uncredited)
★10.0
MOVIE1963
The Adventures of the Spirit
as Frankenstein Monster
★5.9
MOVIE1942
Beyond the Line of Duty
as Cal (uncredited)
★10.0
MOVIE1943
Black Market Rustlers
as Corbin (as Glen Strange)
★4.5
MOVIE1939
Overland Mail
as Sheriff Dawson
★7.3
MOVIE1940
San Francisco Docks
as Mike
★7.0
MOVIE1941
Billy The Kid's Round-Up
as Vic Landreau
★7.0
MOVIE1939
The Fighting Gringo
as Rance Potter
★5.5
MOVIE1939
Arizona Legion
as George Kirby
★7.0
MOVIE1941
Arizona Cyclone
as Roy Jessup
★4.3
MOVIE1938
Air Devils
as Messenger
★5.3
MOVIE1944
Harmony Trail
as Marshal Taylor
★5.7
MOVIE1953
Born to the Saddle
as Tom Roper
★8.0
MOVIE1940
Land of the Six Guns
as Manny
★6.4
MOVIE1940
Wagon Train
as Stagecoach driver
★8.0
MOVIE1939
Honor of the West
as Bat Morrison
★8.0
MOVIE1943
Haunted Ranch
as Rance Austin
★5.3
MOVIE1943
Western Cyclone
as Dirk Randall
★6.2
MOVIE1931
Wild Horse
as Cowboy Who Refuses to Ride
★3.8
MOVIE1937
The Devil's Saddle Legion
as Pewee
★10.0
MOVIE1941
Saddlemates
as Little Bear
★7.0
MOVIE1940
The Fargo Kid
as Sheriff Dave
★6.5
MOVIE1942
Overland Stagecoach
as Harlen Kent
★8.0
MOVIE1938
Black Bandit
★5.0
MOVIE1942
The Lone Rider and the Bandit
as Luke Miller
★7.0
MOVIE1944
Silver City Kid
as Henchman Garvey
★7.0
MOVIE1938
Gun Packer
as Sheriff
★5.0
MOVIE1937
Arizona Days
as Henchman Pete
★7.0
MOVIE1942
Rolling Down the Great Divide
as Joe Duncan
★8.0
MOVIE1937
Empty Holsters
as Tex Roberts
★7.5
MOVIE1940
Covered Wagon Trails
as Fletcher - Henchman
★8.0
MOVIE1940
Pals of the Silver Sage
as Vic Insley
★7.0
MOVIE1941
The Driftin' Kid
as Jeff Payson (as Glen Strange)
★10.0
MOVIE1944
Trail to Gunsight
as Duke Ellis, Gang Leader
★9.0
MOVIE1941
Lone Star Law Men
as Marshal Scott (as Glen Strange)
★10.0
MOVIE1938
Guilty Trails
as Sheriff
MOVIE1938
The Last Stand
★7.0
MOVIE1943
The Return of the Rangers
as Frank Martin
★9.0
MOVIE1938
Ghost Town Riders
as Tex - Henchman
★10.0
MOVIE1939
The Phantom Stage
as Sheriff
★5.9
MOVIE1940
Stage to Chino
as Bill Hoagland
★8.0
MOVIE1938
Border Wolves
as Deputy Joe O'Connell
★6.0
MOVIE1948
Disaster
as Foreman Davis (uncredited)