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.
Known For
| Birth Location | Weed, New Mexico, USA |
|---|---|
| Born | 1899-08-16 |
| Died | 1973-09-20 |
Movies
The Many Faces of Dracula
as The Monster (archive footage)
2000
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
as Self (archive footage)
1999
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
as The Monster (archive footage)
1991
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
as The Monster (archive footage)
1991
Horrible Horror
as Monster in 'Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein'
1986
The Horror Show
as (archive footage)
1979
Spaceship to the Unknown
as Robot / Ming soldier / Gocko (archive footage) (uncredited)
1966
The Adventures of the Spirit
as Frankenstein Monster
1963
Last Train from Gun Hill
as Gun Hill Bouncer
1959
Alias Jesse James
as James Gang Member
1959
Quantrill's Raiders
as Todd
1958
Gunfire at Indian Gap
as Matt
1957
Last Stagecoach West
as Sheriff
1957
The Halliday Brand
as Townsman
1957
The Fastest Gun Alive
as Sheriff in Silver Rapids (uncredited)
1956
Backlash
as Milliken, Stage Driver (uncredited)
1956
The Vanishing American
as Beleanth
1955
The Road to Denver
as Big George
1955
Marty
as Bit Role (uncredited)
1955
Cattle Queen of Montana
as Indian Chief (uncredited)
1954
Escape from Fort Bravo
as Sergeant Compton
1953
Calamity Jane
as Prospector (uncredited)
1953
The Veils of Bagdad
as Mik-Kel
1953
Devil's Canyon
as Marshal (uncredited)
1953
The Great Sioux Uprising
as Stand Watie
1953
Born to the Saddle
as Tom Roper
1953
The Lawless Breed
as Ben Hanley
1952
The Lusty Men
as Rig Ferris - Foreman (uncredited)
1952
Wagons West
as Marshal Jim
1952
The Legend Of The Lone Ranger
as Butch Cavendish
1952
Texas Carnival
as Tex Hodgkins
1951
Comin' Round the Mountain
as Devil Dan Winfield
1951
Double Crossbones
as Capt. Ben Avery
1951
Comanche Territory
as Big Joe
1950
Master Minds
as Atlas the Monster
1949
Enter the Lone Ranger
as Butch Cavendish
1949
Roll, Thunder, Roll!
as Ace Hanlon
1949
Rimfire
as Curt Calvin
1949
Disaster
as Foreman Davis (uncredited)
1948
Red River
as Naylor (uncredited)
1948
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein
as The Frankenstein Monster
1948
The Gallant Legion
as Renegade
1948
The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap
as Lefty
1947
Hollywood Wonderland
as Singing Cowboy (clip from "Ride, Cowboy, Ride", 1939) (uncredited)
1947
Up Goes Maisie
as Cop (Uncredited)
1946
House of Dracula
as The Frankenstein Monster
1945
Saratoga Trunk
as Cowboy (uncredited)
1945
Bad Men of the Border
as Sheriff Peters
1945
Renegades of the Rio Grande
as Bart Drummond
1945
House of Frankenstein
as Frankenstein Monster
1944
Harmony Trail
as Marshal Taylor
1944
Alaska
as Miner
1944
Trail to Gunsight
as Duke Ellis, Gang Leader
1944
San Antonio Kid
as Frank 'Ace' Hanlon
1944
Silver City Kid
as Henchman Garvey
1944
Forty Thieves
as Ike Simmons
1944
Sonora Stagecoach
as Paul Kenton
1944
The Contender
as Biff Benham
1944
Valley Of Vengeance
as Barker
1944
The Monster Maker
as Giant
1944
Knickerbocker Holiday
as Big Muscle
1944
The Woman of the Town
as Walker
1943
Death Valley Rangers
as The Marshall
1943
False Colors
as Sonora
1943
Bullets and Saddles
as Jack Hammond
1943
The Return of the Rangers
as Frank Martin
1943
Arizona Trail
as Henchman Matt
1943
The Kansan
as 2nd Gate Guard
1943
Black Market Rustlers
as Corbin (as Glen Strange)
1943
Cattle Stampede
as Boss Coulter
1943
Action in the North Atlantic
as Jake (uncredited)
1943
Black Raven
as Andy
1943
The Desperadoes
as Lem - Jack's Gang Member
1943
Western Cyclone
as Dirk Randall
1943
Mission to Moscow
as Southerner in Montage (uncredited)
1943
Wild Horse Stampede
as Henchman Tip
1943
Haunted Ranch
as Rance Austin
1943
The Kid Rides Again
as Tom Slade
1943
Little Joe, the Wrangler
as Banker Jeff Corey
1942
Beyond the Line of Duty
as Cal (uncredited)
1942
The Mummy's Tomb
as Farmer Holding Horse (uncredited)
1942
Overland Stagecoach
as Harlen Kent
1942
Bandit Ranger
as Frank Curtis
1942
Texas Trouble Shooters
as Roger Denby
1942
The Spoilers
as Deputy (uncredited)
1942
Come on Danger
as Henchman Sloan
1942
Down Texas Way
as Sheriff Trump
1942
Romance on the Range
as Lead Henchman Stokes
1942
The Mad Monster
as Petro
1942
Boot Hill Bandits
as The Maverick
1942
Rolling Down the Great Divide
as Joe Duncan
1942
Sunset on the Desert
as Deputy Louie Meade
1942
Billy the Kid Trapped
as Boss Stanton
1942
Raiders of the West
as Hank Reynolds
1942
Western Mail
as Sheriff Big Bill Collins
1942
Stagecoach Buckaroo
as Henchman Bill
1942
The Lone Rider and the Bandit
as Luke Miller
1942
Billy The Kid's Round-Up
as Vic Landreau
1941
Dude Cowboy
as Henchman Krinkle
1941
Lone Star Law Men
as Marshal Scott (as Glen Strange)
1941
Go West, Young Lady
as Townsman
1941
Arizona Cyclone
as Roy Jessup
1941
The Driftin' Kid
as Jeff Payson (as Glen Strange)
1941
The Bandit Trail
as Idaho
1941
Billy the Kid Wanted
as Matt Brawley
1941
Badlands Of Dakota
as Bob Russell
1941
1941
Wide Open Town
as Henchman Ed Stark
1941
Fugitive Valley
as Gray
1941
Riders of Death Valley
as Tex, a Benton Rider
1941
Saddlemates
as Little Bear
1941
The Kid's Last Ride
as Bart Gill / Ike Breeden
1941
San Francisco Docks
as Mike
1940
The Fargo Kid
as Sheriff Dave
1940
Three Men from Texas
as Stokes
1940
Wagon Train
as Stagecoach driver
1940
Triple Justice
as Frank Wiley
1940
Wyoming
as Bill Smalley - Henchman
1940
The Cowboy from Sundown
as Bret Stockton
1940
Stage to Chino
as Bill Hoagland
1940
Land of the Six Guns
as Manny
1940
Pals of the Silver Sage
as Vic Insley
1940
Dark Command
as Tough Yankee #1
1940
Covered Wagon Trails
as Fletcher - Henchman
1940
Rhythm of the Rio Grande
as Sheriff Hays (as Glen Strange)
1940
Teddy the Rough Rider
as Jim Rawlins
1940
Pioneer Days
as Sheriff
1940
Days of Jesse James
as Cole Younger
1939
The Llano Kid
as Henderson
1939
Overland Mail
as Sheriff Dawson
1939
Law of the Pampas
as Slim Schultz
1939
Range War
as Sheriff
1939
Oklahoma Terror
as Ross Haddon
1939
The Fighting Gringo
as Rance Potter
1939
Across the Plains
as Jeff Masters
1939
Blue Montana Skies
as Bob Causer
1939
The Night Riders
as Angry Riverboat Gambler
1939
Rough Riders' Round-up
as Boggs
1939
The Lone Ranger Rides Again
as Raider Thorne
1939
Sunset Trail
as Bouncer
1939
The Phantom Stage
as Sheriff
1939
Arizona Legion
as George Kirby
1939
Honor of the West
as Bat Morrison
1939
Ghost Town Riders
as Tex - Henchman
1938
California Frontier
as Blackie
1938
Gun Packer
as Sheriff
1938
The Mysterious Rider
as Henchman Cramer
1938
1938
The Mexicali Kid
as Foreman Jed
1938
In Old Mexico
as Burke
1938
Pride of the West
as Saunders
1938
Six Shootin' Sheriff
as Kendal Henchman
1938
Air Devils
as Messenger
1938
Whirlwind Horseman
as Henchman Bull
1938
1938
State Police
as Henchman
1938
Border Wolves
as Deputy Joe O'Connell
1938
The Painted Trail
as Sheriff Ed
1938
The Spy Ring
as The 'Champ' (uncredited)
1938
Adventure's End
as Barzeck
1937
The Devil's Saddle Legion
as Pewee
1937
Empty Holsters
as Tex Roberts
1937
Blazing Sixes
as Peewee
1937
The Cherokee Strip
as Harry, Fiddle Player and Band Leader
1937
Land Beyond the Law
as Bandy Malarkey
1937
Arizona Days
as Henchman Pete
1937
Guns of the Pecos
as Wedding Groom / Rustler
1936
California Mail
as Henchman Bud
1936
The Sunday Round-Up
as Master of Ceremonies
1936
The Fugitive Sheriff
as Trial Spectator (uncredited)
1936
A Tenderfoot Goes West
as Prankster Butch
1936
Trailin' West
as Henchman Tim / Trooper (uncredited)
1936
Avenging Waters
as Henchman Jake
1936
Flash Gordon
as Gocko/Robot/Soldier
1936
The Law of 45's
as Monte
1935
Lawless Range
as Burn's Henchman
1935
Moonlight on the Prairie
as Stew-Bum
1935
The New Frontier
as Norton
1935
Stormy
as Arizona Wranglers Band Member 'Peewee' Strange (uncredited)
1935
Westward Ho
as Carter
1935
Cyclone of the Saddle
as Singer / Fiddler / Townsman
1935
The Man from Hell
as Singer
1934
The Star Packer
as Loco Frank
1934
The Thrill Hunter
as Studio Western Cowboy
1933
Ride Him, Cowboy
as Hawk Henchman (uncredited)
1932
The Hurricane Express
as Jim
1932
Cavalier of the West
as Trooper
1931
1931
Wild Horse
as Cowboy Who Refuses to Ride
1931
Movies
Ride Him, Cowboy
Stunts
1932
