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George Glenn Strange was an American actor who mostly appeared in Western films and was billed as Glenn Strange. He is best remembered for playing Frankenstein's monster in three Universal films during the 1940s and for his role as Sam Noonan, the popular bartender on CBS's Gunsmoke television series.
Birth Name
George Glenn Strange
Born
Wednesday, 16 August 1899
Died
Thursday, 20 September 1973
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| TV's Western Heroes | (archive footage) | 2013 |
| A History of Horror with Mark Gatiss | The Frankenstein Monster | 2010 |
| Cinemassacre's Monster Madness | The Monster / The Frankenstein Monster / Monster | 2007 |
| Evil Deeds | David Kessler Werewolf (segment "Hell Beast) (Recut version only") | 2004 |
| The Many Faces of Dracula | The Monster / The Monster (archive footage) | 2000 |
| The Frankenstein Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster | The Monster | 1999 |
| Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man' | (archive footage) / Archive Footage | 1999 |
| 100 Years of Horror | Self | 1996 |
| Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld | (archive footage) | 1994 |
| It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein | (archive footage) | 1994 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| TV's Western Heroes | (archive footage) | 2013 |
| A History of Horror with Mark Gatiss | The Frankenstein Monster | 2010 |
| Cinemassacre's Monster Madness | The Monster / The Frankenstein Monster / Monster | 2007 |
| Evil Deeds | David Kessler Werewolf (segment "Hell Beast) (Recut version only") | 2004 |
| The Many Faces of Dracula | The Monster / The Monster (archive footage) | 2000 |
| The Frankenstein Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster | The Monster | 1999 |
| Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man' | (archive footage) / Archive Footage | 1999 |
| 100 Years of Horror | Self | 1996 |
| Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld | (archive footage) | 1994 |
| It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein | (archive footage) | 1994 |
| Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook | The Monster / The Monster (archive footage) | 1991 |
| Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge | Sam, the Bartender (flashback sequence) | 1987 |
| Horrible Horror | Monster, In clips from 'Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein' / Monster in 'Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein' | 1986 |
| Hey, Abbott! | (archive footage) | 1981 |
| The Horror Show | (archive footage) | 1979 |
| Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch | Tall Henchman | 1976 |
| Spaceship to the Unknown | Robot / Ming soldier / Gocko | 1966 |
| Curse of the Fly | Kardan | 1965 |
| The Cardinal | Redneck | 1963 |
| Petticoat Junction | Hawley | 1963 |
| The Adventures of the Spirit | Frankenstein Monster / Self | 1963 |
| Thriller | Indian | 1960 |
| The Jayhawkers! | Sheriff | 1959 |
| Last Train from Gun Hill | Gun Hill Bouncer | 1959 |
| Alias Jesse James | James Gang Member | 1959 |
| The Untouchables | Prison Warden | 1959 |
| Rawhide | Bartender / Indian Chief | 1959 |
| Mackenzie's Raiders | Chief Burning Grass | 1958 |
| The Rifleman | Joey Cole / Zack / Stagecoach Driver / Stage Driver / Shotgun Guard / Borden's Driver | 1958 |
| Frontier Doctor | Cafferty | 1958 |
| Terror in a Texas Town | Train Passenger | 1958 |
| Quantrill's Raiders | Todd | 1958 |
| Gunfire at Indian Gap | Matt | 1957 |
| Jailhouse Rock | Matt - Convict | 1957 |
| Colt .45 | Two Moons | 1957 |
| 26 Men | Pollock / Waco | 1957 |
| Casey Jones | Swamp Tiger's Engineer | 1957 |
| The Californians | Miner | 1957 |
| The Restless Gun | Deputy Chuck | 1957 |
| Maverick | Guard / Marshal of Abilene | 1957 |
| Wagon Train | Captain Fox / Brace | 1957 |
| Sugarfoot | Red Wing | 1957 |
| Last Stagecoach West | Sheriff | 1957 |
| Gunfight at the O.K. Corral | Pierce Henchman in Saloon | 1957 |
| Tales of Wells Fargo | Chief Running Bird / Sam Craiger / Tom | 1957 |
| The Halliday Brand | Townsman | 1957 |
| The Adventures of Jim Bowie | Gant | 1956 |
| The Fastest Gun Alive | Sheriff in Silver Rapids | 1956 |
| Backlash | Milliken, Stage Driver | 1956 |
| The Vanishing American | Beleanth | 1955 |
| Sergeant Preston of the Yukon | Bull Benson | 1955 |
| The Adventures of Champion | Mark Dabney / Long Horn / Gringo / Dodge Kelley | 1955 |
| Cheyenne | Burton / Saddle Bum | 1955 |
| Gunsmoke | Sam / Sam Noonan / Man | 1955 |
| Judge Roy Bean | Tom Holman / Tolan / Sampson / King Lonagan / Fallon / Dr. Frank Parker aka Mason | 1955 |
| The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | Asks Hardin to Do Gun Trick / Barfly / Jeff Pruitt / Jenner / Joe / One-Eye Milburn / Rowland Ranch Hand | 1955 |
| The Kentuckian | Drunk Frontiersman with Whip | 1955 |
| The Road to Denver | Big George | 1955 |
| Buffalo Bill, Jr. | Chief Keetahno / Brave Elk | 1955 |
| Treasure of Ruby Hills | Payne Henchman | 1955 |
| The Bob Cummings Show | 1955 | |
| Cattle Queen of Montana | Indian Chief | 1954 |
| The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin | Grey Fox | 1954 |
| Public Defender | Sheriff West | 1954 |
| Gypsy Colt | Wrangler | 1954 |
| Stories of the Century | Sheriff Billy Rowland | 1954 |
| Jubilee Trail | Tom Branders | 1954 |
| Annie Oakley | Ernie Barker / Idaho / Man at Hearing | 1954 |
| The Joe Palooka Story | Henchman | 1954 |
| Escape from Fort Bravo | Sgt. Compton / Sergeant Compton | 1953 |
| All the Brothers Were Valiant | Chanty Man | 1953 |
| Calamity Jane | Prospector | 1953 |
| The Veils of Bagdad | Mik-Kel | 1953 |
| Devil's Canyon | Marshal | 1953 |
| The Great Sioux Uprising | Stand Watie | 1953 |
| Born to the Saddle | Tom Roper | 1953 |
| General Electric Theater | Crazy Thunder / Red Herring | 1953 |
| The Lawless Breed | Ben Hanley | 1952 |
| The Abbott and Costello Show | Big Tough Guy | 1952 |
| Montana Belle | Deputy Baldy | 1952 |
| The Lusty Men | Rig Ferris - Foreman | 1952 |
| Hopalong Cassidy | Simon Cosgrove | 1952 |
| Wagons West | Marshal Jim | 1952 |
| I Dream of Jeanie | Cop | 1952 |
| Death Valley Days | Wagon Train Membet / Sheriff / Red Muggins / Paso / Blue Eagle / 2nd Stage Driver | 1952 |
| The Legend of the Lone Ranger | Butch Cavendish | 1952 |
| The Lone Ranger Story | Butch Cavendish | 1952 |
| Craig Kennedy, Criminologist | Del Whitney | 1952 |
| Callaway Went Thataway | Cowboy Actor on Saloon set | 1951 |
| Texas Carnival | Tex Hodgkins | 1951 |
| The Red Badge of Courage | Colonel | 1951 |
| Sky King | Link / Rip Owen | 1951 |
| The Adventures of Kit Carson | Jim Wade | 1951 |
| Comin' Round the Mountain | Devil Dan Winfield | 1951 |
| The Range Rider | Medicine Man Natana / Chief Black Cloud | 1951 |
| Double Crossbones | Capt. Ben Avery | 1951 |
| Vengeance Valley | Dave Allard | 1951 |
| Surrender | Deputy Lon | 1950 |
| The Colgate Comedy Hour | Frankenstein's Monster | 1950 |
| The Gene Autry Show | McCann, Outlaw Leader / Chief White Cloud | 1950 |
| Comanche Territory | Big Joe | 1950 |
| Space Patrol | Captain Jonas | 1950 |
| The Cisco Kid | Shoemaker Blake / Curly Peters | 1950 |
| Master Minds | Atlas the Monster | 1949 |
| The Lone Ranger | Butch Cavendish / Stagecoach Driver / Bart Walton / Cavendish / Tom Casley | 1949 |
| The Gal Who Took the West | Lee Cowhand | 1949 |
| Roll, Thunder, Roll! | Ace Hanlon | 1949 |
| Fireside Theatre | Sam Brown | 1949 |
| Rimfire | Curt Calvin | 1949 |
| Enter the Lone Ranger | Butch Cavendish | 1949 |
| Disaster | Foreman Davis | 1948 |
| Red River | Naylor | 1948 |
| A Southern Yankee | Guerrilla Raider in Saloon | 1948 |
| Four Faces West | Posse Deputy | 1948 |
| Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein | The Frankenstein Monster / The Monster | 1948 |
| The Gallant Legion | Renegade | 1948 |
| California Firebrand | Henchman Wearing Dress | 1948 |
| The Fabulous Texan | Owens | 1947 |
| The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap | Lefty | 1947 |
| Heaven Only Knows | Joe Bridger | 1947 |
| Wyoming | Cowboy Wanting Herd | 1947 |
| Brute Force | Tompkins | 1947 |
| The Sea of Grass | Bill Roach - Brewton Ranch Hand | 1947 |
| Sinbad, the Sailor | Chief Galley Overseer | 1947 |
| Beauty and the Bandit | Sailor Bill | 1946 |
| Up Goes Maisie | Cop / Cop (Uncredited) | 1946 |
| House of Dracula | The Frankenstein Monster | 1945 |
| Saratoga Trunk | Cowboy | 1945 |
| Bad Men of the Border | Sheriff Peters | 1945 |
| Renegades of the Rio Grande | Bart Drummond | 1945 |
| Can't Help Singing | Gunman | 1944 |
| Harmony Trail | Marshal Taylor | 1944 |
| House of Frankenstein | Monster / Frankenstein Monster | 1944 |
| Alaska | Miner | 1944 |
| Trail to Gunsight | Duke Ellis, Gang Leader / Duke Ellis - Gang Leader | 1944 |
| The San Antonio Kid | Ace Hanlon / Frank 'Ace' Hanlon | 1944 |
| Silver City Kid | Henchman Garvey | 1944 |
| Forty Thieves | Ike Simmons | 1944 |
| Sonora Stagecoach | Paul Kenton | 1944 |
| The Contender | Biff Benham | 1944 |
| Valley of Vengeance | Marshal Barker / Barker | 1944 |
| Twilight on the Prairie | Cowhand | 1944 |
| The Monster Maker | Giant | 1944 |
| Knickerbocker Holiday | Big Muscle | 1944 |
| The Woman of the Town | Walker | 1943 |
| Death Valley Rangers | The Marshal / The Marshall | 1943 |
| False Colors | Sonora | 1943 |
| Bullets and Saddles | Jack Hammond | 1943 |
| Return of the Rangers | Frank Martin | 1943 |
| Arizona Trail | Henchman Matt | 1943 |
| The Kansan | 2nd Gate Guard | 1943 |
| Black Market Rustlers | Corbin (as Glen Strange) / Corbin | 1943 |
| Cattle Stampede | Boss Coulter | 1943 |
| Action in the North Atlantic | Jake | 1943 |
| The Black Raven | Andy | 1943 |
| The Desperadoes | Lem | 1943 |
| Western Cyclone | Dirk Randall | 1943 |
| Mission to Moscow | Southerner in Montage | 1943 |
| Wild Horse Stampede | Henchman Tip | 1943 |
| Prairie Chickens | Glenn - Henchman | 1943 |
| Haunted Ranch | Rance Austin (as Glen Strange) / Rance Austin | 1943 |
| The Kid Rides Again | Tom Slade | 1943 |
| Army Surgeon | Soldier Having Discussion with Brooklyn | 1942 |
| Little Joe, the Wrangler | Jeff Corey / Banker Jeff Corey | 1942 |
| Beyond the Line of Duty | Cal | 1942 |
| The Mummy's Tomb | Farmer Holding Horse | 1942 |
| Overland Stagecoach | Harlen Kent / Kent | 1942 |
| Bandit Ranger | Frank Curtis | 1942 |
| Texas Trouble Shooters | Roger Denby | 1942 |
| The Spoilers | Deputy | 1942 |
| Come on Danger | Henchman Sloan | 1942 |
| Juke Girl | Man in Lynch Mob | 1942 |
| Down Texas Way | Sheriff Trump | 1942 |
| Romance on the Range | Stokes / Lead Henchman Stokes | 1942 |
| The Mad Monster | Petro | 1942 |
| Rolling Down the Great Divide | Joe Duncan | 1942 |
| Boot Hill Bandits | The Maverick | 1942 |
| Sunset on the Desert | Deputy Louie Meade | 1942 |
| Sundown Jim | Henchman | 1942 |
| Billy the Kid Trapped | Jim Stanton / Boss Stanton | 1942 |
| Raiders of the West | Hank Reynolds | 1942 |
| Stagecoach Buckaroo | Breck Braddock / Henchman Bill | 1942 |
| Western Mail | Sheriff Big Bill Collins | 1942 |
| The Lone Rider and the Bandit | Luke Miller | 1942 |
| Playmates | Western Actor | 1941 |
| Dude Cowboy | Henchman Krinkle / Krinkle - Henchman | 1941 |
| Billy the Kid's Round-Up | Vic Landreau | 1941 |
| Lone Star Law Men | Marshal Scott (as Glen Strange) / Marshal Scott | 1941 |
| Go West, Young Lady | Townsman | 1941 |
| Arizona Cyclone | Roy Jessup | 1941 |
| The Driftin' Kid | Jeff Payson (as Glen Strange) / Jeff Payson | 1941 |
| The Bandit Trail | Idaho | 1941 |
| Billy the Kid Wanted | Matt Brawley | 1941 |
| Badlands of Dakota | Bob Russell | 1941 |
| Wide Open Town | Henchman Ed Stark / Ed Stark - Henchman | 1941 |
| Fugitive Valley | Gray | 1941 |
| Riders of Death Valley | Tex, a Benton Rider / Tex - Benton Rider | 1941 |
| Saddlemates | Little Bear | 1941 |
| The Kid's Last Ride | Bart Gill, aka Ike Breeden / Bart Gill / Ike Breeden | 1941 |
| San Francisco Docks | Mike | 1940 |
| The Fargo Kid | Sheriff Dave | 1940 |
| Three Men from Texas | Ben Stokes / Stokes | 1940 |
| Wagon Train | Stagecoach Driver | 1940 |
| Triple Justice | Frank Wiley | 1940 |
| Wyoming | Bill Smalley - Henchman | 1940 |
| Stage to Chino | Bill Hoagland | 1940 |
| Land of the Six Guns | Manny | 1940 |
| The Cowboy from Sundown | Bret Stockton | 1940 |
| Pals of the Silver Sage | Vic Insley | 1940 |
| Covered Wagon Trails | Fletcher - Henchman | 1940 |
| Dark Command | Tough Yankee #1 | 1940 |
| Rhythm of the Rio Grande | Sheriff Hays (as Glen Strange) / Sheriff Hays | 1940 |
| Teddy the Rough Rider | Jim Rawlins | 1940 |
| Pioneer Days | Sheriff | 1940 |
| Days of Jesse James | Cole Younger | 1939 |
| The Llano Kid | Henderson | 1939 |
| Overland Mail | Sheriff Dawson | 1939 |
| Law of the Pampas | Slim Schultz | 1939 |
| Ride, Cowboy, Ride | Breezy | 1939 |
| Cupid Rides the Range | Sheriff Hodges | 1939 |
| Range War | Sheriff | 1939 |
| Oklahoma Terror | Ross Haddon | 1939 |
| The Fighting Gringo | Rance Potter | 1939 |
| Across the Plains | Jeff Masters | 1939 |
| Blue Montana Skies | Bob Causer | 1939 |
| The Night Riders | Angry Riverboat Gambler | 1939 |
| Rough Riders' Round-up | Boggs / Henchman Boggs | 1939 |
| The Lone Ranger Rides Again | Thorne / Raider Thorne | 1939 |
| Sunset Trail | Bouncer | 1939 |
| The Phantom Stage | Sheriff | 1939 |
| Flying G-Men | Henchman | 1939 |
| Arizona Legion | George Kirby | 1939 |
| Honor of the West | Bat Morrison | 1939 |
| Ghost Town Riders | Tex - Henchman | 1938 |
| California Frontier | Blackie | 1938 |
| Gun Packer | Sheriff | 1938 |
| Prairie Justice | Hank Haynes - Express Agent | 1938 |
| Guilty Trails | New Sheriff | 1938 |
| The Mysterious Rider | Cramer - Henchman / Henchman Cramer | 1938 |
| Black Bandit | Luke Johnson | 1938 |
| The Mexicali Kid | Jed - Foreman / Foreman Jed | 1938 |
| In Old Mexico | Henchman Burke / Burke | 1938 |
| Prison Break | Tough Hit by Joaquin at Bachelor Party | 1938 |
| Pride of the West | Saunders - Henchman / Saunders | 1938 |
| Six-Shootin' Sheriff | Kendal Henchman | 1938 |
| Air Devils | Messenger | 1938 |
| Whirlwind Horseman | Bull / Henchman Bull | 1938 |
| Call of the Rockies | Henchman Kelso | 1938 |
| The Last Stand | Henchman Joe | 1938 |
| Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars | Ming's Soldier - in Flashback [Ch. 6] | 1938 |
| State Police | Henchman | 1938 |
| Rocket Ship | Robot / Ming Soldier / Gocko | 1938 |
| Border Wolves | Deputy Joe O'Connell | 1938 |
| The Painted Trail | Sheriff Ed | 1938 |
| The Singing Outlaw | Deputy Ed | 1938 |
| The Spy Ring | The 'Champ' | 1938 |
| Adventure's End | Barzeck | 1937 |
| Courage of the West | Ranger / Singer | 1937 |
| Danger Valley | Marshal Dale | 1937 |
| Law for Tombstone | Henchman Pecos | 1937 |
| Stars Over Arizona | Bruce Cole | 1937 |
| God's Country and the Man | Sheriff Joe | 1937 |
| The Devil's Saddle Legion | Peewee / Pewee | 1937 |
| Riders of the Dawn | Posse Member | 1937 |
| Empty Holsters | Tex Roberts | 1937 |
| Mountain Music | Singing Hillbilly | 1937 |
| Blazing Sixes | Peewee Jones / Peewee | 1937 |
| The Fighting Texan | Brand-Changing Henchman | 1937 |
| The Cherokee Strip | Harry, Fiddle Player and Band Leader | 1937 |
| Two Gun Law | Ambush Posse Member / Henchman | 1937 |
| Hittin' the Trail | Posse Rider | 1937 |
| Land Beyond the Law | Bandy Malarkey | 1937 |
| Trouble in Texas | Middleton Sheriff | 1937 |
| Arizona Days | Henchman Pete | 1937 |
| Guns of the Pecos | Wedding Groom / Rustler | 1937 |
| Conflict | Jack | 1936 |
| Song of the Gringo | Henchman Blackie | 1936 |
| California Mail | Henchman Bud | 1936 |
| The Sunday Round-Up | Master of Ceremonies | 1936 |
| The Fugitive Sheriff | Trial Spectator | 1936 |
| A Tenderfoot Goes West | Cowhand Butch / Prankster Butch | 1936 |
| Trailin' West | Henchman Tim / Trooper / Tim - Henchman | 1936 |
| The Cattle Thief | Henchman | 1936 |
| Avenging Waters | Henchman Jake | 1936 |
| Flash Gordon | Gocko / Robot / Ming's Soldier / Gocko/Robot/Soldier | 1936 |
| Sunset of Power | Cowhand | 1936 |
| Lawless Riders | Barfly / Musician | 1935 |
| Suicide Squad | Singing Fireman | 1935 |
| The Law of the 45's | Henchman Monte / Monte | 1935 |
| Gallant Defender | Nester | 1935 |
| Lawless Range | Burns' Henchman / John Middleton's Singing Voice / Burn's Henchman | 1935 |
| Moonlight on the Prairie | Stew-Bum | 1935 |
| The New Frontier | Norton | 1935 |
| Stormy | Arizona Wranglers Band Member 'Peewee' Strange | 1935 |
| His Fighting Blood | Singing Constable | 1935 |
| Westward Ho | Carter - Singing Rider / Carter | 1935 |
| Hard Rock Harrigan | Worker | 1935 |
| Border Vengeance | Cowhand | 1935 |
| Cyclone of the Saddle | Singer / Fiddler / Townsman | 1935 |
| Five Bad Men | Self | 1935 |
| Law of the Wild | Townsman | 1934 |
| The Man from Hell | Singer | 1934 |
| The Star Packer | Loco Frank | 1934 |
| Somewhere in Sonora | Henchman | 1933 |
| The Thrill Hunter | Studio Western Cowboy | 1933 |
| The Whirlwind | Deputy | 1933 |
| Silent Men | Cowhand | 1933 |
| The Cowboy Counsellor | Stage Driver | 1932 |
| Fighting for Justice | Cowhand | 1932 |
| Ride Him, Cowboy | Hawk Henchman | 1932 |
| McKenna of the Mounted | Henchman / Mountie Constable | 1932 |
| The Hurricane Express | Jim | 1932 |
| Hello Trouble | Cowhand | 1932 |
| A Man's Land | Triple X Ranch Hand | 1932 |
| The Riding Tornado | Corson Cowhand | 1932 |
| Riders of the Desert | Singing Ranger | 1932 |
| The Texas Tornado | Rustler | 1932 |
| Texas Cyclone | Cowboy from Texas | 1932 |
| Single-Handed Sanders | Gang Leader | 1932 |
| The Deadline | Deputy | 1931 |
| The Gay Buckaroo | Barfly | 1931 |
| The Range Feud | Slim - Cowhand | 1931 |
| The Fighting Marshal | Townsman | 1931 |
| The Guilty Generation | Tony's Henchman | 1931 |
| Cavalier of the West | Trooper | 1931 |
| Shotgun Pass | Pee Wee | 1931 |
| Border Law | Barfly | 1931 |
| The Hard Hombre | Cattleman in Plaid Shirt | 1931 |
| Wild Horse | Cowboy Who Refuses to Ride | 1931 |
| The Mounted Stranger | Cowhand Playing Harmonica | 1930 |
