Glenn Strange
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
217 acting credits
Acting · 217
The Rifleman
1958
Petticoat Junction
1963
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955
Rawhide
1959
Thriller
1960
The Lone Ranger
1949
Gunsmoke
1955
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
Sugarfoot
1957
The Abbott and Costello Show
1952
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
The Adventures of Kit Carson
1951
Hopalong Cassidy
1952
26 Men
1957
Sergeant Preston of the Yukon
1955
Buffalo Bill Jr.
1955
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
1957
General Electric Theater
1953
Marty
1955
Red River
1948
Frontier Doctor
1958
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein
1948
Last Train from Gun Hill
1959
Judge Roy Bean
1955
The Desperadoes
1943
The Red Badge of Courage
1951
Action in the North Atlantic
1943
Calamity Jane
1953
Flash Gordon
1936
House of Dracula
1945
The Fastest Gun Alive
1956
House of Frankenstein
1944
The Spoilers
1942
Alias Jesse James
1959
Escape from Fort Bravo
1953
Sinbad the Sailor
1947
The Lusty Men
1952
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991
The Sea of Grass
1947
The Mummy's Tomb
1942
Mission to Moscow
1943
The Horror Show
1979
Backlash
1956
Saratoga Trunk
1945
Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld
1994
The Lawless Breed
1952
The Legend Of The Lone Ranger
1952
Texas Carnival
1951
The Many Faces of Dracula
2000
The Fargo Kid
1940
Westward Ho
1935
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
1999
The Star Packer
1934
The Night Riders
1939
State Police
1938
The Range Feud
1931
False Colors
1943
Callaway Went Thataway
1951
Wide Open Town
1941
Whirlwind Horseman
1938
Dark Command
1940
Badlands of Dakota
1941
Four Faces West
1948
Wagons West
1952
The Road to Denver
1955
Last Stagecoach West
1957
Romance on the Range
1942
Knickerbocker Holiday
1944
Sunset Trail
1939
The Black Raven
1943
Comanche Territory
1950
Bandit Ranger
1942
The Mad Monster
1942
The Lone Ranger Rides Again
1939
Comin' Round the Mountain
1951
The Veils of Bagdad
1953
The Vanishing American
1955
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991
The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap
1947
Bad Men of the Border
1945
The Gallant Legion
1948
Blue Montana Skies
1939
Forty Thieves
1944
Ride Him, Cowboy
1932
Bullets and Saddles
1943
Up Goes Maisie
1946
The Hurricane Express
1932
Days of Jesse James
1939
Blazing Sixes
1937
Master Minds
1949
Saddlemates
1941
Moonlight on the Prairie
1935
Air Devils
1938
Triple Justice
1940
Pride of the West
1938
Stage to Chino
1940
The Great Sioux Uprising
1953
The Kansan
1943
Cattle Stampede
1943
Range War
1939
Cattle Queen of Montana
1954
The Fugitive Sheriff
1936
Haunted Ranch
1943
The Halliday Brand
1957
Spaceship to the Unknown
1966
Arizona Legion
1939
Disaster
1948
Overland Stagecoach
1942
Adventure's End
1937
The Cherokee Strip
1937
Teddy the Rough Rider
1940
Ghost Town Riders
1938
Dude Cowboy
1941
Arizona Cyclone
1941
Land Beyond the Law
1937
The Lone Rider and the Bandit
1942
Rough Riders' Round-up
1939
Cavalier of the West
1931
The Mysterious Rider
1938
Fugitive Valley
1941
Hollywood Wonderland
1947
The Woman of the Town
1943
Death Valley Rangers
1943
Gunfire at Indian Gap
1957
The Last Stand
1938
Three Men from Texas
1940
The Return of the Rangers
1943
Boot Hill Bandits
1942
Rimfire
1949
San Francisco Docks
1940
Pioneer Days
1940
California Mail
1936
Six Shootin' Sheriff
1938
The Spy Ring
1938
Devil's Canyon
1953
Lawless Range
1935
Dracula in the Movies
1992
Quantrill's Raiders
1958
Double Crossbones
1951
Riders of Death Valley
1941
Born to the Saddle
1953
Billy the Kid Wanted
1941
The Devil's Saddle Legion
1937
The Fighting Gringo
1939
San Antonio Kid
1944
Gun Packer
1938
Sunset on the Desert
1942
Down Texas Way
1942
Arizona Days
1937
Trail to Gunsight
1944
Across the Plains
1939
A Tenderfoot Goes West
1936
Beyond the Line of Duty
1942
Empty Holsters
1937
Wagon Train
1940
Stormy
1935
Alaska
1944
Cyclone of the Saddle
1935
Texas Trouble Shooters
1942
The Bandit Trail
1941
Rolling Down the Great Divide
1942
Sonora Stagecoach
1944
Avenging Waters
1936
Little Joe, the Wrangler
1942
Border Wolves
1938
Come on Danger
1942
Silver City Kid
1944
Billy the Kid Trapped
1942
Go West, Young Lady
1941
Overland Mail
1939
Wyoming
1940
The New Frontier
1935
Stagecoach Buckaroo
1942
The Law of 45's
1935
Harmony Trail
1944
Wild Horse
1931
Valley Of Vengeance
1944
Trailin' West
1936
Black Bandit
1938
Oklahoma Terror
1939
Arizona Trail
1943
The Monster Maker
1944
Pals of the Silver Sage
1940
The Painted Trail
1938
Law of the Pampas
1939
The Cowboy from Sundown
1940
Renegades of the Rio Grande
1945
Western Cyclone
1943
The Kid Rides Again
1943
In Old Mexico
1938
Wild Horse Stampede
1943
Rhythm of the Rio Grande
1940
California Frontier
1938
I Was a Teenage Movie Maker: Don Glut's Amateur Movies
2006
Roll, Thunder, Roll!
1949
Honor of the West
1939
The Mexicali Kid
1938
The Phantom Stage
1939
Lone Star Law Men
1941
Raiders of the West
1942
The Kid's Last Ride
1941
Guilty Trails
1938
The Llano Kid
1939
Billy The Kid's Round-Up
1941
The Thrill Hunter
1933
The Sunday Round-Up
1936
Covered Wagon Trails
1940
Black Market Rustlers
1943
Call of the Rockies
1938
The Contender
1944
The Man from Hell
1934
Westward Ho-Hum
1941
Land of the Six Guns
1940
The Driftin' Kid
1941
Guns of the Pecos
1936
The Adventures of the Spirit
1963
Western Mail
1942