Glenn Strange

🎂 Data nașterii: 1899-08-16 (Weed, New Mexico, USA)

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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Arizona Days

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Adventure's End

Comin' Round the Mountain

The Horror Show

The Mummy's Tomb

The Fargo Kid

Billy the Kid Trapped

The Lawless Breed

The Range Feud

Double Crossbones

The Kid Rides Again

The Black Raven

Calamity Jane

Devil's Canyon

The Fugitive Sheriff

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Ultimul tren din Gun Hill

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Stagecoach Buckaroo

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Bad Men of the Border

Whirlwind Horseman

Sunset on the Desert

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The Many Faces of Dracula

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Master Minds

San Antonio Kid

Down Texas Way

Alaska

The Vanishing American

Wagon Train

Last Stagecoach West

Lone Star Law Men

The Lone Rider and the Bandit

Land Beyond the Law

The Contender

Black Bandit

Ghost Town Riders

Gun Packer

Texas Trouble Shooters

The Monster Maker

Land of the Six Guns

The Halliday Brand

The Mysterious Rider

Air Devils

Covered Wagon Trails

Death Valley Rangers

Escape from Fort Bravo

Backlash

The Lone Ranger Rides Again

The Llano Kid

Across the Plains

The Mexicali Kid

Six Shootin' Sheriff

Wild Horse

Cavalier of the West

Cyclone of the Saddle

Guns of the Pecos

Oklahoma Terror

Overland Mail

The Man from Hell

Avenging Waters

Arizona Legion

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Rough Riders' Round-up

The Night Riders

House of Frankenstein