Glenn Strange

Biography

Glenn Strange was a towering actor born George Glenn Strange in Weed, New Mexico, on August 16, 1899, who grew up as a real-life cowboy in Cross Cut, Texas. He began performing music at 12 and later joined the "Arizona Wranglers" radio singing group, appearing on CBS's Gunsmoke from 1960 to 1973, where he played Sam Noonan for 222 episodes until his death from lung cancer in 1973. Strange's notable roles also included Frankenstein's monster and cowboy characters in Western films.