Known for Acting
Birthday
August 16, 1899
Place of Birth
Weed, New Mexico, USA
Biography
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.

The Rifleman

Rawhide

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke

Petticoat Junction

The Colgate Comedy Hour

The Lone Ranger

The Lone Ranger

Thriller

Sugarfoot

The Adventures of Jim Bowie

The Abbott and Costello Show

The Adventures of Kit Carson

Judge Roy Bean

26 Men

Sergeant Preston of the Yukon

Hopalong Cassidy

Buffalo Bill Jr.