Glenn Strange (August 16, 1899 - September 20, 1973)

Before he put on the infamous Frankstein Monster flat top he appeared in more than one hundred westerns... He began in 1930 in The Mounted Stranger and followed it up with films such as The Riding Tornado, Days of Jesse James, Fugitive Valley, The Lone Ranger and the Bandit, Bullets and Saddles, Vengenance Valley, Wagon West and Calamity Jane... As the Frankenstein Monster he appeared in 1944's House of Frankenstein, 1945's House of Dracula and 1948's Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein... During the filming of the Abbott and Costello film he fell and twisted his ankle and actor Lon Chaney, Jr. who was playing the Wolfman, stepped into the role for one scene... On television he appeared on several programs such as "The Adventures of Kit Carson", "The Abbott and Costello Show", "The Colgate Comedy Hour" (As the Frankenstein Monster), "The Lone Ranger", "The Gene Autry Show", "Judge Roy Bean", "The Bob Cummings Show", "Death Valley Days", "General Electric Theater", "Rawhide", "Maverick", "The Rifleman", "The Untouchable", "Wagon Train", "Tales of Wells Fargo" and "Petticoat Junction" For the remainder of his career he played Sam Noonan, the bartendar on the popular primetime western drama "Gunsmoke." He appeared from 1961 until his death in 1973... In Memoriam Remembers: Glenn Strange

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