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Glenn Strange (George Glenn Strange) (August 16, 1899 – September 20, 1973) was a bulky American character actor, formally a fiddle player, professional heavyweight boxer and rodeo rider, who mainly appeared as a villain in Westerns. He was coached by Boris Karloff to play Frankenstein's Monster in House of Frankenstein (1944), recreated the role in House of Dracula (1945), Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) and on TV’s Colgate Comedy Hour with Abbott and Costello in 1953. His other credits include Flash Gordon (1936), Flash Gordon’s Trip to Mars (1938), The Mad Monster (1942), The Mummy’s Tomb (1942), The Black Raven (1943), The Monster Maker (1944), Sinbad the Sailor (1946), and Master Minds (1949). Strange unsuccessfully tested for the title roles of Tarzan the Ape Man (1932) and the Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954), and in later years he portrayed Sam the bartender on TV’s Gunsmoke (1960-1973).
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