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Glenn Strange (August 16, 1899 – September 20, 1973) was an American actor who mostly appeared in Western films. He is best remembered for playing Frankenstein's monster in three Universal films during the 1940s and for his role as Sam Noonan, the popular bartender on CBS's ''Gunsmoke'' television series. Strange was of Irish and Cherokee descent and was a cousin of the Western film star and narrator Rex Allen. ==Life and career== Strange was born near Alamogordo in tiny Weed in Otero County, northeast of El Paso, Texas, some thirteen years prior to New Mexico gaining statehood. He was born as George Glenn Strange, the fourth child of William Russell Strange and the former Sarah Eliza Byrd. He was an eighth generation grandson of Pocahontas and John Rolfe of Jamestown, Virginia. Strange grew up in tiny Cross Cut (formerly known as Cross Out) in Brown County (county seat: Brownwood), some fifty miles east of Abilene in West Texas. His father was a bartender and later a rancher. Strange learned by ear how to play the fiddle and guitar. By the time he was twelve, young Glenn was performing at cowboy dances. By 1928, he was on radio in El Paso. He was a young rancher, but in 1930, he came to Hollywood as a member of the radio singing group Arizona Wranglers. Strange joined the singers after having appeared at a rodeo in Prescott in Yavapai County in central Arizona. Another Strange cousin, Taylor McPeters, or "Cactus Mack," was also part of the Wranglers. Strange's Arizona connection prevailed when he guest starred in the 1958 episode "Chain Gang" of the syndicated western series ''26 Men'', true stories about the ''Arizona Rangers''. In 1932, Strange had a minor role as part of the Wrecker's gang in a 12-part serial, ''The Hurricane Express'', starring John Wayne. Strange procured his first motion picture role in 1932 and appeared in hundreds of films during his lifetime. Beginning in 1949, he portrayed Butch Cavendish, the "bad guy" responsible for killing all of the Texas Rangers, that is except one, in the long-running television series ''The Lone Ranger''.〔Billy Hathorn, "Roy Bean, Temple Houston, Bill Longley, Ranald Mackenzie, Buffalo Bill, Jr., and the Texas Rangers: Depictions of West Texans in Series Television, 1955 to 1967", ''West Texas Historical Review'', Vol. 89 (2013), p. 103〕 Strange appeared twice as Jim Wade on Bill Williams's syndicated western series geared to juvenile audience's ''The Adventures of Kit Carson''. He also appeared twice as 'Blake' in the syndicated western ''The Cisco Kid''. In 1952, he was cast in the role of Chief Black Cloud in the episode "Indian War Party" of the syndicated ''The Range Rider'', starring Jock Mahoney and Dick Jones. In 1954, Strange played Sheriff Billy Rowland in Jim Davis's syndicated western series ''Stories of the Century''. Strange appeared six times in 1956 in multiple roles on Edgar Buchanan's syndicated ''Judge Roy Bean''. In 1958, he had a minor part in an episode of John Payne's ''The Restless Gun''. That same year he played the rancher Pat Cafferty, who faces the threat of anthrax, in the episode "Queen of the Cimarron" of the syndicated western series, ''Frontier Doctor'', starring his cousin Rex Allen. Strange was cast in five episodes of the ABC western ''The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp'', with Hugh O'Brian, and in three segments of the syndicated ''Annie Oakley'', starring Gail Davis and Brad Johnson. In 1959, he appeared in another western syndicated series, ''Mackenzie's Raiders'', in the episode entitled "Apache Boy." Strange first appeared on ''Gunsmoke'' in 1959 and assumed several roles on the long-running program before he was permanently cast as the stolid bartender. Strange was cast twice on Kirby Grant's western aviation adventure series, ''Sky King'', as Rip Owen in "Stage Coach Robbers" (1952) and as Link in "Dead Giveaway" (1958). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Glenn Strange」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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