Boris Karloff's obituary in 1969 was run in newspapers with Strange's picture as Frankenstein's monster.
A singing, songwriting cowboy by trade, Glenn collaborated on various tunes with western actor Eddie Dean, including the opening title song for Dean's oater Tumbleweed Trail (1946). In 1973, Dean would sing at Glenn's funeral service.
Before becoming an actor, he had various jobs, including singer, professional boxer, cattle rancher, rodeo rider and deputy sheriff in New Mexico.
Children by his third wife, Minnie Thompson: Harry Glenn Strange and Janine Laraine Strange.
Cousin of Rex Allen and Cactus Mack.
He as working on a film at Universal. He noticed that the makeup man, department head Jack P. Pierce, kept looking at his face. Pierce asked Strange if he would stay after work, for an extra $25.00, for a makeup test which might lead to another acting job. Pierce covered the mirrors and applied the makeup. When the mirrors were uncovered, Strange claimed that "I look like Boris Karloff". Pierce thought that Strange's face had the right characteristics for the Frankensein monster makeup. Strange took over the role in House of Frankenstein (1944).
He is interred at Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills Cemetery, Hollywood, CA.
He played Butch Cavendish, the chief nemesis of the Lone Ranger, in "The Lone Ranger" (1949).
He was known to love children. On the set of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948), he approached Lou Costello's little girl, Chris Costello, while in his full Frankenstein makeup. She panicked and had to be carried from the set.
He was one of the first actors to be asked to play The Creature in Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954).
He was the fourth child of William Russell Strange & Sarah Eliza Byrd. He is the great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great grandson of Pocahontas & John Rolfe.
Hobbies: hunting, fishing...and cooking.
Though Boris Karloff is more popular as the Frankenstein Monster, it is Strange's version that is often used by Universal Studios for marketing purposes.