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His father William Russell Strange was of Irish ancestry, but his mother Sarah Eliza Strange (née Byrd) was of British ancestry. "Gunsmoke": Glenn Strange as Sam the Bartender Fans of "Gunsmoke" know Glenn Strange mainly as Sam Noonan, the mild-mannered, albeit occasionally shotgun-wielding, bartender in Miss Kitty's Long Branch Saloon. Glenn Strange Glenn Strange Glenn Strange Glenn Strange. Glenn Strange and his "Strange Rock": Sam the Bart... Tinsley E. Yarbrough's seminal Western movie locat... • CLICK HERE for an interactive map of the Iverson Movie Ranch, The Chatsworth Historical Society's incredible archive of digital presentations on Chatsworth history, including its century-plus of movie history, Santa Susana Mountain Park Association, a key player in any efforts to protect the former Iverson Movie Ranch and other historical sites in the region from further development, Boyd Magers' Western Clippings site, which features a staggering amount of research on Western movies and other Western-themed material, 50 Westerns From the '50s — updates on an upcoming book about cowboy movies, with plenty of Iverson connections, Movie location expert and U.S. Supreme Court scholar Tinsley E. Yarbrough's books, The Old Corral, Chuck Anderson's exhaustive Web site dedicated to B-Westerns, The Great Silence, a nice blog about various locations, mostly movie locations, with a few good entries on Iverson, including photos and videos, Barry Woodbridge's quest for Lone Ranger Rock, The Bonanza-Iverson connection — a small corner of a comprehensive site on Bonanza, Steve Stevens reminisces on his official website about being honored at the Iverson Movie Ranch's Wild, Wild West Day in October 2000, Andrew Fischer's site about the TV show "Have Gun Will Travel," which shot a lot at Iverson, IMDb's Iverson Movie Ranch filmography — full of misinformation, including hundreds of so-called Iverson movies that aren't really filmed there, and also woefully incomplete, but even so, it's a place to start, Wikipedia's movie ranch entry — includes a few details about the Iverson Ranch and several other so-called "classic movie ranches", Jerry England's blog about Iverson, Chatsworth, cowboy art, family history, horses, canoeing, Valley secession and other surprisingly interconnected topics, Movies Unlimited MovieFanFare blog — a diverse movie site that includes stuff about B-Westerns, Kurt Spitzner's incredible "Spin and Marty" site cinchset.com, with tons of location research, including several pages on the Iverson Ranch — KURT'S SITE IS DOWN TEMPORARILY, AS OF MID-2020, BUT I'LL KEEP IT HERE IN THE HOPE THAT IT COMES BACK.

Discover. He is interred at Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills Cemetery, Hollywood, CA. Publicity Listings Glenn Barden Writer / Producer / Director. I have a special interest in cinematographers — the men who aimed their cameras at Iverson's dramatic rock formations, among other things, and thereby recorded the ranch's legacy for posterity. 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.They both started providing singing fillers in film westerns in the early 1930s. It was he who played the Creature in the cult horror/comedy classic Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) as part of the monstrous trio of Bela Lugosi's Dracula and Lon Chaney Jr.'s Wolf Man.As the "B" western started faded off into the sunset in the 1950s, Strange moseyed on over to TV work. You can get on the Iverson Movie Ranch blog's mailing list by sending me an email at: With the exception of the most high-profile figures from this period — movie stars and prominent directors, mainly — I have been able to dig up precious little information on the talented people who shaped our movie history and our culture through low-budget, independent productions. The 1938 Republic movie "Army Girl," which shot the bulk of its outdoor action on the Iverson Movie Ranch, has a few claims to fam... Alan Hale Jr., left, as the Skipper, and Gene Barry as Bat Masterson A confrontation took place in the late 1950s between the man who would ... "Gunsmoke": Glenn Strange as Sam the Bartender, L.A.'s Bronson Canyon: Members of the Cavendish Gang lie in wait, Texas Rangers ride into trouble in L.A.'s Bronson Canyon, The same site as it appears today (photo by Tony M). 10 x 60′ series for National Geographic Channel. . ), "The Lives of a Bengal Lancer" — click here, Ancient movie steps near Lone Ranger Rock — click here, Putting an end to the myth of End Rock — click here, Iverson's Western street, also known as Iverson Village or El Paso Street, Director John Ford's epic 1939 Western "Stagecoach", The 1952 aerial photograph ("map") of the Iverson Movie Ranch. Here are some of the cinematographers I would like to find out more about: ... and others who may not yet be on my radar, Please contact me by commenting on any of the blog entries or by e-mailing me at, The black-and-white photo used as the page header is a screen shot from ", The gargoyle-like figure that looms above the rider is, The rock is also sometimes called Upper Indian Head to distinguish it from another well-known, "Gunsmoke": Glenn Strange as Sam the Bartender, L.A.'s Bronson Canyon: Members of the Cavendish Gang lie in wait, Texas Rangers ride into trouble in L.A.'s Bronson Canyon, The same site as it appears today (photo by Tony M), (Also see "LABELS," the extensive alphabetical index below. See Us Live! Glenn would play extra or bit roles for a number of years B Western and serials. Glenn Strange and his "Strange Rock": Sam the Bartender on "Gunsmoke" wasn't always such a nice guy — just ask the Lone Ranger! 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.

See Us Live! Eventually in the late 30s, his billing improved and he evolved into a full-time bad guy in hundreds of "B" westerns.

"Gunsmoke": Glenn Strange as Sam the Bartender Fans of "Gunsmoke" know Glenn Strange mainly as Sam Noonan, the mild-mannered, albeit occasionally shotgun-wielding, bartender in Miss Kitty's Long Branch Saloon.

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. He was an eighth generation great grandson of John Rolfe and Pocahontas through his maternal grandfather, but of Cherokee descent through his father.

Where did John Ford film the sequence in "The Grapes of Wrath" where the Joads get their first look at California's rich farmland?

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