Glenn Strange was born in New Mexico on August 16, 1899. Remembered best for his role as Frankenstein’s monster in The Mad Monster, House of Frankenstein, and Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein, this twentieth-century screen actor also famously played the bartender in the CBS western series Gunsmoke. Glenn started playing the fiddle at cowboy dances when he was 12. Glenn Strange (I) (1899–1973) 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. Glenn Strange was born in Weed, New Mexico. He began in radio in El Paso in 1928, and came to Hollywood and CBS-Radio in 1930 as a… more. He made his radio bow on Los Angeles station KNX (the CBS-owned affiliate) as a member of the Arizona Wranglers singing group. Glenn Strange was born in New Mexico on August 16, 1899. A New Mexican of Native American extraction, actor Glenn Strange held down several rough-and-tumble jobs, from deputy sheriff to rodeo rider, before settling on a singing career. His father was a bartender and later a rancher. Glenn Strange (August 16, 1899 – September 20, 1973) was an … Remembered best for his role as Frankenstein’s monster in The Mad Monster, House of Frankenstein, and Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein, this twentieth-century screen actor also famously played the bartender in the CBS western series Gunsmoke. 4340, citing Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills), Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA ; Maintained by Find A Grave . Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com: accessed ), memorial page for George Glenn Strange (16 Aug 1899–20 Sep 1973), Find a Grave Memorial no.