Roy Glenn
Roy Edwin Glenn, Sr. was an American character actor.
Early life
Glenn was born in Pittsburg, Kansas on June 3, 1914.
Career
Glenn's career spanned five decades, beginning in radio in the 1940s with multiple appearances on The Amos 'n' Andy Show and The Jack Benny Program, as well as appearances on other shows into the 1950s including Rocky Jordan, Suspense, Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, and CBS Radio Workshop. He made numerous appearances from the dawn of television until 1970.
His first film appearance was in Kelly the Second, followed by Dark Manhattan. His other film credits include The Jackie Robinson Story, Carmen Jones, Porgy and Bess, The [Sound and the Fury (1959 film)|The Sound and the Fury], A [Raisin in the Sun (1961 film)|A Raisin in the Sun], with Sidney Poitier, Ruby Dee and Claudia McNeil, and a memorable turn as Mr. Prentice in the 1967 film Guess Who's Coming to Dinner. Roy Glenn's last big screen appearance was in Support Your Local Gunfighter.
Personal life
Glenn's wife was Pauline "Lilla". They had two sons and a daughter.
Glenn died from a heart attack in Los Angeles, California on March 12, 1971, at the age of 56.
Filmography
Kelly the Second as Fight Spectator Dark Manhattan as Harry Patton Uncle Tom's Bungalow as Uncle Tom Slave Ship as Slave in Ship's Hold Life Begins in College as Singing Porter Song of the South as Br'er Frog Half-Pint Pygmy as Pygmy The Jackie Robinson Story as Mr. Gaines, Attorney Chicago Calling as Shoeshine Man Lydia Bailey as MirabeauAffair in Trinidad as Fisherman The Lusty Men as Cook Bomba and [the Jungle Girl] as KajeJungle Drums of Africa as Naganto, Witch DoctorPerils of the Jungle as KorjahSo [This Is Love (film)|So This Is Love] as Man in Negro Congregation The Royal African Rifles as Corporal JohnThe Golden Idol as GomoRiot in Cell Block 11 as Guard DelmarThe Long Wait as Parking Attendant The Raid as Emmanuel, Mrs. Bishop's Butler Killer Leopard as DanielJungle Gents as Omotowa Carmen Jones as Rum DanielsPanther Girl of the Kongo as DankaA Man Called Peter as The Laborer Time Table as Train Porter The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit as Sergeant Matthews Written on the Wind as SamThree Brave Men as Charley, Plant Security Guard Edge of the City as Stevedore The Green-Eyed Blonde as Mr. Budlong Alfred Hitchcock Presents as BartenderSt. Louis Blues as Bull Neck Tarzan's Fight for Life as Native Chief Voice in the Mirror as Janitor at Flophouse The Sound and the Fury as JobPorgy and Bess as FrazierTake a Giant Step as Minister at Gram's Funeral The [Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1960 film)|The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn] as Drayman A Raisin in the Sun as Willie HarrisSweet Bird of Youth as Charles Where [Love Has Gone (film)|Where Love Has Gone] as Valerie's Servant A Man Called Adam as Police Detective SergeantDead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round as Sergeant Elmer K. CoxeThe Way West as SaundersGuess Who's Coming to Dinner as Mr. PrenticeHang 'Em High as Guard #2I Love You, Alice B. Toklas! as Gas Station AttendantFinian's Rainbow as Passion Pilgrim Gospeleer ...tick...tick...tick... as The DrunkThe [Great White Hope (film)|The Great White Hope] as PastorSupport Your Local Gunfighter as Headwaiter Escape from the Planet of the Apes as Lawyer