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Roy Glenn

Actor

Roy Glenn

Born June 3, 1914 in Pittsburg, Kansas, USADied March 12, 197145 films

Roy Edwin Glenn (June 3, 1914 – March 12, 1971) was an American actor.

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Guess Who's Coming to Dinner posterFirst watchGuess Who's Coming to Dinner19677.6as Mr. PrenticeA couple's attitudes are challenged when their daughter brings home a fiancé who is black.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Hang 'em High poster6.9Hang 'em High1968Escape from the Planet of the Apes poster6.4Escape from the Planet of the Apes1971Written on the Wind poster7.0Written on the Wind1956A Raisin in the Sun poster7.7A Raisin in the Sun1961Song of the South poster6.5Song of the South1946Sweet Bird of Youth poster6.7Sweet Bird of Youth1962The Lusty Men poster6.7The Lusty Men1952Riot in Cell Block 11 poster7.1Riot in Cell Block 111954

Filmography

45 films as actor
  1. 1971Support Your Local GunfighterHeadwaiter
  2. 1971Escape from the Planet of the ApesLawyer (as Roy E. Glenn Sr.)
  3. 1970… tick… tick… tick…The Drunk
  4. 1969The PigeonLt. Frank Miller
  5. 1968I Love You, Alice B. Toklas!Gas Station Attendant
  6. 1968Finian's RainbowPassion Pilgrim Gospeller (uncredited)
  7. 1968Hang 'em HighGuard
  8. 1967Guess Who's Coming to DinnerMr. Prentice
  9. 1967The Way WestSaunders
  10. 1966Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-RoundSergeant Elmer K. Coxe
  11. 1966A Man Called AdamPolice Sergeant
  12. 1966U-238 and the Witch DoctorNaganto
  13. 1964Where Love Has GoneServant
  14. 1962Sweet Bird of YouthCharles (uncredited)
  15. 1961A Raisin in the SunWillie Harris
  16. 1961The Sins of Rachel CadeTownsman
  17. 1959Take a Giant StepMinister
  18. 1959The Sound and the FuryJob
  19. 1957The Green-Eyed BlondeMr. Budlong
  20. 1957Edge of the CityStevedore (uncredited)
  21. 1956Written on the WindSam
  22. 1956The Man in the Gray Flannel SuitSgt. Matthews (uncredited)
  23. 1956Time TableTrain Porter
  24. 1955A Man Called PeterNew Jersey Laborer
  25. 1955Panther Girl of the KongoChief Danka
  26. 1954Sherwood Anderson's I'm A FoolBurt
  27. 1954Carmen JonesRum Daniels
  28. 1954Jungle GentsChief Mutawa
  29. 1954Killer LeopardDaniel
  30. 1954The RaidEmmanuel - Mrs. Bishop's Butler (uncredited)
  31. 1954Riot in Cell Block 11Guard Delmar
  32. 1954The Golden IdolGomo
  33. 1953Perils of the JungleKorjah
  34. 1953Jungle Drums of AfricaNaganto - Witch Doctor
  35. 1952Bomba and the Jungle GirlKaje
  36. 1952The Lusty Men
  37. 1952Affair in TrinidadFisherman (uncredited)
  38. 1952Lydia BaileyMirabeau
  39. 1950The Jackie Robinson StoryMr. Gaines - Attorney (uncredited)
  40. 1946Song of the SouthBr'er Frog (voice) (uncredited)
  41. 1945Jasper's Boobytraps
  42. 1945Jasper's MinstrelsScarecrow (voice)
  43. 1942Jasper and the Haunted HouseScarecrow (voice)
  44. 1937Life Begins in CollegeSinging Train Porter
  45. 1937Slave ShipSlave in Ship's Hold