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Roy Edwin Glenn, Sr. was an American character actor.
Birth Name
Roy Edwin Glenn
Born
Wednesday, 03 June 1914
Died
Friday, 12 March 1971
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty | Rum Daniels (clip from Carmen Jones (1954)) | 2003 |
| Escape from the Planet of the Apes | Lawyer (as Roy E. Glenn Sr.) / Lawyer | 1971 |
| Support Your Local Gunfighter | Headwaiter | 1971 |
| The Great White Hope | Pastor | 1970 |
| The Most Deadly Game | Mack Beckwith | 1970 |
| Tick, Tick, Tick | The Drunk | 1970 |
| The Pigeon | Lieutenant Frank Miller / Lt. Frank Miller | 1969 |
| The Bill Cosby Show | Jailer | 1969 |
| Medical Center | Dr. Wallis, Inspector Holman | 1969 |
| Finian's Rainbow | Passion Pilgrim Gospeleer / Passion Pilgrim Gospeller | 1968 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty | Rum Daniels (clip from Carmen Jones (1954)) | 2003 |
| Escape from the Planet of the Apes | Lawyer (as Roy E. Glenn Sr.) / Lawyer | 1971 |
| Support Your Local Gunfighter | Headwaiter | 1971 |
| The Great White Hope | Pastor | 1970 |
| The Most Deadly Game | Mack Beckwith | 1970 |
| Tick, Tick, Tick | The Drunk | 1970 |
| The Pigeon | Lieutenant Frank Miller / Lt. Frank Miller | 1969 |
| The Bill Cosby Show | Jailer | 1969 |
| Medical Center | Dr. Wallis, Inspector Holman | 1969 |
| Finian's Rainbow | Passion Pilgrim Gospeleer / Passion Pilgrim Gospeller | 1968 |
| I Love You, Alice B. Toklas! | Gas Station Attendant | 1968 |
| The Good Guys | Charlie | 1968 |
| Mod Squad | Pilot | 1968 |
| Mayberry R.F.D. | Dr. Wallace | 1968 |
| Julia | Dr. Brown | 1968 |
| Black History: Lost, Stolen or Strayed | Self / Mr. Prentice | 1968 |
| Hang 'Em High | Guard | 1968 |
| Guess Who's Coming to Dinner | Mr. Prentice | 1967 |
| Ironside | Mr. Tobin | 1967 |
| Cimarron Strip | Foreman | 1967 |
| The Way West | Saunders | 1967 |
| Dragnet 1967 | Mr. Farrell, John Erickson | 1967 |
| Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round | Sergeant Elmer K. Coxe | 1966 |
| Tarzan | Bokunetsi, King Lakumba, Official | 1966 |
| A Man Called Adam | Police Detective Sergeant / Police Sergeant | 1966 |
| Where Love Has Gone | Valerie's Servant / Servant | 1964 |
| Kraft Suspense Theatre | Piano Player | 1963 |
| Mr. Novak | Mr. Pickett | 1963 |
| Burke's Law | Patrolman | 1963 |
| The Eleventh Hour | Dr. Holt | 1962 |
| Stoney Burke | Sergeant Tate | 1962 |
| Saints and Sinners | Soldier | 1962 |
| Sam Benedict | Ernie Miller | 1962 |
| The Dakotas | Gravedigger | 1962 |
| Sweet Bird of Youth | Charles | 1962 |
| Target: The Corruptors! | (as Roy E. Glenn Sr.) | 1961 |
| Hazel | Detective #2 | 1961 |
| Dr. Kildare | Mr. Campbell | 1961 |
| A Raisin in the Sun | Willie Harris | 1961 |
| The Sins of Rachel Cade | Townsman | 1961 |
| The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn | Drayman | 1960 |
| Take a Giant Step | Minister / Minister at Gram's Funeral | 1959 |
| Bourbon Street Beat | Alexander Teale | 1959 |
| Porgy and Bess | Frazier | 1959 |
| The Sound and the Fury | Job | 1959 |
| One Step Beyond | Sam Harrison | 1959 |
| Rawhide | Corporal 'Lardface' Jones, Jonah, Joshua | 1959 |
| 77 Sunset Strip | Big John Pepper | 1958 |
| Peter Gunn | Otis Calder, Murdo | 1958 |
| Tarzan's Fight for Life | Native Chief | 1958 |
| Voice in the Mirror | Janitor at Flophouse | 1958 |
| St. Louis Blues | Bull Neck | 1958 |
| The Green-Eyed Blonde | Mr. Budlong | 1957 |
| Maverick | Dock Worker | 1957 |
| The Thin Man | Dink Malone | 1957 |
| M Squad | Counter Man | 1957 |
| The Silent Service | Head Boy | 1957 |
| Panic! | William, Eber | 1957 |
| Edge of the City | Stevedore | 1957 |
| Three Brave Men | Charley - Plant Security Guard | 1956 |
| Zane Grey Theatre | Gabriel - Stonecutter, Trooper Robinson | 1956 |
| Written on the Wind | Sam | 1956 |
| The Sheriff of Cochise | Army Sergeant | 1956 |
| The Adventures of Jim Bowie | James Pemberton | 1956 |
| The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit | Sgt. Matthews | 1956 |
| Time Table | Train Porter | 1956 |
| Screen Directors Playhouse | Bootblack, Train Porter | 1955 |
| Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Bartender | 1955 |
| Jungle Jim | Mengo | 1955 |
| Cheyenne | Gravedigger, Lonzo | 1955 |
| Navy Log | Neal | 1955 |
| A Man Called Peter | New Jersey Laborer / The Laborer | 1955 |
| The Millionaire | Porter | 1955 |
| Soldiers of Fortune | King Nalu | 1955 |
| Panther Girl of the Kongo | Chief Danka / Danka | 1955 |
| Carmen Jones | Rum Daniels | 1954 |
| Climax! | Henry, Stevens' butler | 1954 |
| Medic | Wright | 1954 |
| Jungle Gents | Omotowa | 1954 |
| Killer Leopard | Daniel | 1954 |
| The Raid | Emmanuel - Mrs. Bishop's Butler | 1954 |
| The Long Wait | Parking Attendant | 1954 |
| Riot in Cell Block 11 | Guard Delmar | 1954 |
| The Golden Idol | Gomo | 1954 |
| The Royal African Rifles | Cpl. John | 1953 |
| The Loretta Young Show | Laborer | 1953 |
| So This Is Love | Man in Negro Congregation | 1953 |
| Ramar of the Jungle | Katano | 1953 |
| Perils of the Jungle | Korjah | 1953 |
| General Electric Theater | Burt, Cpl. Young, Eddie, Jelly Bean | 1953 |
| You Are There | Crispus Attucks | 1953 |
| Jungle Drums of Africa | Naganto - Witch Doctor | 1953 |
| Bomba and the Jungle Girl | Kaje | 1952 |
| My Hero | Train porter | 1952 |
| The Lusty Men | Cook | 1952 |
| Affair in Trinidad | Fisherman | 1952 |
| Lydia Bailey | Mirabeau | 1952 |
| Chicago Calling | Shoeshine Man | 1951 |
| The Amos 'n Andy Show | Trainer, Walker, Sentry, Sam Jackson, Roy, Party Guest, Mr. Reynolds, Mr. Henderson, Mr. Foster, Man Posing as Cousin Sidney, Edward Mason, District Attorney, Department Store Manager, Bosworth, Benson | 1951 |
| The Jack Benny Program | Roy, Henry - Porter, Roy (1st phone caller) | 1950 |
| The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show | The Train Porter | 1950 |
| Lux Video Theatre | Rouget | 1950 |
| The Jackie Robinson Story | Mr. Gaines - Attorney | 1950 |
| Song of the South | Bullfrog | 1946 |
| Jasper's Minstrels | Scarecrow (voice) / Scarecrow | 1945 |
| Life Begins in College | Singing Train Porter / Singing Porter | 1937 |
| Slave Ship | Slave in Ship's Hold | 1937 |
| Dark Manhattan | Harry Patton | 1937 |
| Kelly the Second | Fight Spectator | 1936 |
