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Bruce Glover

Actor

Bruce Glover

Born May 2, 1932 in Chicago, Illinois, USADied March 12, 202548 films

Bruce Herbert Glover (May 2, 1932 – March 12, 2025) was an actor. His film credits include Diamonds Are Forever, Chinatown, The Thomas Crowne Affair, Hard Times, and Ghost World. His television credits include Perry Mason, Mission: Impossible, Mod Squad, Gunsmoke, S.W.A.T., The Streets of San Francisco, Battlestar Galactica, The Dukes of Hazzard and The A-Team. He appeared on Broadway, opposite Bette Davis in The Night of the Iguana and Anne Bancroft in Mother Courage and Her Children. He was the father of actor Crispin Glover.

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Chinatown posterFirst watchChinatown19747.9as DuffyPrivate eye Jake Gittes lives off of the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-World War II Southern California. Hired by a beautiful socialite to investigate her husband's extra-marital…View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Ghost World poster7.1Ghost World2001Diamonds Are Forever poster6.4Diamonds Are Forever1971The Thomas Crown Affair poster6.8The Thomas Crown Affair1968Hard Times poster6.8Hard Times1975Walking Tall poster6.6Walking Tall1973Popcorn poster5.8Popcorn1991Warlock: The Armageddon poster5.4Warlock: The Armageddon1993Hider in the House poster6.0Hider in the House1989

Filmography

48 films as actor
  1. 2025No! YOU'RE WRONG. or: Spooky Action at a DistanceApollo Muldoon (1888) / Brutus Muldoon (1918) / Chronos Muldoon (1948)
  2. 2021An Approximation of their Barbarous Manners
  3. 2015InfluenceStanisław I. Kubryk
  4. 2014ScammerheadWyndham Bawtree
  5. 2009Buffalo BushidoSoup / Javier
  6. 2007It Is Fine! Everything Is Fine.The Ex-husband
  7. 2007Simon SaysSam
  8. 2007Broke SkyRufus
  9. 2001Ghost WorldFeldman (Wheelchair Guy)
  10. 1998SpoilerPriest
  11. 1998Die Hard DraculaDoctor Van Helsing
  12. 1998Suicide, the ComedyLap Dance Bob
  13. 1996Shakespeare's Plan 12 from Outer Space
  14. 1995Night of the ScarecrowThaddeus
  15. 1993Warlock: The ArmageddonTed Ellison
  16. 1992Inside Out 2Roy (segment "Mis-Apprehended")
  17. 1991ChaindanceCasey
  18. 1991Street WarsChief Reed (uncredited)
  19. 1991PopcornVernon
  20. 1990Kill CrazyMallerd
  21. 1989Hider in the HouseGene Hufford
  22. 1988Ghost TownDealer
  23. 1987Big Bad Mama IIMorgan Crawford
  24. 1986Hunter's BloodOne Eye
  25. 1983The Big ScoreKoslo
  26. 1980Sultan and the Rock StarAlec Frost
  27. 1977Final Chapter: Walking TallGrady Coker
  28. 1977StuntsChuck Johnson
  29. 1976Kiss Me... Kill MeSgt. Hovak
  30. 1975Walking Tall Part IIGrady Coker
  31. 1975Hard TimesDoty
  32. 1975The ImpostorJennings
  33. 1974This Is the West That WasSam Ralston
  34. 1974ChinatownDuffy
  35. 1973One Little IndianSchrader
  36. 1973Walking TallGrady Coker
  37. 1972Black GunnRay Kriley
  38. 1971Diamonds Are ForeverM. Wint
  39. 1971Bless the Beasts & ChildrenHustler
  40. 1971Scandalous JohnSludge
  41. 1971YumaSam King
  42. 1970C.C. and CompanyCaptain Midnight
  43. 1969The Over the Hill GangDeputy Dolby
  44. 1968Dayton's DevilsSgt. Hawk
  45. 1968The Thomas Crown AffairBank Manager (uncredited)
  46. 1967Sweet Love, Bitter
  47. 1965Frankenstein Meets the Space MonsterMartian Crewmember / The Monster (uncredited)
  48. 1965Who Killed Teddy Bear?Frank