Portrait of Roy Glenn

Acting

Roy Glenn

Career

Active from 1942 to 1969, with a break from 1956 to 1965, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Leading roles
2
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score63/100
Highest rated
Poster for Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
GoodWatch score72/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 34 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.9 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.7 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.1 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Roy Glenn Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    3.2, average 5.4
  • Adrenaline
    3.7, average 4.8
  • Absurdist Humor
    1.0, average 2.0
  • Scare
    1.6, average 2.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Social Commentary 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

52
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1970s

3 titles · average score 65
Escape from the Planet of the Apes
Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971)
GoodWatch score 67

as Lawyer (as Roy E. Glenn Sr.)

Support Your Local Gunfighter
Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971)
GoodWatch score 63

as Headwaiter

… tick… tick… tick…
… tick… tick… tick… (1970)
GoodWatch score 67

as The Drunk

1960s

16 titles · average score 55
The Pigeon
The Pigeon (1969)

as Lt. Frank Miller

Hang 'em High
Hang 'em High (1968)
GoodWatch score 73

as Guard

Mayberry R.F.D.
Mayberry R.F.D. (1968)
GoodWatch score 60

TV show · as Doctor Wallace

I Love You, Alice B. Toklas!
I Love You, Alice B. Toklas! (1968)
GoodWatch score 34

as Gas Station Attendant

Finian's Rainbow
Finian's Rainbow (1968)
GoodWatch score 47

as Passion Pilgrim Gospeller (uncredited)

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
GoodWatch score 72

as Mr. Prentice

The Way West
The Way West (1967)
GoodWatch score 40

as Saunders

U-238 and the Witch Doctor
U-238 and the Witch Doctor (1966)

as Naganto

The Claw Monsters
The Claw Monsters (1966)

as Chief Danka (archive footage)

Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round
Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round (1966)
GoodWatch score 40

as Sergeant Elmer K. Coxe

Sweet Bird of Youth
Sweet Bird of Youth (1962)
GoodWatch score 57

as Charles (uncredited)

A Raisin in the Sun
A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
GoodWatch score 85

as Willie Harris

1950s

28 titles · average score 64
One Step Beyond
One Step Beyond (1959)
GoodWatch score 67

TV show · as Sam Harrison

Bourbon Street Beat
Bourbon Street Beat (1959)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show · as Alexander Teale

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (1956)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show · as Gabriel / Trooper Robinson

Written on the Wind
Written on the Wind (1956)
GoodWatch score 80

as Sam

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)
GoodWatch score 86

TV show · as Bartender

Panther Girl of the Kongo
Panther Girl of the Kongo (1955)
GoodWatch score 57

as Chief Danka

Carmen Jones
Carmen Jones (1954)
GoodWatch score 61

as Rum Daniels

Sherwood Anderson's I'm A Fool
Sherwood Anderson's I'm A Fool (1954)

as Burt

Jungle Drums of Africa
Jungle Drums of Africa (1953)

as Naganto - Witch Doctor

Perils of the Jungle
Perils of the Jungle (1953)

as Korjah

You Are There
You Are There (1953)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show · as Crispus Attucks

Amos 'n' Andy
Amos 'n' Andy (1951)
GoodWatch score 81

TV show · as Mr. Henderson

1940s

3 titles · average score 58
Song of the South
Song of the South (1946)
GoodWatch score 58

as Br'er Frog (voice) (uncredited)

Jasper's Minstrels
Jasper's Minstrels (1945)

as Scarecrow (voice)

Jasper and the Haunted House
Jasper and the Haunted House (1942)

as Scarecrow (voice)

1930s

2 titles · average score 56
Slave Ship
Slave Ship (1937)
GoodWatch score 56

as Slave in Ship's Hold

Life Begins in College
Life Begins in College (1937)

as Singing Train Porter