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Bruce Glover

Biography

Bruce Glover was an American character actor who played hard men, villains and lawmen across decades of film and television, most memorably as Mr. Wint, the assassin in the James Bond entry Diamonds Are Forever (1971). Born in Chicago in 1932, he served in the U.S. Army from 1953 to 1955 and began acting with guest roles on series including My Favorite Martian, The Mod Squad and Gunsmoke. His film work included Walking Tall (1973), Chinatown (1974) and Hard Times (1975), and he returned as deputy Grady Coker in two Walking Tall sequels. He stayed busy into the 1980s and 1990s with television parts on Hart to Hart, The A-Team and Murder, She Wrote, and taught acting at his own Los Angeles studios. His final screen appearance came in a 2025 film he co-wrote.

92years old at death

  • Born Chicago
  • Died Los Angeles
  • Star sign: TaurusThe sign runs April 20 to May 20
  • Also credited as Bruce Herbert Glover

Movie Career

Films
22
Career span
42 years1965 to 2007

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  1. A change of course

    Glover began teaching acting in the 1950s, and in the 1970s ran acting classes with The Indian Actors Workshops and studios around West Los Angeles.

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Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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  1. Diamonds Are Forever1971 Action, Adventure, Thrilleras Mr. Wint

    IMDb rating 6.5125K votes

  2. Chinatown1974 Drama, Mystery, Thrilleras Duffy

    IMDb rating 8.1380K votes

  3. Hard Times1975as Doty

    IMDb rating 7.215K votes

  4. Walking Tall1973as Grady Coker

    IMDb rating 6.97.7K votes

  5. Walking Tall Part II1975as Grady Coker

    IMDb rating 6.01.7K votes

  6. Warlock: The Armageddon1993as Ted Ellison

    IMDb rating 5.47.6K votes

  7. Ghost Town1988as Dealer

    IMDb rating 5.42.1K votes

  8. Night of the Scarecrow1995as Thaddeus

    IMDb rating 5.41.7K votes

Most often with

Jeff Burr directed two of these films. Morgan Woodward appears in three of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Box office

What Bruce Glover's films earned in cinemas worldwide.

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Combined worldwide box office

$195 million

6 of the 22 films have a worldwide figure.

Of the 22 films: 6 worldwide figure; 2 us gross only; 2 never in cinemas; 12 figure not found.

  • 6Worldwide figure
  • 2US gross only
  • 2Never in cinemas
  • 12Figure not found

Highest grossing

The six biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.

  1. 1
    Diamonds Are Forever1971as Mr. Wint
    $116M59.5% of the total
  2. 2
    Walking Tall1973as Grady Coker
    $40M20.5% of the total
  3. 3
    Chinatown1974as Duffy
    $30M15.4% of the total
  4. 4
    Hard Times1975as Doty
    $5.0M2.6% of the total
  5. 5
    Warlock: The Armageddon1993as Ted Ellison
    $3.9M2.0% of the total
  6. 6
    Ghost Town1988as Dealer
    $75K0.0% of the total