Seamon Glass
Biography
Seamon Glass was an American actor and author who worked in films and on television from the early 1960s into the early 1990s. Born in 1925, he got into acting after meeting Hollywood people while working as a boxing instructor and sparring partner; one client, producer and director Fred Gadette, helped him find acting roles and stunt work. He took the lead role in This Is Not a Test (1962), which concerns a lawman, and played Benton in the Star Trek episode Mudd's Women (1966). He played the menacing First Griner in John Boorman's Deliverance (1972) and later appeared in Bootleggers (1974), Winterhawk (1975) and The Other Side of Hell (1978). He also wrote the novel The Half Ass Marines, published in 2010. He died in 2016.
90years old at death
- Born Los Angeles
- Died
- Star sign: LibraThe sign runs September 23 to October 22
Movie Career
- Films
- 5
- Career span
- 10 years1972 to 1982
Every film, newest first
- 1982PartnersIMDb rating 5.3
- 1979She's Dressed to KillIMDb rating 5.4
- 1977Damnation AlleyIMDb rating 5.3
- 1973SlitherIMDb rating 6.2
- 1972DeliveranceIMDb rating 7.6
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A role that slipped away
Glass's agent, former actor Hugh French, dropped him after a merchant voyage made him lose a role that John Wayne had requested, possibly in The Sons of Katie Elder.
A change of course
After the war, Glass went to Santa Monica Junior College on the G.I. Bill. There he became the college's heavyweight boxing champion, which led him into amateur and professional boxing.
A change of course
In 1960 in Los Angeles, Glass boxed professionally for a short time and had a record of 1-2. Actress Anna Maria Alberghetti sponsored him.
Behind the camera
Glass was a Santa Monica Harbor patrolman and chose the night shift, which gave him quiet hours to keep writing his books and a regular column for the Santa Monica Independent.
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Worked with
Seamon Glass made one film with each of them. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
John Hurt's page
Burt Reynolds's page
James Caan's page
Ned Beatty's page
James Remar's page
Jon Voight's page
All films by John Boorman
Jack SmightDirector, 1 film, 1977
All films by Jack Smight
Howard ZieffDirector, 1 film, 1973
All films by Howard Zieff
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